More
reports in the Age the other day of the enquiry into the Catholic Church’s
paedophile policies in Victoria
Nothing I can add that hasn’t been said perfectly by Tandberg in his cartoon accompanying said article about the Salesians:
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| Shamelessly lifted from the Age article mentioned above |
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I first
saw this guy
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| Tim Minchin |
on this
show
Spicks
and Specks was an hilarious quiz show about popular music, fronted by three
very funny people, with panels of guest singers and comedians.
As a guest on Spicks and Specks, Tim
always struck me as very witty and, as he says things I tend to agree with he
struck me as rather intelligent. But I never realised he is a singer/song
writer until cruising YouTube recently.
Tim Minchin is a
modern Tom Lehrer type only more prolific, satirical, and clever. He also exudes a
level of unapologetic anger I sometimes feel about issues but would never dream of showing. I don't think he is against religion per se, simply the way some use it as an excuse for bad behaviour.
If you
don’t mind the language, here are two of his “pieces”… The Pope Song, and I Love
Jesus… followed by a relatively apolitical, friendly tribute to Adam Hills,
presenter of Spicks and Specks.
I too started to notice him from when he appeared on Spicks and Specks. He is very talented and I watched quite a long concert on tv with him as the sole performer, but I found his swearing a bit much. Some swearing can be very effective in comedy, but I think he overdoes it.
ReplyDeletePerhaps the swearing is part of the anger - in either case, sometimes less is more.
ReplyDeleteLove the Tandberg cartoon FC. So succinct haha! Spicks and Specks was such a clever show, Adam Hill the perfect host.
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