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Book deal for Rob Beckett's wife Lou
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Now Nabil Abdulrashid plays Riyadh Comedy Festival
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Features
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The rise and fall of the British comedy magazine
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Reviews
Dutch Barn Spirit of Comedy Award
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Videos
Cassetteboy has released a new video, mashing up Keir Starmer’s speeches to Eminem’s My Name Is.
He’s used the PM’s own own words – entirely out of context – to say he turns a blind eye to genocide and tries to beat Nigel Farage by emulating him.
The track also covers the child benefit cap, the pensioners’ winter fuel allowance and the failure to nationalise Thames Water as he sums up what an ‘uninspiring mess’ his premiership has been.
The creator said the mash-up ‘took absolutely ages’ and sought contributions via ko-fi.
Cassetteboy vs Keir Starmer
His latest mash-up
Michelle Wolf's Riyadh Comedy Festival jokes
Comic reveals she was asked to play Saudi event
Nina Conti and Shenoah Allen sing about holes
From their movie Sunlight
Chloe Petts at Just For Laughs
On the New Faces Of Comedy showcase