“Tring tring tring goes the ambulance…”

When it comes to comic strip panels about Desperate Dan, my favourite was always ‘Desperately Unfunny Dan’ in Viz.

I’ve got my sprouts on!

Also tangentially related - I listened to the last Talking Bottom with Max Kinnings if you haven’t already heard it, and he’s a big fan of Filthy, and of Ben Elton’s writing. He would make a fantastic guest! Get contacting!

Thought about this again today. What a scoop!

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For more info (okay, only a little bit more... possibly less), you can listen to Maurice talking about it on RHLSTP - the book edition.

Hello! I like your work so when I saw this pop up it gave me a little thrill to know I’d made the same joke on a different platform. Tragically nobody found it funny but it was a long time ago.

“We’re gonna need a bigger shark!” - producers of the Meg 2

It reminds me of that bit in ‘Time’ when Sean Bean is attacked by a man with a banana.