Paid Members gmoney Posted September 10, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted September 10, 2021 2 hours ago, Mr JL said: Who is the other posh bloke who appears on the Sky 1 programme with Jamie Redknapp? Harry Redknapp? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Jazzy G Posted September 10, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted September 10, 2021 2 hours ago, Hannibal Scorch said: And I bet neither of them are vegetarian They're definitely not socialists... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 1 hour ago, Tommy! said: Have I understood correctly that the issue is it's a council managed venue and the council don't want to take the booking, much as any venue owner can do, and he'd be fine if he booked somewhere privately owned for the gig who were happy with taking the booking? Yeah, I said this when I posted the story and repeated it again and again, which is unlike me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Tommy! Posted September 11, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted September 11, 2021 (edited) 13 hours ago, Keith Houchen said: Yeah, I said this when I posted the story and repeated it again and again, which is unlike me. Did you say anything about the second part, which was more my question after qualifying my understanding In the section you quoted, which I try to do because I'm a bit thick? Edited September 11, 2021 by Tommy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted September 11, 2021 Share Posted September 11, 2021 1 hour ago, Tommy! said: Did you say anything about the second part, which was more my question after qualifying my understanding In the section you quoted, which I try to do because I'm a bit thick? Yeah, I said this when I posted the story and repeated it again and again, which is unlike me. But yeah, I think it speaks volumes that a canny promoter hasn’t already stepped in, booked another venue to reap the rewards. Maybe the rewards aren’t there to be reaped as any similar sized venues cost more to book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Tommy! Posted September 11, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted September 11, 2021 (edited) 47 minutes ago, Keith Houchen said: Yeah, I said this when I posted the story You detailed the volume of independently owned venue's and ratio of such venues to council owned ones in you opening post? I must be thicker than I thought because I've re read it and I'm unfortunately still missing it. "You can’t even tell racist, homophobic, misogynistic jokes in a publicly funded building anymore without the looney left cancelling someone most people thought was already dead. And no, The Mash Report getting cancelled on a publicly funded tv channel isn’t the same free speech issue because I hated that brown foreign looking fella." Edited September 11, 2021 by Tommy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted September 11, 2021 Share Posted September 11, 2021 1 minute ago, Tommy! said: must be thicker than I thought because I've re read it an I'm unfortunately still missing it. You got whooshed m8. I copied and pasted the joke about me not repeating myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Tommy! Posted September 11, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted September 11, 2021 Given the conversation was about Chubby Brown i'd just assumed anything funny was off the menu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted December 18, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted December 18, 2021 This write-up of a Ricky Gervais interview by Simon Hattenstone is a brilliant piece of work, and funnier than anything Gervais has ever done by some distance. https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/dec/18/ricky-gervais-on-offence-anger-and-infuriating-hollywood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members chokeout Posted December 19, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted December 19, 2021 9 hours ago, Devon Malcolm said: This write-up of a Ricky Gervais interview by Simon Hattenstone is a brilliant piece of work, and funnier than anything Gervais has ever done by some distance. https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/dec/18/ricky-gervais-on-offence-anger-and-infuriating-hollywood “That’s a big lesson I’ve learned. Working harder at something makes you better at it.” Gervais is a master of stating the obvious as if it’s a pearl of wisdom. That article is hilarious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members LaGoosh Posted December 19, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted December 19, 2021 Top notch reading that. I enjoy the Smartless podcast as I like all 3 hosts: Jason Bateman, Will Arnett and Sean Hayes. However it sometimes pisses me off as they are part of the anti-woke dimwit brigade and often bring it up with their guests in the usual "you couldn't say that anymore" shite. Recently they said that you couldn't do Arrested Development these days because it would offend people which is fucking idiotic because Arrested isn't remotely offensive to anyone. But there was a moment when they had Jerry Seinfeld on and asked him about "wokeness" ruining comedy and he replied, clearly annoyed, that it's all bullshit - public opinions and viewpoints have always been constantly evolving and changing and that truly good comedy will never be affected by people being offended, only badly written comedy is affected. The hosts went quiet and quickly changed the subject. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Wretch Posted December 19, 2021 Paid Members Share Posted December 19, 2021 He'll be retweeting that for years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted December 19, 2021 Moderators Share Posted December 19, 2021 1 hour ago, LaGoosh said: Recently they said that you couldn't do Arrested Development these days because it would offend people which is fucking idiotic because Arrested isn't remotely offensive Off the top of my head when Maebe gives Lindsey a t-shirt that says 'shemale' probably wouldn't get written today. But that's a good thing because it's a lazy joke. And it's hardly a vital part of the show so it proves nothing of their point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Danger Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 It’s bollocks really, look at CYE, it’s evolved with the times. Larry still does the same old shtick but it takes on a different context. Clearly most old comedians are going to be disgruntled because the two sides of the extreme, the permanently offended and people who just want to voice their bigoted opinions have never been more vocal or had bigger platforms to voice their opinions but comedians have a ton of room in the middle of that spectrum with a whole new breed of idiots to be the butt of their jokes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Chris B Posted December 19, 2021 Author Paid Members Share Posted December 19, 2021 2 hours ago, Chest Rockwell said: Off the top of my head when Maebe gives Lindsey a t-shirt that says 'shemale' probably wouldn't get written today. But that's a good thing because it's a lazy joke. And it's hardly a vital part of the show so it proves nothing of their point. The whole "Mentally Retarded Female" thing left a really bad taste, and would be unlikely to fly now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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