Tag: John Bird

More Bird and Fortune

The power of humour in reflecting life back at us!

It was such fun revisiting John Bird and John Fortune back in July, see That sub-prime crisis, that I found another one for your enjoyment.  On the proposal for the privatisation of British Air Traffic Control. Goes back to 1996, I think, but clearly from Rory Bremner: Who else!

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That sub-prime crisis

The joy of British humour.

(A republication of a post first shown on the 15th August, 2009.  NB, it was funny then and it is still incredibly funny today!)

One aspect of British culture is their dry sense of humour.  In terms of satire, for over a decade three people have held pole positions: Rory Bremner, John Bird and John Fortune.  WikiPedia has a very good summary.

Bird and Fortune have also recorded a series of ‘interviews’ focusing on some of the idiocies of life.

Here’s a classic about the sub-prime crisis.  Slightly dated but no less funny for that.

More from these incredibly, clever guys from time to time.