Micro-rant of the day (x2)

Those of you who have followed my career with interest (translation: those of you who may have once been friends with me on MySpace) may well have seen this before. Prior to Armando Iannucci's graduation to becoming the creator of the greatest British comedy of the decade (the rantabulous 'The Thick Of It') and more recently, Hollywood power-player ('In The Loop' - which had a fucking fantastic Saul Bass-inspired US-only poster), he was responsible for a vast array of the best comedy these shores have had to offer. These included, amongst others, The Day Today and I'm Alan Partridge (a touching scene which taught me, wrongly, that it's OK to play air-slap bass as long as you take it off and put it down afterwards).

From 'The Armando Iannucci Show', this is Alan Ford (star of 'Lock Stock and Two Remarkably Dated although still actually quite good Barrels' and the more aptly named 'Snatch') brilliantly satirising the portrayal of ridiculous 'ard-nut gangsters that Lord Sir Guy Augustus Ritchie II so desperately wanted to get into bed with. Revel in the comedic gold of someone getting it so completely wrong, with so much aggression...



and, still on the subject of ludicrous 'gangsters', here's another Lock, Stock-themed treat from the marvellous Fast Show, chock full of amazing ranting...



AC