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Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar
Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar: Based on the Hilarious BBC Radio 4 Series | Alexei Sayle
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Alexei Sayle reveals his true vocation: proprietor of an imaginary sandwich shop. Blending politics, comedy, philosophy and memoir, this is the Godfather of Alternative Comedy at his most anarchic and irresistibly entertaining Alexei Sayle has been telling people he runs a sandwich bar on Gray's Inn Road that doesn't exist since the mid-1970s. From behind this imaginary counter Alexei dispenses wisdom and focaccia to his famous customers as he explores his love of pretending, reveals why he disappeared from our TV screens in the 1990's, lobbies for eleven-hour long episodes of Newsnight and discusses rampant nepotism in coveted careers. And from drawing striking comparisons between capitalism and all-you-can-eat buffets to discussing the hidden depths of Taylor Swift, this flight of fancy packs a surprising punch and will leave you hungry for more.
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It helped that while reading this book, I had Alexei's voice in my head, from deranged apoplexy to soft thoughtfulness. He's humorous, but as with much comedy adapted from standup routines, it's infinitely better hearing it being performed, so I again recommend checking out his radio show 📻🤣
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The_Book_Ninja It‘s uncanny, he is the spit of my old landlord Jerzy Balowski 7d
Bookwomble @The_Book_Ninja Now you mention it, he also has a look of Harry the Bastard from our local Rumbelows! 7d
The_Book_Ninja @Bookwomble Not the bloke who‘s always eating Pot Noodles? 7d
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"Here, I'll tell you what I hate - Fascism! I can't stand it, me, I think it's really, really terrible. I do. I think it's bang out of order. That's just me, though. You might like it, you might think it's OK. Indeed, you might be a fan of radical authoritarian nationalism but I think you'd be wrong."
[Said in a loud, thick Scouse accent, softening to a matey tone, one eyebrow raised ?]

How to respond to Reform UK and MAGA ??s
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AmyG I hate Fascism! 1w
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CarolynM Ah the memories… I miss the political comedy of the 80s 6d
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"John Maynard Keynes said, "When the facts change, I change my opinion." But when you're in a cult, when the facts change, you change the facts! To the end of her life my mother would never admit that there was anything wrong with the Soviet Union. The most she would admit was, "Mistakes were made." But as she used to say, "You can't make an omelette without murdering forty million people.""

Bookwomble Alexei wrote this in 2017. The linked article is from the same year. Both, sadly, even more relevant now:
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2017/01/a-lesson-for-trump-from-stalin-lies-...
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I love Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar radio show. There isn't much Marxist comedy on the BBC (or anywhere else, probably!), so where else am I going to get ideologically sound laughs? ✊🏻🚩😂
Most of all, he's funny, and if you need some dark, absurdist humour in your life, I encourage you to listen to Alexei:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b084bmn9?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile

The_Book_Ninja Protect Alexei at all costs! 1w
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#BookHaul
Back home, and my trip to Didsbury netted me these six tomes, five from EJ Morten and one from a well-stocked Oxfam ( @rwmg that's the Judge Dee 😊).
I set a budget, I kept to the budget: winning at life! 💷📚🏅🏆👏🏻🫠👏🏻

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