Bill Hicks vs David Hare

Here’s a thing I didn’t include in my Sunday Times article on joke theft and my list of suspicious gags. It seems that a joke performed by Bill Hicks (who died in 1994) about the 1st George Bush is the same as a joke from David Hare’s 2004 play about the 2nd Iraq War and the 2nd George Bush, a joke which the Guardian review described as the biggest laugh of the night. (more…)

Children in Need and some wrong jokes

BBC TAKE IMPARTIALITY TOO FAR WITH THEIR NEW CHILDREN-IN-NEED MASCOT…

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It started with a click…

So… my website is now open. If you’re reading this on or near 3 o’clock on 10th November then you’re one of the first visitors – like those groggy families that get up really early at Disneyland to get a headstart on the rides. I hope you’ve brought a plastic see-through poncho in case  it rains. (more…)