russell brand - C or D?

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it would prob have come across better in his artful-dodgery raffish patter.

michael wells (michael w.), Thursday, 15 June 2006 22:43 (eighteen years ago) link

... 'cos it sure as fuck doesn't work on the printed page. where's my blue pencil?

grimly fiendish (grimlord), Thursday, 15 June 2006 22:46 (eighteen years ago) link

that articles okay, once you get past the first paragraph which is a bit of a mess. the rest is kinda random

titchyschneider (titchyschneider), Thursday, 15 June 2006 22:50 (eighteen years ago) link

yes, exactly. kinda wank, too.

grimly fiendish (grimlord), Thursday, 15 June 2006 22:59 (eighteen years ago) link

never used to find him funny, but something seems to have clicked this year; Big Mouth is more entertaining that the BB main show for this reason.

teh_kit has 21 friends (g-kit), Friday, 16 June 2006 07:01 (eighteen years ago) link

Funny watching him on Jonathan Ross as you could see the fear in Ross's eyes as the future spreadeagled himself before him. He tried to tame him but it was like fighting a jellyfish, too slippery, too fast, too clever.

I love the way he drops arcane words into his speech and he's the only person I've heard who's used the crack is moreish gag and made it work.

Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Friday, 16 June 2006 07:08 (eighteen years ago) link

i used to hate him but can't remember why -- thought he was just generic e4 presenter-guy, i suppose -- but bbbm is brilliant this year.

unfortunately saying '...the SWINE' has crept into my stock of lame tv-derived catchphrases.

example of brilliance: on the caption competition, the screen came up and instead of a caption it just said "winning caption". brand said it was a conceptual ploy a la derrida (or words to funnier effect). that's quick thinking, for a crackhead.

Seriously, Try Punching This Guy in the Face and See What Happens (Enrique), Friday, 16 June 2006 07:18 (eighteen years ago) link

He seems designed to irritate, but he's made me laff out loud at least twice this year which is a fair achievement. So I v. grudgingly like him. His patter/patois is irresistably watchable, full of high-speed twisted malapropisms and Uriah Heep tics, he's at least doing something semi-original within the current funnee presenters milieu.

Shadow of the Waxwing (noodle vague), Friday, 16 June 2006 07:23 (eighteen years ago) link

also when he shouted at paul morley for being a square for writing for the guardian.

Seriously, Try Punching This Guy in the Face and See What Happens (Enrique), Friday, 16 June 2006 07:24 (eighteen years ago) link

My little brother helps run a comedy club in London, and he has met le Brand and says he is lovely, and that telly people like him because he is totally professional. If you shout in his earpiece that he needs to make shit up for the next two minutes, he'll do it. It seems like a strange skill in the real world, but is highly prized in tellyland.

accentmonkey (accentmonkey), Friday, 16 June 2006 07:32 (eighteen years ago) link

worst person ever! we don't need a will self for the pete doherty generation. awful taste in music too. and abysmal style.

The Lex (The Lex), Friday, 16 June 2006 08:07 (eighteen years ago) link

KATE GET AWAY FROM HIM NOW YOU ARE BETTER THAN THIS

The Lex (The Lex), Friday, 16 June 2006 08:08 (eighteen years ago) link

i like his serial celeb dating despite his confession to the papers that he's got a teeny titchy dinkle. also the trailer w/ him and o'leary - check russell running for the helicopter - sooo foppish ha ha

beeble (beeble), Friday, 16 June 2006 08:15 (eighteen years ago) link

the running joke about him, 'bepe', gaffney, walliams is funny, but now he mentions his 'dinkle' in every ep it's a bit creepy?

Seriously, Try Punching This Guy in the Face and See What Happens (Enrique), Friday, 16 June 2006 08:16 (eighteen years ago) link

So how much coke do you reckon he gets thru a week?

Il mio nome e' Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 16 June 2006 08:17 (eighteen years ago) link

Over exposed - like every single good thing these days. He's trying to keep what was essentially a stand up act going through hours of telly. Is there anyone in the whole wide world who could do that? and ITV want him for the new J Ross or something so that's the end of him. Who's next?

Ned T.Rifle (nedtrifle), Friday, 16 June 2006 08:24 (eighteen years ago) link

Justin Collins!!!!!!!!

Il mio nome e' Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 16 June 2006 08:29 (eighteen years ago) link

overexposed?

he's on bbbm and...?

side-point: dermot and bblb have really gone off the boil.

Seriously, Try Punching This Guy in the Face and See What Happens (Enrique), Friday, 16 June 2006 08:32 (eighteen years ago) link

Dermot's wasted on BB, he's actually got some talent, isn't he bored shitless of it all by now?

Il mio nome e' Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 16 June 2006 08:33 (eighteen years ago) link

Until now the word 'dandy' has not appeared in this thread.

Hotman Paris Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 16 June 2006 08:34 (eighteen years ago) link

Fop has. Close enough, no?

accentmonkey (accentmonkey), Friday, 16 June 2006 08:41 (eighteen years ago) link

The first post mentions "dandified". Is that not enough?

I echo this post entirely: "I am torn between thinking he's very funny and thinking he's an irritating nob end. He's probably both. "

I basically don't like him, yet find myself laughing at him.

ailsa (ailsa), Friday, 16 June 2006 08:42 (eighteen years ago) link

Brand will never be as good as he was when we was running around Homelands/Creamfields etc. going up to random punters with a mic in order to demonstrate that he was even more loved up than they were, on MTV's Dancefloor Chart.

He needs to become the new presenter of a revived Blankety Blank on BBC prime time.

Konal Doddz (blueski), Friday, 16 June 2006 08:45 (eighteen years ago) link

Prime time is the death of comic talent (not that I think Russell Brand has much of that)

Il mio nome e' Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 16 June 2006 08:46 (eighteen years ago) link

Prime time is the death of comic talent (not that I think Russell Brand has much of that)

he should be ok then?

Konal Doddz (blueski), Friday, 16 June 2006 08:49 (eighteen years ago) link

I basically don't like him, yet find myself laughing at him.

ailsa OTM.

aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Friday, 16 June 2006 08:49 (eighteen years ago) link

BRAND IS NOT A DANDY

DANDIES HAVWE TO BE WELL-DRESSED

BRAND LOOKS LIKE A TRAMP WITH A SCARF

The Lex (The Lex), Friday, 16 June 2006 08:53 (eighteen years ago) link

BOYS SHOULD SHAVE MORE

The Lex (The Lex), Friday, 16 June 2006 08:54 (eighteen years ago) link

I don't recommend R. Brand goes mainstream

Il mio nome e' Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 16 June 2006 08:54 (eighteen years ago) link

AND SKINNY JEANS ARE WRONGWRONGWRONG AND WILL NEVER BE RIGHT

The Lex (The Lex), Friday, 16 June 2006 08:54 (eighteen years ago) link

they're right on hott gyals.

Seriously, Try Punching This Guy in the Face and See What Happens (Enrique), Friday, 16 June 2006 08:54 (eighteen years ago) link

Lex, you liked MINE. And Anna's.

suzy (suzy), Friday, 16 June 2006 08:58 (eighteen years ago) link

But not if they're as skinny as Russell Brand (xpost)

Il mio nome e' Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 16 June 2006 08:58 (eighteen years ago) link

skinny jeans on girls = always right; makes their legs look GREAT
skinny jeans on boys = always wrong; makes their legs look like TWIGS

The Lex (The Lex), Friday, 16 June 2006 08:59 (eighteen years ago) link

Lex has just made me laugh more than Russell Brand has, but in a different way.

Lucretia My Reflection (Lucretia My Reflection), Friday, 16 June 2006 09:03 (eighteen years ago) link

I don't recommend R. Brand goes mainstream

oh me neither in all seriousness, i just thought it was a nice comical image.

Konal Doddz (blueski), Friday, 16 June 2006 09:05 (eighteen years ago) link

skinny jeans on girls = always right; makes their legs look GREAT

IMPORTANT RIDER: LEGS NEED TO BE GOOD IN FIRST PLACE

Seriously, Try Punching This Guy in the Face and See What Happens (Enrique), Friday, 16 June 2006 09:06 (eighteen years ago) link

Lex resents the androgynous/effeminate aspect of men having skinny legs! Disgraceful!

Konal Doddz (blueski), Friday, 16 June 2006 09:08 (eighteen years ago) link

The first post mentions "dandified". Is that not enough?

Note to self: Search for the stem word 'dand' in future.

Hotman Paris Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 16 June 2006 09:32 (eighteen years ago) link

I question the lex's right to comment on "style"

RJG (RJG), Friday, 16 June 2006 09:36 (eighteen years ago) link

He once wrote something in the Observer Music Monthly about how Carl Barat was his hero and had "saved England from the chavs and made it Blake's Albion" again - which I thought I'd never forgive...

However he is very, very good at hosting BB'sBM. Given how many times it's on a week I am impressed that he can keep coming up with new iterations of not just the ballbags/SWINE link, but also "So-and-so is perfectly happy to do such-and-such, but when I suggested it would be quite good to see Aisleyne and Grace wrestling in crude oil in the middle of a desert, they looked at me like I was no better than Gary Glitter...", and the one that goes "Get in touch with us the way the Daily Mail gets in touch with asylum seekers, except use a phone instead of creating a hysterical climate of fear and distrust"...

Flyboy (Flyboy), Friday, 16 June 2006 09:39 (eighteen years ago) link

... this is funny?

Il mio nome e' Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, 16 June 2006 09:43 (eighteen years ago) link

it's the way he tells them.

Konal Doddz (blueski), Friday, 16 June 2006 09:44 (eighteen years ago) link

the ballbag thing is v unfunny and his schtick is v thin and samey and his "set pieces" for the phone message thing etc are also quite unfunny but he does say some funny things, sometimes, usually in conversation or when people are shouting

RJG (RJG), Friday, 16 June 2006 09:44 (eighteen years ago) link

RJG OTM re the lex

jed_ (jed), Friday, 16 June 2006 09:50 (eighteen years ago) link

"here's something that's so exclusive it makes the da vinci code looklike a load of old rubbish someone made up to get loads of money off stupid people"

jed_ (jed), Friday, 16 June 2006 09:53 (eighteen years ago) link

i like the set pieces, often!

'... in the way the sun gets in touch with world cup supporters, only with a phone instead of advocating a fifa-inpired kristallnacht on all those who don't have a flag coming out of every orifice' (or something).

Seriously, Try Punching This Guy in the Face and See What Happens (Enrique), Friday, 16 June 2006 09:58 (eighteen years ago) link

yes, the "in the way ... only with ..." bits are usually quite funny, actually

RJG (RJG), Friday, 16 June 2006 10:05 (eighteen years ago) link

what i like most about him is that although he's very quick, especially in the audience opinion sections of the show, he's never snide towards the audience members. also he always tries to deflate any particularly vitriolic opinion in a surprisingly claming way. "oh you shouldn't think that, i like grace, she's nice".

jed_ (jed), Friday, 16 June 2006 10:16 (eighteen years ago) link

This guy looks more and more like if Jordan Peterson got stranded in the desert for a year.

omar little, Thursday, 1 August 2024 13:39 (three months ago) link

just saw the thumbnails of his latest YT vids and jeez - I didn't know his Musk/Tate-type rightwing BS had become so bad

StanM, Thursday, 1 August 2024 13:47 (three months ago) link

Thiel can sure pick the creepy weirdos

Bad Bairns (Boring, Maryland), Thursday, 1 August 2024 13:50 (three months ago) link

It's "interesting" ๐Ÿง to see which of your Instagram friends follow this guy, or I should say still follow him at this point

omar little, Thursday, 1 August 2024 14:04 (three months ago) link

two months pass...

So....per a friend on FB: "Guess who is now selling a "magical amulet" that protects you from WiFi signals and other "evil energies" at $239.99 per amulet."

https://www.thedailybeast.com/russell-brand-now-has-an-evil-repelling-magic-amulet-to-sell-you

Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 15 October 2024 17:58 (one month ago) link

Will it protect women from Russell Brand?

Judge Judy, executioner (stevie), Tuesday, 15 October 2024 18:05 (one month ago) link

I see an opening for Tatty Devine to make the anti-RB amulet.

guillotine vogue (suzy), Tuesday, 15 October 2024 18:08 (one month ago) link

Makes me sick to know that the only way someone like this ever sees any legal repercussions for his behaviour is if one of his victims is brave enough to step forward and press charges, knowing in turn that he'll set the hounds of hell onto them and probably get off with a slap on the wrist anyway because the judicial profession is stuck in the 18th century when it comes to sexual assault.

Just had to get that off my chest. See also: pretty much every other piece of shit that's been outed as a sex offender in the last few years.

the nervous laughter of fools (Matt #2), Tuesday, 15 October 2024 18:11 (one month ago) link

this piece of shit does nothing but hide behind false newfound piety, knowing the fastest way to griftdom is to be a shallowly charismatic religious charlatan, interviewing no one except RFK Jr and Jordan Peterson and the worst youtubers on the planet, filming himself in dim lighting and what appears to be deprivation tanks.

omar little, Tuesday, 15 October 2024 18:17 (one month ago) link

dud

Daniel_Rf, Tuesday, 15 October 2024 18:44 (one month ago) link

Not only the judicial profession. People say they stand against abusive men until they have to have uncomfortable conversations. The reason your Brands and your Diddys and whoever else is allowed to thrive is not because they are too big and too powerful to fail, it's because people believed they are too big and too powerful to fail because nobody spoke out and said what needed to be said.

boxedjoy, Tuesday, 15 October 2024 19:08 (one month ago) link

wasn't Milo Yiannopoulos hawking statues of blessed virgin mother on TV? very predictable outcome

Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 15 October 2024 19:18 (one month ago) link

Milo is claiming that he was never gay

Raising Azure Asia (President Keyes), Tuesday, 15 October 2024 19:51 (one month ago) link

Really? Has he dropped the conversion angle entirely or is going with simultaneously being converted and never gay in first place?

anvil, Tuesday, 15 October 2024 20:36 (one month ago) link

Only judging from this

the girls are fightinggggg pic.twitter.com/WntSmqEoEs

— Audrey Horne (@credenzaclear2) October 7, 2024

Raising Azure Asia (President Keyes), Tuesday, 15 October 2024 20:38 (one month ago) link

I think he's rolling with classic never happened but also happened by looks of it

PATIENT: YIANNOPOULOS, MILO
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๐Ÿ”ป 185 LBS ๐Ÿ”บ STREAK: 46 DAYS
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anvil, Tuesday, 15 October 2024 20:44 (one month ago) link

He retweeted that, which doesnt show in the image

anvil, Tuesday, 15 October 2024 20:45 (one month ago) link

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/oct/24/oxfordshire-villagers-pishill-russell-brand-pub-studios

In which a bunch of posho nimbys object to Brand buying up a disused and probably derelict pub in their village and turning it into a TV studio / Epstein Island hybrid.

โ€œHe talked about making it into a vegan restaurant, which didnโ€™t go down too well around here,โ€ said David Orpwood, a retired farmer. โ€œWhen he goes, weโ€™ll still be here. Heโ€™s going to bugger up the pub and weโ€™ll be left with nothing.โ€

I love an argument where you despise everyone involved, makes it easy to know which side you're on.

joe meek's cutoff (Matt #2), Thursday, 24 October 2024 15:24 (three weeks ago) link

Piss Hill?

The count has shot himself (Tom D.), Thursday, 24 October 2024 15:28 (three weeks ago) link

Bugger Up the Pisshill Pub

Raising Azure Asia (President Keyes), Thursday, 24 October 2024 15:31 (three weeks ago) link

Totally an episode of "Morse".

The count has shot himself (Tom D.), Thursday, 24 October 2024 15:32 (three weeks ago) link

Talking of piss, there's another village near it called Russell's Water.

The count has shot himself (Tom D.), Thursday, 24 October 2024 15:35 (three weeks ago) link

Politics is downstream from Pishill

Raising Azure Asia (President Keyes), Thursday, 24 October 2024 15:39 (three weeks ago) link

William Stonor, the eighth Lord Camoys โ€“ whose family have occupied the nearby Stonor Park since before the Norman conquest..

lol, suck it up buttercup

vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Thursday, 24 October 2024 15:41 (three weeks ago) link

William Stonor, the eighth Lord Camoys โ€“ whose family have occupied the nearby Stonor Park since before the Norman conquest..

Somehow "whose family have not left their village in over a thousand years" doesn't sound quite as impressive.

Instead of create and send out, it pull back and consume (unperson), Thursday, 24 October 2024 15:45 (three weeks ago) link

We have American Rogan, British Rogan, is there an Australian Rogan setting up his podcast/supplement factory somewhere in the Australian Outback?

papal hotwife (milo z), Thursday, 24 October 2024 16:48 (three weeks ago) link

Totally an episode of "Morse"

one can only hope

Book ChancemaN (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 24 October 2024 16:50 (three weeks ago) link

One where it turns out that Morse is the murderer and Lewis has to tearfully arrest him.

you gotta roll with the pฤ…czki to get to what's real (snoball), Thursday, 24 October 2024 18:27 (three weeks ago) link

Very much doubt the pub is 800 years old.

fetter, Thursday, 24 October 2024 18:49 (three weeks ago) link

The Crown Inn was a pub in the south Oxfordshire village of Pishill near Henley-on-Thames. It dates from the 17th century.

so around 400 years old. But that's 800 in pub years.

Raising Azure Asia (President Keyes), Thursday, 24 October 2024 19:07 (three weeks ago) link

We have American Rogan, British Rogan, is there an Australian Rogan setting up his podcast/supplement factory somewhere in the Australian Outback?

Sadly we mostly just import the US and UK shitheads after their star wanes.

Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Friday, 25 October 2024 00:04 (three weeks ago) link

Mark Latham pivoted to livestreaming on the wrong platform

Robespierre Delecto (sic), Friday, 25 October 2024 00:09 (three weeks ago) link

What's Pete Evans up to these days?

Vernon Locke, Friday, 25 October 2024 05:12 (three weeks ago) link


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