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Alasdair Beckett-King

@misterabk.bsky.social

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Award-winning poltergeist and comedian | Writer of the Montgomery Bonbon mysteries | Pronouns like a butler coughing: he/him linktr.ee/misterabk

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · Jun 20

Every guy with a tragic backstory (in a movie):

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Gigglemug @thegigglemug.bsky.social · 15h

🚨 1 WEEK TO GO! 🚨 The live episode of our improvised comedy horror pod ‘Go Home, You’re Drunk!’ is 7PM NEXT WEDNESDAY at The Bedford in Balham and we’ll be joined by guest comedian @misterabk.bsky.social 😱🙌 Tickets are only £8 so snap up yours‼️ cheerfulearful.podlifeevents.com/festival/go-...

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 1d

My favourite is Chendler. www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2YsC7bGkSA

Learn Italian With 'The Friends' - S01E01 - 'That One With The Other Friend (female)'

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 1d

“where’s the whale? did he get the whale yet?”

lindsey adler @lindseyadler.bsky.social · 1d

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 1d

I don't think I'm good enough at the game to get there.

Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 2d

Glad you enjoyed it!

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famous bog body @bogbird.bsky.social · 2d

i’m going to make a popular website then destroy it by being an asshole. has this been done

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 3d

Bloody golfers.

Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 3d

We don't say it, no. (Also, British people my age who went to state schools weren't really taught grammar.)

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 4d

Irritating to see it being reported as Victoria Coren Mitchell's "blunder" as if the host's script doesn't have writers.

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 4d

Chitin and Spiral.

Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 4d

Love England, love my kids, love Trobbio, end of.

Trobbio from Silksong: an actor bug with fluffy wings forming a big pink collar.

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 5d

Cool that the Bluesky CEO is succumbing to Musk's curse: being a needy loser, but not the exact kind of needy loser you have to be to write funny posts.

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 6d

A post-credits scene of the Psammead putting a team together.

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 6d

There you go, @adrianlenard.bsky.social. I hope it was worth the wait.

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 6d

Sound on for The Railway Children (1970). It looks like a folk horror film, so I added scary noises to the trailer. Listen to me and @eleanormorton.bsky.social for more: linktr.ee/readthat

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The Ken in Yellow @kenlowery.bsky.social · Feb 24

I'm the guy tabulating whether you are "not surprised" by some act of political monstrosity. keep it up, you're doing great work and everyone wants to hear about it

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 7d

Yeah, people I met explained how gay Europeans got by while working there, but I didn't envy them.

Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 7d

All the lads, on a banana boat.

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 7d

RIP Baudrillard, you would have loved Dubai. (I think Zizek actually does love it...)

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 7d

Honestly, I really tried to commit to his bland stand-up and make it as funny as I could. Because I'm not saying these millionaires aren't funny - they obviously are!

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 7d

Everyone I met and the other comics were very nice, but I've never been in such a phoney, ersatz place. It reminded me of my dad's description of going to underground clubs in Franco's Spain, except that this was counter-culture licensed by the state.

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 7d

To be fair, I did some gigs in Dubai in 2019 and felt a crushing sense of my own hypocrisy, performing for awful British expats in a city built on slavery and exploitation. Luckily, I'm back in London now where... um... anyway...

Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 7d

Don't miss Buddy Nutzack's set in Riyadh. youtu.be/lRXn-g1s4T8

Every Edgy Millionaire Comedian

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 7d

Don't miss Buddy Nutzack's set in Riyadh. youtu.be/lRXn-g1s4T8

Every Edgy Millionaire Comedian

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you for the reminder, I should repost this one.

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 7d

The streaming era is a guy with a boombox on the bus, absolutely blasting an advert for GoDaddy in between reggae tracks.

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