This is one of the funniest & most audacious things I've EVER seen. In an era of almost complete media complicity & fealty - where even ridiculous Trump lies like "I thought it was me as a doctor, not Jesus" don't get called out by the press pool standing there - The Onion has become indispensable.
Good evening. As today's the 20th anniversary of the 1st episode of "Down the Line", I've dug out an old extended interview I recorded with Charlie Higson back in 2010, I hope you enjoy it.
Note also that Michael Cumming is uploading the FULL "Behind the Mic" show: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZP1...
On the tedium of "Have I Got News For You" still desperately trying to push the idea that Jeremy Corbyn is a virulent anti-Semite.
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#JeremyCorbyn #Ye #HIGNFY
Good morning. The 2nd of May will mark the 20th anniversary of the first episode of Down The Line, the single-greatest radio comedy show made within that period. We're revisiting it at the minute if you'd like to join in with listening along.
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#whatispoint
Another staggering example here courtesy of the Private Eye podcast: www.cookdandbombd.co.uk/forums/index...
Direct link to the segment where Helen Lewis advances a bizarre interpretation of the Green Party advert for Gorton and Denton youtu.be/jcWLE9AdI5Y?...
The top comments all shred her.
Good morning. With the media and political establishment cynically reusing the Corbyn playbook to deal with the progressive policies of @zackpolanski.bsky.social I'd like to keep track of comedy which assists with this propaganda campaign. Please ping me!
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Harold Pinter's extraordinary 2005 Nobel speech on American imperialism, with some notes and time-stamps.
He was awarded the literature prize for his plays which "uncover the precipice under everyday prattle and force entry into oppression’s closed rooms.”
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Oooh, a Stewart Lee podcast, looks like there's still tickets available for the two pilot episodes:
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#Machynlleth #StewartLee #RobertLloyd
I give up trying to finish this now, moaning about the obvious horrors of bombing cancer research centres seems almost absurd when we've so rapidly progressed to threats of civilisations being erased.
Note the UK's help in manufacturing consent.
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His latest artciel for @thenerve.news is excellent btw, a particularly well-researched piece on the Ye at Wireless Festival situation. Much better than the surprisingly half-arsed reaction Alexei Sayle gave in this week's podcast.
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#StewartLee #MattGPT
