Russell Brand has started an exciting new chapter in his life, in which he is imitating Fred Armisen’s Nick Fehn character from Saturday Night Live full-time. Brand now has a YouTube channel that pretty much consists of the Brit pundit/comedian/actor/West Ham fan holding a copy of The Sun and saying, “Pfff! I mean! Come on!” except with Brand’s typical Thesaurus Rex vocabulary. Compare and contrast:
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Several people on the YouTubes have noticed a similarity between Brand’s patter and that of the English actor Phil Daniels and his rant-verse in Blur’s iconic single “Parklife.” So they made a remix of one of Brand’s rants, set to the song. Thanks, Internet. PARKLIFE!
(h/t Buzzfeed)