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This woman can talk to cats

Yes, cats. She can talk to cats. In cat language. To cats. She can talk to cats. (Oh – about their testicles).

Big miaows to @lawrencearabia.

The Worst Demo Tape Compilation in the World – Ever

In the late 1980′s, my cousin gave me a cassette that instantly became an obsession of mine. It was a tape, compiled by a UK record company – and made purely for internal use – featuring the worst songs they’d ever been sent from the thousands of demo tapes they received each year.

There were no details of any of the ‘artists’, and it’s all quite mysterious, but as someone who has heard loads of terrible demo tape complilations, this one is definitely the best/worst. Get ready for the dullest rendition of ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’, a spooky lady singing about ‘Alfreston’ while playing the organ, and the genuinely terrifying end track, ‘All the People With the Money’. By the way, I lost the tape years ago and thought all hope was lost, until my buddy Peter Serafinowicz found it last week in a box in his office. We celebrated with a listen and a good ole sing-a-long. Hope you guys sing along too…

Friday Night Dinner – Ep 2 : ‘The Fox’

I’m really excited about this week’s episode – ‘The Fox’. Without too many spoilers, it’s all about the boys finding dad hiding a dead fox in the freezer, and how they keep mum from seeing it. It was definitely the script I enjoyed writing the most, and I can’t wait for you folk to see it. Hopefully it’s completely agonising (in a good way) to watch, as dad gets into some truly awful situations.

The cast are particularly fantastic in this ep, but this week’s show is really all about dad, and once again, Paul Ritter does not disappoint. I do hope he gets the recognition he really deserves (hint: awards). He’s a real one-off.

Here’s a clip.

Anyway, that’s all. Hope you like.

Watch the trailer for Friday Night Dinner S3

At last, it’s here! Sorry it’s taken ages for this to come to the telly. It was all finished and ready to go in February, but hope it’s worth the wait…

Thanks to Digital Spy for their nice piece. Read it here.

Help us make this lovely cartoon…

Thanks!

Robin Cooper calls UKIP

With the European elections tomorrow, I (or rather Robin) called UKIP to discuss all things Nigel Farage…

I wish all TV shows ended like this…

With the destruction of the studio. Live on air…

Best ‘hold music’ ever.

Thanks to the hil-harious Tim Heidecker for passing me this via Vic Berger IV (great name btw). I can’t stop playing it. What is that music?!

Robin Cooper’s Cruise Holiday

Here’s Robin Cooper back in action on the phone…

God, I love Brett Domino

Always so inventive, funny and just brill…

More funnies here…