Having a go at the Daily Mail has become so commonplace that no one notices. And the few who do are already converted anyway, so entirely pointless.
Quote: sootyj @ December 30 2008, 8:12 PM GMTActually I also read Richard Littlejohn's articles on line.
Do you know how dirty that last sentence made me feel?
And yet oh-so-good as well? 
Quote: Ian Wolf @ December 30 2008, 7:03 PM GMTHence why "The Great Dictator" is one of Chaplin's greatest films, but I am unaware of a great comedy film about Stalin.
Maybe it was because none of the great filmmaking countries have been actually invaded and/or felt the threat of invasion of invasion by Nazis.
I'm sure if, say, Poles were world famous filmmakers, the world would have learned by now Stalin was every bit as bit as Adolf.
Quote: Ian Wolf @ December 30 2008, 8:13 PM GMTSootyj: My view is that we should not only mock the Daily Mail, but we should mock every other media outlet with just as much scorn and distrust. Right-wing neo-cons are awful, but new age lefties, animal rights extremists and namby pamby liberals can be just as bad.
To quote the words of Armando Iannucci, "We're all twats."
Of course I go for every one all of the time.
The Guardian women's pages are hilarious, sadly no one with a sense of humour ever reads them.
I read the Daily Mail!
I like the feature stories about Historians & men who own wolves & shit like that.
Quote: Charley @ December 30 2008, 8:19 PM GMTI like the feature stories about Historians & men who own wolves & shit like that.
Quote: WrongTale @ December 30 2008, 8:19 PM GMTMaybe it was because none of the great filmmaking countries have been actually invaded and/or felt the threat of invasion of invasion by Nazis.
I'm sure if, say, Poles were world famous filmmakers, the world would have learned by now Stalin was every bit as bit as Adolf.
If not worse. Probably worse.
Y'know there's probably a load of old BBC One sitcom scriptwriters reading this thread and weeping at the mauling of some of their best "jokes".
Whats sadder is that ther's probably a load of new BBC One sitcom scriptwriters thinking they've hit a comedy oil field as they copy down ideas for the next Nicholas Lyndhurst Blandcom.
Quote: Ian Wolf @ December 30 2008, 7:26 PM GMTIf Prescott does something which is good,
That is a big "if".
Quote: Ian Wolf @ December 30 2008, 7:03 PM GMTHowever, as far as mocking the left-wing press is concerned, this is limited to spelling errors in "The Guardian" and mocking the front page of "The Independent".
"Guardian reader" has itself become a comic turn of abuse; the Guardian comes in for just as much stick as the Mail.
The fact that the Mail tried to whip up a storm about Vic Reeves putting a pair of fake legs onto the shoulders of her off GMTV on Shooting Stars saying it was sexual and vulgar shows what a total joke that newspaper is.
Somebody drinking coffee in the street and a person walking past and putting change in their cup.
Quote: Griff @ December 30 2008, 7:15 PM GMTI'm with Aaron on the Daily Mail discussion. Sooty's argument that it is morally necessary to mock the Mail is missing the point. I don't go to comedy for moral instruction. Mocking the Mail repetitively and incessantly is dull, dull, dull and, I agree, the sign of a comic without any fresh ideas.
I don't feel that way about mocking the Daily Mail yet, but I do think "George Bush is stupid" jokes are incredibly dull and tedious now and have been done a million times, so I know how that feels. Give it a while and I'll probably feel the same about mocking the Mail, even if it is a paper not worth wiping my arse on and is full of disgusting bile (like my arse).
Quote: NickTheDon @ March 2 2009, 11:59 AM GMTis full of disgusting bile (like my arse).
I'm no biologist but I don't think bile is meant to come out of that end. I would say ask Dr Tim Walker for medical advice but he's probably busy sitting in his car in the garage with the engine running.
Quote: Matthew Stott @ October 25 2008, 8:46 PM GMTBLOKE: 'No. Absolutely not. There is not a chance in hell that you're going to get me to do that. No. Not a chance. Definitely not. No way jose.'
CUT TO:
Bloke doing thing he just said he absolutely wouldn't.
Gets me laughing every time though. Even when Lee Mack does it.
Quote: chipolata @ March 2 2009, 5:56 PM GMTI'm no biologist but I don't think bile is meant to come out of that end. I would say ask Dr Tim Walker for medical advice but he's probably busy sitting in his car in the garage with the engine running.
Meow! Saucer of milk for the winking cat.
Quote: David Bussell @ January 8 2011, 12:20 PM GMTMeow! Saucer of milk for the wanking cat.
That's not milk
'Who could possibly be so stupid?' - enter Stupid.
When I was in the midst of my A-levels I used to watch a US sitcom called 'Out of this World' to turn my brain off for a bit. Every single gag was somebody saying something then contradicting it. You know, 'I'm not scared of anything', then - guess what - something unexpected happens and the guy's scared!!!!!
Quote: Ian Wolf @ December 31 2008, 12:03 AM GMT.... Hence why "The Great Dictator" is one of Chaplin's greatest films, but I am unaware of a great comedy film about Stalin.
Some say 'The Great Dictator' is a parody of Adolf Hitler. This completely escapes me, can anyone see it at all? http://www.imdb.com/media/rm4068908800/tt0032553
I've also heard that 'The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe' has Christian overtones.