Episode 102 - Spending Your Birthday With A CGI Putin

Recorded on Jack's birthday (20th July), he and Tom provide a running commentary on both 13-min episodes of the BBC's weird front for the UK foreign policy establishment, 'Tonight with Vladimir Putin', a mock talk show hosted by an animatronic caricature of the Russian leader and Reel Politik paymaster. As you'd expect of assets of the Russian state, the verdict is disdainful. The boys also look at the viral satire of the 2000s that provided a precedent for this contemporaneous work - Chris Morris' Bushwhacked, JibJab.com's 'Good To Be In DC' and 'Bomb Saddam' videos, Jolyon Rubenstein's more recent 'The Real Housewives of ISIS' sketch, and the "rathergood.com" website set up by 'Tonight...' co-creator Joel Veitch. Sadly, we don't - as promised - get back to talking about Lou Reed.