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His BBC Comedy Show Is Canceled. His Political Fight Continues.
Nish Kumar’s satirical late-night show “The Mash Report” ran for four years on the public broadcaster. Some believe it was a casualty of a “war on woke.”
Nish Kumar’s unapologetically political comedy has increasingly sparked controversy.Credit.Kalpesh Lathigra for The New York Times
April 1, 2021
LONDON In the comedian Nish Kumar’s study hangs a poster of his face superimposed onto the famous “Guerrillero Heroico” photograph of Che Guevara, the communist revolutionary.
The tongue-in-cheek image was created as a nod to how Kumar, 35, is perceived by much of the British right-wing press, the comedian said in a recent video interview, and was a set dressing for the most recent season of his satirical BBC news show “The Mash Report.”
Right off the bat, I have to give props to the folks over at
Adult Swim. They’ve been coming up with over-the-top pranks for April 1st for years. From airing the cinematic masterpiece that is
The Room (multiple times), to that year where they fooled us all by not having a prank at all, you can tell that they’re trying to do something legitimately entertaining.
This year’s gag is one of my favorites, if not my absolute favorite, as they revealed their campaign for
Adult Swim Junior. This kid-friendly programming block lets children get back into the pool, so go away, pesky adults! You’d think it’d be a marathon the likes of Baby Kermit and friends, and, well, it kinda is … except with their adult animation block. They actually took the time to show off their shows, but now, all the characters are children, so much so that Harvey Birdman is a junior associate instead of a full-fledged attorney at law.
The Best April Fools Day Products of 2021
By now, everyone should know that today is April Fools Day. Did you fall for any of these fake products?
How many times today has someone tried to pull an April Fools Day Prank on you? Some of these pranks that people pull are pretty funny, some are pretty bad, and others are just uncalled for. If you ve been on social media over the past few years, you have noticed that people are the only ones trying to pull one over on you on April 1st.
Several companies create fake products specifically for April Fools Day and post them on social media to create a buzz. Much like people s April Fools Day pranks, some are pretty funny, some are pretty bad, and others are just uncalled for. Let s take a look at some of the best April Fools Day Products from companies in 2021.
By Kenny Webster
Apr 1, 2021
Before there was George Floyd or Jacob Blake, there was Alton Sterling: a black man from Baton Rouge who was shot by a police officer.
For those who don t remember, Alton Sterling was a felon with a firearm who was reportedly threatening people in the parking lot of a gas station in South Louisiana in 2016.
Alton Sterling was also a convicted sex offender and now his son may be following in dad s footsteps.
One of Alton Sterling s sons was indicted Wednesday on first-degree rape counts involving two 8-year-old boys.
Cameron Sterling, 20, of Baton Rouge, was first arrested in December 2018 and accused of raping one of the boys while he was babysitting the child earlier that month.