This simply ferocious ‘school bus’ anti-Trump ad just went wildly viral and it’s blisteringly effective
Editor-in-chief, The Poke
Editor-in-chief, The Poke
- John has spent three decades writing about TV, media and popular culture. As broadcasting correspondent of the Guardian he spent many happy years presenting the paper’s MediaTalk podcast, interviewing the likes of Matt Berry, Armando Iannucci and Charlie Brooker.
- A former chairman of the television critics association, the Broadcasting Press Guild, he presented their annual awards ceremony and has a whole bunch of photos of him standing next to A-list celebrities (pictures available on request).
- He has also hosted events for Bafta and the Edinburgh TV Festival, and chaired the press jury prize at the Rose d’Or entertainment festival in Montreux.
Experience
John spent nearly 20 years at the Guardian, first as a freelance and then as a staff member on the Media Guardian team, editing the paper’s Media Monkey diary column. He first started writing about the television business at Broadcast magazine, before joining Heat and (briefly) The Sun. He began his career in local newspapers at the Medway News in Kent and the Norwich Evening News. He has only done stand-up twice and on one of those occasions he was fortunate enough to share the bill with Greg Davies and Rhod Gilbert (before they were famous, obviously).Education
John has an MA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Oxford University.Joe Biden has absolutely no f*cks left to give and it’s the funniest 13 seconds of his administration
People have been sending old clips of Airline viral and this hilarious 13 seconds soared high above the rest
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Elon Musk trolled this Guardian report about his Trump chat and this professor’s magnificent comeback was simply epic
Piers Morgan accused Liz Truss of ‘stomping off in a sulky strop’ and was owned into next week
The Liz Truss lettuce banner was already brilliant but the applause at the end takes it to the next level (sound up!)
The hilariously unexpected twist in this classic clip from ITV’s Airline is a proper head-swiveller
Elon Musk thanked Liz Truss for her support and the whole of Britain responded as one
This ‘kids are horrible’ protestor outside Hamleys just went viral and this response to the Daily Mail was the gift that keeps on giving
This compilation of Andrew Cotter’s hilarious one-liners from the Olympics closing ceremony is gold medal winning stuff
A freedom-loving Maga was asked why he hates Bud Light so much and it’s a fabulously funny watch
Simply 14 times the fabulous Jemaine Clement made our day so much better on Twitter
Donald Trump did an interview with Elon Musk but all people could talk about was whether his teeth just fell out
Donald Trump’s tale of how he warned Vladimir Putin over Ukraine is already off the scale and then comes the payoff
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