6 Responses to "BBC Radio’s gang of Lefty comedians"

  1. AndyUk06 says:
    March 25, 2010 at 3:02 pm

    You know one of the saddest things?  That Brigstocke is still smarting over someone ‘stealing’ his Pac-Man joke:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Brigstocke#The_Pac-Man_joke

    Whats the matter Marcus nothing else left in the tank?

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  2. David Preiser (USA) says:
    March 25, 2010 at 3:12 pm

    You’re ahead of your time, DB.  In fact, this blog is generally ahead of the media on nearly all issues like this.  I tried to post a link to your Generic Comedians video, but had a login fail for some reason.  Maybe somebody else can?

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  3. sue says:
    March 25, 2010 at 4:09 pm

    Patrick West’s article could have come straight from B-BBC, including the comments.
    Sometimes Jeremy Hardy is funny. Imagine if he applied himself to some original thinking.

    I suppose they’d all alienate their fans if they started making some unexpected insinuations. That’s more or less what their humour is, a bunch of insinuations, nudge nudge,  we all know what we mean, wink wink. The audience laughs at its own insightfullness.
    Frankie ‘nothing is off limits’ Boyle; indiscriminate rancor, infinite cruelty. Ho Ho.

    Some of them are amusing once in a while. Andy Parsons said something funny the other day. But not Marcus Brigstocke, ever.

    The one that came here, Mitch Benn, produces tuneless, laboured dirges, and the other one who demanded a fee for his photo, (I Googled) his lyrics were unintentionally funny; the irony in ‘preaching to the converted’ was as conspicuous as the infantile bravado of the eulogy to beer. But he does have a way with a tune.

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  4. Barry says:
    March 25, 2010 at 5:19 pm

    I usually listen to the audience. Is it laughing or indulging in that awful smug applause that worthy lefty comedians seem to attract?

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  5. Martin says:
    March 25, 2010 at 6:26 pm

    So, I’ve just watched the BBC 1 news and Toenails was interviewing Gordon’s glove puppet. Toenails manages to get the “bigger cuts than Thatcher” quote twice. So I’m confused, why was the BBC giving us a history lesson about evil Maggie (and those bastard Tories) and HER cuts, but Liebour cuts will be good cuts?

    Why didn’t Toenails point out that the one eyed halfwit has been lying (as has Lord Fondelbum) about the cuts required as the Tories have been pointing out for months? Rather than run old film of Maggie (boo hiss) why not show clips of the lying one eyed prat spouting on about Liebour investment v Tory cuts?

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  6. hippiepooter says:
    March 27, 2010 at 12:32 am

    A tour de force with a limp ending: “The BBC would do well to recruit a more balanced stable unless it wants to alienate its listeners.” Yeah, I’m sure the Gramscian subversives are suddenly going to abort the revolution in case they lose listeners.

    He also wrote as if left-biased ‘comedy’ on Radio 4 was a new phenomenon. ‘Weekenging’ anyone?

    The only way impartiality will be restored to the BBC is heads to roll like a truckful of cheeses down Cooper’s Hill.

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