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The Thick of It, The West Wing and that “hopey, changey thing” – Omnigenius #3
Pop Lifer is celebrating The Day Today gang’s fearsome stranglehold on most that is good in British comedy. Part 1 began where it almost all began with “The Day Today”. Part 2 delved into the strange, fascinating world of Alan … Continue reading
Posted in Comedy, Politics, TV
Tagged Armando Iannucci, Malcolm Tucker, Peter Mannion, Rebecca Front, Roger Allam, The Thick of It
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God is in the shuffle
Belinda Carlisle, courtesy http://www.nj.com. Beware, wives. I’ve spent the last 10 days cycling the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route in Northern Spain. Don’t panic, I won’t recount every sunset along the 470km, every adventure, every gorgeous village passed through, every … Continue reading
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Knowing Alan, Knowing Us – Omnigenius, on “I’m Alan Partridge”
Pop Lifer is celebrating The Day Today gang’s fearsome stranglehold on most that is good in British comedy. Part 1 began where it almost all began with “The Day Today”. Part 2 takes up when the graphics finally stopped. Chris … Continue reading
Posted in Comedy, TV
Tagged Alan Partridge, Armando Iannucci, Arthur Matthews, Chris Morris, David Quantick, Graham Linehan, Sally Phillips, Steve Coogan
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You’ve lost the news – Omnigenius #1, The Day Today
As we said in the last blog, it’s hard to be clever and funny at the same time but The Day Today is very clever and very, very funny. Clever in that it perfectly captures the self-importance of the media; … Continue reading
Omnigenius – A series celebrating The Day Today gang’s influence 1994 –
Of all the arts, comedy may be the trickiest and most complex. But it should never look that way. The business of laughter usually involves huge amounts of work developing an idea or a situation, as well as the invention … Continue reading
Posted in Comedy, TV
Tagged Armando Iannucci, Arthur Matthews, Chris Morris, David Quantick, Graham Linehan, On the Hour, Rebecca Front, Steve Coogan, The Day Today
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“Blink”, Dr Who’s perfect film in 50 minutes flat – and our first Lupe Fiasco Award Nominee
The first in a series where Pop Lifer tests music, film, television etc by the rules laid down in Lupe Fiasco’s “Superstar”: “Did you improve on the design?/Did you do something new?”. If the answer is yes to either of … Continue reading
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