Youtube post- Charlie Brooker (Again, again)

Charlie Brooker on My Super Sweet 16

Youtube post- Jon Richardson, Rhod Gilbert and Lloyd Langford

I just found this audio clip from Jon's show and had to share. Lloyd broke Rhod's gnome!

Youtube post- Mitchell and Webb

Ok, it's BBC not YouTube but I can't be bothered to change the categories for this video. Anyway, in honour of the iPad being released in the UK today, I'm posting this video of a viable alternative.

What Comedy has Allowed Me To Do/Be

I decided that I wanted to be a little bit more personal in terms of comedy (and magic but I'm putting them together here) and what it has done for me. I think since getting into comedy in a big way (i.e. seeing stuff live) about a year ago, I have changed as a person. It has also allowed me to do things that I wouldn't have been able to do otherwise and I wanted to write about it.

Youtube post- Robin Ince

Lacking ideas, I'm just putting a video of Robin Ince up.

Youtube post- Stewart Lee (again)

As I saw him Sunday and thought he was brilliant, I just wanted to post a video of him.

Lyric Comedy Night, 23/05/2010, Lyric Hammersmith

I saw Richard Herring's Comedy Night at the Lyric Theatre and I just wanted to write about it.

Barry and Stuart, Séance Show (preview), Etcetera Theatre, 22/5/2010

I saw the fabulous Barry and Stuart last night and wanted to review it. I have seen 3 times now, so it won't be very detailed, but I'll talk about it anyway.

Creativity: Barry and Stuart icons, third set

So, seeing Barry and Stuart this evening so it's the perfect time to post some more icons that I have made. Will be review of the gig tomorrow.

Things I generally like...Back of the Net

I have a confession before I start this- I don't get football. I find it for the most part boring and less skilled compared to other sports. I am dreading the TV schedules being filled with the World Cup this summer. I hate the assumption that you have to care about it because the national side is involved. I can't be bothered to be patriotic in general. I only vaguely care about my local side (Charlton) but that isn't that much.


So it is odd then that I really enjoy reading a blog about football. Back of the Net is a very different type of football blog. It is run by Mark Watson (who I like anyway as has previously mentioned), his brother Paul (who also runs the national football team in Micronesia) and John Foster. Rather than talking about fixtures and transfers of players etc. it makes up stories and are whimsical and very silly. Things like players making cakes, shopping during penalties, being lost in ticker tape parades and Flight of the Conchords being named in the New Zealand World Cup squad. They also satire the nature of football, the over played players, the general commercialisation of the game and the desire to keep things the same. 


Even if you don't like football, read this blog: http://backofthenet.markwatsonthecomedian.com/