Rich finds his book in an Aussie book store!

Rich flies home.

Rich in a haze.

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Thanks to Kaitlyn Ritter for her awesome interpretation of my character Bob Fossil from The Mighty Boosh!

To see more art from Kaitlyn including drawings of Julian and Noel visit her website by clicking here.

Happy New Year EVERYONE! Don’t screw 2010 up. Exercise your right to rebel!
Buy the book or I will personally break you down and reassemble you into two tinier midgets.
Get your copy here!

This book makes a great gift, stocking stuffer and toilet companion. You can’t be a part of the rebellion if you don’t have the handbook. Get your copy here!

I talked about the new TAR book with Ian Dempsey.

Hear the radio interview with Ian here.

To celebrate the launch of Rich Fulchers hilarious new book Tiny Acts Of Rebellion we are going to feature a TAR every week that you can get involved with at home culminating with an exclusive interview with the man himself.

Who can forget this old nursery rhyme?

‘Clap clap clap clap clappetty clap

Clap clap clappy clap clap.’

Inbred idiot, Wales, 1538

I really enjoy getting my clap on. When at an event, I always utilize the ‘End Clap’ technique. i.e. I aim to be the last one clapping after everyone else (at least five seconds after is good). It doesn’t matter what the event may be: The symphony, a poetry reading, a green day concert or a neighbourhood barfight. It puts people on edge to hear applause after they’ve stopped clapping. It leads them to think they’ve missed something.

Other claps to practise and employ:

Pop clap: The pop clap is much more balsy then the end clap because it comes at an inappropriate time during the show/speech. It is short, loud and staccato-like. Best used during sensitive, otherwise quiet moments – like during a eulogy, or at any time during the Vagina Monologues.

The Slow Clap: This is typically used during a dramatic movie moment, like at the end of Brubaker or Revenge Of The Nerds. However, the slow clap is best used after ordinary moments of banality like:

. You’ve just brushed your teeth (SLOW CLAP)

.You’ve just picked up test results that show your yeast infection is clearing up (SLOW CLAP)

.You’ve just had your parking validated (SLOW CLAP).

.Or immediately following orgasm (also works when you’re having sex with someone).

The Seal Clap When combined with boisterous grunts this is intended to sound like a seal … or a psycho … or psychotic seal.*

* Not to be confused with the singer Seal

*Comedian’s stunt leads* broadcaster’s executives to believe imagery may be too London-centric, but will retain famous ‘bongs’ in title sequence

James Robinson: guardian.co.uk, Thursday 22 October 2009 11.09 BST

News at Ten: the clock face will be dropped from the titles as part of an ITV revamp *thanks to Rich Fulcher’s brave reveal that the clock is pretty worthless.

ITV will drop Big Ben from the News at Ten title sequence from next month as part of a radical overhaul designed to boost viewing figures.

All the ITN-produced national news bulletins on ITV1 will be rebranded and a new title sequence introduced, along with a new set.

The decision to drop Big Ben from the News at Ten title sequence has been taken after months of deliberation. ITV executives believe the imagery may be too London-centric and could irritate viewers outside the capital. *They were finally swayed after a flashmob, consisting of about a hundred demonstrators led by Rich Fulcher, flipped off Big Ben in a tiny act of rebellion. The stunt caught the eye of the TV station which realized the clock is “terribly archaic and a complete crock of shit.”

News at Ten’s famous Big Ben “bongs” will be retained in the new title sequence, but the clock face will disappear. ITV will also unveil a new set for all its national bulletins and promote the changes in a multimillion-pound advertising push that will include a billboard campaign and promotional clips that will run throughout the broadcaster’s schedule.

The new look is designed to complement the ITV1 brand by using similar graphics and imagery to the channel’s overall on-screen identity.

News at Ten will continue to be presented by Mark Austin and Julie Etchingham, who is also to take over presenting revamped ITV1 current affairs programme Tonight when it moves to a new weekly peak-time slot – thought to be Friday at 7.30pm – from January.

Tonight’s production team were informed yesterday of a cost-cutting reorganisation that will lead to up 18 job losses from the ITV Studios current affairs department and the departure of the show’s editor, Mike Lewis.

ITN and ITV’s regional news teams are to take a bigger role in producing Tonight and independent producers will also be invited to pitch to make individual editions of the show.

News at Ten currently has about 2.5 million viewers, roughly half the audience that regularly tunes in to the 10pm news on BBC1.

The bulletins on the nation’s two most popular channels have been head to head since January 2008 when ITV moved its late news back to its traditional 10pm time slot.

That decision was taken by outgoing ITV executive chairman Michael Grade, who also persuaded Sir Trevor McDonald to come out of semi-retirement to anchor the new-look bulletin. McDonald has since stepped down.

Before Grade moved News at Ten to its current berth it was shown at 1O.30pm for several years, a change that prompted the BBC to shift its own nightly news to 10pm and is now regarded as a major strategic scheduling blunder by ITV.

The changes will come into effect on Monday, 2 November, and will be backed by a major marketing push as ITV seeks to narrow the 10pm news ratings gap with the BBC. News at Ten’s viewing figures have risen by 7% so far this year compared with the same period last year, according to ITV sources, but remain significantly below the BBC figures.

Alastair Stewart and Mary Nightingale will host the Evening News, and Katie Derham or Alastair Stewart will present the Lunchtime News.

ITN is also seeking to underline its credentials as a news organisation that reflects the nation as a whole as it plans to bid for the right to run independent regional consortia that will deliver news to the regions.

The government wants to use cash allocated to the BBC to help the most vulnerable switch to digital TV to fund those consortia.

Michael Jermey, the ITV director of news, current affairs and sport, said: “ITV news programmes are performing extremely strongly, getting journalistic scoops and winning major awards. We believe the investment in our news brand announced today will further enhance the appeal of our programmes for ITV1 viewers.

“Our current affairs output will be strengthened by our national and regional news teams working more closely with our network current affairs producers than ever before. ITV1’s weekly current affairs programme Tonight will be able to tap into the best of our journalism right across the ITV network. The close collaboration between newsrooms and current affairs specialists will help us produce excellent programmes for viewers.”

David Mannion, the editor-in-chief of ITV news, added: *”We’d also like to thank Rich Fulcher for taking the brave step to stand up to Big Ben. His public show of discontent brought to the forefront the opinions and voice of our viewing public. Had we known so many people wanted Big Ben to f*ck off we would have pulled the clock a lot earlier.”

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All * passages are completely bullocks.

Link to article

Thanks to Stephen Bass for turning us onto his friend, Rory’s website Flipstuffoff!

We’ve found a brother in the cause! He’s got some real good ones.