Hmm. I will bear that in mind.
Not that I'm entirely sure what that means.
 

Well it's the difference between clever, funny lines, and a chance for a performer to do a real barnstorming performance.

The trick is to be able to do both.
 

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The ASDA of satire.

I hate purity, I hate goodness!I don't want any virtue to exist anywhere. I want everyone to be corrupt to the bones.

But it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother.

1984
 

I sort of know what you mean, but can you think of an example of a sketch which did both?
 

The Parrot Sketch, Argument Sketch, Spitting Image Thatcher orders a steak sketch.

Was going to mention one of my own, but would have been a bit vain.
 

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The ASDA of satire.

I hate purity, I hate goodness!I don't want any virtue to exist anywhere. I want everyone to be corrupt to the bones.

But it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother.

1984
 

Vain? You? The very thought!

Thanks, Soots!

Quote: Griff @ April 20 2008, 10:47 PM BST

Every other paper has good comedy sketch material - Prescott's bulimia, or the Royal stag night, or Putin going out with sexy young gymnast, while the Independent starts with eight pages about biofuels. It is the worst comedy writing paper ever.

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Griff the Sun is only 20p! And it's full of tawdry nonsense, just waiting to be half inched.

How about 4 year old kick boxers, or European countries with sexier MPs, or Will lands his big chopper in girl friends back garden, or Brits beer belly saves him from being shot in Portugal, or there fab reporting on Prezza's bulimia.


The sun is my oracle of bollox that fuels my skit writing. That and the sometimes quite bizzare BBC news site.
 

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The ASDA of satire.

I hate purity, I hate goodness!I don't want any virtue to exist anywhere. I want everyone to be corrupt to the bones.

But it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother.

1984
 

Well maybe read it once a week, and just remind your self atleast it's not the Daily Mail.

I treat myself to the luxury of the Sun, and The Guardian most days. A story in both of their first 6 pages is usually a biggy.


The Indy sucks bum totally as a newspaper. If I was a tramp, I wouldn't warm my arse with it.
 

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The ASDA of satire.

I hate purity, I hate goodness!I don't want any virtue to exist anywhere. I want everyone to be corrupt to the bones.

But it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother.

1984
 

Hello there.
Does anyone know if the edit sheets for the Treason Show have been mailed out yet? I haven't any for ages.
 

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"But where do all the calculators go?"
 

I love The Independent!

However, on a Sunday, I prefer The Sunday Times.
 

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Das ist nicht eine booben.
 

The Sun's main story is you can buy beer for 10p a pint in the Sudan.
 

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The ASDA of satire.

I hate purity, I hate goodness!I don't want any virtue to exist anywhere. I want everyone to be corrupt to the bones.

But it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother.

1984
 

It's fair to say that The Independant's front covers are rather at odds with most other papers.
 

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Das ist nicht eine booben.
 

The Independent is like getting caught in a tube train full of sociologu students, with tourettes, and flatulence.

Am intrigued Griff, not The Sun, Indy, or Grauniad, are you a Times man? Heaven forfend you're not a Mail reader?
 

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The ASDA of satire.

I hate purity, I hate goodness!I don't want any virtue to exist anywhere. I want everyone to be corrupt to the bones.

But it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother.

1984
 

A very classy choice, the Torygraph being so posh, and contemptuos it comes over as surprisingly neutral. They have some top writers too, always like BJs efforts. Funny, but one has the impression the editor got them scrawled on a piece of paper, after threatening 12 strokes of the cane, and no tuck shop.
 

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The ASDA of satire.

I hate purity, I hate goodness!I don't want any virtue to exist anywhere. I want everyone to be corrupt to the bones.

But it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother.

1984
 

You know I've never been able to do crosswords, or Sudoku funny that.
 

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The ASDA of satire.

I hate purity, I hate goodness!I don't want any virtue to exist anywhere. I want everyone to be corrupt to the bones.

But it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother.

1984
 

Anyone any idea what the running order is yet?
 

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I went to the loo, and Katie came too (it was a public loo!)...I...shouted "Argh! It's too big for the hole!" - Robyn, BSG

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