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By Russell Grenning, published 5/7/2018

Stop me if you've heard this one...a BBC executive with the marvellously Orwellian title of Controller of Comedy Commissioning walked into this newspaper interview.

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Once again - so what!

For something completely different which IS really beyond-the-pale idiocy why not check out these references on the all Amerikan psychosis

Hobby Lobby Blessed Is The Nation Whose God Is Lord

On the Daily Beast website : Star Wars & God Emperors The Sci-Fi Roots of the Far Right, which features David Auerbach interviewing a fully fledged American psychpath.
Strangely enough, but not really, the wife of this monstrosity is the USA ambassador to the Vatican.

The plot sickens.
Posted by Daffy Duck, Thursday, 5 July 2018 9:05:52 AM
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Comedy is all about mockery, inversion, pointing out social absurdities.
It cannot live in the same space as political "correctness", sensitivity training and protected categories of people.
Oil and water.
Posted by Shockadelic, Thursday, 5 July 2018 1:24:11 PM
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I enjoyed the article but I don't
understand why all the criticism of the BBC.
After all they did air shows such as - "Yes, Minister,"
"Fawlty Towers," "Absolutely Fabulous," 'Are You Being
Served," to name just a few.
And personalities like Stephen Fry, Atkinson, and many others
got their start on the BBC.
Posted by Foxy, Thursday, 5 July 2018 2:47:02 PM
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I think Russel you have missed the point.
The political correctness and the lefty objections to everything are
as funny as Monty Python, together with that comedy paper the Guardian
are in fact the current comedy field.
Think of all the laughs you can get out of transgender and they have
not yet started on sex jokes with transgender. There is a tremendous
opportunity for a comedy series in just that field.
Most of the comedy on TV is on at 6pm and 7pm.
Of course 7-30 is a real howler.
Another good comedy show is Q&A on Mondays.
I am afraid Russel you just have not kept up with it all.
Posted by Bazz, Thursday, 5 July 2018 3:01:36 PM
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Dear Bazz,

They could use you on the BBC.
Posted by Foxy, Thursday, 5 July 2018 5:38:07 PM
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No wonder comedy sucks in this day and age.
So comedy is dead, because the old type of comedy (the kind we actually used to laugh at) is either no longer politically correct, or considered too sensitive for the immigrants swamping us to cope with?
- Thanks for solving that mystery for me Russell.
Posted by Armchair Critic, Thursday, 5 July 2018 5:53:05 PM
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