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PRIMETIME BABY!

Following the success of my work for The Wrong Door, the BBC have commissioned me to do an animated tv show
that will go out in place of the god awful Robin Hood and Merlin things on BBC1 Saturday night around 6.30pm
It's called king Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table and it has been written by myself and the one with the nice pullovers from Time Team
All the animation is done by hand and each episode runs at about 74 minutes
Here are some bits from the first episode 'Rape and Pillage never tasted so good'

I think it starts on November 20th, so set your videos
ignore the text, it was just meant to be silly and fantastical like the pictures, I didn't mean to trick anyone and had no idea that it would. I'm sorry for any upset I've caused, I honestly thought I was just drawing some funny pictures with an equally silly backstory.
I am flattered that anyone thought it might be true. I didn't expect that.

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HappyToast Groat froth, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:01, archived)

congratulations!

richly deserved

you should get JJ a gig too now the doors been opened ;)

(The Goat www.cuttingthroughthematrix.com, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:02, archived)

Shitting Nora!

Are you serious? Well done!

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Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:02, archived)

of course I'm not bloody serious you gullible fools!

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HappyToast Groat froth, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:06, archived)

You had me up to 'pullovers'

Wouldn't come as that much of a surprise. :)

Woo and that.

(tapeworm depressed beyond tablets, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:15, archived)

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HappyToast Groat froth, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:15, archived)

Wicked!

Congratulations.

I guess that counts as about the ultimate FP!

EDIT are you sure the Beeb are going to go for the subtitle in the fourth frame?

~~the subtitle~~ micto

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barryheadwound Mul-ti-pass? Multipass!, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:02, archived)

I think mayhaps forsooth he's jesting

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bilbobarneybobs I'll be 14 in b3ta years soon., Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:03, archived)

shhhhhhhhhh!

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HappyToast Groat froth, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:04, archived)

twat!

;)

(The Goat www.cuttingthroughthematrix.com, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:05, archived)

*slap*

;)

Least I was in good company through falling for it.

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barryheadwound Mul-ti-pass? Multipass!, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:06, archived)

thi s board is getting way too ironic

for me

he's not serious??

(The Goat www.cuttingthroughthematrix.com, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:05, archived)

in short

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bilbobarneybobs I'll be 14 in b3ta years soon., Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:06, archived)

come on, co written with an archaeologist, hand drawn and 74 minutes long, primetime bbc?!

I didn't even mean to be believable!

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HappyToast Groat froth, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:08, archived)

It's proof that no one reads what you post

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Shada, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:09, archived)

^this^

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HappyToast Groat froth, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:09, archived)

FP THIS NOW!

/automatic reaction to ht post blog

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discomeats This canoe, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:15, archived)

well I though you were embelishing

for comic effect - but I though you had the gig

you had me

(The Goat www.cuttingthroughthematrix.com, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:24, archived)

didn't mean to, I do apologise

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HappyToast Groat froth, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:30, archived)

I never get to watch the beeb anymore

who knows what they're up to these years ;)

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mediocre ha ha ha, you're reading this, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:14, archived)

Archaeologists, quick hand sketched ideas, and overly long?

that was Bonekickers wasn't it?

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The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:17, archived)

PoMoPost

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Prof UnderCover evitable, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:10, archived)

and don't call him Shirley, either

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The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:14, archived)

well if he is then hook, line and sinker, you swine!

if not then I stand by my original observations.

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barryheadwound Mul-ti-pass? Multipass!, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:05, archived)

Hook, line, sinker and copy of angling times, Sir

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Joliet, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:10, archived)

Good mind to ignore the fecker for that stunt.

Although that really would be cutting off my nose to spite my face...

Almost as bad as Riverghost's bogus newsletter.

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barryheadwound Mul-ti-pass? Multipass!, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:13, archived)

really, how in any way is it possible to be serious?

I typed a load of nonsense to go with the usual scribbles, full of utter unbelievable stuff. "Rape and Pillage never tasted so good" as the title of a BBC1 Saturday night Primetime tv show?
Each episode hand drawn and 74 minutes long?

I'm baffled by these responses :)

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HappyToast Groat froth, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:15, archived)

been a loooooong day....

extremely susceptible to suggestion.

I think on that note I should go and wash my gullibility away with beer.

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barryheadwound Mul-ti-pass? Multipass!, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:17, archived)

Well Fuck You then

It's not possible, and I wasn't taken in by it, but in scanning your post it's more than believable

'Very talented user, who has recently contributed to a very successful BBC3 show suggests some of his work may be taken on independantly'

Fucking shock horror. Stop making people feel shit for wishing you well.

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Jessie © needs pirate name suggestions, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:18, archived)

what?!

Ok, so what I thought was funny (writing some made up, innocent, nonsense back story to a picture I just drew) has gone down badly. No offense was meant, I never meant to trick anyone. I am flattered that people thought this could be possible but it never crossed my mind.

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HappyToast Groat froth, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:22, archived)

It didn't go down badly with me

I thought it was funny, but then I read your post in full rather than scanned as we often do on this 'ere site. You have a distinctive style, and you're pretty damn talented now, I was just trying to point out that if you didn't read carefully enough to see the joke it was wholly believable. In fact the only reason I read closely enough to see it was because I was excited you may finally be about to get a shot at something to sink your teeth into- much as others were which is probably why you got some quite hurt sounding responses. But mostly because your response to their well wishings was 'Pffft! you fucking idiots, how the hell did you believe that shit?!'.

To paraphrase.

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Jessie © needs pirate name suggestions, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:27, archived)

I think he was more bewildered that anyone could believe it rather than insulting their intelligence

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Shada, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:29, archived)

^this^

I posted a 2 minute nonsense and now I'm having to apologise to everyone for something I didn't know I'd done. This is so weird

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HappyToast Groat froth, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:32, archived)

I'm sorry I went all sweary

I just reacted badly to the situation. It was funny, and as someone said down there 'just take the fucking compliment that we think it's possible'

To paraphrase.

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Jessie © needs pirate name suggestions, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:34, archived)

Will it be live?

(the_riviera_kid , anyone fancy making me a brew?, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:02, archived)

yes

with an interactive story arc in episode 4

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HappyToast Groat froth, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:02, archived)

I look forward to voting off Sir Galahad

(the_riviera_kid , anyone fancy making me a brew?, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:05, archived)

I SETT MY VAGIO BUT NOTHING HAPPENED

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mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:02, archived)

Fecking Hell!

Very well done sir!!
Congrats!!
:D

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XLVII .uk, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:02, archived)

smasshing

*sets video recorder to tape 3 hours of white noise*

oh bugger

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bilbobarneybobs I'll be 14 in b3ta years soon., Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:02, archived)

^ needs more Tivo

;-)

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J Peasemould Gruntfuttock Alpha Mike Foxtrot, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:04, archived)

What did you do on the Wrong Door?

I only watched the first one, but have recorded the others

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Wasp Box like a nervous random stranger at a glory hole, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:02, archived)

I supplied the cavemen sketch that runs through episode 2

and my elderly crossing anim is in that one and the pylons skipping is yet to appear

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HappyToast Groat froth, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:03, archived)

splendid

I'll watch the second one tonight then. I am told it got better after the first one anyway, perhaps that's your doing.

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Wasp Box like a nervous random stranger at a glory hole, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:06, archived)

oh I'm only one of dozens of contributors

but my bits are the best, yes ;)

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HappyToast Groat froth, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:13, archived)

Did you really provide the cavemen sketch?

I only ask because I've got quite a few myself that could be viable for a sketch show.
Did Mr Wheatley contact you or t'other way 'round?

(Paper 'n Pencil Thirst is excellent, even better than I hoped, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:15, archived)

he asked me a fair while back

I sent stacks along with my mate, of which a handful were lucky enough to be picked

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HappyToast Groat froth, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:17, archived)

Cool. From the stuff I've read, he seems a nice bloke.

(Paper 'n Pencil Thirst is excellent, even better than I hoped, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:20, archived)

from the correspondance I have had I can confirm that

very friendly

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HappyToast Groat froth, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:22, archived)

I thought you were serious untill I read the tagline.

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the_rhyme_minister has a little bit of gold and a pager, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:03, archived)

i don't have a problem with that personally

i'm pissed off my license fee is used to fund heaven and earth on a sunday, lets have a bit more Filth for my nonchristian pound to compensate!

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Sheehan forevermore owes Ttssattsr beer, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:04, archived)

hahahahahaha

I love how some people seemed to have believed such utter nonsense :D

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HappyToast Groat froth, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:05, archived)

it's the funniest thing about it

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Shada, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:06, archived)

congratulations Toasty

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mr horrible up yours, dickface, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:03, archived)

congratulation!

you are a win!

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Sheehan forevermore owes Ttssattsr beer, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:03, archived)

only the beeb were that funny.

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Octo I ruin everything., Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:03, archived)

yey!!!

i love you!

are you getting ALL the b3tans tv time?

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Sir T. Skellington, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:03, archived)

haha

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Shada, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:03, archived)

You're shitting me?!

CONGRATULATIONS!

It starts on my dad's birthday, and the day I was due to be born. This is a good omen.

*massive hugs* oh you gem, I'm so proud of you! Not that I have a right to be, but I am so ner.

Edit: ah. Congratulations and other sentiments rescinded.

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Captain Wow currently being a cunt in Infamous, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:03, archived)

I wasn't trying to trick people

I just typed nonsense, why did people believe it?!

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HappyToast Groat froth, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:16, archived)

Because you're not known for stunts.

That and I think we were all too proud of you to consider that you might not be telling the truth up until people started being called fools. Which is fair enough, I suppose, if that's what you think. I don't think I'm a fool, I think I don't go into every situation with one eyebrow raised and I'm quite proud of that, even though it's brought me nothing but hassle.

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Captain Wow currently being a cunt in Infamous, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:25, archived)

It wasn't a stunt!

I often type rubbish, this is all it was.
I think the responses simply show that people here are lovely and automatically jump at the happy option that B3ta people deserve stuff, so when a sniff of it is accidentally put out there there is excitement.
I really do apologise, I'll think before I post in future. :(

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HappyToast Groat froth, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:34, archived)

Personally, I skim read and gave you the benefit of the doubt.

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my other username is a porsche , posting shit pictures so you don't have to, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:25, archived)

Cor. Congratulations.

I'm sure I don't need to tell you to remind us nearer to the date.

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my other username is a porsche , posting shit pictures so you don't have to, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:03, archived)

well done toasty

that's awesome!

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skivesagain is now no longer in Australia., Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:04, archived)

there is going to be a lot of guys wearing suits in bars
trying to get sex because of this

riverghost'll be knackered trying to thwart their plans

well done you talented human, you

:D

You big naughty!

discomeat sad :(

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discomeats This canoe, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:04, archived)

Many Congrats, sir!

\o/

Edit: You Bad Man! :D

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J Peasemould Gruntfuttock Alpha Mike Foxtrot, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:05, archived)

~~Cor, congrats!~~

eh

74 minutes eh? Isn't that a bit long for a hand-drawn animation series?

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mediocre ha ha ha, you're reading this, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:05, archived)

Yeah

but it's very short for a wind-up.

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mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:06, archived)

boom boom

Truth be told, I wasn't paying much attention. I've been finishing some work in order to leave it all for some collegues and go on holidaaay baybeeee

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mediocre ha ha ha, you're reading this, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:08, archived)

what?

right, I'm going to put a suit on for the pub tonight

and I'm going to call myself happytoats, and artists on b3tas

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discomeats This canoe, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:10, archived)

hahahahahahahahaah

how are people thinking this is anything but nonsense? I really didn't expect this.

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HappyToast Groat froth, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:09, archived)

Heheh

see above statement ^

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mediocre ha ha ha, you're reading this, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:10, archived)

dude people get sexy tiems pretending to be you

and you toy with our emotions like cheap midget hookers

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discomeats This canoe, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:13, archived)

Big Knights anyone?

Brian Blessed FTW.

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Ghoti Fingers, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:06, archived)

Blimey, I almost believed you then

(until I read the rest of the post)

You'd deserve it, you're pretty good these days and you do have a distinctive style. It took me ages to realise that you guard that so protectively, I asked about your cool effect loads of times, and got ignored loads of times, before it clicked.

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eh?

what cool effect, when have you asked, what?
I just draw on paper and colour it

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HappyToast Groat froth, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:12, archived)

cunning

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mediocre ha ha ha, you're reading this, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:13, archived)

I hope this is really really true

but I think you might be pulling our collective plonkers (74 minues? hand drawn? doesn't that take time?)

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Prof UnderCover evitable, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:07, archived)

I skimmed it, and thought he meant 74 minutes overall, for all the episodes.

How to make a captain really happy and then not in two minutes. I was (how stupid is this? That'll teach me, I guess) really excited for him.

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Captain Wow currently being a cunt in Infamous, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:09, archived)

obviously you're too lovely for words

I'm sure some people were more envious than excited...

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Prof UnderCover evitable, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:13, archived)

A little less lovely now.

I'll learn.

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Captain Wow currently being a cunt in Infamous, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:14, archived)

I won't mention my fake tv show then

:)

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discomeats This canoe, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:16, archived)

still lovely I'm sure

just less trusting :)

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Prof UnderCover evitable, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:19, archived)

I knew it was too good to be true - although I think it shows in what high esteem you are held by us bunch of feckless idiots that you were believed

... also - I think you should persue this because it's bound to help me get more action by pretending to be you.

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Prof UnderCover evitable, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:09, archived)

I'm spending a fortune on zinc tablets now that I'm pretending to be happytoast

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discomeats This canoe, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:15, archived)

I sprung for extensive reconstructive surgery

and then discovered not many people know what he looks like... so I stopped half way through.

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Prof UnderCover evitable, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:17, archived)

now you are half undercover

and half toats

:D

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discomeats This canoe, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:24, archived)

I am flattered, I also wish it were true

Hey BBC, lots of people clearly want this to happen, give me a call ok!

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HappyToast Groat froth, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:19, archived)

God, can you imagine if BBC1 was run by b3tans...

we should get out own TV channel though... I wonder how much it costs to buy bandwidth in the digital spectrum... and then how much revenue you can get from advertiting and such like... I mean, for fucks sake, if QVC can run like 6 channels selling tat to dolies, shirley we can get something going showing repeat animations and re runs of things b3tans would want to see...

how many b3tans work in media and would know ANYTHING about this?

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Prof UnderCover evitable, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:27, archived)

we'd have the place burnt down before the week was out

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discomeats This canoe, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:48, archived)

Excellent work!

Sounds like your big break

EDIT - you scoundrel - i thought you were stating factual events!

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taters Bah weep grahnah weep ninibong, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:08, archived)

You should take it as a compliment that people think you are THAT good!

I for one was not taken in for a minute ;)

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Barbarossa is not my real name, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:08, archived)

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HappyToast Groat froth, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:23, archived)

Since 'Ye' olde days shirley?

very lovely though :D

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Chorizowagon Came wandering back on, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:09, archived)

*blinks*

*rubs eyes*

:o

...why, hello there!

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Hiya preeetty lady

how're you?

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Chorizowagon Came wandering back on, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:22, archived)

I thought that as I was posting bit couldn't be arsed to change it :)

Hello missy, lovely to see your name up, hows you?

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HappyToast Groat froth, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:24, archived)

I'm grand thank you m'dear!

How the devil are you? Still phenomenally talented as always I see!

It was good to see your anenomes pic previously I always loved that one!

I really need to come back more often and get some hummus and draw some stuff.... hehehe

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Chorizowagon Came wandering back on, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:38, archived)

Even as a pisstake, it still beats half the shit on tv

(Paper 'n Pencil Thirst is excellent, even better than I hoped, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:12, archived)

^ this

a quadrillion times.

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J Peasemould Gruntfuttock Alpha Mike Foxtrot, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:22, archived)

I had you down as more of a Channel 5 person myself.:P

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riverghost servicing your mum since, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:13, archived)

Well done.

You're so good people took you seriously.

But then you know that.

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Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:15, archived)

it's the fact that people are still falling for it 5 minutes after it's been outed.

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barryheadwound Mul-ti-pass? Multipass!, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:15, archived)

Don't you get it?

It's a double bluff, it really is true.

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my other username is a porsche , posting shit pictures so you don't have to, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:17, archived)

Wahey

Highly deserved - if not entirely verified :)
Bollocks.

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Bela Lugosi's Dad, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:17, archived)

You rock!

I love the wrong door and I love your work.

And I am not trying to get more pictures of Manley at all.

*hopes to see self on tellybox*

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LordManley twitter.com/LordManley, Tue 16 Sep 2008, 17:18, archived)