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Just saw a bit of Stephen Nolan having a go at a Trump supporter over a video link. Nolan should get a shot at the big time. You know, he should have a shot at Newsnight or something. Like all Northern Irish people, he has a naturally threatening accent, so I think he'd be good at it even if he did nothing but talk complete nonsense.
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Wheat Loaf posted:Just saw a bit of Stephen Nolan having a go at a Trump supporter over a video link. Nolan should get a shot at the big time. You know, he should have a shot at Newsnight or something. Like all Northern Irish people, he has a naturally threatening accent, so I think he'd be good at it even if he did nothing but talk complete nonsense. His accent isn't threatening, it's silly. Also he has a high voice and an eating problem. ![]() That's him trying to look tough. And Julian Simmons is a creepy bastard and I'm glad he won't be on my television set anymore.
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crispix posted:His accent isn't threatening, it's silly. Fair enough, I can compromise: I think all the Northern Irish accents are both. ![]()
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Not everyone here talks like Jim McDonald. *snort*!! so they don't ![]()
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I am almost certainly prejudiced because I live among the poshos in North Down. ![]()
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I met Su Pollard in the local. I asked if I could put a small donkey on her head for a photo. She said yes, so I went home to get the donkey.![]() Bogmonster posted:That was a mirror, Dara. I took a plane to Ibiza to show Jeremy Beadle I was cool And when I finally moved over, he got colder hey tiny hand, I'm looking atchoo reality_groove posted:What's everyone's favourite thing than happened on a Children in Need/Comic Relief/Stand Up to Cancer telethon? My favourite is when they get newsreaders to do awkward song and dance routines. About a decade ago the newsreaders did a leatherclad version of Wild Boys. I fell asleep that night and acted it out in my dream. I was punching the air, and punched shelves (which I now know should not have been there, but we lived in 1 room in a shared house) above the bed, breaking them and sending picture frames, photo albums and coins all over me and my sleeping girlfriend. She was not impressed, although was later amused (once the swelling had gone down)
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Looke posted:i frequently see justin lee collins pissed out his head in bristol, right laugh Rarity posted:Cripes I live in Bristol. I didn't realise I was in such danger Looke posted:it's sad, i saw him in cabot a month or so ago, and you could tell he wanted to be recognised I'm a Bristol goon who works in the centre, and have seen this clown too often. He used to go around in dark glasses to hide his face (when the was 'famous') but now you see him just smiling at random people. I also saw him about a month after his scandal on Queen square with a bleeding lip. I like to think someone recognised him ![]()
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Oh god he's smiling he's planning something!
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Khablam posted:I'm a Bristol goon who works in the centre, and have seen this clown too often. What did he do again? I mostly remember him as a poo poo comedian and presenter. I assume he's living rough now?
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BizarroAzrael posted:What did he do again? I mostly remember him as a poo poo comedian and presenter. He physically and mentally abused his girlfriend.
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BizarroAzrael posted:What did he do again? I mostly remember him as a poo poo comedian and presenter. Apparently he's still on the radio somewhere so he's probably not quite down to begging in the Bear Pit level just yet
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Paperhouse posted:Apparently he's still on the radio somewhere so he's probably not quite down to begging in the Bear Pit level just yet He's on Radio X here in Manchester. I've seen him a few times sat in picadilly train station looking forlorn.
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Taear posted:He's on Radio X here in Manchester. I've seen him a few times sat in picadilly train station looking forlorn. I miss XFM and now I'm even angrier about the rebrand.
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crispix posted:And Julian Simmons is a creepy bastard and I'm glad he won't be on my television set anymore. What?! Say it aint so, our Julian not on the TV? I once heckled him on the street while driving past, one of my life's regrets.
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And Justin Lee Collins last TV spot was as 'Fred Firewheel' in Sooty: The Great Race. Playing the bad guy to Sooty, Sweep, and Sue. He is Little Britain's Des Kay irl.
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happyhippy posted:What?! I once almost ran him over on the Ormeau Road because he was jaywalking and wouldn't hurry himself. He did in the end.
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BizarroAzrael posted:I miss XFM and now I'm even angrier about the rebrand.
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Taear posted:He's on Radio X here in Manchester. I've seen him a few times sat in picadilly train station looking forlorn. I bet he plays 'Run For Your Life' by The Beatles a lot
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Black Mirror is just as cheery as ever.
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ye it's pretty good
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First episode of Black Mirror down, basically it's that one episode of Community but with characters I care less about. Decent, not great.
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3 minutes into QI. Hot take: It's still QI
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Black Mirror ep 2, real good. Big Shadow of the Minotaur vibe but for adults. Not sure about the ending but drat the episode itself was intense.
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Rarity Hot Take Black Mirror Eps 3-5 are the best of the season. Especially ep 3. Oh god ep 3. Oh god ![]()
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jesus loving christ, episode 3 ![]()
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Finished this week's QI: The only big acknowledgement of the change was just before General Ignorance where Alan baited Sandi into doing the 'explain a pedantic piece of minutiae like a slightly impatient nursery teacher' thing Stephen used to do and then pointed out that she's the perfect replacement because of how easily she slipped into it.
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Rarity posted:Rarity Hot Take The first two are the weakest. The 3rd might be the bleakest episode to date. 4 wasn't really black mirror but was still very good.
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Looke posted:jesus loving christ, episode 3 Wow, yeah, gently caress. Brutal.
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My unpopular opinion: I find Black Mirror boring and didactic, and want Brooker to go back to making fun of bad TV shows.
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Quasimango posted:My unpopular opinion: I find Black Mirror boring and didactic, and want Brooker to go back to making fun of bad TV shows. That is a bad opinion. Brooker as critic will always be secondary to Brooker writing Nathan Barley/Brass Eye/Black Mirror (which is also sdtill him as critic, but whatever)
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Hot take: I don't know what didactic means.
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preachy.
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Bape Culture posted:Hot take: I don't know what didactic means. I was too shy to ask what it means and too lazy to look it up.
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I just read a listicle about Brooker and one of the entries is about his choice to leave his critic days behind him-quote:Brooker ditched his Screen Burn column in 2010 after several changes in his life meant that he was no longer happy being the public face of scorn. Opining that he wasn’t a “proper critic” he explained the ways in which his schtick was wearing him down. http://mentalfloss.com/uk/people/47431/8-unconventional-things-about-charlie-brooker
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Quasimango posted:My unpopular opinion: I find Black Mirror boring and didactic, and want Brooker to go back to making fun of bad TV shows. Same. The Black Mirror episodes I've watched seem to mainly just be Technology Is Bad You Guys. Except that one where the prime minister hosed a pig. That was great.
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Gyro Zeppeli posted:Same. The Black Mirror episodes I've watched seem to mainly just be Technology Is Bad You Guys. But is it really bad? Hm... A tough question to be sure.
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Gyro Zeppeli posted:Except that one where the prime minister hosed a pig. That was great. That was the news. ![]()
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Quasimango posted:My unpopular opinion: I find Black Mirror boring and didactic, and want Brooker to go back to making fun of bad TV shows. I want another Touch of Cloth.
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Jesus Christ episode 3 was just amazing. I have no other content to add, sorry.
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Julio Cruz posted:I want another Touch of Cloth. Same.
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