Hot Seats! Hot Seats, Yeah!

[rionaleonhart]

(Riona and housemate Rachael have returned from a trip to the supermarket. Riona checks the Internet.)
Riona: Rachael!
Rachael: What?
Riona: While we were out, David Cameron became Prime Minister.
Rachael: Oh, God! This is what happens when you leave the house!

Had to crack up at Charlie Brooker's response on Twitter: LEAST SEXY PRIME MINISTER

Comments

[dracothelizard]

Have you seen the demented Apple Daily videos? This one has Brown and Cameron dragging Clegg into bed, and also features Simon Cowell with hearts in his eyes at Cameron. It's genius, I want those people to do our upcoming election.

And is tomorrow's You Have Been Watching the one with the puppet?

[inappropriately]

No, this is the Bastard Special; the puppet one is the Children's TV Special. This is the one with David Mitchell advertising "Kiddytips".

[rionaleonhart]

That's absolutely bizarre and sort of brilliant.

Mr Fuggles is probably going to be on next week's episode, I imagine. I do so hope they keep the snog in, although I suspect it's unlikely.

[dracothelizard]

It's like a game of the Sims 2, really.

[inappropriately]

So Wrong It's Right made my evening yesterday so much better.

"You wouldn't call me that in real life."

I can't decide whether your sitcom idea would make things so much better or so much worse for the country.

[rionaleonhart]

I loved it! But I hope that since then their relationship has developed to the point at which Brooker does casually insult Mitchell in real life, because their mutual mockery is such a part of my headcanon.

[inappropriately]

A year is a long time, so I imagine (and hope) that this is the case. The comfortable-ness of The Unbelievable Truth is slightly lacking in So Wrong It's Right; again, a year is a long time.

Thinking about it, Brooker seems tentative about insulting him, which suggests he doesn't get to do it very often and wants to be careful about where the line is. Although he is like that with everyone when he's not in full Screenwipe-persona mode, so I don't know.

OH GOD HELP ME I AM OVERANALYSING

[rionaleonhart]

I love that they seem to be more comfortable with each other every time they appear together. From tentative insults to perpetual insults to playful shoving! ♥! They are wonderful.

[th_esaurus]

I was in a bar and a man suddenly yelled DAVID CAMERON IS PRIME MINISTER! DRINK WHILE YOU STILL CAN!!!!!

(Charlie Brooker seems like a very insecure man pretending to be a very confident man via the medium of sarcasm. I like this.)

(P.S. YOU NEVER REPLY TO MY CHARLIE BROOKER EMAILS, ARE THEY NOT SEXY ENOUGH FOR YOU ]8)

[inappropriately]

(Charlie Brooker seems like a very insecure man pretending to be a very confident man via the medium of sarcasm. I like this.)

You've got it in a nutshell. He is excellent.

[rionaleonhart]

(That is a spot-on description of Brooker.)

(Oh, I'm sorry! I enjoy the e-mails, but my present university panic (TWO DISSERTATIONS AND TWO ESSAYS DUE IN FIVE DAYS AUGH) mean that I'm even more prone to thinking 'I'll reply to this later' and then completely failing than usual. Whoops.)

[rionaleonhart]

...I thought for a moment there that your Matt Smith icon was my brother Joseph, incidentally.

[marginaliana]

That "smartypants" exchange was just about the most ridiculous and adorable thing I could have hoped for from the two of them in the same room together. My tinhat makes me read this as them just getting together at that point, and then now that they've been together for a while, they're ramping up the public flirtation in preparation for coming out.

[inappropriately]

My tinhat makes me read this as them just getting together at that point, and then now that they've been together for a while, they're ramping up the public flirtation in preparation for coming out.

Great minds think alike.

[rionaleonhart]

It was lovely! I think I'm being only slightly biased when I say that, with the obvious exception of Webb, Mitchell's interactions with Brooker tend to feel more personal than those he has with anyone else on panel shows.

[kerrypolka]

Are Cameron and Clegg going to be living together at Downing Street, thus making the running of this country into a ridiculous sitcom?

OMG someone make this happen

Someone make this happen right now

[rionaleonhart]

I shall exercise all my political force!