American conspiracy-monger Alex Jones went on the BBC today, and ran into a problem a lot of Americans on the right (or in the crazy) have when they do British television: smart people.

You might remember we wrote about Jones a few weeks ago when he was informing his viewers that the Moore, Oklahoma tornadoes might have been created by the US government.

In this case, Jones was allowed to rant for several minutes on Andrew Neil’s Sunday Politics Shows on the BBC, alongside Times columnist David Aaronovitch. Ostensibly Jones was there to talk about the Bilderberg Group, but as you might expect from a conspiracy theorist, the conversation went a bit off-kilter.

Most of it is boring gibberish, but perhaps you should start watching at around the 8 minute mark, because shortly after that is when the fun begins. Jones keeps interrupting Aaronovitch, and finally the host tells him to “stop it.” That’s when Jones absolutely loses it. And to his credit, the host, Neil, does a good job of putting Jones in his place. At one point, Neil tells the audience, “we have an idiot on the show tonight.” Then Neil turns to the camera and does the crazy sign by twirling his finger at the side of his head:

It’s funny, but it’s also sad. I don’t know if Jones is considered left or right, but he’s a good example of the crazy shock jock style that infests much of right-wing talk radio and talk TV in this country. And it is embarrassing to have him go on a show abroad and “the American.”