comedy

Was It Something I Said

October 28, 2013

Was It Something I Said

This new quiz is not going to help my little problem staying away from English comedy panel shows. Not only is this on top of Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Have I Got News for You and too many others to mention, it’s hosted by David Mitchell and stars the hilarious, nerdy, dreamboatish Richard Ayoade.

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Jam hot

April 6, 2011

Jam hot

Also, this and this.

Photos via fuckyeahnoelfielding. Below, Fielding and Julian Barrett of The Mighty Boosh; at bottom, Fielding in a famous pairing with Russell Brand on the BBC’s Big Fat Quiz as the team “The Goth Detectives.”

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Dylan Moran – “and then we go home to our lovely… tiles.”

October 22, 2010

Dylan Moran – “and then we go home to our lovely… tiles.”

I saw Dylan Moran perform at the Edingburgh festival in the mid 1990s. In an moment of near infatuation or more accurately addiction I had to go back the next night and see him do the same show again.

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“I’m afraid your novel is unsuitable for us at the present time.”

April 21, 2010

From Black Books, Irish comedian Dylan Moran’s British TV series. Moran played Bernard Black, misanthropic second-hand bookshop owner. See also another episode in which Bernard, unable to figure out his tax forms, learns that he will receive an extension for filing his return only in the event of injury, so seeks injury by provoking skinheads.

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Categories: humour, Uncategorised, video

Canada’s Shanghai Expo 2010 architect is…Cirque du Soleil.

January 17, 2010

Canada’s Shanghai Expo 2010 architect is…Cirque du Soleil.

Seemingly impossible, but true. Similar to the way the statement “Arnold Schwarzenegger is Governor of California” is true. The Canadian Pavilion at Expo 2010 in Shanghai is to be designed by Cirque du Soleil’s in-house designer.

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Categories: design, Uncategorised
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