#i love british comedians

[penelopepitstopp]

It's World Diabetes Day!

Update: it is no longer World Diabetes Day. We did it guys! We're cured!

So here is Ed Gamble (diagnosed T1 aged thirteen) devouring eight desserts in a row as a judge on Great British Menu and having an absolutely lovely time.

plus a few words from the greedy boy himself:

Ed Gamble, Glutton: The Multi-Course Life of a Very Greedy Boy, 2023

and finally a lil bonus arms, cat, Dexcom appreciation

#ed gamble #world diabetes day 2023 #ed talking about his t1d #great british menu #diabetes #type 1 diabetes #actually diabetic #this idiot was genuinely my inspiration as a kid #flashbacks to when all my friends were getting into bts and tom holland when we were like 15 #and i was just like yeah but what about this dumbass comedian #tbf they all love him just as much as me now thanks to taskmaster and off menu

[wowpindrop]

Beautiful boy <3

#britcom #james acaster #ed gamble #taskmaster #off menu #british comedians #british comedy #bby boy #fave #i love him sm #cant believe i turned down the opportunity to meet him

[theimpalatales]

James Acaster

#james acaster #cold lasagne hate myself 1999 #comedian #comedy #british comics #samaritans #tw: suicide #just in case #this routine is so wonderful #weirdly the first time I ever watched this show was when I had hit an incredibly low point in my life #i didn't know he spoke about mental health in it #i just needed a pick me up #and then he delivered this straight into my lap #mental health #akf #my gifs #sorry for the awful horrid gifs #but i love this routine and also it's so important and cool that he spoke about it #the samaritans are truly wonderful #acaster gif

[tiefy]

alan davies gets paid to be a silly billy little guy on qi

#alan davies #qi #quite interesting #panel show #panel shows #british panel shows #britcom #british comedy #british comedians #sandi toksvig #stephen fry #hes just silly all the time i love himb #its what he deserves #my sweet sweet boy

[aeolianblues]

'oh I cannot say horrible things because of the Woke' well boo hoo, I cannot say mean things about bands I dislike because they love my show and will beat me up if I slag them off

#is this autobiographical? Is this about somebody else? You tell me #for starts this is actually true about being on radio. I cannot openly shit on certain bands for things like. Never getting my name right #because they listen to and love my show #but also #this is about Dave Masterman quickly cutting in with 'members of the 1975 listen to this show' when Elis and John were about to spout off #about Matty Healy (and presumably Dave was giving them warning daggers with his eyes) #this is about Coldplay's agent phoning up Noel Fielding to say he's too mean about them #this is about whatever the fuck Simon Amstell was on half the time #this is about all the bands Bob Mortimer hates LMAO #this is about James Acaster having to watch his mouth because he has Too Many thoughts about music and half of said music either #loves him or has been interviewed by him about his book on 2016 music #(this is also about the fact that I think our local superstar producer's daughter's music is way overhyped lol. #I can't say that on air; she's my guest next week! But if you like 70s tinged funky bedroom pop I guess...) #Don't breathe a word. Sshh. #music #comedy #comedians #British comedy #radio #radio hosts #pop stars #Britcom #Noel Fielding #Simon Amstell #Elis James #John Robins #Elis and John #Bob Mortimer #James Acaster #the 1975

[scottishaccentsareawesome]

"There’s no funner surface to dance on than thin ice.” -John Oliver

#quotes #funny quotes #john oliver #comedians #british comedins #quotes about taking risks #I love John so much

[eroticadventurerofderangedkind]

Richard and Bob having a laugh.

#richard ayoade #bob mortimer #gogglebox #british comedy #i love them #comedians #awkward

[usedtobemygirl]

#British comedy #British comedians #richard ayoade #James acaster #noel fielding #David Mitchell #Stewart lee #diane Morgan #sara pascoe #bob mortimer #frankie boyle #limmy #I also love aisling Bea (but she’s Irish) . lee Mack. Dave Gorman. daisy may cooper. jo brand. #Greg Davies. josh widdicombe. jack Dee and so many others !! #it’s so hard to choose my favourites 😭 #im just interested in who everyone’s fave is tbh. I’m such a big fan of British comedy. it’s one of my special interests! #not to be biased but British comedians >>>> #the only thing that makes me proud to be British #txt

[a-a-a-anon]

if i had a nickel for every time a male british comedian i like said that on a childhood birthday a patriarch in their family said they were too old to hug and kiss them bc it's girly/gay i would have two nickels???? which isn't a lot but it's weird it happened twice....

(ade edmondson:)

(jon richardson:)

I went to kiss my granddad once-I would have only been about 7 or 8, but I'd had clearly what my grandad viewed as a landmark birthday. I went to say goodbye, and I kissed my Nana Gwen and went to kiss my Grandad Ron, and Grandad Ron said, "You're a man now. You don't kiss other men anymore." (- meet the richardsons 2.08)

#i think (popular) british comedys relationship with masculinity is sooo interesting bc there will be like you know #kind of old schoolish jokes said on panel shows about like oh that person isnt manly or something #but at the same time many british male comedians seem comfortable with material involving doing things that arent very traditionally #masculine like physical intimacy with men or dressing up traditionally feminine etc #(which isnt them trying to do a Statement or anything just like them doing it) #thats kind of like a staple of british comedy i feel like #more so than american comedy #i feel like its #an interesting interplay between (obviously trying to be subversive like all comedy but also) echos from the alt comedy scene #(which was expressly trying to NOT depend on sexism for humor (like the traditional comedy of working mens clubs)) #and the inescapable sexism of general culture still affecting comedy and also men's lives today (repressed as hell) #and like the jokes about masculinity are obviously a reaction (unconscious or not) TO being so repressed #britcom #nina.rambles #adrian edmondson #jon richardson #tw abuse #does this make sense? no<3 #ALSOOOO that interview with ade is everything to me. hes the cutest man in the world actually. he cried when his grandson #said “good job everyone!” as he got 2nd place in a race (out of happiness). and then cried while talking about it. and he grew up in such a #repressed era #WE LOVE TO SEE GROWTH!!

[ghoulfriendzz]

my taskmaster contestants wish list !

- richard ayoade [of course]

- chris o'dowd

- matt berry

- maisie adam [MY NUMBER ONE PLEASE]

- kiell smith-bynoe

- tom allen

- adam hills

- any of the six idiots please please

sarah millican and alan davies used 2 be on this list but my wish was granted, i was so happy abt both :3 also tm is how i find out abt most of the comedians i know so ...... this list is kinda ass

#taskmaster #british comedy #britcom #british comedians #panel shows #i dont know what 2 tag this ????? #im autistic yippee #i love maisie adam so much and if she was on tm i would cry

[tiktoksinspo]

#omg #I love him #funny #comedy #comedian #perfect #jack whitehall #true #british #I knew it #people pleasing #tiktok #@jackwhitehall

[wowpindrop]

THIS PICTURE

This fucking picture

Holy mother of god.

HE IS CARVED BY JESUS HIMSELF.

THIS MAN

HE RESPONDED TO ME

HOW

HOLY SHIT

(sorry if you couldn't already tell my parents have insulted the entirety of what I'm currently obsessed with so now I'm really pissed off and seeking murder)

#james acaster #britcom #taskmaster #ed gamble #off menu #british comedians #this man #adorable #i love himmmm

[mihotose]

truly thought ed would manage to get through the whole podcast episode without doing it but he called james a good boy right at the very end

#sighing i love you british comedian platonic homoeroticism #gemitus #ed and james are like if greg and alex were friends without the premise of the show to base their dynamic in #like greg and alex obviously tm came first but ed and james their friendship came first and then they did just puddings around it #taskmaster

[lily-blue-blue-lily]

i finally saw thor love and thunder, i have to say i am absolutely thrilled by the mid credits scene

#he really is here and there and every fucking where #i love to see my slightly niche british comedians in big hollywood things #it makes my heart happy

[famwhy]

Hobie Brown's Slang

Okay, here is a bit of criticism and advise for how to write Hobie Brown's (from Spiderman: Across the Spiderverse) speech patterns.

When I read fics on Hobie Brown, the slang that he uses is not AT ALL the type of slang he uses in the movie. Fics like to use stereotypical British slang like 'wanker' or 'gheezer' and while it is sometimes said, it's not used often by youth in the UK nowadays.

Instead, the type of slang he uses is called 'Road' slang or 'Roadman' slang. I believe it's a mixture of Jamaican and British terms (please do correct me if I'm wrong, I may be British myself but I don't know everything).

For example, in the movie, Hobie says 'man like Miles, my guy!' after Miles goes against the Canon event. He's basically hyping Miles up - the term 'man like' is often followed up by a name to (as said before) hype that person up and praise them, in a way.

Another example of him using road slang is when he calls Miles a 'youngen' - it's quite obvious what he means by it, he's basically calling him a kid. This term is usually used by people who are quite a bit older than the recipient. In fact, it was his use of this term that solidified my theory of him being quite a few years older than Miles and thus, of him not being as much of a potential love interest for Gwen as an older brother figure for her.

Now, how do you write road slang? By learning it through watching people who use it often and understanding the context.

Some real people you can watch and learn the speech patterns of Hobie Brown through include:

KSI (the youtuber)

Mo Gilligan (the comedian)

Babatunde Aléshé (also a comedian)

And a series on Netflix that I highly recommend you watch in order to really understand the way he talks (though the above examples are good ways too) is the series 'Top Boy'. Though, a fair warning that it's quite the violent series due to it being about UK gangs.

Please keep in mind that this post is NOT AT ALL made to attack writers or put them down for the way they write Hobie, it is only here to inform and teach you how to write his speech patterns properly because he 100% deserves the accurate representation.

Hobie Brown is an amazing character that made me so happy to see on screen because he actually seems like a guy I would know and be friends with in real life rather than a stereotypical depiction of a British person that you see often in media nowadays. I feel the same way about Pavitr and the way the movie didn't stereotypically depict South Asians.

To see both my ethnicity and nationality being accurately depicted in western media is just an amazing feeling that I wish to convey to you all.

Love, a very happy spiderman fan.

(Update: I now have a post where I write Hobie's speech patterns myself so you can also use that as an example if you wish. But again, the examples listed above are much better to learn from since my one post can only teach you so much.)

#hobie brown #spider man: across the spider verse #across the spiderverse #spider punk #hobie x you #hobie x reader #pavitr prabhakar #spiderman atsv #atsv #atsv spoilers #hobie brown x reader

[hxlda-hxlda]

thank u thank u @fiddleleafedfig for the tag !!

nine people you want to get to know better

last song: when i opened the tag, 'alien blues' by vundabar but currently i'm listening to hozier 'would that i'. as of finishing writing this, radiohead. there you have it.

favourite colour: a deep cherry red. the kind that would make a really lovely lipstick gloss.

last movie/tv show: i'm terrible with shows and movies, but i was watching the bowie doco (moonage daydream) the other day, keeping on brand ik. i also love british comedians so 'would i lie to you?' is probably up there as well.

sweet/savoury/spicy: sweet if it is really well done. i'm talking specifically that one pub down by where i live that for some reason makes the best chocolate lava cake ever. if not, savoury forever.

last thing i googled: beatles guitar songs for beginners. i've decided to relearn guitar and i'm back to the absolute basics.

current obsession: concerts! this is a long-standing love but it is very evident lately. the way concerts down here work is that no one comes for years bc of the trek to aus, and then randomly there's this one month period where everybody is here at once and suddenly i have to choose between favs. that has been this month! hard on the bank account but my soul is thriving with a concert every other week. saw noah kahan, it was life-altering.

last book: i'm between the '50 yrs of led zeppelin' biography by mick wall, and 'anna karenina' by tolstoy atm. (adding it) last fic: blends by rvltn909. finished it yesterday and oh my god. the crime that was me putting it off.

looking forward to: still a little ways away, but i'm moving to america for (my) winter-spring!! i've work in the states, which i'm thrilled abt. it also means i am tracking down artists who refuse to concert in aus (hozier for the love of god) and trying to sneak them in as well.

np tags (apologies if you've already been tagged): @fairylittlebitch @alltoounwellll @the-moon-says-hi @just--vi @whyistarchaser @bellaxisworld @feminist-cult-following @none-of-it-was-accidental @svnflowermoon + ofc anybody else who wants to. tag me. let me know you all.

#tag game #prev: making friends with the queer people in my phone #yes exactly this #sending everyone all of the love