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Bad Dog

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42. Our topical comedy shows aren't exactly the same as yours but we have similarities.

Reply to Cosmocat (Reply #25)

Fri Mar 11, 2016, 04:26 AM

Mar 2016

We have three, The Last Leg, Have I Got News For You and Mock The Week. The Last Leg was originally meant as a one off to coincide with the Paralympics. Two of the presenters are disabled, but it was so popular it kept going. Have I got News For You is a quiz format with two regular team captains where news items are discussed in a jokey manner and Mock The Week is more of an excuse for stand up comics to do their acts loosely based on current events. Incidentally it's where John Oliver first appeared on TV.

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Sad. C Moon Mar 2016 #4

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Like you said it's a comment. Bad Dog Mar 2016 #7

I wouldn't get defensive Cosmocat Mar 2016 #9

It's easy to boil things down to simple soundbites. Bad Dog Mar 2016 #11

its an unholy mix of a couple things Cosmocat Mar 2016 #16

It's a crying shame. Bad Dog Mar 2016 #17

Yep Cosmocat Mar 2016 #25

Our topical comedy shows aren't exactly the same as yours but we have similarities. Bad Dog Mar 2016 #42

The local paper (conservative, but I call it right wing Scaiff run) comments... MrMickeysMom Mar 2016 #8

but don't you worry.... Javaman Mar 2016 #13

I'd call these gunmen TeddyR Mar 2016 #14

You bet it is. But it's so easy 840high Mar 2016 #39

Not if the shooters cannot legally own guns. hack89 Mar 2016 #15

Probable. nt B2G Mar 2016 #18

won't matter.... Javaman Mar 2016 #22

I was thinking violent felon as a third option. nt hack89 Mar 2016 #23

Not on DU melman Mar 2016 #31

sadly, DU is but a small part of the general population. Javaman Mar 2016 #40

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Agreed. Single shot weapons only. Comatose Sphagetti Mar 2016 #27

Not really hack89 Mar 2016 #29

No, that's just not true. tabasco Mar 2016 #32

Fortunately gun violence is very geographically concentrated in America hack89 Mar 2016 #34

Please elaborate. tabasco Mar 2016 #35

Every large city has web sites that map violent crimes hack89 Mar 2016 #36

Okay, as long as gun murders are 100 miles away from your house, tabasco Mar 2016 #37

There are greater threats to me and my family hack89 Mar 2016 #38

Nobody said anything about "wholesale bans." tabasco Mar 2016 #41

Banning the most common and popular guns in America is a wholesale ban hack89 Mar 2016 #43

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