Do yourselves a favour, go and check out Armando Iannucci's show of the same premise: Time Trumpet. It's so good

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0840965/

I wasn't tricked - I didn't watch it. I saw the title, clicked on the link, then in an opportunity to draw attention to myself, wrote a comment. I'm not watching 15 more minutes of these even bigger attention whores bang on.

Now, Alan Moore and Stewart Lee? Well, I could listen to those nice chaps all day.

http://videosift.com/video/Alan-Moore-discusses-religion-with-Stewart-Lee

Or even better, Stewart Lee and Armando Iannucci: http://videosift.com/video/Stewart-Lee-on-Religion

The Thick of It

Time Trumpet

The Armando Iannucci Shows

...I think it's becoming clear who doesn't understand comedy.

that's from Armando Iannucci's series called Time Trumpet.

I've never found his stand up all that entertaining. It's just a series of unamusing ramblings. Which is strange cause he wrote for The Day Today. Maybe Chris Morris and Armando Iannucci carried him

Nice to see Armando Iannucci at the end there.

Prior to filming, Armando Iannucci gained access to the US Department of State by flashing a simple photo ID to a security guard and saying "BBC. I'm here for the 12:30." He then spent a few hours walking around taking pictures for his set designers.

Tags for this video have been changed from 'mastermind, armando iannucci, question, thunderbirds' to 'mastermind, armando iannucci, question, thunderbirds, uhm' - edited by calvados

"PissyKitty, your arguments are fucking laughable. Who else puts their shit on the net in Guardian 'podcasts' ? Armando Iannucci, Stewart Lee, Dylan Moran, Peter Kay, Jerry Seinfeld ? none of them do, so your most downloaded boast is ridiculous. Again with this bullshit that he's a comic genius because he has mass appeal. No - he has mass appeal because his jokes are mainstream and don't require any brainpower to comprehend. Westlife have more UK number 1's than Michael Jackson, therefore by your retarded-lonely-cat-loving-woman logic, Westlife must be greater musical geniuses than Michael Jackson.
A true test of his talent is how he's judged by his peers, and i don't read about any of them singing his praises...oh wait they're just jealous too."


What arguments? Troll, you are the one polluting the comments with nasty personal attacks, just because you have some sad obsessive and all-consuming hatred of Ricky Gervais. Are you some personal enemy of his that you find him so threatening? Poor you! Calm the fuck down, hothead. I personally find him funny and enjoyable. I never said he was a comic genius, and fine if others think that. I don't appreciate the name-calling in a thread of my submissions, and I especially don't like it that you are attacking other members of the community. All I know is that I enjoy the entertainment, he makes me laugh, and you are going to argue with that by being rude and bringing up the same tired point? I'm done. That's a threat AND a promise!

PissyKitty, your arguments are fucking laughable. Who else puts their shit on the net in Guardian 'podcasts' ? Armando Iannucci, Stewart Lee, Dylan Moran, Peter Kay, Jerry Seinfeld ? none of them do, so your most downloaded boast is ridiculous. Again with this bullshit that he's a comic genius because he has mass appeal. No - he has mass appeal because his jokes are mainstream and don't require any brainpower to comprehend. Westlife have more UK number 1's than Michael Jackson, therefore by your retarded-lonely-cat-loving-woman logic, Westlife must be greater musical geniuses than Michael Jackson.
A true test of his talent is how he's judged by his peers, and i don't read about any of them singing his praises...oh wait they're just jealous too.

The full run of Hugh sketches from The Armando Iannucci Shows. Each week, Armando would gently cajole Hugh into reminiscing about his past. Sadly, Hugh - full name Hugh Cecil - passed away on February 11, 2004. Goodbye, Hugh.

"Well, we never had feng shui in those days, so we put all our cupboards in the wrong place. As a result, all our businesses went bust. That was the start of the Great Depression."

- Hugh Cecil

LOL - Armando Iannucci's great; gets my vote everytime!