Actual The Richard Hanrahan

Finally posted a proper 'Welcome' post to summarise my Substack. Expect: – invented words – almost spooky micro-fiction – personal updates I definitely shouldn’t share – some brief mentions of my desire to cancel geese Your move birds. open.substack.com/pub/therichard…

@SheaSerrano it means 'book chapter' and then 'verse'; so in this we are referencing McIlroy Chapter 1: Verse 44: "error sorry I did not understand the request 'chatgpt, what would be a funny religious parody reference to make as if the golfer McIlroy had written a book in the bible"

question for the golfers: this is my first time watching the masters what does the “1:44” next to mcilroy’s name mean what what about the numbers for other names? (i know what the “-4” or whatever means i’m talking about the 68 and 12 and so on) thanks

You like word right? Well as usual I've made up some new ones. Get this months WRDS update over on my newsletter

@_martinjames @ScotRail and then you atted them too😅

Not sure what I think of the new scotrail campaign slogan @scotrail

@fairycakes I thought I recognised your name! Congrats!! What a thrill!

@steamedhamms It helps there were ad breaks to sort of dance into... but yeah preach

i will say the biggest misses were i just hate the easy get out of ending a sketch with everyone dancing

thought snl uk did a very good job, fair play. wasn’t too yank, more hits than misses. george fouracres the standout for me!

#SNLUK, and I don't want to overhype this, felt anarchic - something which the american format has struggled with for years. It was genuinely a bit raucous. Glimmers of Ben Elton and Rik Mayall in Fouracres and Shep in particular. I hope they maintain this energy going forward

I think Jack Shep - based on one hour of exposure in which he was in maybe 3 or 4 sketches - is on part with Bo Burnham in terms of trajectory

@johndredge I think mean girls is enough for most? She's in enough films to be quite well known I think..?

Do people over here know who Tina Fey is? Apart from comedy nerds I mean.

@5tevieM it's a shame you didn't stick your neck out before hand though 😅

I’d by any metric that SNL UK episode one was a hit soooooooo

Winners tonight for sure were Jack Shep and George Fouracres and paedo cream #snluk

There is so much unbridled talent in UK sketch comedy and its had no release valve for 20 years or more... and finally TV is getting a taste

I don't know if I can express just how much relief I feel watching #SNLUK go this well. It's actually funny. It's actually liberating. It's actually funnier than watching the american one. The people on it are legit people you barely know drowning in talent

anyone replying to my previous SNL UK post gleefully shitting on the show: sure go ahead. Enjoy safe reboots of old favourites for the rest of time (and I say that having been in one)

@jj_bull it's legit funny I'm so relieved!

Very excited for SNL UK, we need funny shows

George Fouracres' Keir Starmer is now the only reason I want Keir Starmer to stay as PM indefinitely #SNLUK

omg Princess Diana 😅#SNLUK

@BoyGeekDrone I actually have laughed at most of it so far

@TheHitch I'm confused,do you really think that?

Wow we are three sketches in and its legit shit hot #SNLUK

Have a lovely weekend therichardhanrahan.substack.com/p/improper-ins…