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John-Luke Roberts

@jlukeroberts.bsky.social

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Writer, Comedian, Actor, Public Intellectual, Winner BBC Audio Drama Award for Best Sketch Comedy. Forever in our hearts.

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John-Luke Roberts @jlukeroberts.bsky.social · 1d

The Mediaeval Poot Geoffrey Chaucer returns for his Christmasse Merrimynts this December - in five whole different cities! Brighton! Bristol! Manchester! Edinburgh! London! Tickets here linktr.ee/jlukeroberts

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Joz Norris @joznorris.bsky.social · 2d

Barry & Tony are back for a star studded New Year's Eve * hoedown like no other**

*actually happening the day BEFORE NYE but don't tell Barry, I'm planning the Mother Of All Pranks

**actually it's a bit like the Jools Holland one to be fair

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Norris & Roberts: Barry & Tony's NYE Hootenanny Tickets | £10 | 30 Dec @ The Bill Murray, London | DICE

After over 254 likes across five sketches, and basically 60 tickets sold at their first ever live show, Joz Norris and John-Luke Roberts have only three real...

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John-Luke Roberts @jlukeroberts.bsky.social · 2d

This is an excellent article www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

We know what the comedians got out of the Riyadh comedy festival. What about the Saudi regime? | Jonathan Liew

The tawdry event was an ultimately doomed attempt by the Saudi government to buy the kind of authentic grassroots culture it is unwilling to countenance, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew

www.theguardian.com

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John-Luke Roberts @jlukeroberts.bsky.social · 2d

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John-Luke Roberts @jlukeroberts.bsky.social · 2d

I had a ghosTWATch t shirt and now I'm sad because I've just realised I don't know where it is.

John-Luke Roberts @jlukeroberts.bsky.social · 2d

Late Night the Devil - which I liked - would have been better if they'd embraced the analogue thing fully, and had everything happen Within The Format, and done away with the impossible behind the scenes footage.

John-Luke Roberts @jlukeroberts.bsky.social · 2d

Really? That's quite sad. I was marvelling yesterday at the mum's performance, which captures "I've dressed nicely because I'm going to be on the telly" perfectly.

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John-Luke Roberts @jlukeroberts.bsky.social · 2d

I've asked him for this, he's ignored me so far jlukeroberts.substack.com/p/wordings-t...

Wordings Thirty-One: Prayer

A comic poem about salvation that my mum might not like because Jesus swears in it although ultimately I think she'd agree with the sentiment, hi mum

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John-Luke Roberts @jlukeroberts.bsky.social · 2d

Q. What do you call a prehistoric babadook?
A. A Yabbababbadook!

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John-Luke Roberts @jlukeroberts.bsky.social · 2d

Wait... you mean figuratively Pipes, right? Not actual Pipes?

John-Luke Roberts @jlukeroberts.bsky.social · 2d

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John-Luke Roberts @jlukeroberts.bsky.social · 2d

Also I saw Pipes at a moment I hadn't noticed before, and now I'm slightly worried it's because he wasn't there before.

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John-Luke Roberts @jlukeroberts.bsky.social · 2d

My first Ghostwatch watch of the season yesterday. God, it's good. And absolutely horrible.

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John-Luke Roberts @jlukeroberts.bsky.social · 5d

It's fun to sing these six words

John-Luke Roberts @jlukeroberts.bsky.social · 11d

Thinking "OK so they've done a deep fake, I don't know how I feel about this"

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John-Luke Roberts @jlukeroberts.bsky.social · 11d

I read this and spent 30 seconds thinking this was an OK Go video and trying to work out what the game was

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Leslie Ewing-Burgesse @leslieis.cool · 11d

TROY CLUB! Wednesday 1st October (that's tomorrow)! With one of my favourite lineups we've ever had, including headliner JAIN EDWARDS @jainedwards.bsky.social! The Black Heart, Camden, 8 p.m. (7:30 doors)! Come along, tickets here: wegottickets.com/event/675880

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John-Luke Roberts @jlukeroberts.bsky.social · 12d

Don't worry, there would also be alternatives to the scampi fry route to citizenship under my regime.

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John-Luke Roberts @jlukeroberts.bsky.social · 12d

Maybe it's 6 monthly

John-Luke Roberts @jlukeroberts.bsky.social · 12d

I couldn't keep up with that intake personally

John-Luke Roberts @jlukeroberts.bsky.social · 12d

No I think it's 24 packs a month

John-Luke Roberts @jlukeroberts.bsky.social · 12d

You shouldn't have to pass the UK citizenship test if you can prove you have scampi fries on a standing order.

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John-Luke Roberts @jlukeroberts.bsky.social · 12d

I introduced my US friend to scampi fries, and she was so thrilled by them she has ordered 24 packs to be delivered on a standing order. You never know what it will be that bridges a cultural divide.

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John-Luke Roberts @jlukeroberts.bsky.social · 23d

That's true

John-Luke Roberts @jlukeroberts.bsky.social · 23d

Yeah. I mean, I would have liked some higher stakes generally, and a more movie-sized plot, but it was still a pleasure to spend the time in their company, and they're still very very good at being those characters

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