Any other Armando Iannucci fans?

[Habbibu]

Because I love him. A lot. And read an article which said that most people would never have heard of him, to which I though "what utter rot", and composed a witty riposte. In my head.

So, anyone else a fan of the Big-nosed Jock Wop?

Saw a trailer for his film this morning and made mental note to ask friend to spend cinema vouchers I got her there...
Hello hab, have gone back to the old familiar mn name! Oh, and Aitch, if you went to school with Armando Iannucci, you also went to school with my ex boyfriend. You have my sympathies.

Hello!!! Good heavens - is that the ex I'm thinking of - S??? How are you doing?

Yup, the very one... was good friends with Mr Iannucci (same year).
Am not too bad. We all went to see The Tiger Who Came to Tea this morning. An expensive but worthwhile diversion!

How did I not know that? Gah - if you'd just stuck it out a bit longer we could have acquired Armando as a friend, dropped S and then hung out with the cool comedy people. I feel so let down.

Will take dd to see Tiger in summer, I think. Will call you over the weekend.

I do still have cool comedy connections though!

Gosh, haven't read whole thread but was that the Decca Aitkenhead interview? Riddled with mistakes - clearly she had never heard of him before rolling up to meet him. I think he is wonderful and am almost beside myself with excitement about In the Loop being released tomorrow - friend coming round shortly unaware that she will be volunteering to babysit very soon so my husband and I can go to the cinema .

Now that I have got the excitement of meeting fellow AI fans out of my system, I have read the first few posts and seen that, yes, it was Decca and, yes, she is dreadful and, yes, he is wonderful so please just ignore my jibbering (it's the anticipation of a really great night out at the cinema...).

oh firepile, that is so depressing. am i officially the gimmer of MN?

Fear not, Aitch, a couple of years does not a gimmer make! As ever, I overstate.