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Darren Riley
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Artist and musician. Happy to be part of the industry of human happiness. No AI.

A 'baffling... and undeniably fevered mind.'

'The Neil Innes of the North.'

https://www.patreon.com/adarrenrileypainting
That fella on the right, Akira Terao. Biggest-selling pop star of the Eighties in Japan. Sold more than Thriller. Literally bigger than Michael Jackson.
November 15, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Yes, possibly. It certainly wouldn't surprise me to find he took to debating quite easily at Cambridge. He seems more used to it. He was clearly as exasperated as Palin but controls himself a bit better.

It's great telly though, isn't it?
November 15, 2025 at 8:44 PM
It must be said that John Cleese was excellent in this debate. How he stayed calm is beyond me. Palin kind of stayed calm but was clearly one more insult away from nutting Muggeridge.

It's a fascinating watch because you'd assume it would be the other way round.

youtu.be/wUYhtJINiaY?...
1979: The Great LIFE OF BRIAN DEBATE | Friday Night Saturday Morning | BBC Archive
YouTube video by BBC Archive
youtu.be
November 15, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Absolutely. A fantastic band. How many others would get the atomic bomb and the Jonestown Massacre in a hard funk jam? So good.
November 15, 2025 at 7:48 PM
There's my next sticker set! Tar/mud men.
November 15, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Hahahaha
November 15, 2025 at 1:51 PM
And then a set of Tomorrow's World presenters; North West regional news presenters; TV shopkeepers.

Etc.

It would be the best sticker club ever. If I build it will they come?
November 15, 2025 at 10:11 AM
First sticker set is already decided - Cleese and Palin take on Malcolm Muggeridge and the Bishop of Southwark, with Tim Rice mediating.
November 15, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Amazing 😻
November 15, 2025 at 9:25 AM
When I was at music college my bass teacher gave me his copy of that album. Just gave it to me.
November 14, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Can’t have George Carter, he’s a copper. TV Cops is another set.
November 14, 2025 at 11:35 AM
A full Shoestring set might be stretching things a bit. He might find himself in a Private Dicks pack.
November 14, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Ahem… people who look like they *might* be doctors.
November 13, 2025 at 11:57 AM