Dear audience that were present at tonight’s gig, It’s now after the show. It’s (still) a Saturday night. My girlfriend is away on a hen weekend and I’ve been invited to a party that I was quite tempted to go to. But instead I’m already sitting at home in my pyjamas with the aim of spending […]
TAGGED WITH: guinea pigs, previews, stand-up, tiernan douieb CATEGORISED BY:Audience Blog Comedy edfringe Edinburgh Fringe News Seeing The Bullshit May 8th, 2015 by Tiernan DouiebI’ve made a small promise to myself to stop having opinions on things the second I read about them. I honestly feel like one of our current biggest problems in society is a snap reaction that isn’t processed, dwelled on, and thought about carefully before we spew more vile into the endless sick puddle of […]
TAGGED WITH: Labour, Lib Dems, Politics, tiernan douieb, voting CATEGORISED BY:Blog Comedy Conservative Election News Electoral Dysfunction May 4th, 2015 by Tiernan DouiebHaving already written about The Conservative Party, The Labour Party, and the other possible kingmaker parties, I was going to write a blog about all the other itty bitty parties and independent candidates that are running in the election. But it turns out, there are 426 of those in Great Britain alone, with a further 36 in Northern […]
TAGGED WITH: Green Party, Labour, Lib Dems, Politics, Steve Coogan, tiernan douieb, voting CATEGORISED BY:Armando Iannucci Blog Comedy Conservatives General Election 2015 News Why You Should Vote For…pt 3: The Kingmakers April 27th, 2015 by Tiernan DouiebThis is the penultimate one of these blogs. You’ll either have registered to vote by now, or not bothered and left it up to everyone else to decide who’ll fuck up the UK best. Thanks for that. Sorry this one’s taken a while but lots has happened in the election campaign over the last two weeks. […]
TAGGED WITH: Green Party, housing, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Plaid Cymru, SNP, tiernan douieb, UKIP, voting, Wizard Of Oz, xenophobia CATEGORISED BY:Blog Comedy Conservatives General Election 2015 News UK General Election 2015: Why you should for…2. The Labour Party April 14th, 2015 by Tiernan DouiebOften, whenever I’ve criticised the Conservatives online, some idiot has responded with ‘Well what about Labour though?’ Usually using far too many capital letters and a lack of understanding that it is possible to be disillusioned by all parties at once. To prove I’m not one to pick sides, and as Labour have finally launched […]
TAGGED WITH: Labour, Politics, tiernan douieb, Tony Blair, voting CATEGORISED BY:Blog Comedy David Cameron Economy Ed Balls Ed Miliband Education EU General Election 2015 News UK General Election 2015: Why you should for…1. The Conservative Party April 6th, 2015 by Tiernan DouiebWith only a few weeks till the UK general election, I thought it might be useful to do a series of, ahem, partisan blogs explaining exactly why you might want to vote for each party. If you’d like a more sensible view do check out Rick Edwards’ excellent new book ‘None Of The Above‘ which […]
TAGGED WITH: Grant Shapps, housing, Iain Duncan Smith, Institute Of Fiscal Studies, NHS, Politics, satire, tiernan douieb, vote, welfare CATEGORISED BY:Aafzal Amin Andy Coulson benefits Blog businesses campaign Comedy Conservatives David Cameron General Election 2015 George Osborne News The Battle For Number 10 March 27th, 2015 by Tiernan DouiebI watched the ‘Battle For Number 10’ television debate this morning. I’ve recently discovered that if I watch political debate programs while on our exercise bike then I seem to pedal much harder out of sheer frustration for the entire affair. When attempting to fix my life and get healthier for the umpteenth time in […]
TAGGED WITH: Jeremy Paxman, Kay Burley, Labour, Muppet, Newsnight, Politics, Salmond, satire, Shredded Wheat, SNP, Sturgeon, tiernan douieb CATEGORISED BY:Battle for Number 10 Blog C4 Channel 4 Comedy Conservatives election 2015 exercise bike News This Isn’t For You (Except It Is) March 8th, 2015 by Tiernan DouiebSo look, this blog should probably have ‘Advertisement’ written across the top of it so you can distinguish it from my other blogs where I fail to promote myself due to a lack of anything anyone might want to buy. But I thought as well as shamelessly selling things, I thought I’d explain some things […]
TAGGED WITH: James Hingley, stand-up, Tania Freimuth, This Isn't For You, tiernan douieb, tour, VHX CATEGORISED BY:Audiences Ben Hilton Blog Comedy filming News Marathon Man February 26th, 2015 by Tiernan DouiebTomorrow I’m taking part in Mark Watson’s 27 Hour Show for Comic Relief. I keep telling people I’m not sure why I’m doing such a ridiculous thing, fully aware that taking part in an event for that long without sleep or rest is hard enough without the added troubles of doing ridiculous challenges throughout. I […]
TAGGED WITH: Jonathan Ross, Krishnan Guru-Murphy, Mark Watson, Markus Birdman, Rachel Reilly, Rufus Hound, Terry Saunders, The Last Leg, The Pleasance, tiernan douieb, Zach Braff CATEGORISED BY:27 Hour Show Adam Hills Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 Blog challenges Charity Comedy comic relief custard pies Dan Atkinson Edinburgh Emma Kennedy News Satirically Destitute February 11th, 2015 by Tiernan DouiebA new ‘satirical’ television show has been announced today. I won’t mention its name and I haven’t seen it yet, so can’t really judge it as such. However in the selling points for said show, it states that it will feature ‘biting satire’ such as ‘David Cameron and Nick Clegg battling it out on the […]
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