* EnsembleDarkhorse: From ''The Russell Howard Hour'', Harry and Chris, a standup filk song duo who became popular enough to be brought back two more times, unlike every other standup guest.
* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: He's pretty popular outside of Great Britain, such that putting the show on Website/YouTube and blocking it domestically (where they can watch it on BBC's [=iPlayer=]) is profitable. He's even made headway into the States, despite BBC America deciding not to carry the show. One reason for Russell's popularity in the US is the way he targets all of ''their'' acceptable targets head on, like hard right pundits and "fair and balanced" media. There's also some mild poking at African-Americans, but that's down to AuthorAppeal really.
* HarsherInHindsight: Any time he shows Boris Johnson as a hilarious buffoon inevitably became this once he became Prime Minister as Russell has lost all admiration for him and now utterly despises him for his performance as a leader during 2020-2022.
* HilariousInHindsight:
** Russell comments that everything's so sex obsessed that in twenty years time the news will become pornographic. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naked_News Already happening]].
** In Series 2, Russell jokes about putting idols' names on stuff like condoms by suggesting 'Creator/RobertPattinson on a tampon', clearly a nod to [[{{Film/Twilight}} the whole vampire thing.]] One year later, ''Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey'', derived from ''Twilight'', has its own spin on tampon usage.
** Russell unknowingly drew some flak for sitting with one leg folded out of view when interviewing ''a man with a prosthetic leg.'' When he appeared on ''Series/TheLastLeg'' in 2018 [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLSsNz6YxD0&t=1m10s he does it again.]]
** In one episode, he told the story of how he was stung by a jellyfish and his mother volunteered to piss on it (implying that she did). A few days later, the same thing happened to his brother and Russell had to piss on the wound as well. The funny bit? Urinating on a jellyfish wound actually makes it worse and you're supposed to scrape off the stingers (like with a credit card for example) and then either pour hot water on it or pour vinegar on it to stop the venom.
** In a first season episode, he finds it laughable that students would take their parents on their gap years, noting that his mum hates travelling. He and his mum would later be the focus of the travel documentary series ''Russell Howard & Mum: USA Road Trip''.
** His reaction to a new ''Franchise/StarWars'' trilogy is "Shit, it will be". Given how polarising said trilogy turned out to be, this was almost prophetic.
%%* MemeticBadass: Boris Johnson. At least, until he became Prime Minister.
%%* MemeticMolester: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSd5m3t3qUA What kind of Creepy Weirdo...?!]]
* NightmareFuel: Russell destroying the hamster toys in Series 1, Episode 9 can be rather disturbing, especially if you're a life-long ''Franchise/ToyStory'' fan.
* UnconventionalLearningExperience: The Mystery Guest segments can be quite informative at times.
* UnexpectedCharacter: It's easy to forget that Website/YouTube is responsible for a lot of the clips used, leading up to [=YouTubers=] like Glozell and Shay Carl getting airtime.
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