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Dark & twisted political comedy (as usual!) from Monkey Dust...

Omar, Abdul and Shafiq, the useless terrorists

Omar is a fanatical Islamist and a member of a terrorist organization he calls 'The International Revolutionary Jihad for the Liberation of the Islamic Republic of Great Britain'. His cell is based in West Bromwich in the West Midlands in the UK and is bent on "unleashing a reign of terror the like of which the world has only dreamed about in its foulest nightmares." Omar has recruited two teenage boys, Abdul and Shafiq, to carry out suicide bombings in the name of Allah, but through various comical misadventures, their plans always fail.

The effectiveness of their terror campaign is somewhat undermined by the fact that they seem to take their jihad for granted and treat it with the same offhandedness as the mundane details of their daily lives such as sport and television.

Omar is the privileged son of a wealthy family and a public schoolboy (he attended Charterhouse, but failed to get into Oxford or Cambridge and had to settle for Bristol). His vehement rhetoric calls for the swift and merciless destruction of the infidel, however he is careful to leave all the dangerous aspects of their activities to the two boys and keep himself out of harm's way as much as possible.

Abdul and Shafiq are thoroughly typical English youths in nearly every way. They are avid supporters of West Bromwich Albion F.C., spend a great deal of time watching mindless pop-entertainment television programmes such as Stars in Their Eyes and Pop Idol, and eat processed junk foods, i.e Bernard Matthews' turkey drumsticks with barbeque beans, or Findus' crispy pancakes. Their plotting often takes place in Shafiq's home where Shafiq's mother, Mrs. Khan, brings them drinks and snacks and seems untroubled by what they're up to: "You can leave your Jihad 'til after dinner!"

In the conclusion of Series 3, Omar sends Abdul and Shafiq to Iraq, while staying in the UK himself because "he couldn't change his dental appointment" but goes down the pub instead. The boys complain that terrorist training is "worse than PE". They meet a friend and fellow West Bromwich fan among the British soldiers who detain them before being captured and imprisoned in Abu Ghraib by American troops ("This is the best holiday I've ever had!").

It's possible the inspiration for this depiction of radical Islamicist ideology in the midst of otherwise normal modern British life comes from the detention of the so-called Tipton Three at Camp X-Ray. In Monkey Dust's sketches, Omar the ringleader is said to come from Tipton, where the jihad is taken "dead serious". - Wiki

Ahhh - one of the few remaining Monkey Dust Hollywood parody films...

Monkey Dust is a bit of an acquired taste...I find it disturbingly funny - maybe a british sense of humour.

Have no choice but to love the Monkey Dust - personally, I'd say this is the highlight of series 3 (from episode 1); and their best Hollywood parody of 'em all (a couple more to come)...

Cool - you'll be down to 'grab my load' of Monkey Dust?

I like how we're chatting across public postings on an international website - will be baffling a load of Sifter's with our talk of Kenny Kenneth's etc...

Yeah - the BBC One idents are a little weak (especially in comparison to Channel 4's - at least Two & Three's have a comedic value). Although, they don't have much other competition; ITVs are the usual cheesey kack and Five: well, I just won't even go there...

Good luck with the Monkey Dust hunt: there's a few out there, but not the best. See you on the race-course!

I know Ben lad it's called Capoeira. The idents are pretty lame would you not say. Better than itv's though. Is there now a race on for the monkey dust clips?

This is another Monkey Dust sketch!

Monkey Dust is a very dark, subversive animation on the BBC (2 & 3) over here in the UK. They like to 'bite the hand that feeds it' and rip the piss out of the BBC; or in this case, its IDs & voice-over.

BBC 1 has a load of idents which feature people in red & white clothes (its branded colours) doing various choreographed things (like dancing/skateboarding etc). I think this was inspired by one where two guys on a roof perform that martial art, where they round-house kick and swing around without contact - can't remember what the sports called!

Another satirical parody of Hollywood's re-writing of history; from the fantastic Monkey Dust (Series 2 Episode 1).

Damn right Nick - by the powers vested in me by the hysterical tabloid-reading un-educated masses, I find Monkey Dust guilty of being absolutely wicked (except Noodles the Rabbit in Series 3; that's just kack!) Diddle Diddle Dum...

Monkey dust is wicked. The whole wicth hunt thing here seems very true. Dub a dee dub a dum