Woke Outrage Reaction To BBC Pilot

Following revelations that BBC comedy is a monoculture of foppish Oxbridge lefties, a BBC Radio 4 comedy pilot featuring diversity of opinion (and a couple of actual working class people) was announced recently featuring Andrew Doyle, Tony Law, George Zach, Mary Bourke, Nick Dixon and me.
Woke Twitter reacted with their usual reason and level mindedness. Here's my reaction to the hundreds of angry pink haired pronoun-listers who accused the pilot of:
1. Punching down
2. Reanimating Bernard Manning
3. Saying the N-word
4. Transphobia
5. Giving a platform to Nazis
6. Encouraging violence
7. Only having one joke
And listing the ways they're going to cancel it.
Bear in mind the pilot HASN'T BEEN WRITTEN YET - so I have no idea how it's offended so many people already.
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[@nscuthbert]

The fact that wokes are offended by your comedy actually warms my heart. Their pathetic whinging is a fantastic advertisement for your shows. Bring it on.

[@crawford1083]

Exactly. If the lefty woke morons hate you, you must be doing something right!

[@crawford1083]

@Shadow Of Wiggin You almost need to know nothing else about them, other than the woke scum hate them! They must have something going for them!

[@crawford1083]

@@DonBean-ej4ou "McSturgeonland" 🤣

[@DarrellBeckford]

@Wasp Factory The mirror wont reply you know? BTW, you aren't a book, just a boy in a basement.

[@Valisk]

@Wasp Factory I'm sure Iain would have something pretty fucking critical to say about the current state of affairs if he was still with us.

[@leftmono1016]

I turn 50 this year, which is generally a bit depressing. But at least I got to enjoy some decent comedy before the world literally turned to sh1t.

[@carolempluckrose4188]

I'm 67, so society considers me 'old'. This guy made me belly laugh very loudly. It comes to something when the minority decide what they want the majority to do. They come across as sad, pathetic, humourless and extremely childish. It really is time they wound their necks in and got a life of their own to live as opposed to try to dictate to others about how the others should live their lives.

[@alexibbotson1728]

I agree these people are a minority I don't know why they have to be listen to if tv went back to making better comedy and not listening to these people whats the worst that could happen? They are in their thousands not their millions. I mean could somebody tell me what other power are these nutters able to weild besides complaining on twitter or writing to offcom???

[@bmojo7118]

Crybabies on social media get way too much attention these days.

[@Johnny-sj9sj]

I am 74, and my Jock dad would have loved Leo, as do I 🤡🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@howardchambers9679]

Greetings fellow boomer! Isn't the 21st century fun?!

[@bl1398]

I’m 147 I’m considered “elderly” go figure

[@Mark_Dyer1]

Absolutely wonderful, LEO. And I - for one - am sick of ex-privately-educated schoolboys and girls adopting faux Cockney accents, or trying to 'come out' as comedians. I have, honestly, forgotten the last time I actually laughed at a British comedian. It may have been an old episode of 'Yes Minister'. But Rangathan and Kumar just leave me watching without so much as a wrinkle creasing my face. THEY ARE JUST NOT FUNNY!

[@iamthedalilama]

Cannot understand how Rangathan and Kumar get air time. Struggle to raise a smile listening to their “comedy”. Box tickets maybe?

[@Mark_Dyer1]

@@iamthedalilama The two of them exemplify 'cultural difference' in my opinion. I'm especially dsappointed with Ranganathan, because I think he is Sikh; is he not? But you're absolutely correct: decent British comedians like Leo Kearse can't get a look-in, because they don't tick any boxes for the 'Diversity Champions'. For those over-paid Diversity merchants, we have to suffer crap, passing for humour!

[@jonathanwalker8730]

I concur with you. The 'Mockney' accent is a horrible affectation. 'Sir' Tony Blair (I suppose it was fucking inevitable) had a habit of dropping his aitches and terminal 'g's, rolling up his shirt sleeves and drinking tea out of a mug rather than a cup and saucer when delivering bad news to we paupers. There is good comedy out there though. If Would I lie To You doesn't make you laugh (in particular the interaction between Lee Mack and David Mitchell), you need to go and see your doctor to have your pulse taken, because you may be dead. For genuinely beautiful, sublime British comedy, indulge me and check out Detectorists, starring and directed by McKenzie Crooke. If you like subtle, intelligent and sensitive comedy, you will love it.

[@Mark_Dyer1]

@@jonathanwalker8730 Jonathan, we LOVE 'The Detectorists'. But I'm afraid 'Live at the Apollo' has gone the way of all 'woke' flesh. Just not funny.

[@woodrude78]

@@jonathanwalker8730 Would i Lie To You has 1 guy i watch for, Bob Mortimer, if he's on it's must see but the rest of the time i let it go

[@Bertie22222]

I have experienced the cringingly embarrassing Nish Kumar routine. At an industry award ceremony he spent the first 15 minutes creating perfect silence so decided to go on a political rant on behalf of the left. He was eventually booed off stage and exited putting the middle finger up to the audience.

[@jonathanwalker8730]

I wasn't there, yet even from your succinct description of the experience, I'm feeling the cringe. He reminds me of the attributed Winston Churchill quotation: "An empty taxi arrived, and Clement Atlee got out of it."

[@mickyvionsellinas6743]

My uncle saw him at the Tavener's , bread roll anyone . He's just an inverted , RAICYSTE , agit prop narcissist .... with a tiny nob ;D

[@JamesWright-ep6ks]

"I can't help but feel the barrier to entry for being considered a Nazi has come down slightly" - Leo Kearse Best comment to sum up 2021.

[@martinbaker613]

Brilliant 😂

[@nickjung7394]

Don't forget, Hitler was elected!

[@martynwatson4929]

"Nobody buys tickets to woke comedy then sits in silence". Hilarious. Nish kumar audiences know exactly what this means.

[@patriotunion7211]

Kumar is so unfunny its painful to listen to,all he does is insult right wingers but without using any humour whatsoever!

[@michaelwalker1145]

How dare you put comedy and Nish Kumar in the same sentence 😀😀😀

[@louisecook6483]

This is why I don't go see comedy any more or watch Live at the Apollo as it all just painful and yawn worthy, nothing funny about any of it. I watch all the old re-runs of 1970's, 1980's, 1990's comedy shows as at least these are actually funny, none of the new shows of which I have tried to watch I have not found funny at all other than the tiny odd bit on the rare occasion. I am looking forward to hearing this new show and will make my mind up after I have heard it as to if it's funny. All these outrage tweets are really silly considering it hasn't been written or aired yet, all it shows is the intolerance of something that doesn't follow their doctrines , why can't we have a little diversity of comedy and opinion for a change, these control freaks are showing how out of control they are.

[@caltriton6904]

Kumar is his own biggest fan.

[@vonryansexpress]

Nish Kumar is not just unfunny but seems to be harbouring a deep seated pathology or two . .

[@AnInterestedObserver]

Bernard Manning is still a thousand times funnier than the Woke wimps posing as comedians. I was listening to Bernard Manning on Spotify recently and I laughed a lot, his jokes are funny, and if you feel offended, then don’t listen to him. The problem is that the political correct have ruined our culture and replaced it with what?

[@stephenhogg6154]

With tribal virtue signalling.

[@markwake3727]

And Roy Chubby Brown has been refused venues to perform even if people want to pay to see him. The problem is that they won't stop people seeing the comedian because they can just go online like Jim Davidson

[@comeonman8191]

In 2000 Bernard Manning appeared on a documentary with Darcus Howe shown on Channel 4. Darcus was a black, Marxist journalist and former Black Panther. He asked Bernard to tell him a “really racist” joke to his face. Bernard did and Darcus laughed like mad.

[@Johnny-sj9sj]

@@comeonman8191 So this ‘not very white’ fella goes to the doctor’s with a parrot on his head. Darkus was outstanding! Falling about laughing at the punchline. I would have been more explicit, but I’ve just seen one of my Bernard comments bounced because I said the See You Next Tuesday word.

[@Johnny-sj9sj]

@@comeonman8191 OK. This was bounced so I’ve put it through the laundry. Heckler to Bernard: “F off you fat See You Next Tuesday!“ Bernard: “Get it right son. It’s F off you fat RICH see you next Tuesday.“ Please feel free to extrapolate. I should be in the clear here, the powers that be responsible for censorship on here not even understanding the meaning of the word.

[@sirkildalot8409]

God I feel so sad for where we’ve arrived at. This passion for being ‘the most sensitive and offended person in the room’ is exhausting. I say stuff it. Free speech and all and if you haven’t grown up enough to have learned how to deal with it well, maybe it’s time.

[@theresawareness8358]

Favourite Bernard Manning joke . My uncle tragically died in a German concentration camp during World War Two , he fell out the guard tower .

[@13141Scott]

Same, my grandad destroyed 20 planes during the war. He was the worst mechanic the Germans had

[@ronwatson1918]

Bernard used to keep chickens and one morning he went down to the coop in his garden to collect the eggs. He dropped one and it rolled under his Pakistani neighbour's garden so he went round and knocked on his door. Guy comes to the door and Bernard said one of my eggs rolled under your fence, can I have it back? Oh no says the neighbour, the egg is on my property so the egg is my property too. Bernard says is it bollox, my chicken laid it so it's my egg. Oh no says the neighbour, in England possession is 9/10ths of the law so the egg is now mine. Alright says Bernard, we'll sort this out the English way, we'll take turns kicking each other in the nuts and the first one to give in means the other gets the egg. I'll go first and with that he launches his hobnails into his groin. The neighbour screams, collapses and rolls about for a few minutes then gets up with tears in his eyes and says Now it's my turn. I give up says Bernard, Keep the fking egg.

[@jasonmcbain15]

Favourite Manning joke - A couple on holiday in Spain and the husband says to the wife "Did you pack the gravy?" Iwife says "No I forgot,go across and ask the neighbour"...Husband knocks on the door and a bloke ansers and husband says "As there any Bisto?" Bloke says "Fuck off you Spanish cunt"..Obviously you need to hear the joke to appreciate the accent!.

[@DanimaldAnimal85]

@@ronwatson1918 🤣🤣🤣

[@ejayman]

@@ronwatson1918 "Keep the fookin' egg" is so perfectly delivered haha

[@dorkarama3135]

"A fat nerd who fought in 'Call Of Duty'". Hilarious!

[@thegrandmuftiofwakanda]

If we are reanimating Bernard Manning can we do the same with Thatcher and put her back in Number 10. That’ll really give them something to cry about.

[@ian_b]

I'm Gen X and feel some guilty for having admired the wave of "alternative comedy" of the early 80s which I thought was radical, with it and cool. Too late I realised it was just a middle class purge of any alternative ideological position to their own. They tricked us with the swearing and references to naughty bits, preached socialism while feathering their own nests via the BBC and, ultimately, turned into the cultural black hole that is Ben Elton. I am truly sorry.

[@BlookbugIV]

There’s truth to that, but a lot of the acts that came up out of that did some good work. They are all bloody useless now ofc. I’m still fond of The Young Ones and Blackadder. French and Saunders did some good skits. Some of the Comic Strip stuff still holds up. Could list more but I’ll leave it there, but I know how you feel just the same.

[@Leeds71]

Frankie Boyle is one the most disappointing - a sell out through and through

[@djkymaera]

I don't know, Bill Hicks and George Carlin were pretty bad ass.

[@BlookbugIV]

@@djkymaera I was genuinely cut up when I read in a tiny column in the back of a music magazine that Hicks had died. But OP is talking about a very specific movement in the early 80s when a bunch of young people predominantly fresh out of university took over British comedy.

[@silverscorpio24]

Welcome to the Dark Side

[@ImCurrentlyNaked]

"Hitler becoming a Nazi because he was cancelled for being a Nazi" made me laugh pretty hard, there's several layers of humour to that.

[@willrees1094]

And tbf He did kill kill Hitler. Though in general, the more I hear about him the less I like him

[@ImCurrentlyNaked]

@@willrees1094 And to think, if those SJWs hadn't been cancelled him for his edgy paintings of houses and trees or whatever, Hitler would have never been born.

[@obadiahspong2300]

The general consensus is that young Adolf was a decent painter of the built structure, but not of the human form. Had he applied to a school of architecture instead he would probably have been accepted.

[@pigeonpoo1823]

@@obadiahspong2300 what an interesting episode of Sliders that would have been

[@auchenshoogle7233]

@@willrees1094 Schiklgruber killed Hitler .

[@trikstari7687]

Fairly certain I'd rather have both my legs sawn of without anesthesia than go to a woke comedy show, let alone pay for one.

[@michaelshattuck2949]

Good thing you don’t need your legs to clap. Woke comedy isn’t something you laugh at, you clap for “bravery”

[@vinnyganzano1930]

I'm not that much of a masochist, I'd take the ticket to the woke comedy then throw up during every act.

[@simongray2533]

To be fair Nish Kumar was funny in one stand up show that I saw on KZbin. He ventured out of London into, what I assume was a northern club of some kind and started his normal "white people blah blah" "all brexiteers are fascists" so beloved of his normal BBC/London centric audience. The look on his face when the crowd started booing him was the funniest thing I've seen him do! He also started berating the audience and rambling about the colonisation of India! 🤣🤣

[@IAmPez]

Better than booing him, they threw bread rolls at him. That was what really pushed him over the edge.

[@simongray2533]

@@IAmPez That's the one! Definately the funniest thing he's done! 🤣🤣

[@annother3350]

Britain is the safest, most accepting country in the world for trans. These people are deranged

[@ultrademigod]

If they don't like it here they can always go back home to Transylvania.

[@thinfourth]

@@ultrademigod I'm sure someone has written a song about this

[@annother3350]

@@ultrademigod on the Trans-Siberian railway?!

[@pyeltd.5457]

But they keep calling it Turf island

[@bobthebarsteward]

Honda made a motorcycle called the Transalp back in the 80s. It was popular and there were calls for them to produce it again, but they were actually worried that the name might get them into trouble, how bad is wokism?

[@PMS1950]

Absolutely spot on. Sadly, the BBC appear to have no intention of changing their unbelievably woke and devisive programming regimes with comedy taking the brunt of politically correct and obsequious twaddle, which is so cringing as to be only watchable with your TV switched off!!

[@philhawley1219]

Glad I don't have a telly!

[@markie1aa]

I haven't had a tv for the last 12 years - couldn't bear the relentless propagandising.

[@ParaBellum2024]

Did anyone else see that recent episode of "Live At The Apollo", where a white comedian came on stage and his act was all about black people being racist, and how happy he was to have made a stand for whites, "just by existing"? Oh, wait a minute, I got that the wrong way round. He was black, and his 'act' was about whites. Unbelievably, this man was allowed to make the most racist, divisive, and foul allegations against people, just because of the colour of their skin. MLK must be turning in his grave.

[@JonBowe]

Not seen it, not watched TV comedy in years or much TV in fact. I can imagine the hypocrisy of the situation, though being aired on the (many anagrams) BBC, doesn't surprise me at all.

[@WeighedWilson]

Who was the comic?

[@ParaBellum2024]

@@WeighedWilson It was the Christmas special, which I see was repeated this evening (NYE).

[@WeighedWilson]

@@ParaBellum2024 thanks

[@kevinwilliams1421]

That is their whole act

[@annother3350]

It's kind of funny that Nish is slang for 'nothing'

[@taffwob]

I thought it was the other way around.

[@GeorgeZacharopoulos]

As one of the comedians in the lineup I can confirm I will be opening with the "attack helicopter" bit, then I will move to mocking all minorities especially immigrants. I will also be applying shoe polish to my face, even though it's for radio.

[@seemourbutts6679]

I will call you Nighthawk

[@neilmccaughan5149]

Who do you think you are? Justin Turdeau?

[@andrewcarter7503]

It won't be funny unless you dress up as a Nazi.

[@rebel55th]

Leo, I will definately come to one of your shows. I laughed all the way through this, so well done.

[@anthonydavis1427]

Laughing at Woke comedians constantly lecturing is a fun ( and mandatory) as clapping at mega privileged footballers kneeling

[@spunkbubble1]

The BBC does comedy? Would never have known if they hadn’t described the dross they dump out …. The only laugh they give me is their also alleged News bulletins.

[@ashleelmb]

Leo, you're a legend. Keep doing what you're doing mate

[@Ko_kB]

I genuinely don't understand why comedy is supposed to "speak truth to power" or "punch up". Punch any direction you want, what comedy is supposed to be is funny, regardless of the subject matter.

[@olliefoxx7165]

Comedy is supposed to be funny. Most people find speaking truth to power and punching up funny bc it's rarely done nowadays. All we hear today is the same old crap and its just not thar funny. The comedians are playing it safe bc they're scared.

[@rhysdavies3479]

@@olliefoxx7165 Nailed it mate! Scared of speaking the truth or even their own truth. Like puppets on strings to others.

[@Afterthoughtbtw]

'Truth to power' comes from a time when the court jester was the only person allowed to mock the king. Comedians have taken that mantle upon themselves, hence the whole 'truth to power' phrase.

[@jamescollins3647]

@@Afterthoughtbtw Unfortunately they only mock one side now instead of all of the powerful.

[@mrror8933]

Woke comedy punches down, it has political power on its side.

[@ericbrown5589]

I stopped watching the BBC years ago, I would love the Government to sell it off. Those people complaining about comedy that has yet to be written are idiots and should be ignored.

[@davidgrahambrown3793]

@Don Pump Not that strongly, I would suggest.

[@benny210169]

I actually voted for Brexit to stop erosion of state sovereignty, not immigration concerns. There were many reasons why people voted out. My mum wanted to right a wrong when she wasn't given all of the information in 1975.

[@Trevor_Austin]

The first time I ever voted was in the 1975 referendum. I voted to remain. I initially thought the Treaty of Maastricht was a good idea and that Euro-sceptics were loonies. But the more I understood about this treaty, the more I realise what an arrogant, anti-democratic sneaky bastard Major was. Had the public been told then the power’s of the Treaty I think we would not have accepted it - which is why the prick didn’t ask.

[@vinnyganzano1930]

I was too young to vote in 75 but I made sure I voted when I got the chance.

[@pdizzle7111]

Does anyone still watch Live at The Apollo ? They don't even have comedians on anymore, they're all left wing activists!

[@JackWhitehead1981]

“Everything Woke, turns to shit” Donald J Trump

[@ukar69]

Just like those calling GB News a far right news channel before it had broadcast a single minute.

[@droopyballbag]

As one of the GOAT says, don’t worry. Twitter is not a real place.

[@hasyourgulaggotplanningper2459]

They used to say that about Universities. "They'll grow out of this idiocy once they get a real job..." Spolier alert, they don't. Twitter is a real place. It's full of the people aware of what's happening and getting involved. The rest are sheep and will go along with the herd.

[@Steve157Oh]

@@hasyourgulaggotplanningper2459 Agreed. It's been seeping insidiously into corporations these last few years.

[@Leeds71]

@@hasyourgulaggotplanningper2459 Correct these people get their degrees and then infest companies with their ideals - that's how it spreads has done for over 100 years

[@JamesHartnell]

I like the description of the Leftwaffe as a bunch of people sat in a small room complimenting each other how nice their farts smell.

[@theseeker4642]

I'm an old grannie & can find humour in the most serious & ridiculous situations. I'm bloody sick of these people who're trying their level best to shut humour down. I've laughed, joked & swore my way through many situations that the woke of today would be crying about, or saying it's not fair & to them I say, " tough tittie your wokeness, but life isn't fair. " Laughing has made me cope & saved my sanity many times. I was blessed with a quick wit & can see the funny side of most things. My life's not been an easy one & had it not been for my sense of the ridiculous, I wouldn't have managed so well. Throughout WWII the British were renowned for having the ability to laugh at themselves, where the hell has that ability gone, are we now weaned off it as toddlers ! Everything is taken very seriously nowadays, which makes it even harder for people like me to keep a straight face.

[@LeoKearse]

Good to hear it! I hope you inspire more people to be like you

[@stephanfouche9208]

I also believe that humour allows us to weather difficulties in life. The reason the current woketards hate humour is because when you are laughing at something you can't simultaneously pretend to be this outraged, indignant, morally superiour beacon of light for the rest of humanity.

[@jamesnield]

I laugh at things that I find funny. And what I find funny is up to me, and me alone. If people take the piss out of me and what I am; so be it. That's freedom. Being offended is a sign of freedom. And that's a good thing.

[@kevtheargonut]

The woke being offended doesn’t mean they are right. Keep on with your right to enjoy what you enjoy.

[@dennismoore2894]

Who would go to a comedy event with the specific intention of not laughing? We’ll all be dead soon - then you can not laugh all you like.

[@sphericalchess]

Ah, it doesn’t matter that you haven’t written the jokes yet, because you have already committed the crime that contains within it all others…. “ThoughtCrime”, ….and long may it continue! 🇬🇧

[@vinnyganzano1930]

If thoughtcrime was a crime then I'd have had to arrest myself, beat myself up and throw me down a flight of stairs back at the station.

[@philhawley1219]

Orwell was right....

[@croikeymatesthrowashrimpon8130]

i have to go back at least 10 years and re-watch old comedy shows, the news ones are so woke and shit its pathetic, bruce jenner is a bloke, get over it!

[@OldSethOnetooth]

For woke comedy I read The Guardian, yesterday they had a hilarious satire piece on how black and brown people were going to decolonise birdwatching.

[@thejedsterYT]

Some of Bernard Manning's jokes might have been off the mark, but damn, was he funny. An absolute master of his game. Even giant lefty Stephen Fry felt obliged to admit this.

[@WILKSVILLE]

Leo is by far one of Scotland's best exports.

[@yetti423]

I do remember someone jokingly identifying as an attack helicopter which at the time was funny (can't remember who it was) I find it funny that some go to comedy clubs just so they can be offended. I never liked Roy chubby brown but never for a moment wanted him cancelled. People go to have a laugh and forget for a few hours, and if the comedy's shit word spreads and the comedian can either evolve or sink. We don't need the woke , or race baiters. They are the minority for a reason, the normal majority just get on and enjoy while sneering at these wannabe Hitlers.

[@RogueRM]

It was Lauren Southern during a street interview a few years back.

[@vinnyganzano1930]

If I wanted all the comedians I didn't like cancelled then there's be a lot of women missing from the bbc lineups for panel shows😉

[@yetti423]

@@RogueRM Cool, for some reason i thought it may have been franke boyl. thanks

[@jamesdonoghue5907]

Well I've learnt something from this: until now I didn't realise Nish Kumar was classified as a comedian. Now I'm confused.

[@stephenobrien1602]

Nah, he just identifies as a comedian and therefore nobody can challenge him. Woke money - kerching.

[@togsikmale5625]

„We certainly know what a fat nerd who fought in Call of Duty feels about it“ 🤣

[@nikhtose]

If you're lousy company and dependent on repeating the same jokes over and over, nothing irritates you more at a party than some guy making people laugh and attracting attention. Describes the Twitter mob Leo is talking about.

[@TheTwolesslives]

Funny you could swap the last sentence to “describes the random racist white dude” perfectly too. Infact even more so because everyone finds them lousy company and they do make the same jokes over and over again. Almost like they too, live inside an echo chamber….

[@nikhtose]

@@TheTwolesslives Agree. Both types complement each other while boring everybody else.

[@shaunfisher9292]

He's the new darling at the bbc, so that tells you there's something badly wrong. You can't have comedy regulated by one group of people. Until a new day comes, I'm afraid comedy is dead.

[@nigelcarren]

Happy new year Leo, always a joy to bathe in your reason... it's my safe-space! Best wishes from an Englishman in a French forest, but not just any old Englishman, but an Englishman who once tamed a girl from Easterhouse! No wonder I make armour now!!! ⚔️⚒️😂🤣😉

[@NedWardtheward]

Leo , run for office mate, your jokes are funnier than Sturgeons and her acting is wooden. Although feigning concern for climate change whilst charging electric cars with diesel generators is funny.

[@amaninthestreet8002]

Honestly I'm as disinterested in msm comedy as I am in British politics.

[@daveborder7751]

When I heard about this a week or so back on social media, I said I wondered how long it would take for it to be cancelled. Seems now it is unlikely the pilot will even make it to air, probably will not even be filmed. Frankie Boyle was smart-he knew there was no future for his routine, so went woke/pandered to the wokesters, knowing the BBC would go from firing him for joking about a woman's nose to throwing insane money at him for saying how much he would like to kill Trump with a bunch of uber leftie alleged comics etc. BBC has an endless schedule for left wing comedians/political commentators with no complaints, yet as soon as they announce one show to try to add some tiny level of balance the left cancel brigade are crying blue murder.

[@zzota]

I thought Frankie Boyle was persona non grata after making jokes about Katie Price's son. Apparently, if you're leftie enough it doesn't matter what you say. If you're not a Marxist, not only are you 'far right' but things you haven't even said are offensive. Strange world we live in.

[@MirlitronOne]

I like my radio shows to be filmed. Brings a whole new set of dimensions.

[@paulmooney3319]

I’m 49 I don’t know what’s happened to the world I grew up in, im not sure if I can blink without offending someone in this day and age

[@charybdisontherocks]

'Woke people are the new old people' I loved that line. I'm old and I remember when progressives were trying to open up society to new and diverse ideas, now they are all for closing it down.

[@The_Sisyphean]

I’m looking forward to some actual comedy on Radio 4. Keep up the good work.

[@philhawley1219]

Listen to old reruns of' I'm sorry I haven't a clue'. Nothing really political, just good old fashioned school boy smutty filth and innuendos. Fuck wokes!

[@hugo2oguh2]

I've never seen Alex Kealy before and I hope I never do again.

[@alexrobertson1472]

If what you do angers the gormless wokemob, you are doing something right.

[@ayeright320]

Happy New Year Leo - good luck with all you do in '22. 🙂

[@markwake3727]

Back in the 1970s, if a comedian wanted a laugh, they just had to tell a mother-in-law joke. 4 years ago they said "Donald Trump, what a c***", now it's about Attack Helicopters. Good to see how so many comedians are up cycling material - oh wait, didn't Eddie Izzard get attacked for reusing material?

[@vinnyganzano1930]

I prefer Eddie as an actor than a comic.

[@stevendimmock4791]

Sir, I love what you're saying and I love the wat you say it. Please keep it up, because every time you're on stage, on television or on the radio, one of the woke comedians isn't and that alone justifies your efforts!

[@jovialgent9963]

The Tom Cruise movie "Minority Report" has come true to life with the woke Twitter mob! Cancelling that which hasn't even happened or been written yet! 😂

[@Zero_Ninety]

One side likes burning books and it certainly ain't the left.

[@jovialgent9963]

@@Zero_Ninety nowadays one side likes cancelling people it doesn't agree with & it certainly ain't the right. Nothing wrong with either, just the extremes of both, don't you think?

[@Zero_Ninety]

@@jovialgent9963 No, it certainly is the right.

[@jovialgent9963]

@@Zero_Ninety who exactly have the right cancelled & if the left aren't the pushers of cancel culture then why did the Guardian newspaper delete their person of the year poll when they realised JK Rowling won it? 😂 You fkn nugget!!

[@RealIllumin]

@@Zero_Ninety The Nazis got the idea of burning books from jewish students.

[@comeonman8191]

It’s interesting these clowns bring up Bernard Manning all the time. When you have to resort to a guy who has been dead nearly 15 years to pinpoint racist comedy it perhaps tells a story.

[@utv5490]

Very true. And these comedians who have been 'allegedly' cancelled are sh** one trick ponies that no one outside of their barmy racist network knows about.

[@abfowlie]

"Nobody buys tickets to woke comedy and then sits in silence!" I laughed out loud at this! HNY Leo!

[@rossrennie182]

We want Comedy not Politic that's why we do not watch The BBC anymore

[@ladyflibblesworth7282]

Jimmy from Southpark...the latest episodes....I think that everything they say is fcking hillarious....until you realise that they are being serious and so are most of the people that are laughing....that's when it's terrifying....I still can't believe that most actors and news anchors can actually keep a straight face....it's like when those pilots got killed and someone sent in joke names, but then those joke names become the law and anything different is a terror hate incident....how the fck are we expected to take this so seriously.....every day for the first year I felt like if someone jokingly says to jump in the volcano and as you turn around laughing you suddenly spot the gun in the guys hand...the BBC makes me want to Kick the tv screen to pieces like Rick from the young ones "did you see that, did you? the voice of youth...their still wearing flared trousers!!"....now I have evolved into Bernard Black but without the booze....books! Books! Books! It so hard to change paper and that's why they prefer to burn it or lock it in the vatican

[@rakheshpm]

'I genuinely don't know. I always assumed it had something to do with hormones?' 😂😂😂 Fucking GOLD! The timing and delivery were brilliant.

[@weerobot]

"Fat Nerd Who Fought in Call of Duty"...ROFL

[@MrPokemonisawesome]

I am looking forward to this show, it will be the ONLY reason I will have to listen to the radio

[@Hickalum]

You’ve got a mountain to climb mate … I haven’t listened to radio 4 ‘comedy’ for five or six years … I’m not alone.

[@ianhepplewhite8334]

So, so true Leo. I was left leaning for most of my life, and a big comedy fan, ‘but’ have become so disenchanted with BBC comedy over the years. It has become so left biased and essentially the same jokes keep getting recycled. I am now right leaning, but would like to see a broad base of comedy; we need views from all sides - we can still laugh at our own expense. It is like sweet & sour, you enjoy both the more for the contrast.

[@Kalarandir]

I have been more than left leaning all my life, and when I look at what passes for the left today I do not consider them to be of the left. They identify as left, well, I identify as an attack helicopter .😁 It don't make it so. I am still very left wing in my politics and economics, but according to today's left I am a right wing Nazi. You are probably still left leaning, and just not wanting to be associated with a bunch of moronic overeducated self centered elitists.

[@cgmat7804]

Where is it being filmed, Sheffield Town Hall?

[@rickster561]

Leo thank you I could not have put it better myself. Good man

[@hughsmith360]

I gave up on broadcast comedy when they began the squad system with Andrew Lawrence being the rarely used super-sub. So learning that Leo was a comedian and not Callum's minder came as a surprise. I've subscribed any way because discovering a fellow proud and loud shirt enthusiast is always emotional.

[@SailinCalifornia]

Dying! "🤣We certainly know how a fat nerd who fought in call of duty feels"😅🤣 I had to watch this twice.

[@gb194]

These woke comedians only exist because of the BBC, no working men's clubs for these radgees, wouldn't survive 5 mins

[@BlookbugIV]

I was wondering to myself the other day why Norcott was tolerated by the BBC, then I remembered I’d watched his entire interview when he was on Triggeronometry plugging his book… I don’t think he shed light on his views on anything - just kept reminding us he’s a working class lad who doesn’t vote Labour.

[@dgmr22]

Never heard of you, but somehow the algorithm must have broke, because you were in my recommended lol, subscribed.

[@leetester8612]

Thanks Leo. Happy New year

[@spm36]

Woke don't laugh...they are utterly soulless

[@Unfunny_Username_389]

Am I woke if I like Alexei Sayle? I only ask because I laughed at the two volumes of his autobiographies. There are some really funny bits in those books.

[@silvermane9370]

If I’d seen the screaming tweets the first thing I’d do is tune into the show. A small point, as a general rule not woke people have a higher disposable income. Guess what I spend my money on.

[@stephenm5000]

Hey Leo, you can thank Mike Graham on TalkRadio for gaining you another fan! Heard you on his show, and am now subscribed, great stuff, thought your genre of comedy had been abolished!

[@MakeItMetal]

this offended me so much that i've had to subscribe! in fact i'm so ridiculously damaged by your words that i've even hit the notification bell just to ensure i know when not to watch your triggering videos 😀😀👍

[@GB-vn1tf]

I'm sad that this is what we've created as parents as its our kids coming out with this crap. Or is it our belief that we need to send our kids to the "education education education " system that Blair gave us? I think we know the answer.

[@archyleach]

Hoping that the rest of the world can finally see what the US has really been like with all this. We have had affirmative action since the 1970s, yet the rest of the world still seems to believe that the US is filled with things that haven’t really existed in large numbers since the 1950s.

[@pyeltd.5457]

You have White Picket fences do you not.

[@iamthedalilama]

First video of the new year and a great one at that. They never fail to amuse and enlighten me with how the leftist attack anyone on the centre/right. Hopefully 2022 changes things but I’m not convinced it will. Thanks for the last year’s comedy and your gbn slots. 👏👏👏

[@duartecid3978]

My first experience of ‘punching up’ was back in the 80s at a friend’s party in Brixton. I’m one of those people who automatically tries to say something funny when they’re feeling anxious around people; and for a shy white teenager surrounded by black guys in an energy charged situation at a time of heightened racial tension, nothing says: social anxiety quite like those same black guys asking you for social commentary on a Hip hop LP. I ended up saying the first thing that came into my head, which for some reason was: “I bet they’re never late for work.” - Ten minutes later we were all shoulder to shoulder in the middle of the dance floor pumping our fists into the air, shouting: “fight the power!” - Turns out that ‘the power’ wasn’t all white people.

[@jonthomas9708]

Enjoyed that story :)

[@pyeltd.5457]

Cringe

[@shireenmcquade1951]

Leo, you are hilarious! And you do it by just speaking the truth! I’m now a new fan.

[@jojobaba754]

How can you reason with irrational narcissists!!! ‘I’m right and special because mummy and daddy told me I am, so I’m right and you’re wrong!!!!’

[@yeeminyamin5515]

They should pay everyone back there TV license money for repeats and filling there head with lies.

[@rossrennie182]

Spike and the Goons would be band Monty Python band too

[@paulmarren7970]

proudly right wing and happy to offend those that wanna be offended. which they dont really need much encouraging . its bollox

[@Wonmanbanned]

I’ve thought of a very very unique piece of stand up for a black comedian. So the comedian says “hey, having parents from Nigeria/ Jamaica/ Ghana (or where ever their parents are from) is rough.” They then put on the accent of their parent and make a joke about beating them as a child. Honestly, I don’t think I have ever seen this comedy genius and definitely no black comedian has done this skit. Totally unique and obviously absolutely original and hilarious.

[@The.Android]

When I was at school the only place you ever heard the word "binary" being used was in maths class.

[@robcampion9917]

If this is how the woke are reacting, then you are doing good work.

[@soozikins]

The march of the adult toddlers continues.

[@googoogjoobgoogoogjoob]

I think a problem here is that too many people (apparently including the host) think social media is a consensus for public opinion, when in fact it's a small room full of shouty people. Best not to feed the trolls.

[@williewilliams4654]

Keep up the great work leo,,,, it's guys like you that are truly fighting this battle,,,,

[@penmann4003]

Offence is taken , Not given

[@efilrekib4446]

No-one else can make me laugh out loud as much as Leo, simply the best......

[@Superbokka]

Great stuff. Lovely free publicity job the Woke's are doing for you Leo. I've just subscribed and clicked the bell and look forward to seeing more of your content.

[@pearshapedindystopia]

I liked that the subtitles re-christened Bernard Manning as Berlin Manning

[@jibberer]

The mainstream zeitgeist is just a cowardly bland cultural wasteland now, not just comedy, but music as well. I think it's just a cycle though... my son's just started senior school in Glasgow and as kids do, the progressive words that the teachers present to them are relentlessly played with, mocked and turned upside down... and to be fair, I'd say the teachers deal with all that in a pretty understanding and reasonable way. I don't think that woke-ism goes as deep into society as the media often makes out, a large chunk of it is just "the spectacle".

[@ballistixwearesilent5576]

If you dont think its running deep. Then I fear you don't understand. It's in Government... Cant get much deeper than that.

[@_bav]

Get real! It's endemic and very deeply embedded in schools. For decades there's been a blatant "right=evil; left=virtuous" agenda being pushed, which has driven lots of teachers that disagree with that agenda out of the profession. The vacuum this created was filled by those that feel comfortable with that agenda (and comfortable with pushing that agenda), thereby cementing the bias and enabling this woke shit to take root.