Why is frankie boyle retiring

Grounded with Louis Theroux. Home Episodes Clips Articles Podcast. Main content. Frankie Boyle: 10 things we learned when he spoke to Louis Theroux. He does yoga five days a week As a comedian, Frankie has always had an image of being very acerbic, possibly even a little bit angry. His TV career floundered after the Paralympics. I have these big ear lobes because he [the surgeon] was supposed to pin these back, but he died before he finished. You must enable JavaScript to play content.

Boyle was its MVP, providing a counterpoint to the perkier panellists with his blistering rants, savage attacks on celebrities, gasp-inducing gags and bleakly bitter worldview. Without its scary Scottish uncle to keep it on its toes, the series lost its edge. Puppyish West Country whimsy-pedlar Russell Howard jumped ship the following year.

Even stalwart Parsons departed. Two besuited middle-aged dads, desperately trying to keep the angry young dream alive, despite their greying temples and impending Ocado deliveries. Mock the Week has become a backslappy corporate conference. Even the theme tune, News of the World by the Jam, sounds knackered, what with being four decades old and named after a phone-tapping tabloid that went to the great recycling bin in the sky eight years ago.

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