BBC Director - "To Axe Left Wing Comedy"

[I'm With Stupid]

Frankie Boyle is a nasty twat, not sure why the BBC continue to employ this horrid tramp. Years a go he took pleasure in taking the piss out of people's physical appearances notably Becky Adlington. You aren't funny if you have to resort to mocking appearances.

It's interesting you bring that one up on this thread, because Boyle explains it in this interview here:



And one thing he mentions is the censorship involved at the time of talking about any serious issues surrounding the war, to they ended up resorting to cheap shots at celebrities and people's appearances. You look at panels shows now, and they are increasingly light-hearted (even when they're good) and the ones that profess to be satire are more often than not fairly surface level stuff. Very occasionally Ian Hislop will still lay into someone for the sort of corruption that requires a bit of research to uncover, but for every joke about government ministers awarding contracts to their friends or running an investment fund that stands to profit massively from Brexit, there's 10 about how Jacob Rees Mogg is a bit antiquated, Boris Johnson has said something stupid, or Michael Gove took cocaine in uni. BBC comedy is a far cry away from doing the sort of thing John Oliver does in America, for example. Bremner Bird and Fortune is the last example I can think of of that incredibly well-researched satire.

 

[I'm With Stupid]

Can't remember with the BBC at the time. I do however remember 2DTV taking the piss out of him on a weekly basis about his fawning of the US and George W.

I know. It was meant sarcastically.

 

[mat]

I know. It was meant sarcastically.

Apologies.

I'm not with it today.

I think I need to shut down my internet for rest of the day.

 

[Fame Monster]

There is rumour he posted about football
once but l don't believe it.

I remember.

'Give Bernardo a 10 game ban'.

 

[Mike Cledford]

I remember.

'Give Bernardo a 10 game ban'.

I like that.

 

[BobKowalski]

Clearly you do or you wouldn't have commented on my post.

Go on, treat yourself, go spend some time on our football forums.

No, I just couldn't resist pointing out you were posting in this forum while having a little dig at others for doing the same. Shades of ‘25 years vs 2017’ in the other thread.

 

[blueinsa]

No, I just couldn't resist pointing out you were posting in this forum while having a little dig at others for doing the same. Shades of ‘25 years vs 2017’ in the other thread.

Need help finding them Bob just give us a shout and i will send you some links.

 

[BobKowalski]

I think the problem is bob that you are not aware that you are a bit of a **** tbh. I'm not having a go at cunts btw - far from it, as I have been one most of my life. Being a **** is a bit like having an allergy or bad eyesight - not the end of the world, but you have to adapt accordingly. If you don't even realise you are a **** it places you at a disadvantage in this respect.

I wouldn’t have put you down as a ****. Not convinced you have what it takes.

Me on the other hand...

 

[BobKowalski]

Need help finding them Bob just give us a shout and i will send you some links.

Cheers.

 

[Bluemoon dan]

Is the state of the current comedy scene not just a reflection of where we are in the World right now? One of the key components of satirical comedy is the concept of 'punching up'. At the moment we have a right wing Government, a right wing president and were it not for Covid the dominant news story would be Brexit which is also a predominantly right wing movement. By definition then most of the satirical comedy is going to be aimed at those targets. It isn't necessarily whether that is right or wrong or funny or not its just that those are currently the biggest and easiest targets.