23 times the rather fabulous James May made our day better on Twitter in 2024
James May was always our favourite on Top Gear (and the Grand Tour, although we never got round to watching that). Sure, it’s a low bar – what do you mean you prefer Hammond? – but to be fair to May he...
View ArticleA ‘mystery object’ in the sky left Russell Brand’s ‘jaw on the floor’ and he...
To the world – briefly – of Russell Brand, who took time out from bothering God and Donald Trump (in roughly equal measure) to share his shock and awe at a ‘mystery object’ people spotted in the sky....
View ArticleFabulous Frankie Boyle on American foreign policy went wildly viral again and...
The great Frankie Boyle has been going viral again after news of a new Alex Garland film about the Iraq War. Everything is based on memory. Directed by Iraq War veteran Ray Mendoza and Civil War...
View ArticleSaoirse Ronan silencing all the men on Graham Norton was one of our favourite...
Not the first time we’ve featured a viral moment from The Graham Norton Show, but it might be the most memorable. No review of the year would be complete without this moment actress Saoirse Ronan...
View ArticleGrace Dent’s replaced Gregg Wallace on MasterChef and everyone made the same...
Grace Dent, as you will no doubt have seen by now, will replace Gregg Wallace on MasterChef after the presenter stepped away from the show last month. The Guardian’s restaurant critic will take over...
View Article‘One of the most repeated Morecambe and Wise one-liners ever’ just went viral...
It’s been an awfully long time since Morecambe and Wise were the centrepiece of everyone’s TV Christmas viewing. And yet if their Christmas specials are still the go-to festive TV memory for anyone of...
View ArticleMartin Lewis’s takedown of this ‘troll’ came gift-wrapped with a bow on top...
We’ve always had time for Money Saving Expert Martin Lewis and now we’ve got a few minutes more after this fabulous value for money comeback went viral this week. It all began after Lewis shared the...
View ArticleThis classic Reeves and Mortimer song just went viral again and it’s an...
Here’s a minute and a bit to get you in the mood for Christmas whether you like it or not (and of course you like it!) It’s the fabulous Reeves and Mortimer, or more specifically, Mulligan and O’Hare...
View ArticleChris McCausland and Lee Mack make a wonderful double act and this 90 seconds...
It’s been comedian Chris McCausland’s year after he triumphed on Strictly Come Dancing and he stars alongside Lee Mack in a new Sky festive special, Bad Tidings. And we mention him not just because...
View ArticleStephen Merchant shared a ‘reminder of when we gave you what you wanted for...
A throwback to simpler times, it’s 21 years – 21 years! – since the pair of Christmas specials brought Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant’s The Office to an end. Well, the UK version at least. And now...
View ArticleStewart Lee’s been trolling Ricky Gervais and his magnificent takedown of...
Stewart Lee, as no-one anywhere needs reminding, is not Ricky Gervais’s number one fan. We say this after the comedian (Lee, not Gervais) went viral again after he took aim at Gervais in this Prospect...
View ArticleThe brilliant Nicholas Hoult had the very best response after Elon Musk...
You’ll be well aware of the work of the brilliant Nicholas Hoult, who we’ve been watching on the big (and small) screen ever since he starred opposite Hugh Grant in About A Boy (and he’s back next...
View ArticleThis security guard turning away George Michael from his own gig was already...
At Christmas time our minds are invariably cast back to the moment we found out George Michael had died, and it feels like it was just a year or two ago (2016, in fact!). And we mention this because of...
View ArticleAndrew Tate said it was gay to get a good night’s sleep and Paul Sinha’s A++...
We’ve written no ends of posts featuring Andrew Tate over the last 12 months, as you possibly won’t need reminding, and we’ve also written a handful about the great Paul Sinha (for rather different...
View ArticleKathy Burke’s hilarious response to Rita Ora’s Met Gala outfit was our...
We’ve written about no end of red carpet events over the past 12 months but one of them generated more memes than all the others combined (well, that’s what it felt like at the time). And that one was...
View ArticleOf all the Baby Reindeer fallout, this moment on Piers Morgan was surely the...
There was no end of fallout from Netflix’s Baby Reindeer, which attracted awards and controversy in just about equal measure (which is to say, a lot – of both). As you’ll already know by now, Fiona...
View ArticleThe only good thing about the Gregg Wallace saga was that it sent this...
A year that began with Gregg Wallace presenting MasterChef ends with, well, Gregg Wallace not presenting MasterChef, after a whole host of misconduct allegations were made against him (claims that he...
View ArticleThis Elon Musk takedown just snuck in as our favourite ‘rare insult’ of the year
We’ve featured lots of ‘rare insults’ on these pages – takedowns that are particularly inventive and entertaining – and did a whole round-up of our favourites over here. But it might be time to rewrite...
View ArticleCarol Decker from T’Pau is very annoyed about the state of Quality Street...
Not for the first time, the Christmas period saw some people get quite upset about the current state of Quality Street sweet wrappers – except this time, the story comes with the crucial celebrity...
View ArticleThe trailer’s dropped for Meghan Markle’s new Netflix cooking show – 19...
You may be shocked to learn that people online have had strong reactions to something that Meghan Markle has done – unprecedented! But seriously, the Duchess of Sussex this week saw the release of the...
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