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8 August 2017

All the fuss over Brass Eye’s bad taste obscures its technical genius

As part of our 90s comedy week, we ask whether Chris Morris’ celeb-baiting satire holds up, 20 years on.

By Tom Gatti

“Genetically, paedophiles have more genes in common with crabs than they do with you and me. Now, that is scientific fact. There’s no real evidence for it but it is scientific fact.”
– Neil “Doctor” Fox

“What is Cake? Well, it has an active ingredient which is a dangerous psychoactive compound known as dimesmeric andersonphosphate. It stimulates part of the brain called Shatner’s Bassoon.”
– Noel Edmonds

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