Joel Morris
@gralefrit.bsky.social
Writer & highwayman.
Ladybird, Cunk, Wipe, Be Funny Or Die, Framley, Candidate band, Comfort Blanket, Broken Veil etc
https://ko-fi.com/gralefrit
AGENTS, website, links, bio etc: www.gralefrit.co.uk
Ladybird, Cunk, Wipe, Be Funny Or Die, Framley, Candidate band, Comfort Blanket, Broken Veil etc
https://ko-fi.com/gralefrit
AGENTS, website, links, bio etc: www.gralefrit.co.uk
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Joel Morris
@gralefrit.bsky.social
· Nov 9
Hello new followers!
If you want to know anything, it’s all on my website…
www.gralefrit.co.uk
I’m doing lots of stuff on Substack, including podcasts and writing and that.
joelmorris.substack.com
Also: Be Funny Or Die, How Comedy Works and Why It Matters… from all the usual book places.
If you want to know anything, it’s all on my website…
www.gralefrit.co.uk
I’m doing lots of stuff on Substack, including podcasts and writing and that.
joelmorris.substack.com
Also: Be Funny Or Die, How Comedy Works and Why It Matters… from all the usual book places.
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My Spotify wrapped summary is that my band took all our music off Spotify because the company’s CEO invests the billions which he doesn’t pay artists on AI drone weapons tech.
Ditch Spotify. Pay artists. Redistribute wealth. Stop war. Happy Christmas!
Ditch Spotify. Pay artists. Redistribute wealth. Stop war. Happy Christmas!
December 5, 2025 at 9:11 AM
My Spotify wrapped summary is that my band took all our music off Spotify because the company’s CEO invests the billions which he doesn’t pay artists on AI drone weapons tech.
Ditch Spotify. Pay artists. Redistribute wealth. Stop war. Happy Christmas!
Ditch Spotify. Pay artists. Redistribute wealth. Stop war. Happy Christmas!
The firework versions of Hullaballoo and Custard (the BBC2 launch kangaroos) were just on the intro to this repeat of The Beat Room and I kept shouting “Hullaballoo and Custard!” really loudly over and over and now the wife is refusing to watch any more television with me.
December 5, 2025 at 8:54 PM
The firework versions of Hullaballoo and Custard (the BBC2 launch kangaroos) were just on the intro to this repeat of The Beat Room and I kept shouting “Hullaballoo and Custard!” really loudly over and over and now the wife is refusing to watch any more television with me.
The US version of Ghosts is like you fancied watching an episode of Ghosts but it wasn’t on, so the smart TV’s AI made one.
December 5, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The US version of Ghosts is like you fancied watching an episode of Ghosts but it wasn’t on, so the smart TV’s AI made one.
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A window on a very particular time in kids TV.
COMFORT BLANKET KLAXON!
Map Man jayforeman.bsky.social talks about his love for Cosgrove Hall’s vegetarian vampire… COUNT DUCKULA and takes time to praise the whole delightful world of teatime ITV…
pod.link/1614879928/e...
Map Man jayforeman.bsky.social talks about his love for Cosgrove Hall’s vegetarian vampire… COUNT DUCKULA and takes time to praise the whole delightful world of teatime ITV…
pod.link/1614879928/e...
December 5, 2025 at 5:06 PM
A window on a very particular time in kids TV.
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I have just approved TINY CARS to be built in America. Little SEDANS that should fit four at most but when you open the door 27 clowns spill out. HOW??? They will DUST THEMSELVES OFF as they leave the car. The HORN will make the little eeooh-eeooh sound. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.
December 5, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I have just approved TINY CARS to be built in America. Little SEDANS that should fit four at most but when you open the door 27 clowns spill out. HOW??? They will DUST THEMSELVES OFF as they leave the car. The HORN will make the little eeooh-eeooh sound. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.
Oh, yeah. If you want some grown-up Ladybird books etc as stocking fillers, signed or vandalised to spec, they’re available from my shop.
www.gralefrit.co.uk/shop.html
www.gralefrit.co.uk/shop.html
December 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Oh, yeah. If you want some grown-up Ladybird books etc as stocking fillers, signed or vandalised to spec, they’re available from my shop.
www.gralefrit.co.uk/shop.html
www.gralefrit.co.uk/shop.html
If Warner Bros is now part of Netflix and I’ve been doing some work for Netflix… does that mean… I’m in the Animaniacs now?
a cartoon scene with a water tower and a building
ALT: a cartoon scene with a water tower and a building
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December 5, 2025 at 1:25 PM
If Warner Bros is now part of Netflix and I’ve been doing some work for Netflix… does that mean… I’m in the Animaniacs now?
Yeah. But what if making stuff humans enjoy was merely a byproduct of doing lots of deals? Mmm. Deals.
You know, I think if I owned the rights to a century's worth of the most acclaimed films ever like The Wizard of Oz and 2001, plus all the most popular characters in cartoon history, plus Superman and Batman, plus tons of other stuff, I could probably make enough money I wouldn't need to sell it.
December 5, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Yeah. But what if making stuff humans enjoy was merely a byproduct of doing lots of deals? Mmm. Deals.
Proof that Series Two of Broken Veil is being recorded out in the world, and that it’s really cold out there. When the coats come out of the cupboard, the liminal spaces can be explored.
(Thanks to all our Patreon supporters who are making this possible.)
(Thanks to all our Patreon supporters who are making this possible.)
December 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Proof that Series Two of Broken Veil is being recorded out in the world, and that it’s really cold out there. When the coats come out of the cupboard, the liminal spaces can be explored.
(Thanks to all our Patreon supporters who are making this possible.)
(Thanks to all our Patreon supporters who are making this possible.)
The band Candidate, which is us lot, will be playing the Green Note in Camden, January 15th. Doing numbers old and new. Come ye and wassail, why don’t ye?
www.greennote.co.uk/production/c...
www.greennote.co.uk/production/c...
December 5, 2025 at 12:52 PM
The band Candidate, which is us lot, will be playing the Green Note in Camden, January 15th. Doing numbers old and new. Come ye and wassail, why don’t ye?
www.greennote.co.uk/production/c...
www.greennote.co.uk/production/c...
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Just finished the first season of Broken Veil by @gralefrit.bsky.social available at pod.link/1745494718 and well…..get your ears around it.
December 5, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Just finished the first season of Broken Veil by @gralefrit.bsky.social available at pod.link/1745494718 and well…..get your ears around it.
Reposted by Joel Morris
COMFORT BLANKET KLAXON!
Map Man jayforeman.bsky.social talks about his love for Cosgrove Hall’s vegetarian vampire… COUNT DUCKULA and takes time to praise the whole delightful world of teatime ITV…
pod.link/1614879928/e...
Map Man jayforeman.bsky.social talks about his love for Cosgrove Hall’s vegetarian vampire… COUNT DUCKULA and takes time to praise the whole delightful world of teatime ITV…
pod.link/1614879928/e...
December 5, 2025 at 9:03 AM
COMFORT BLANKET KLAXON!
Map Man jayforeman.bsky.social talks about his love for Cosgrove Hall’s vegetarian vampire… COUNT DUCKULA and takes time to praise the whole delightful world of teatime ITV…
pod.link/1614879928/e...
Map Man jayforeman.bsky.social talks about his love for Cosgrove Hall’s vegetarian vampire… COUNT DUCKULA and takes time to praise the whole delightful world of teatime ITV…
pod.link/1614879928/e...
My Spotify wrapped summary is that my band took all our music off Spotify because the company’s CEO invests the billions which he doesn’t pay artists on AI drone weapons tech.
Ditch Spotify. Pay artists. Redistribute wealth. Stop war. Happy Christmas!
Ditch Spotify. Pay artists. Redistribute wealth. Stop war. Happy Christmas!
December 5, 2025 at 9:11 AM
My Spotify wrapped summary is that my band took all our music off Spotify because the company’s CEO invests the billions which he doesn’t pay artists on AI drone weapons tech.
Ditch Spotify. Pay artists. Redistribute wealth. Stop war. Happy Christmas!
Ditch Spotify. Pay artists. Redistribute wealth. Stop war. Happy Christmas!
COMFORT BLANKET KLAXON!
Map Man jayforeman.bsky.social talks about his love for Cosgrove Hall’s vegetarian vampire… COUNT DUCKULA and takes time to praise the whole delightful world of teatime ITV…
pod.link/1614879928/e...
Map Man jayforeman.bsky.social talks about his love for Cosgrove Hall’s vegetarian vampire… COUNT DUCKULA and takes time to praise the whole delightful world of teatime ITV…
pod.link/1614879928/e...
December 5, 2025 at 9:03 AM
COMFORT BLANKET KLAXON!
Map Man jayforeman.bsky.social talks about his love for Cosgrove Hall’s vegetarian vampire… COUNT DUCKULA and takes time to praise the whole delightful world of teatime ITV…
pod.link/1614879928/e...
Map Man jayforeman.bsky.social talks about his love for Cosgrove Hall’s vegetarian vampire… COUNT DUCKULA and takes time to praise the whole delightful world of teatime ITV…
pod.link/1614879928/e...
I mean, surely the point is that the BBC no longer thinks it’s OK to make bigots happy.
And the Black and White Minstrels don’t exist.
Neither of which is true of Farage. Who stubbornly continues to both exist and serve as a normalising comfort to terrible arseholes.
And the Black and White Minstrels don’t exist.
Neither of which is true of Farage. Who stubbornly continues to both exist and serve as a normalising comfort to terrible arseholes.
December 4, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I mean, surely the point is that the BBC no longer thinks it’s OK to make bigots happy.
And the Black and White Minstrels don’t exist.
Neither of which is true of Farage. Who stubbornly continues to both exist and serve as a normalising comfort to terrible arseholes.
And the Black and White Minstrels don’t exist.
Neither of which is true of Farage. Who stubbornly continues to both exist and serve as a normalising comfort to terrible arseholes.
“Racism allegations could derail Farage’s plans.”
Strange. Cos actual racism seems to have done him nothing but good. Maybe it’s the alleging that’s the problem.
Strange. Cos actual racism seems to have done him nothing but good. Maybe it’s the alleging that’s the problem.
December 4, 2025 at 6:58 PM
“Racism allegations could derail Farage’s plans.”
Strange. Cos actual racism seems to have done him nothing but good. Maybe it’s the alleging that’s the problem.
Strange. Cos actual racism seems to have done him nothing but good. Maybe it’s the alleging that’s the problem.
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Now available wherever you get your podcasts! Me on @gralefrit.bsky.social’s Comfort Blanket, talking about Count Duckula. (Warning: contains cosy nostalgia and geeky analysis of British animation.)
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c...
Count Duckula - with Jay Foreman
Podcast Episode · Comfort Blanket · 04/12/2025 · 1h 12m
podcasts.apple.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Now available wherever you get your podcasts! Me on @gralefrit.bsky.social’s Comfort Blanket, talking about Count Duckula. (Warning: contains cosy nostalgia and geeky analysis of British animation.)
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c...
Your seasonal reminder that Quality Street chocolates are a cash-in on a hit play by J M Barrie, and used to feature the characters on the box. So a bit like people in 2100 buying 2.22 A Ghost Story chocolates every Christmas with Lily Allen on the tin.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality...
Quality Street (play) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
December 4, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Your seasonal reminder that Quality Street chocolates are a cash-in on a hit play by J M Barrie, and used to feature the characters on the box. So a bit like people in 2100 buying 2.22 A Ghost Story chocolates every Christmas with Lily Allen on the tin.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality...
Who is it who is coming?
Well, I didn’t see that coming.
Well, I didn’t see that coming.
That time in 2014 when the BBC daytime soap 'Doctors' adapted M.R. James's short story 'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad'.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jQO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jQO...
BBC Doctors: Whistle... (adapted from M.R. James' Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad)
YouTube video by JR Southall
www.youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Who is it who is coming?
Well, I didn’t see that coming.
Well, I didn’t see that coming.
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Absolutely superb episode on Yellow Submarine with Joel Morris. But how did they make this film so quickly and so well? And why was the script by Erich Segal who then went on to write the film Love Story?
New episode!
YELLOW SUBMARINE (1968) - with Joel Morris
pod.link/1569929507
All aboard the Goon Pod as Beatles tackle Blue Meanies! Could there BE anything more timeless yet still wonderfully Sixties? Joel - @gralefrit.bsky.social - & Tyler explore why this joyous film earns a place on the show!
YELLOW SUBMARINE (1968) - with Joel Morris
pod.link/1569929507
All aboard the Goon Pod as Beatles tackle Blue Meanies! Could there BE anything more timeless yet still wonderfully Sixties? Joel - @gralefrit.bsky.social - & Tyler explore why this joyous film earns a place on the show!
December 4, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Absolutely superb episode on Yellow Submarine with Joel Morris. But how did they make this film so quickly and so well? And why was the script by Erich Segal who then went on to write the film Love Story?
This, I now believe, is where the madness got in.
I don't think we were meant to have all the music, all the time tbh
December 4, 2025 at 7:26 AM
This, I now believe, is where the madness got in.
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New episode!
YELLOW SUBMARINE (1968) - with Joel Morris
pod.link/1569929507
All aboard the Goon Pod as Beatles tackle Blue Meanies! Could there BE anything more timeless yet still wonderfully Sixties? Joel - @gralefrit.bsky.social - & Tyler explore why this joyous film earns a place on the show!
YELLOW SUBMARINE (1968) - with Joel Morris
pod.link/1569929507
All aboard the Goon Pod as Beatles tackle Blue Meanies! Could there BE anything more timeless yet still wonderfully Sixties? Joel - @gralefrit.bsky.social - & Tyler explore why this joyous film earns a place on the show!
December 3, 2025 at 7:40 AM
New episode!
YELLOW SUBMARINE (1968) - with Joel Morris
pod.link/1569929507
All aboard the Goon Pod as Beatles tackle Blue Meanies! Could there BE anything more timeless yet still wonderfully Sixties? Joel - @gralefrit.bsky.social - & Tyler explore why this joyous film earns a place on the show!
YELLOW SUBMARINE (1968) - with Joel Morris
pod.link/1569929507
All aboard the Goon Pod as Beatles tackle Blue Meanies! Could there BE anything more timeless yet still wonderfully Sixties? Joel - @gralefrit.bsky.social - & Tyler explore why this joyous film earns a place on the show!
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CHRISTMAS SPECIAL OUT NOW!
Exclusively for supporters of the Broken Veil channel.
The original “Ghost Story for Christmas” (except not): Jonathan Miller’s 1968 ‘Whistle And I’ll Come To You’ is muttering and flapping and slowly mooing its way down the beach…
patreon.com/BrokenVeil
Exclusively for supporters of the Broken Veil channel.
The original “Ghost Story for Christmas” (except not): Jonathan Miller’s 1968 ‘Whistle And I’ll Come To You’ is muttering and flapping and slowly mooing its way down the beach…
patreon.com/BrokenVeil
December 2, 2025 at 7:26 AM
CHRISTMAS SPECIAL OUT NOW!
Exclusively for supporters of the Broken Veil channel.
The original “Ghost Story for Christmas” (except not): Jonathan Miller’s 1968 ‘Whistle And I’ll Come To You’ is muttering and flapping and slowly mooing its way down the beach…
patreon.com/BrokenVeil
Exclusively for supporters of the Broken Veil channel.
The original “Ghost Story for Christmas” (except not): Jonathan Miller’s 1968 ‘Whistle And I’ll Come To You’ is muttering and flapping and slowly mooing its way down the beach…
patreon.com/BrokenVeil
Like everyone else caught up in the Unbound “drama”, John Finnemore is working out what to do with a book that was terminated with incompetent prejudice by people who vanished.
If you would like a lovely Xmas gift, he’s opened a shop, announced in this post here!
open.substack.com/pub/johnfinn...
If you would like a lovely Xmas gift, he’s opened a shop, announced in this post here!
open.substack.com/pub/johnfinn...
The Unbearable Torment of Bear Bear Bear
Concerning an unexpected window, an unchristmassy fuhrer, an unlucky publisher, and an unaware bear.
open.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Like everyone else caught up in the Unbound “drama”, John Finnemore is working out what to do with a book that was terminated with incompetent prejudice by people who vanished.
If you would like a lovely Xmas gift, he’s opened a shop, announced in this post here!
open.substack.com/pub/johnfinn...
If you would like a lovely Xmas gift, he’s opened a shop, announced in this post here!
open.substack.com/pub/johnfinn...
If you think about it, Arthur Christmas is an action movie.
a cartoon character with a surprised look on his face is holding a wrapped gift
ALT: a cartoon character with a surprised look on his face is holding a wrapped gift
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December 2, 2025 at 7:32 AM
If you think about it, Arthur Christmas is an action movie.