The head of comedy at the BBC was left squirming after he was asked a tricky question about the hugely popular but also divisive sitcom Mrs Brown's Boys at a recent Q&A
The BBC director of comedy has refused to answer a seemingly simple question: Does he find Mrs Brown's Boys funny?
The BBC sitcom, penned and led by Brendan O'Carroll, has kept some of Ireland and the UK laughing for over a decade, with fans eagerly awaiting their annual Christmas specials. The Irish actor, who portrays the sharp-tongued matriarch, Agnes Brown, enlisted his own kin and close pals to star in the show.
"I’m just gonna leave this here….Mrs Browns Boys…we are forced to pay for this horrific content, it should be a choice," one TV fan once wrote on Twitter when discussing the state-funded channel. "Please please axe Mrs Browns Boys," another tweeted the BBC directly, with a third asking in 2021: "The @BBC said its decision to axe #TheMashReport was you sometimes have to make way for new comedy...
The TV boss nervously laughed at the question before he was saved by the Q&A's host, comedy writer Michelle de Swarte, who stepped up to save the day. "It's a trap. It's a trap. Look at me. That's a trap," she told a grateful Jon, before swiftly moving on and asking: "Next question."
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