Titania McGrath's "Woke: A Guide to Social Justice" made me weep with laughter

Why should you read it? Titania McGrath explains early on in the book:

"Activists such as myself are spearheading a new culture war, sniffing out prejudice like valiant bloodhounds of righteousness, courageously snapping at the heels of injustice. To give a tangible example of our achievements, consider how the definition of the word 'Nazi' has been successfully broadened to include anyone who voted for Brexit, has ever considered supporting the Conservative Party or who refuses to take the Guardian seriously. Although this is a great victory for the progressive cause, it does mean that there are now more Nazis living in modern Britain than even existed in 1930s Germany. This makes Woke: A Guide to Social Justice not only timely but essential."

She goes on to confront her horrific upbringing...

I second the suggestion that Dominic Frisby's brilliant song should be the UK's next Eurovision Song Contest entry

Yup! Being a Brexit supporter with Theresa May in charge reminds me...

Sweden seems to be suffering a particularly virulent attack of "J.K. Rowliing Syndrome"

SNL's "Can I Play That?"

LP covers, film posters, magazine covers, vintage adverts - and how to avoid waking up gay in the morning!

Not to be confused with...

The 25 greatest comedy performance by actresses in films

1. Carole Lombard in 20th Century (1934) - I could have chosen her performance in My Man Godfrey or Nothing Sacred, but this is the film which invented the screwball comedy heroine. In order to liberate Lombard's inner comedienne, director Howard Hawks told her a lie - that John Barrymore didn't rate her performance - then told her to go on set and give her co-star an unscripted kick up the arse:

2. Edna May Oliver (as Betsey Trotwood) in David Copperfield (1935)...

BLOG EXCLUSIVE: "People's Poet" Benjamin Zephyr Zodiac has just sent me this heart-rending masterpiece...

"Lines on the Blog" by Benjamin Zephyr Zodiac

Some things even Ja cannot fe to explain
Like de madness of Christopher Huhne in de outside lane
As him rocket like de devil wid a stomach pain
Treatin’ de speedin’ camera wid’ liberal disdain
An’ let him woman fe to tekk de blame
An’ points
An’ t’ing...

Tears of Rage - starting with Quentin Letts's splendid evisceration of Theresa May in the Daily Mail

The Mail's political sketch-writer started Wednesday's article this way:

Prime Minister’s Questions left me hoping the Conservatives lose the next election – lose it so badly their buttocks sting – and that Jeremy Corbyn, with whom I disagree on almost everything, becomes Prime Minister.

Having summed up Mrs May's wretched performance as "No fun. No verve. No imagination..." Letts ended his piece with this stirring call to arms:

Vote for Philip Mamouf-Wifarts - a genuinely honest politician (h/t: James Woods)

My son has just introduced me to Mark Kermode's Radio 5 film reviews with Simon Mayo... they're great!

I think the last time I watched a proper Hollywood comedy was 2009's Funny People, starring Adam Sandler and Seth Rogan. It made me want to throw up. Repeatedly. I used it as part of a general attack on what passes for modern American comedy in the 2011 post 'Laugh? I thought I’d never start! America’s horrible stand-up “comedians”'.  I've avoided new American comedy films (and most TV shows) aimed at the teenage and young adult market - apart from animated films - ever since, because they make me feel unclean, and depressed by what a life-hating, nihilistic, self-loathing, moral cesspit Hollywood has turned into: if they aren't signalling how "woke"and morally superior they are to all those dumbass Trump-supporting flagwavers in flyover country, they're teaching young Americans that giving way to one's most depraved impulses is, like, fun and cool, right, dooood?...

The Mayor of London welcoming the President of the United States...

Mind you, given Khan's record...

Trans-Everything! Mocking virtue-signalling cultural Marxists really is the most effective strategy

The most-viewed item I've posted this year was Tracy Ullman's "You Woke" sketch. No surprise...

Putin reacts to the penalty shoot-out

via GIPHY

The Left's decency, intelligence and regard for the truth is truly 'umbling...

 

Is it remotely possible that Labour's Great Lost Leader doesn't realise...

God, I love this country! (h/t: Ricardo Autobahn)

Not only Wilson, Keppel and Tracy, but also...

Tracey Ullman's support group for people who are too "woke" to have fun...

If you can't "see" the video below, click the title above and go into the post - it'll be worth it:

When you so woke, you asleep. 😜 pic.twitter.com/USEgKWPExM

— BBC Comedy (@bbccomedy) June 22, 2018

Here, on the second anniversary of The Glorious Revolution, is an earlier sketch...

In case you're looking for a clear summary of what parliament has been doing with Brexit this week...

Of course Monty Python wouldn't have been commissioned by today's BBC - far too original, anarchic and off-message

Launching the BBC's ribtickling new comedy season, the corporation's head of comedy Shane Allen boasted that the Monty Python team wouldn't have got a look-in today: "If we were going to assemble a team now it's not going to be six Oxbridge white blokes, it's going to be a diverse range of people who reflect the modern world and have got something to say that's different and we haven't seen before." John Cleese responded:

As an example of what Mr Allen would like to spend our money on, he cited Famalam, a current BBC Three sketch show featuring an all-black "Crazy Gang" style cast...

Jokes, jibes and broadsides of the week - and it's only Wednesday!

Runner-up: Charlie Peters...

These are the jokes, folks!

Now, this is what I call customer service!: