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Alasdair Beckett-King

@misterabk.bsky.social

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Award-winning poltergeist and comedian | Writer of the Montgomery Bonbon mysteries | Pronouns like a butler coughing: he/him linktr.ee/misterabk

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · Jun 20

Every guy with a tragic backstory (in a movie):

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 1d

And to all a good pig.

Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 1d

The history books will have to be rewritten: John Major punched the queen; Alan Garner found a shovel.

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 1d

I can't remember, did I cast aspersions on the shovel?

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 1d

By Alan's Shovel! What a find.

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 1d

The UK was procedurally generated, like the map in Daggerfall.

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 1d

Hey, fans of folklore and wyrd hystory! Join me and wee Jamie Shakes (@loremen.bsky.social) for a live podcast this Wednesday at The Bedford in Balham.

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Buy Tickets to Cheerful Earful Podcast Festival

Welcome to Cheerful Earful - a festival of funny podcasts, big & small. Featuring all-star guests from the world of British comedy and beyond…

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 2d

Sooz, I heard about this song 6 months ago when Paul F Tompkins covered it. So you should come to me for up-to-date music knowledge. www.youtube.com/watch?v=peX5...

Vampire - Paul F Tompkins

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Alex Blechman @alexblechman.bsky.social · 3d

Every once in a while a group of 10-15 tourists vanish without a trace in the Paris Catacombs and then afterward the Eiffel Tower is a few feet taller

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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 4d

Just flown in from Riyadh, and boy are my excuses tired

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 4d

But if you hear his US accent back in the 80s, it was a different story. (To be fair, what accent is this?) www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwSL...

A Bit of Fry and Laurie - John and Peter: Daaamn!

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 4d

Rightly so, tbf.

Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 4d

Actually, considering the cost of getting to a ski lift, it may not be cheaper. Are ski lifts free to use? I don't know. I haven't costed this out fully.

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 4d

I love stand-up comedians going, "Hey, it's cheaper than therapy!" Falling off a ski lift is cheaper than going to the gym, but they are also not the same.

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 4d

Plastic straws are also non-porous, but people still drink through them.

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 4d

"Who shot Snot?" from S1E1 is nigh-on impossible for a British person to say in a good American accent.

Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 4d

Mansplains of the Day.

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 4d

I admit, some are not good. I'm from Noo Joisey, hey I'm talkin heeya.

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 4d

I have a high tolerance for a weird, but self-consistent accent, like Carey Grant. To me, that's acting.

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 4d

Yeah, she was American in the 90s, but now she's English.

Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 4d

Wheyull pardner, thas yeur opinyon.

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 4d

I think Claire Danes is very good.

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 4d

In the 1970s, no British actors could do a convincing American accent, and now they all can. It's like how birds learned to drink cream through milk bottle tops.

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 5d

Respect to George Harrison. If my guitar gently wept I would freak out.

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Gigglemug @thegigglemug.bsky.social · 6d

🚨 1 WEEK TO GO! 🚨 The live episode of our improvised comedy horror pod ‘Go Home, You’re Drunk!’ is 7PM NEXT WEDNESDAY at The Bedford in Balham and we’ll be joined by guest comedian @misterabk.bsky.social 😱🙌 Tickets are only £8 so snap up yours‼️ cheerfulearful.podlifeevents.com/festival/go-...

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 7d

My favourite is Chendler. www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2YsC7bGkSA

Learn Italian With 'The Friends' - S01E01 - 'That One With The Other Friend (female)'

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