Rob Gilroy

Roscoe with 1983 and a postcard of her which depicts her looking unusually cheery

The rear cover of 1983

Hello! My CEO Roscoe and I are giving away TWO signed copies of my novel 1983 to two randomly selected people who repost this & pop a reply below. You also get a free postcard of this illustration of Roscoe by my mum.

It’s been called “Stranger Things rewritten by Kurt Vonnegut & Sue Townsend”…

Cartoon by Stephen Collins for the Guardian. [Scene is BBC BREAKFAST with two presenters and a guest on the sofa]. 1 PRESENTER: Now - some disturbing new research has shown 2 PRESENTER: that as many as 10 non-Reform political parties may currently operating ‘under the radar’ across the UK. [Show on screen logos for Greens, Lib Dems, Conservatives  3 PRESENTER: In the studio to discuss this, Nigel Farage [We see the guest on the sofa is indeed Nigel Farage] 4 PRESENTER: Nigel, what’s your view?  FARAGE: Well I think this very worrying. 5 FARAGE: And just another reason why we should ban all immigration. 6 PRESENTER: I won’t push back on that FARAGE: Absolutely! 7 PRESENTER: Funnily enough, this is what your new show’s about, isn’t it? FARAGE: Oop - plug time! PRESENTER: Ha ha 8 FARAGE: Yes it’s a 12-part BBC documentary called ‘In Search Of The Political Parties That Aren’t My One’. 9 [Show on the TV screen Farage presenting a documentary series titled In Search Of The Political Parties That Aren’t My One. He is wearing his farmer's getup and looking dreamily at the UK from hillsides, visiting pubs and chatting with the locals, etc] FARAGE: It’s a really emotional journey  10 FARAGE: with lots of dreamy footage of me looking relatable...  11 FARAGE: as I answer the question: *Am I the only option for Britain?* 12 [Cut back to studio] PRESENTER: I won’t push back on that FARAGE: Absolutely! [ends]

Hope you enjoyed it, Eddie! I thought they were outstanding, one of their best.

Let me tell you a story (before the ship explodes):

Isn't this a Flight of the Conchords bit? They went back in time and taught David Bowie his own songs. In the end they gave him an Easy to Play: Bowie book to save time.

When You Find the Girl of Your Dreams In the Arms of Some Scotsmen from Hull

YouTube video by Benjamin Partridge Daddy Superior - Short Film

My short film DADDY SUPERIOR is now on Youtube!

Featuring:
@mikewozniak.bsky.social
@chriscantrill.bsky.social
@sammytdobson.bsky.social
@amygledhill.bsky.social

www.youtube.com/watch?v=YY2x...

Dad: "I just bought a new hearing aid. It cost me $4000, but it's state of the art.
Me: “Wow, what kind is it?"
Dad: "Twelve thirty."

As if you need another reason to back a children's book by Chris, he's also offering a mini comedy writing guide as a reward. I got one of these with his first book and it's well worth doing! Support new writers and new writing!

Shh! Let them speak, David...

The main achievement of the tech industry has been increasing the flow of money from people who make or do things to people who already have more money than they could spend in a hundred lifetimes

Apparently it's 8 years ago today that Facebook made me a beautiful video of memories consisting entirely of screenshots of Bullseye.

AWS outages are interesting because each time it affects more and more disparate things, each is a snapshot scan of the metastatic cancer infecting the internet.

Me. Looking dapper (and slightly knackered) as a 1940s Private Eye.

And like that, the transformation was complete...

The tiered seating at Cotswolds Playhouse

View from the stage of the audience seating, with a table of props up front

Shot from the wings showing the set

Shot from the top of the audience stairs, looking down at the stage.

In the Cotswolds performing a two-man play with the brilliant @katemccabe.bsky.social. What a lovely theatre this is!

Andrew is a sort of non-prince now, a… well, I’m sure there’s some sort of portmanteau word that would describe him well.

Sandra @SandraH3llo on x posts image of Kombucha girl meme: bad face—weird AI music. Maybe face (with curly wig and accordion)—Weird Al music

This is very good

British.

Going to try this with my least favourite family members at Christmas

oh my god the Riyadh Comedy Festival www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

A great thread, this! Darren really is excellent at this sort of film commentary.

Going to say 'the point rrrremains' like Tony the Tiger every time I lose an argument.

Poster for the Inside No. 9 Stage/Fright tour

Saw this last night and can't stop thinking about it. An absolute joy.

Jain is brilliant!

Sorry to hear that Sarah! Hope things pick up! x

Great thread on multi-camera TV.

I think partly this is down to the absolute obsession with realism, often to the exclusion of all other forms of expression. Anything even slightly heightened or, god forbid, theatrical is seen as dated.

Full marks to whoever's in the costume. That's a stunning trip at 0:11 and lots of lovely business. Brilliant

sherman, for the love of god!