YES! I was just writing about him again, Will Franken was waaay ahead of the curve on all this.

Also, he was utterly beloved by that whole scene, but had the dignity and nerve to call them all out - to their faces - knowing that he'd get blacklisted from appearing ever again. Need more like him.

.This thread gathers together some information & conjecture. Circa 2020, conservative comedian Will Franken burned his bridges with Comedy Unleashed, finding they were censorious hypocrites who platformed eugenicists with no comedy skills, i.e. Toby Young.

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Thanks for getting back to me, I appreciate the info! It's hard to know what to believe now, especially as so many notable shows were taped so the reels could be reused. Good luck with your research :-)

Sorry, I do use hashtags as I figure that's helpful for people who want to mute shitters like yer man.

That I would enjoy, I think! The best recent representation of internet culture for me was probably dotted throughout Bo Burnham's masterpiece, "Inside."

Yeah, quite honestly, I just didn't like some of the performers and they were a huge issue for me which I couldn't get over. I will have to try it again, really want to dig out the Banksy parody booklet. And I have something VERY cool to try and sort out for the 20th anniversary!

Thanks for the plug, appreciate it :-) I'm still catching up, Julia Faure Walker did an incredible job and it was very cathartic to finally see someone in a position of influence say, "nah, look, he's not rational is he? He's just a big old self-absorbed hater who likes being a dick to people."

Glad you enjoyed it :-) Sadly I could never get into it beyond the pilot. Was a good effort though and it definitely has its fans.

I dug out a few old Nathan Barley things recently actually, if I have time I'll hunt more out for this anniversary.

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You can see the original character breakdown which was used for casting here: www.cookdandbombd.co.uk/forums/index...

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"The energy & appetite for an anti-Zionist, anti-imperialist, socialist movement is incredible."

Not when it's shepherded by transphobic landlords. The Scottish YP Bluesky is riddled with Novara-style centrist pricks ranting about "trans activists" too. Yuck.

Good luck getting rid of the trash.

Wicked, the original piece was superb and I've referred people to it on multiple occasions now. Looking forward to this sequel, thanks.

Great video, I loved it; very concise and also positive and inspiring in its outlook. Had to come to bluesky to find a copy to forward as I'd rather not send people to the Twitter one given in the article.

Anyway keep up the good work, thank you.