Charlie Brooker's Screen Wipe: hilarious critic screams abuse at his telly

By at 11:30 pm Tuesday, Dec 4


Charlie Brooker -- the curmudgeonly comic TV critic genius who gave us TV Go Home and Screen Burn (Americans: think "Lester Bangs for television") -- has a new BBC4 video series called "Screen Wipe" in which he sits on his sofa and screams abuse at his television. It's funny, rude, terrible and brilliant. Link to "10 biggest Cocks and she cocks in advertising", Link to "Brooker's: 10 Biggest Cocks in Advertising", Link to BBC4 homepage for Screen Wipe (via Plastic Bag)

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