Alan Carr: Chatty Man - Series 11, Episode 5 (100th anniversary special) [Review]

Alan Carr's Chatty Man 100th anniversary special had it all. Alan dressed in carnival gear aboard a 'float' attached to a golf cart, plenty of side-splitting laughs and high-profile guests including Rihanna and Justin Timberlake. Alan was truly on form, and his first interviewee was David Haye and Alan and Haye chatted about his upcoming fight, I'm a Celeb and boxing in general. The interview was fairly informative and funny, but the real laughs came when Rihanna, (followed by Justin Timberlake) came on. 

Rihanna waltzes on, and her and Alan instigate a back and forth banter throughout the entire interview, with Rihanna joking about why she came on the show, and Alan pulling his usual jokey 'peeved off' face. Rihanna talks at length about her sex-life in the show, claiming she has recently become a square and barely does anything. Alan talks about her carnival outfits and her new hairstyle, asking whether her weave ever bothers her. He then starts an analogy about the weave being similar to a rat and whether she wakes up in the middle of the night and tries to swat it. No word of a lie, I literally choked on my food at that point. Don't even ask why - it was just so hilarious at the time. Rihanna's interview with Alan is very friendly, relaxed and informal and you can tell they are both having a good time. After much laughter, Rihanna performs her new track 'What Now' and then after she finishes, Alan emerges from the side on a float in a revealing, bejewelled carnival outfit and Rihanna joins him on the float and they move and shake as the advert break rolls in.

If that wasn't enough for your funny bone, Justin Timberlake then rolls up and talks to Alan about how he's not as fit as he was and has to have more breaks and rehearsals than usual, when he performs. They chat about how Justin 'rides the wave of low expectations' and then act out a sort of informercial in the middle of Chatty Man. It was hilarious. For his special 100th anniversary episode, Alan had a bartender (whose name I think was Jay?) to serve up his drinks, which, obviously, were entitled ridiculous names on his 'menu' and Lambrini was the house special. Rihanna joked how she wasn't too pleased with the list and reeled off drinks that Jay did not have the ingredients to make (himself only having vodka, tomato sauce and Lambrini), which caused Alan to make several jokes about Jay's skills. 

Justin Timberlake performed 'Take Back the Night' to close the show, and got the whole audience out of their seats and dancing and clapping along. This particular episode of Chatty Man was one of the best yet, and Alan has certainly had a lot of popular guests on recently such as Miley Cyrus, Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx, whose 'interviews' were also ridiculously funny. Alan has the ability to make even the most boring guests or interviewees seem funny and engages well with his house audience and viewers watching. Overall, a thoroughly good show marks the 100th anniversary episode as one of Alan's best. Hopefully 100 more to come. 

Reviewed by Mel.