Has this guy ever produce anything funny or worthwhile? Should go in the comedy hall of shame with Jack Whitehall and Russell Howard
I remember when most comedy was stale older men telling mother in law jokes on variety shows and the alternative/left comedy scene kind of blew it away with things like Comic Strip Presents, Young Ones etc, it was fresh, subversive and willing to take the piss out itself and its own movements as much as out of the then mainstream.
Now it feels like this has all turned into stale old jokes that are more about congratulating the audience for being on the same social and political wavelength than much more. It feels like just mother in law jokes with extra steps.
The best part about this ruse they pulled over the media is that admitting it was all a ruse is the first I’ve heard of it!!! Ha-ha how they tricked them!
It’s scary how easy it is to manipulate the media like that, there’s no way he’s the only one.
I used to find him funny, but the whole movement into social justice and consumer rights stuff has turned me off him because I don’t think he’s really doing any good.
>H said the hoax had deflected from a lot of negative news in the media, and “shone a spotlight on people who “sit behind keyboards and they whinge and they whine and they don’t contribute”.
Has it done that? I don’t really get the point H is trying to make, that people should contribute more by creating more fake news like Lycett did?
Why H and not someone like a Gallagher, Kemp or fuckit, Dyer even. That would be funny.
So sad Google Ian Watkins Wales for the real story
Joe Lycett is about as funny as cancer, and always has been.
Honestly I think Lycett’s gimmick of manipulating viral stories is a bit busted now.
That sewage show was a bit of a damp squib, everyone saw the poo podcast for a stunt and the thing at the Albert dock barely got news as did his attempt to make it go viral.
As to these recent stories, I don’t remember seeing any of these stories except for the hedgehog which was real.
Hang on, the article says:
> But Lycett said stories published about a bruise that looked like Prince Harry and a Banksy mural of Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz were all planted by his team.
Wow, some low standards media wrote a story that was confirmed by the same celebrity it featured. That’s crazy, it’s not like they’re already posting garbage stories about reddit posts or tweets or anything.
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Has this guy ever produce anything funny or worthwhile? Should go in the comedy hall of shame with Jack Whitehall and Russell Howard
I remember when most comedy was stale older men telling mother in law jokes on variety shows and the alternative/left comedy scene kind of blew it away with things like Comic Strip Presents, Young Ones etc, it was fresh, subversive and willing to take the piss out itself and its own movements as much as out of the then mainstream.
Now it feels like this has all turned into stale old jokes that are more about congratulating the audience for being on the same social and political wavelength than much more. It feels like just mother in law jokes with extra steps.
Thank god he didn’t get the wrong Ian Watkins [song by Kunt and the Gang for those unfamiliar](https://youtu.be/c7doNO9e8d4?si=RMZTSoW4tiwKoyS0)
The best part about this ruse they pulled over the media is that admitting it was all a ruse is the first I’ve heard of it!!! Ha-ha how they tricked them!
It’s scary how easy it is to manipulate the media like that, there’s no way he’s the only one.
I used to find him funny, but the whole movement into social justice and consumer rights stuff has turned me off him because I don’t think he’s really doing any good.
>H said the hoax had deflected from a lot of negative news in the media, and “shone a spotlight on people who “sit behind keyboards and they whinge and they whine and they don’t contribute”.
Has it done that? I don’t really get the point H is trying to make, that people should contribute more by creating more fake news like Lycett did?
Why H and not someone like a Gallagher, Kemp or fuckit, Dyer even. That would be funny.
So sad Google Ian Watkins Wales for the real story
Joe Lycett is about as funny as cancer, and always has been.
Honestly I think Lycett’s gimmick of manipulating viral stories is a bit busted now.
That sewage show was a bit of a damp squib, everyone saw the poo podcast for a stunt and the thing at the Albert dock barely got news as did his attempt to make it go viral.
As to these recent stories, I don’t remember seeing any of these stories except for the hedgehog which was real.
Hang on, the article says:
> But Lycett said stories published about a bruise that looked like Prince Harry and a Banksy mural of Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz were all planted by his team.
The [Independent](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/new-banksy-birmingham-wizard-of-oz-b2523203.html) look to have sent a camera there. Did they actually have that artwork put up? I wonder how Banksy feels about being made into fake news.
Can he just fuck off for once.
Wow, some low standards media wrote a story that was confirmed by the same celebrity it featured. That’s crazy, it’s not like they’re already posting garbage stories about reddit posts or tweets or anything.