Jul 13

Ever heard of Charlie Brooker? If you haven’t, then you’re not alone. I didn’t know the bloke before I stumbled over some videos of his on the internets. I suppose I don’t watch TV enough to know about everything the BBC presses out of their butts. But if you indeed have heard of Charlie, I hope it had the same effect on you as it did on so many others who saw his shows.

Even on YouTube, where I found this particular snippet of one of his shows, the comment section is relatively free of racial and sexual expletives and claims of “Fake”. Of course there are a few who missed the point and ended up talking about the background music and the difference between anime and video games. Afterall, the average IQ on YouTube never seems to have risen above room temperature.

For anyone who needs another dose for full conviction, just check out this one.

Jun 25

For those of you who don’t know who George Carlin was, please take a moment to read up on him over here. An extraordinary comedian, critic and thinker, George had a lot of thoughts and opinions that very much match my own world view.

Plenty of websites have already paid tribute to him and I am not sure if there is any point in jumping on the bandwagon with them. However, given that the old sodd died on my birthday, I thought I’d share one of my favorite diatribes of his with you here on Footron.

On Religion

On the 10 Commandments

May 26

William Melvin “Bill” Hicks (December 16, 1961 – February 26, 1994)