Quote of the day

"It's not as good as I remembered."

Go Faster Stripe take a leaf out of Stewart Lee's book by advertising one of their new DVDs with a mildly negative critical response, which just happens to be from Mr Lee himself. The DVD in question? Only the long-awaited first series of Fist Of Fun, the rights to which GFS, Lee and Richard Herring clubbed together to buy from the BBC. I've been skimming YouTube for clips and it's safe to say it's just as superb as I recall - so you can ignore Lee's opinion this once.

Eager for the second series too? You want the moon on a stick. (But you're in luck - plans are already afoot to release that too.)

On a related note, Herring recently took issue with Ricky Gervais' use of the word "mong" and found himself subjected to a torrent of abuse from Gervais apologists. He tells the tale here. Notably, Gervais' own Extras co-star Francesca Martinez has supported Herring's stance. With a new series Life's Too Short just starting, Gervais may be thinking that any publicity is good publicity but it'll be interesting to see if it does any lasting damage to his reputation within the comedy world (not that he's likely to care much).

And, on another related note, Lee's announced a new tour for March, Carpet Remnant World. His website currently reels through a whole litany of barbed and negative online comments (deliberately, of course) - everything from him being unfunny to being "an evil, evil man" who should be locked up in a mental institution.