Sunday, 21 March 2010

Self defeating analysis

Have you seen Russell Howard trailing his poor new show on BBC3?
His opener? His raison d'etre?
"People say the news isn't funny anymore"
Do they?
Do they, Russell? (he usually pronounces it Rossell rather annoyingly)
Do people really say that?
He then gives an example of what we have been missing - a(n) hilarious headline - "Man survives fatal accident!"
Thank you. Thank you Rossell for being the comedy saviour you are.
Oh and those people you mention...Are these the same people who have never stumbled across 29 seasons of Have I Got News For You - BBC television's longest serving comedy hit?
Are these people who have missed Radio 4's The News Quiz which has probably run for around 40 years.
Did all these people miss 8 or 9 seasons of Mock the Week - a show YOU are on?
Who, I ask you, says the news isn't funny anymore?

I'll tell you.

It's the people who watch Russell Howard's Good News.

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