8 Lessons and Carols for Godless People

[davegodfrey]

Was really very good, but it did confirm my personal dislike for Ricky Gervais. However the host, Robin Ince was very, very good, with his Hannah-Barbera Feynman impressions, and humorous rants about Anne Coulter, Stephen Green and all the other people who provide a reason for the "New Atheists" to be so vocal. Plus he gave a shout-out to Tycho

Comments

[fwuffydragon]

Yep it was good. I pretty much agree with your writeup.

Beach boys parody was completely crap. Mr Gervais was just offensive.

Natalie Haynes was fantastic, as was Tim Minchin.

[jim_24601]

It wasn't so much that Gervais was offensive--the guy after him was even more offensive and had us rolling in the aisles. It's more that he doesn't seem to have figured out that you need two things before you've got offensive humour, and not just one. Sorry, but your "look at me, I'm an obnoxious twat" act (if it is an act) doesn't make you funny, it just makes you an obnoxious twat.

[davegodfrey]

It wasn't just the specific subject matter either, but how its handled Marcus Brigstocke has a good rant based on a Mail reader's "that's all very well until one of them [Asylum seeker] rapes your wife" comment.

[strangefrontier]

Was Tim Minchin's poem the one called Storm about the new-agey lady at a dinner party? I love that one. :D

I do hope this becomes an annual thing, as I'd love to go but couldn't get down to London.

[davegodfrey]

Yes. Was fabulous.

[jim_24601]

Ben Goldacre is always worth a read.

jim: cheers Ben Goldacre loudly
jane: Who he?
jim: Ben Goldacre. He writes for the Guardian. But that doesn't make him a bad person...