That's the end of our chat with the Inbetweeners cast!
Thank you to everyone for submitting questions. Simon, James, Blake and Joe must head off, but a big thank you to them for coming in to answer your questions.
elpero asks:
James (or any of you really): Are there any hot new indie artists/bands I should be checking out?
Guardian contributor James: My faves at the moment are The Milk, and States of Emotion.
Foom asks:
Which one of you is most likely to be brutally murdered in a Game of Thrones cameo appearance?
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penelope123 says:
I just love Friday Night Dinner, as well as Chickens. Will there be any more series of these made?
Guardian contributor penelope123 is clearly a woman of exquisite taste. For those of you who don't know, Chickens was a critically maligned and commercially unsuccessful comedy series that Joe and I wrote.
Blake: It does sound terrible.
harrison asks:
Who of you will be taking the Will Smith route into unfussy Sci Fi blockbusters, and who will be taking the Shirley Temple route of stardom in youth, obsolescence for the rest of your long life?
Which prompted kumano to say:
Shirley Temple was the US Ambassador to both Ghana and Czechoslovakia I’ll have you know!
And sezame:
How dare you! Sacrilege! Shirley Temple is an icon! You know nothing, harrison.
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ID8870775 wants to know:
Why don’t any of you age?
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dsteinerish asks:
If your characters were female who would you like to play them?
Guardian contributor James: I reckon I could still do it.
Simon: Lupita Nyong'o.
Joe: Charlotte Ritchie.
Blake: Elle Macpherson - we're both tens.
Ryan Masad asks:
If you could say 5 words to Kim Jong Un, what would they be?
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CorrinWoollcott continues the love-in:
Before you go and see Rebecca Jennings on the 1st floor by the kitchen, Im already on the 2nd, so come and see me first by the soft seating. <3 <3
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HappyDaysinHell wants to know:
Punching a fish - as funny to film as it was to watch? Neil’s look of regret was priceless.
Guardian contributor Blake: No, it was freezing. And a fish's head is harder than you think (swollen knuckles).
James: And the fish kept screaming: WHY? And then we took its pension, and flung it in a phone box. His big bruised face was the cover of the Sun the next day, and we were eventually caught by CCTV footage. We only got 24 hours of community service, and there was an outrage.
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BorisEartH says:
We’ve seen the Simpsons & Family Guy crossover. Which comedy would Inbetweeners choose to crossover with?
Guardian contributor Simon: Last of the Summer Wine.
Joe: And Chickens, which was a sort of crossover.
Simon: Available now on DVD. Criminally underrated.
James: Is it available on DVD?
TheJollyRoger asks a very Inbetweeners question:
Do I need to bring my wellies if I’m going to be knee deep in klunge?
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CallumDe wants to know:
If could perform a wrestling move on one historical figure, what & who would it be?
Guardian contributor James: [instantly] Walls of Jericho on Winston Churchill. Or the Swanton Bomb on Margaret Thatcher.
Rebecca Jennings asks:
will you come and visit me at my desk? 1st floor... by the kitchen. <3
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Misovlogos asks:
When is it acceptable to use sexist, homophobic or otherwise problematic language in the service of comedy?
Guardian contributor Simon: When you're obviously playing a character.
Blake: When the comedy comes from the ignorance of the people using it.
mbison22 asks:
Why does James Buckley have the Euro currency symbol tattooed on his wrist?
Guardian contributor James: It's the symbol of Epiphone guitars.
Simon: He had to get one to cover up his drachma tattoo.
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Hoppo wants to know:
Which is your favourite minor character from the series (anyone outside yourselves and Mr Gilbert)?
Guardian contributor Joe: Patrice, the French exchange student, played by the beautiful Vladimir Consigny. His mum is in the Diving Bell and the Butterfly, and he told me about Satre. Good guy.
Simon: Paedo Kennedy.
Joe: We want a spinoff series between Paedo Kennedy and Mr Gilbert called No Now, John.
James: I'd go with Miles. One for the purists.
Blake: Neil's dad.
Simon: Even though he's not his real dad.
Iain Macaskill asks:
Will there be more crap dancing in the new film?
Guardian contributor James: There wasn't any crap dancing in the first.
Simon: Point of information - Blake got a B in GCSE dance.
Blake: Struggled with the written.
spiderbeak asks:
If you were to be punished by being sent to Medievel England but allowed to take one weapon, what would you take? I’d take a tazer (with plenty of batteries).
Guardian contributor James: Just a gun would be fine. Or a tank.
Joe: A submarine.
Simon: My fists, these babies can do some damage.
Blake: A small lighter, and I'd convince them I was a flame-wielding magician.
vanillasky99 asks:
Who has the fittest mum in real life?!
Guardian contributor Blake, James, Simon: All votes for Mrs Thomas. Congratulations Mrs Thomas.
Joe: Congratulations Mr Thomas.
The Inbetweeners cast, answering your questions right now
chriswareham asks:
Why was the fake vomit so much more realistic looking in the TV series compared to the film?
Guardian contributor Joe: We don't think it was more realistic on the TV. We don't want to point fingers, but Simon Bird did request better-tasting fake vomit in the film. In the TV series it was cold vegetable soup; in the film it was a kind of fruit smoothie. You do the math.
Emma Bowman asks the age old question:
Would you rather fight 100 horse size ducks or 100 duck size horses?
Guardian contributor Blake: No brainer. 100 duck sized horses. I think this question is usually more difficult.
vammyp asks:
If you awoke one morning to find your feet replaced at the ankles by single office chair wheels how would you react? How would this alter the course of your day?
Guardian contributor James: I'd be quite upset.
Blake: You'd money on hiring skates at rollerdiscos.
Joe: I'd have to stop going bowling, but then again my Segway hire costs would come down.
ASHF wants to know:
Do you think Louis van Gaal will be daunted by the legacy of Fergie?
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goldenfrost has a few questions:
Q1. Simon, are you single?
Q2. Who are your favourite comedians?
Q3. What are each of your favourite scenes in the Inbetweeners?
Q4. What are your career aspirations?
Guardian contributor Simon: This one's going to be quite info-heavy.
All:
1: No.
2: Milligan, Cleese, Everett, Sessions.
3: Puke on boy, wank on old person, shit in pants, piss the bed.
4: Keep on keepin' on.
JBGrenouille asks:
is The Inbetweeners still something you still enjoy being a part of? or do you find yourselves feeling like you’ve outgrown the roles/characters?
Guardian contributor Joe: We do feel quite at home in this show. When we get back together, there's quite a lot of infant regression going on. So maybe we haven't outgrown it, but we should have.
mbison22 wants to know:
You’re in a lifeboat that can only hold one more person. Who do you pluck from the sea to save: Iain Morris or Damon Beesley?
Guardian contributor Simon: Has to be Damon.
James: If by some sort of miracle Iain didn't sink the boat, he would definitely devour any sort of provisions immediately.
Simon: Iain's nickname is podge, because he once put on a bit of weight.
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The Inbetweeners cast are here, ready to answer your questions
Simon Bird, James Buckley, Blake Harrison and Joe Thomas – aka: Will, Jay, Neil and Simon – are in the Guardian building to answer your questions about The Inbetweeners 2, which follows the lads’s misadventures on an Australian gap year.
Guardian contributor So, what are you going to ask them?
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Post your questions for the Inbetweeners cast
Since it first hit TV screens in 2008, The Inbetweeners has become a beloved British comedy thanks to its quartet of clueless and mostly virginal suburban lads. Their travails were as muscle-spasmingly embarrassing as they were familiar, from driving crap cars and failing to chirpse girls to masturbating in an old people’s home (ok, we never did that last one). Even their influence on our lexicon has been profound, with clunge, briefcase wanker and fwend! all still happily chanted.
Their success cleared the way for a film in 2011, in which their hapless exploits were transplanted intact to the Med – and it was a massive success, grossing over £50m worldwide. So here comes a sequel, with the boys heading to Australia for gap year misadventures.
To mark the film coming out on 6 August, we’ve got all four of the main cast – Simon Bird, James Buckley, Blake Harrison and Joe Thomas – coming in to answer your questions about the series, the films, and anything else about their respective careers.
It’ll take place on Tuesday 5 August from 2.15pm BST onwards – so post your questions now and they’ll endeavour to answer as many as possible.
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That's it you lot. Thanks for your questions.