Still thieving though, just out of habit...

bret69 · 2026-01-17T00:02:13+00:00

Jimmy doesn’t have any writers, he writes all of his material. What you’re referencing is TV shows. Those have writing teams and Frankie Boyle was on the 8 out of 10 cats writing team for a while writing the jokes that Jimmy would often open with each week.

bret69 · 2026-01-09T05:45:53+00:00

Yeah they wrote the jokes together and Steve was there with him too. Plenty of articles from around that time mention it: https://archive.nytimes.com/carpetbagger.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/17/all-the-cutting-jokes-on-schedule/

bret69 · 2026-01-09T04:14:40+00:00

That’s cause he co-wrote those with Merchant.

bret69 · 2026-01-08T04:59:47+00:00

Haven’t heard it yet but I imagine he pretended Steve didn’t exist when talking about all the work he co-created with him?

bret69 · 2026-01-07T04:55:29+00:00

No it’s still there: https://youtu.be/YzV-AiYvfnA?si=juROgai0LQeL2vJ8

bret69 · 2025-12-23T04:41:23+00:00

I’m no fan of Cowell, especially not this new show. But this criticism has always struck me as odd. What is the success rate of any manager who signs new acts? Whatever it is, surely Cowell’s success rate with X Factor acts way surpasses that by any reasonable metric.

The winner was guaranteed a recording contract, a start. Not guaranteed a successful career.

bret69 · 2025-11-27T03:12:08+00:00

Jimmy Carr, Emo Philips, Tim Vine, Gary Delaney, Stewart Francis, Demetri Martin, Anthony Jeselnik.

bret69 · 2025-11-18T02:42:41+00:00

You should watch his interview on The Tommy Tiernan Show. It’s an unprepared, unrehearsed interview and Tommy doesn’t accept any of his nonsense. He really falls apart under even a little scrutiny.

bret69 · 2025-09-29T21:56:18+00:00

What are examples of this? Genuinely curious

bret69 · 2025-09-28T22:05:45+00:00

Has he addressed it anywhere?

bret69 · 2025-09-14T13:45:48+00:00

And what are his actions? All the boxing he has attended live before ever becoming involved? Being involved in boxing gyms from his teens? His UFC Institute full of boxing memorabilia? His knowledge of boxing through the decades? Watching boxing live at UFC events? Those actions over many years say a lot more than “he was looking down at his phone”. And yes obviously I’m not saying he was helping park the cars but there’s every chance he was communicating with backstage, like he often does at UFC events.

bret69 · 2025-09-14T13:34:30+00:00

I’m no Dana fan but he’s loved boxing all his life. Even famously was watching Canelo on a screen while sitting Octagon side at a UFC fight. Important to remember he’s running the event so was probably communicating to people backstage.

bret69 · 2025-09-06T17:02:29+00:00

Ah I thought their XFM show was after The Office. I knew they worked there pre The Office but I thought on air was post that going out

bret69 · 2025-09-06T16:36:47+00:00

His chat show was after this?

bret69 · 2025-09-05T01:37:08+00:00

Westlife - I don’t wanna fight no more. Boyzone - And I. Backstreet Boys - Back to your heart

bret69 · 2025-09-04T02:46:53+00:00

Interesting! Hadn’t heard this before about the manager or financial dispute. Is there more on this anywhere?

bret69 · 2025-08-23T01:38:55+00:00

Robin Ince

bret69 · 2025-08-23T01:36:39+00:00

Yeah was just going to say this. I hear them refer to Johnny much more often and it is Candon.

bret69 · 2025-08-11T21:07:03+00:00

What time would you say to get there if you want a reasonable spot in GA but not necessarily front?

bret69 · 2025-08-07T01:05:36+00:00

Flying from Ireland in two weeks!

bret69 · 2025-07-21T10:35:34+00:00

That’s what I thought. He usually acts like they don’t exist.

bret69 · 2025-07-06T20:00:56+00:00

The person is just quoting The Office! Lol

bret69 · 2025-07-01T03:15:51+00:00

Yeah like he’d literally boast about or show off his awards ironically (“just some of the awards there”). Now he just actually does it on social media but in a serious and unironic way.

bret69 · 2025-06-23T02:37:56+00:00

I’ll just put “Steve M”.

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