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The Day Today was such a classic show. It often gets overlooked because of how iconic Brass Eye was but Brass Eye wouldn’t have existed if it wasn’t for Day Today and the former show is every bit as good as its predecessor.

I also quite enjoyed Time Trumpet. It’s a completely different show with different writers and comedians but follows a similar format.

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WAR! is one of my favorite scenes - and seems to sum up a lot of todays 24 hour news.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3BO6GP9NMY&t=4s

I always lose it when they switch to the reporter on the ground lol

The stretched twig of peace is at melting point. People here are literally bursting with war.

Armando Iannucci is the link here; he produced and wrote for The Day Today, all the Alan Partridge shows, and also Time Trumpet.

Armando Iannuccis back catalogue is so vast. He's done so so much stuff over the last 30 odd years and so much of it is top tier. Yet few people would recognise the name. He's talented on so many levels. If anyone hasn't I'd highly recommend the 'Armando Iannucci Shows'.

Love that show - profound, absurd and deeply silly all at once.

Absolute favourite sketch is the ‘East End Thug’ with Alan Ford from Snatch.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=49nKWoTgouQ&pp=ygUdZWFzdCBlbmQ...

> I'd highly recommend

Oh, one of the best ever pieces of radio was

Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive

It's horrible that only 24 episodes have been produced. It should still be running today.

Yeah, he also wrote The Thick of It which is probably the best comedy series I’ve ever seen. Another writer on that was Jesse Armstrong of Succession fame.

Jesse Armstrong also co-wrote Four Lions and Peep Show, amongst others. It's amazing how a very small group of people can have such an influence on a vast amount of cultural output.

It’s also worth adding Charlie Brooker to that list of cultural icons too. Someone who has not only worked with Chris Moris, but also has an exceptional repertoire of his own as well.

he was also an executive consultant on the tv show version of What We Do In The Shadows, which for a few years was the best comedy show on tv imo. The Jesse Armstrong, Armando Ianucci, Chris Morris, Charlie Brooker Channel Four-some has a lot to answer for (although most of Ianucci's work is BBC produced). I think the only other writing comedian of that generation I respect as much is Sacha Baron Cohen, although his work is slightly different

Time Trumpet is enormously underrated. Some of the special effects were done by Ben Wheatley (now a movie director). (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0840965)

Also Veep, a huge success in the US.

The number of times I was kicked off IRC in 1993 for posting The Day Today memes is very high.

IMO, probably the most under-rated show of all time.

"CRAZED WOLVES IN STORE A BAD MISTAKE ADMIT MOTHERCARE"

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