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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 3h

An iPlayer glitch watching an old episode of Dr Who gave me this oddly encouraging message:

An entirely black frame with the words "Things must stabilise soon" in small white letters.

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

Now, I don't really like The Matrix, but I DO like my old friend @arrondennis.bsky.social who has just started a brand new channel dedicated to nerdy cinema stuff like colour grading, sound mixes and millennial nostalgia. Which I think some of you might appreciate: youtu.be/VTx4-jJ4owY?...

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The Matrix 4K Blu-ray | Reviewing My 1000+ Movie Collection

YouTube video by MillenniHELL's Movies

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Small Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social · 10h

JRR Tolkien: You paint that picture of the key scene from the Two Towers where Frodo and Sam fight Gollum? Donato Giancola: Sure did, Ron, real fuckin' sexy just like you asked. JRRT: What.

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 13h

Back on the road (train) to the Haymarket in Basingstoke tonight, then Hull 7th, Otley 8th and Southport 9th. Otley is selling fast! The others are... well let's just say tickets are available. www.mickperrin.com/tours/king-of-crumbs

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King of Crumbs - Mick Perrin

ABK is the crumbliest comedian in the game: a multi-award-winning stand-up comic and (occasionally) an internet sensation. Come vagabonds, come mountebanks, come coney-catchers and cutpurses and meet ...

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Blue sky nice ghost @rajandelman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Harley Quinn in the version of Batman where Meta exists: I got you those poi-vert glasses you asked for, Mistah Jay

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The audiobook for Montgomery Bonbon's latest mystery comes out TODAY! Your kids can listen while they drive to work, or whatever. It's narrated by me!

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phil @philjamesson.com · 30/09/2026

as always when this is posted, i have to fondly remember the time someone stole this tweet word for word, including using my name as the punchline, then claimed it was just independent discovery

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Hello HULL! Here's one of those videos comedians do when they're actually feeling very confident about ticket sales. Come and see me at the Social, Oct 7th! (Please.) Tickets: www.seetickets.com/event/alasdair-beckett-king-king-of-crumbs/social/3645857

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"Most people stopped watching your video at 0.1 seconds, here are some tips to keep people interested..." Listen, Tiktok, that's just my face. That's just what my face looks like. You invented the app where people watch videos for 0.1 seconds, don't try to blame me.

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Tis the season to reformat an old sketch into vertical video. Also, I found this drawing I did for the model of the Spirit. I forgot he used to have a sword instead of skeleton hands.

The Spirit of Michaelmas, a pastiche of a Tim Burton / Henry Sellick character with creepy sunken eyes. He's holding a holy hand grenade and a sword and his top hat is decorated with red roses and ears of corn.

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Is it me, or does Michaelmas start earlier every year?

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

My tour continues in October with Basingstoke, Hull, Otley & Southport. If you buy a ticket, you may look upon the snail I whittled. If you repost this you may look BRIEFLY. If you do not buy a ticket or repost YOU MAY NOT LOOK. Snail permission tickets: www.mickperrin.com/tours/king-of-crumbs

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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

God, grant me the courage to change the things I can and incredible new powers to change the things I can't.

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I'm playing Cyberpunk 2077, finding Johnny Keanureeves more than a little grating. I haven't warmed to V or the "everyone is a grimy bastard" writing. BUT I do think it's vaguely fun and not as alienating as RDR2. I hear great things about Liberty City. Is the DLC different enough to be worth it?

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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Really enjoying this series where the excellent @eleanormorton.bsky.social and @misterabk.bsky.social revisit or simply visit classic children’s books (and sometimes get stuck in the door on the way out cos of hunny). It’s surprisingly addictive. You know. Like hunny. pod.link/1786648408

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Eleanor & Alasdair Read That

Listen to Eleanor & Alasdair Read That wherever you get your podcasts!

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"Pity no one turned up" - G. K. Chesterton at the annual Postman's Ball.

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It used to be that comedians did cocaine and the audience laughed and clapped. Now the audience is on cocaine and the comedians are backstage drinking camomile tea and crying.

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

On my way to Stirling. Ready to bring the whimsy. They call me Johnny Hi-jinks the whimsy pedlar. But my name is Alasdair, so it's confusing. Join me! stirlingevents.org/event/alasda...

An austere pylon framed against the overcast sky.

A grim stone tower that I don't know the name of, framed against an overcast sky.

The east coast of Scotland, from the train. The sun had just gone behind a cloud.

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

For years we were asking, "Why do the Tories keep beating Labour when it comes to ethnic diversity?" And the answer was always, "Because white people LOVE being told they aren't racists, especially by Black and Asian people."

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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It's called film "footage" because camera operators initially held the cameras with their feet. That changed after a film shoot in 1931, when an operator got a foot cramp and was forced to hold the camera in his hands. The "footage" he got that day was extraordinary. That man's name? Hans Cameraman.

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

On the Edinburgh to Aberdeen train, somewhat unnerved by this description of Leuchars.

Search summary for Leuchars with a picture of a church and the description: "Human settlement in Scotland".

A photograph of a Scottish cloud over ploughed fields taken just outside Leuchars, the human settlement in Scotland.

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Turns out "I'm from the government and I'm here to help" is actually slightly less scary than "I'm a rich pervert who wants everyone to die".

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

To celebrate Hobbit day yesterday (happy belated birthday frodo and bilbo btw) I've listened to the pilot episode of Eleanor and Alasdair Read That which I realised i'd missed, about the hobbit. Highly recommend! www.podbean.com/ew/pb-gx3r7-...

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We Read The Hobbit - Pilot Episode

Eleanor and Alasdair read The Hobbit. J. R. R. Tolkien's 1937 novel is a millennial horror story about a guy who has to attend an unexpected party. It's also a children's fantasy classic, and the insp...

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I don't know how to explain it, but orcs aren't real. Obviously, I don't believe in goblins and elves, but I REALLY don't believe in orcs. They're just something that was invented by a famous fantasy writer, like transphobia.

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

If that IS what you think, I have something to tell you. Something that may shock and discredit you. And that thing is as follows... I'm not wearing a tie at all.

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Petty to share, but: a guy said one of my clips was "as funny as being kicked up the arse". Fair enough, but I do think it would be funny if he got kicked up the arse.

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Last-minute tickets available for my (almost) sold-out show at The Stand in Edinburgh TONIGHT! Please buy them! www.thestand.co.uk/performance/22558/alasdair-beckett-king-king-of-crumbs/20260922/edinburgh

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

More impeccable accents from @eleanormorton.bsky.social and me in this month's episode of Eleanor & Alasdair Read That:

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Steven (with a PH) @sjksalisbury.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Christening a baby is nothing like christening a ship. I know that now. Once again I can only apologise.

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Be Gay Solve Crimes @begaysolvecrimes.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

hard boiled egg (sam spade), softboy egg (philip marlowe), pickled egg (hank quinlan), century egg (Zhang), scrambled egg (Harry du Bois), tea stained egg (patrick jane), eggs benedict (guess), poached egg (Vidocq), scotch egg (rebus), omelette (maigret)

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I say, "Listen kid, you need a hook. Get a tattoo."

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Next on my tour: Edinburgh (sold out), ABERDEEN, STIRLING and NEWBURY! Tell your friends! Especially if you have 200 friends who live in Newbury. Tickeeets: www.mickperrin.com/tours/king-of-crumbs/

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Kev F Comic Artist @kevfcomicartist.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Brand new episode of Comic Cuts The Panel Show, and if you’ve never heard the show before this is a good place to start - comedians Alasdair Beckett King and Wendy Wason bring in a couple of nicely chosen comic panels. Listen wherever you get your pods cast. www.buzzsprout.com/1788415/epis...

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Wendy Wason & Alasdair Beckett-King - Comic Cuts - The Panel Show

Two top comics bring in two top comics! Stand ups Wendy Wason and Alasdair Beckett-King bring in a couple of strips, both of which foxed your host to begin with, but stay tuned for some lucky guesswor...

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violet allen @blipstress.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Think of all the sins Edmund Pevensie would've committed if he had access to modern candies and treats or, like, cocaine.

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Victoria Nunn @viva-victoria.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Gateshead International #FilmFestival showcasing global independent film Submissions free for North East #filmmakers - love local talent getting a platform right here in #Gateshead! 16–18 July 2027 Vue Cinema Gateshead & free outdoor screenings in Trinity Square #FilmFestival #IndependentCinema

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Gateshead to host International Film Festival as callout made for local talent

New GIFF is out to champion local talent and create opportunities ahead of summer debut

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

In children's publishing, this has been like VE Day.

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Well, of course those hippy Marxists at the Financial Times would say that.

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Did people stop crying about critical race theory or did I stop looking at Twitter?

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

HOO BOY! I hated The Water-Babies almost as much as Charles Kingsley hated the Irish. Here's a little preview of Saturday's ep of Eleanor & Alasdair Read That. Finally, a book tha t didn't make @eleanormorton.bsky.social want to be an orphan. Subscribe & be the first to listen: linktr.ee/readthat

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Maybe next time the Doctor/companion could attempt to achieve something, placing them in dramatic tension with some kind of antagonist, and their reactions to adversity could tell us something about them / the human experience. OR just do another season of Four People Say Things In a Room.

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I'd have thought that the goal of a nominally centre-left political party would be to build a voter base of marginalised groups with overlapping interests and not to deliberately alienate minorities and then get arsey about it. But, what I failed to consider is, they don't want to.

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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 17/09/2026

great art articulates eternal truths

script of the end of Waiting for Godot which has been modified to read

ESTRAGON: Well, shall we log off?
VLADIMIR: Yes, let's log off.
[They do not log off]

CURTAIN

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Angus Dunican @angusdunican.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

What a truly excellent series of acting choices this fifty seconds of television presents…

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jenny tightpants @jtp.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

"the author of that harry potter story leads an insane cult that's captured much of the media in this country" is a different person if you're in the UK or the US

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