When did news parody stop being funny? Was it somewhere between Alan Jackson’s 9/11 cash-in and Donald Trump’s hair? Was it BoJo stranded on a zipline over London, or Cameron’s alleged porcine relations (bizarrely black-mirroring fiction)? When did the news start doing Chris Morris’ job for him? When did they start pre-satirising the headlines? “No evidence mermaids exist,” says US Government. Swimming pool evacuated after prosthetic leg is mistaken for *******. Robots follow Marco Rubio to South Carolina. I swear, I didn’t make any of those up. The actors on Saturday Night Live are more statesmanlike than the Presidential Primary Candidates they’re lampooning. How the hell do they breed these creatures? These gurning, overgrown foetuses with their conveniently dead ****** sisters to get all wet-eyed and tumescent over, their boomingly hollow controversy and their total, catastrophic crashes of personality. These loathsome organic constructs who would seem more relatable and trustworthy if their image consultants made them wear Nixon masks for every public appearance.
When did it all become this strange, sick spoof of itself?
Is there no one left in Britain who can make a sandwich? Man dressed as penguin receives more votes than the Liberal Democrats. Piers Morgan given jail time for illegally hacking ‘phones and gloating about it.
Okay. I made the last one up.
If anyone hasn't seen "Brass Eye" or "The Day Today", you really ought to.