I haven't seen this film yet. But the thing is… the Bullingdon Club contained an alarming number of the people who run Britain now. It's hard to not be 'moralistic', not to 'hate your posh characters too much' when these kids grew up to preside over a massive rise in poverty and inequality, to sell off the few…

You're not saying… surely not his rocking son, too? I was under the distinct impression that all he wanted to do was play the drums. :(

It's a good point, just wanted to add Jerry Sadowitz and David Icke to the list of people who outed him in his lifetime, in less vague ways than Rotten did. Of course, due to the natures of their… acts, I guess? neither were taken particularly seriously at the time.

No, that's because of the increasingly large number of women coming forward to say that he did it. Christ, you'll be defending Jimmy Savile next…

Woah. I was hunting for that, thanks.
Transcribed for convenience/horror:
from 'Congratulations! Now What? A Book For Graduates', Bill Cosby, 1999

Dunno if it supports your point, but France is currently one of the more Islamophobic countries in Europe, what with the headscarf banning, mosque site occupying, Marine Le Pen-ing and such. It's a context where, before today, the Charlie Hebdo cartoons would have seemed (to me, anyway) like punching down. Not that…

I honestly think this is a really good point. Thank you for articulating something I couldn't.

Much appreciated, thanks!

He absolutely is, although from what I remember he doesn't get to do much here. Shame, really; I like to think a Captain Trunk-esque train conductor could have saved the show…

I have nothing much to add here; I just wanted to say that was a fantastic, thoughtful post.

THANK YOU. I don't understand why there hasn't been more of a fuss made about this…well, on some level I kind of do because it's pretty fucking bleak, but still.

In mine, the Nobels have a glitzy awards ceremony with song-and dance numbers. With Mick Fleetwood and Samantha Fox hosting, of course. Why should the entertainment industry have all the fun?

No joke - they should just get in touch with Neil Innes ASAP. The Rutles stuff is uncannily good.

Walter White becomes cancer, metaphorically speaking. Call me slow, but I only just realised that. Mind=blown.

Kind of like Archer's 'Terms of Enrampagement', but instead of rampage there are showtunes? I'd watch that.

I want this to be true, but I think 'The Manual' briefly mentions that they got him to appear with them on Top Of The Pops. Which doesn't necessarily mean he gets royalties, but suggests that he was cool with the project on some level. Will try and check.

…damn, I thought that was Achewood; I knew it was from somewhere awesome but I had to look it up. I'm slipping:(

I think that's about right - Pam was engaged/at art school in s5 and pregnant in s6, and I don't remember Roy turning up in the latter.

But it's a living thing with feelings and a family!

And I love how that bizarre and shoddy party actually turned out to be a success. Kelly was so excited about that nap!