From the monthly archives:

November 2009

Robin Cooper Week at the BBC Part 2

by Robert Popper on November 30, 2009 · 4 comments

Yes, do keep tuning in each day for more…. Part one is here.

It’s Robin Cooper Week at the BBC!

by Robert Popper on November 27, 2009 · 20 comments

A short while ago, the BBC kindly asked if they could animate some of my Timewaster Phone Calls. Luckily I had just finished a brand new series of calls made when I received a very dodgy-looking letter, claiming I’d won over 600,000 Euros in the Spanish Lottery. All I had to do was phone a [...]

Officially the world’s worst comedian.

by Robert Popper on November 26, 2009 · 74 comments

And officially the world’s worst comedy routine… I may have shown you the horrors of Daniel Songer before. Well, I apologies, because here’s another slice of Songer for you… So many why’s… 1) Why is he dressed as a 9 year old boy? 2) Why does he sing ‘Happy Birthday’ like that? 3) Why – [...]

All I can say is, this is just lovely…

by Robert Popper on November 24, 2009 · 23 comments

Yup. Lovely… Was it the mighty @Randazzoj or the equally mighty @mkupperman who sent me this bit of brilliance? Come on, which one of you was it? I want to see fighting. And crying… Actually – have just found out it was the equally, equally mighty John Galloway. Futuritic thanks to you, Sir.

World exclusive: George Lucas directs rap video

by Robert Popper on November 22, 2009 · 5 comments

Well, sort of… A human sent me this. I have forgotten which human. Make yourself known, human…

The name’s Salud. Mark Salud…

by Robert Popper on November 19, 2009 · 15 comments

Now you know his name, you’ll never forget his music… Cheers to Oli Challiner for this thing of awesomeness. If you’re a twitterite, you can follow him here. He iz phunny.

Amazon’s hottest books for 2010. Leaked…

by Robert Popper on November 17, 2009 · 9 comments

I’ve actually got Boring Postcards by all-round genius, Martin Parr. It’s one of my favourite books of all times. Recommended. Thanks to Daniel Jones for this amazing piece of dullnessity.

Robin Cooper tries to become a driving instructor

by Robert Popper on November 15, 2009 · 8 comments

“I can’t actually drive…but I’ve steered a barge.” Ho hum… Sadly they never called me back.

I am the magic painter

by Robert Popper on November 12, 2009 · 15 comments

Yes I am. Now sing along… Godly blessings to the almighty Doug Lussenhop for finding this glorious ditty. Religiously tweet him here.

If a child suddenly became a military historian…

by Robert Popper on November 11, 2009 · 19 comments

…he would probably sound like this… I love the use of phrases like ‘what happened then is’, ‘did another action’ and ‘in other words, they killed ‘em’. But for me the mark of a true military historian has to be a t-shirt with the word ‘Surf’ on it.