observer piece on bbc satire.......and dead ringers

[fbb bastard]

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,1163849,00.html

some interesting points there......"comedy is supposed to be inaccurate..if its not its probably not very good" et al

and a sign of what armando is up to next as well

[big dogs cock]

Cheers for drawing my attention to that blob-o, i'm actually sat here trying to work out how to get a Politics dissertation question out of the changing relationship between the BBC and the government, and this is perfect for my 'stick anything vaguely relevant in a folder and feel like i'm doing work' stage (this will last some months).

I know nothing other than what I read in the papers of course, but there seems to have been a real overreaction from the BBC after Hutton, a bit of spinelessness, I'd be interested to know to what extent those within the BBC are really being told to 'tone it down'. This seems like nothing more than a cosmetic exercise and a pain in the neck, but perhaps not if Iannucci's genuinely irritated.

the controversial Double Take show

Well not really. Showing a blurry image of someone who looks a bit like Prince Charles with his willy out isn't exactly public order threatening.

comedy is supposed to be inaccurate..if its not its probably not very good

Yeah i'd go along with that. My personal sense of humour is tickled mostly by ludicrousness, even when it's satire. Just pure observational stuff, well it's laaazy comedy sluuuts intit?

Hmm....brainwave...could I get away with a Politics dissertation purely about satire...surely not something I actually would enjoy being something that's worthwhile, not in real life.

[Emergency Lalla Ward Ten]

Iannucci says people should just ignore the guidelines.

Question is, how many of today's producers have the balls?

[fbb bastard]

i actually think there is a lot more worrying things regarding bbc comedy then simple red tape....mmmmmm for instance

http://media.guardian.co.uk/mediaguardian/story/0,7558,1164185,00.html

how did this women become so damn powerful?....she doesnt even know what decade some of the beebs most successful programmes where made?

davina brent?

[Jemble Fred]

Yes, I read that last night. Isn't it the single most boring, unthinkably crass and inaccurate pile of shit you've ever read? Apart from the content just being predictably empty of any real insight, it's just technically so badly written. It almost reads like a spoof.

For god's sake sack the woman now - PLEASE!