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George Lucas on Robot Chicken

Sunday night brought the highly anticipated Robot Chicken Star Wars Special, featuring the voice of George Lucas himself! (and Mark Hamill, Ahmed Best and Malcolm McDowell as the Imperial Commander).  It was quite the funniest half-hour of television I've seen this year.  It clearly was made by people who have a huge affection for the films, but aren't averse to poking a bit of fun at them.

Fair play to George Lucas for allowing this, and for taking part.

Stu ;-)

Chasing Terrorists

The Chaser is a topical Australian comedy programme on ABC.  It originated from a popular satirical newspaper which hit the headlines when they published Australian Prime Minister John Howard's private, unlisted home phone number on their front page.

Their current award-winning TV show, The Chaser's War on Everything is deemed so subversive that during Dick Cheney's visit to Australia in 2007, The Chaser team were included on the official list of terrorists, anarchists and protesters deemed to pose a threat to the US Vice-President.

This week the team decided to test what happen when an American tourist films a bridge and a nuclear facility, and what happens when a pantomime-style Arab tries the same.  The results are predictable, but still extraordinary.

Stu ;-)

(Tipped off by Wired)

Funny songs about ignorance, war and greed

The US Senate has voted to approve a bill which requires US troops to start withdrawing from Iraq by October.

The Senate voted 51 to 46 in favour of the bill, which makes $100bn (£50bn) in further funding for the war conditional on a timetable for withdrawal.  It says the pull-out must start by 1 October this year, and sets a target of completion by 31 March 2008.  President George Bush has said he will veto bill.

This tenous link is to point you in the direction of American satirist Roy Zimmerman.  Zimmerman performed the song "Chickenhawk" (below), an indictment of those who think militarism is a fine idea as long as they and no one they know has to be directly involved, at the counter-events to the 2004 Republican National Convention in New York City.

Jeff Penalty of the Dead Kennedys is a fan, so do yourself a favour and check out other Zimmerman songs on his YouTube Channel.

Stu ;-)

Cartoons - neither black nor white

Here are a couple of cartoons from the mind of Wellington Grey.

Obviously not scared to stir up a bit of controversy...

Stu ;-)

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NewsBiscuit - The News Before It Happens

Comedy news website NewsBiscuit is well worth checking out.  A "science" story this week had me in tears...

UK fusion scientists ‘just messing about now’

"A report into the JET nuclear research project at Culham has revealed that some of the greatest minds in nuclear physics have effectively stopped any sort of productive research and are now just having ‘a bit of a laugh’.

However, without proper supervision and knowing that the whole project will shortly be moved to France, the scientists have been using the space for games of ‘nuclear football’ and have been bringing in their electric guitars to ‘check out the wicked acoustics".

Read the rest of the story here.

Stu ;-)

Dave Chapelle Apple Switcher

With reference to Mitchell and Webb.  Here's Dave Chappelle on Switching to Apple.

Let's face it guys, we know who's telling the real truth about the benefits of the 'home computer'!

LOL Dan x

Very funny ASDA prank phone call

My pal Pete Edmunds has just sent me this quality tannoy prank played on an ASDA supermarket.

Quality!

Stu ;-)

Conan O'Brien spoofs the iPhone

Well, by announcing it so early, and creating such a media frenzy, Apple were kind of asking for this...

Stu ;-)

Please Demolish my School

Nine Year old Rebecca Barry, known as "Little Becky" is the star of Dublin's 98FM.  Her prank calls on The Morning Show are so cute they're hilarious.

Here she asks a local demolition company to knock down her school...

Stu ;-)