Charlie Brooker: Craig Parker is a cockend

[MrHoodey]

take you fucking hands out of your pockets when you are talking to me! XD

[TheWinterfyllith]

Marry me Charlie!

[ServantOfAllah0264]

ABSOLUTELY HILARIOUS

[sagerainwillow]

God, I love Craig Parker. I have a few holes he can put his knob in.

[baraxor]

Watch out...Raboplus Girl is on his "to break" list....

[PSXDubai12]

Taja3429 Shut it already we all know you want Craig Parker to plug you in, hes a idiot nuff said, and you can't know him your fan, just because you met doesn't mean you know him

[DannieTheElf]

Oh, he's a cockend in this commercial alright! Lol!

[RogueTheElfWarrior1]

@DannieTheElf

I'll say he is one! Lol!

[RogueTheElfWarrior1]

@DannieTheElf

I wonder if he and Mark Ferguson ever play Hide The Maypole----with each other....

[ManUtd01109]

Love Charlie Brooker... Love Craig Parker.  This is genius!

[danieljamesmead]

This is actually a clip from The Top Ten Advertising Cocks, you can look it up on youtube. Someone's titled and edited it to make it look like its attacking the actor. It's attacking the character that the ad execs have created.

[TUPRBABE]

Soooo ... Craig Parker is one of advertising's biggest cocks? I've got to see this! Hehehe >:)

[Taja3429]

oh my God this is a load of bullshit. Okay I love legend of the seeker and Lord of the rings so I know Caig Parker (The actor) because of that.I also met him and he was such a lovely fella, but how can i take this seriously since i know he's just ripping off his own brand of critisim from yatzee a game reviewer who is much funnier and actually has a point to make.

[CrownedWithLaurels]

@Taja3429 Okay, I'm not saying Charlie Brooker is some kind of comedy genius, but in fairness he's been doing this since BEFORE the first Zero Punctuation, so you can't really say he's ripping off Yahtzee. Anyway, it's just a joke, and he's not saying anything about Craig Parker, just the character he plays in the ad..

[RH98]

@Taja3429 "actually has a point to make" - Urm, have you actually seen any of Brooker's stuff? Through Screenwipe and Newswipe he has scope to comment on a great number of issues, which he does. Social commentary is deeply interwoven into most of his segments. And there are plenty of vids from these shows on Youtube...

[sausagedogmcgee]

@Taja3429

You idiot.

This is done for laughs and is clearly not indicative of Charlie's opinion of Craig Parker - if anything he's making fun of the wanky characters you get in adverts, the actor portraying them is irrelevant - and Yahtzee got the idea for his style of criticism from Charlie Brooker, not the other way around. Charlie's been doing it for a lot longer.

[phizzyphizzy]

@Taja3429 Charlie Brooker ripped off Yahtzee's style? You realise even the first episode of Screenwipe aired in March 2006, while the first Zero Punctuation was uploaded in July 2007. Before that Brooker used a similar style of criticism in his Screen Burn column, and even before that when he was a writer for PC Zone. Maybe you're just new to life. Had you encountered such contents as sarcasm and satire before you found the love of your life, Ben Croshaw?

[NextianGeometry]

@Taja3429 This comment would seem merely irrelevant without the Yahtzee comment, given that Yahtzee has claimed that Brooker was an influence of his writing and performance style, given that Brooker was doing it years earlier.

As for the other part of the comment, of course the actor's a nice guy. But the character he's playing here is a twat, and the point is that the image he represent is also repellent. That's the "point to make".

[ST3Intrigue]

I'm a huge Craig Parker fan, but I LMFAO at this! Hilarious! This Booker guy reminds me of...me.

[xXxFeebzxXx]

Not being a killjoy or nothing lol, but er, isn't this an advert? And doesn't that mean he's being told to act like that?

[mikebulzary]

Maybe he isn't mocking the actor, but mocking the creators of the advert for making him act like a cock in the deluded hope that it'll sell more. Maybe Craig Parker is just the face, and by mocking the face, he's mocking the advert as a whole...

[xXxFeebzxXx]

Yeah, I think you're right. I did think it was a bit odd that this guy was mocking the actor for just acting off a script. Isn't that what actors do?

[p3rs0nan0ngrata]

@mikebulzary

Well, I'd say he's actually mocking the character.

[mikebulzary]

Well yeah. "By making him act like a cock" - I'm saying he IS mocking the character. By mocking the character (which the makers thought would help it sell more), he's mocking the makers as well.

[baraxor]

Lord Darken Rahl commands it!

[waydeewaydee]

Who the fuck is Craig Parker? the cockend that did this crap ad for ING?

If so, he is a cockend - a massive one infact, trying to sell mortgages to people while making innuendo, walking about with his hands in his pockets and looking like a smug twat.

Brooker says it like it is, the fact that this cockend has a fan-club who are outraged at the truth for whatever reason doesn't change that.

[frontier219]

@waydeewaydee I like Charlie Brooker - He's hilarious. Copying exactly what he said and then trying to palm it off as your own opinion, however, makes you look like a bit of a brown nosed bellend.

[gossieuk]

if brooker says it it must be true

[AlrightSiarr]

hahahahaa i think mortgages should have holes you can put your knob in,

thats the best line i've heard, ever.

[gossieuk]

i tried to click the thumbs up button more than once. thats how much this comment means to me

[Soundfrequency]

Ha ha! Lintel love-es Crai-aig! Nyah nyah nyah!

[Lukeeeeo]

lol soo funny hilarious brilliant i love it. sexy little margages

[mandajayne82]

i think craig parker is sweet. he gave me a hug.

[Applemask]

He's a kiwi?

[Tooth4Tooth]

don't get me wrong - the clip itself is hilarious & subtly self-deprecating - it's the flaming that i don't understand.

[Tooth4Tooth]

is this, like, an official craig parker-hating club?? sorry i don't get it. he's not famous enough for so many ppl to feel so strongly about him.

+ he's kinda hot in this. lots of big-time actors do print & tv ads & commercials, certainly for money. yt is full of these clips. ashton? scarlett? you name it. what's the big deal?

pls don't tell me that it's b/c obscure ugly broken people yearn to bash beautiful happy people. and form support groups to do it together. if so, sux to be you. *shrug*

[DividedByOne]

Mortgages should have holes you can put your knob in! Ha Ha and HA!

[berriesncream2]

take ya hands out ya fucking pockets when ya talk to me rofl

[oneminutetomidknight]

sorry but in the advert he is a cock

[paddy313]

Well fuck a doodle do missderanged are you just the prize cunt, booo hooo i take offense at people giving shit to someone i dont and will never personally know......

its all a bit of fun for fuck sake

[Mick342]

you are a horrid twat.....you use the name "deranged" cos you wa us to think the your a little "cooky" or "Funkey and Ecentric"

but low and behold this only futher displays the fact that you are with-out a single doubt be cought rubbing her minge while stareing almost forlorn at her fucking Darren Day posters!!!!

YOU TWAT!!!!

[woooowoooooo]

You are technically right, but I think why people like him so much is that he actually gives a critic's educated view...you just have to look past all the bad language, which I think he uses better than anyone I know!

[alexxyz456]

fuck you

you must be a boring, humourless preening twat

[qwertyuiopdan1]

what like you would never call anyone a "little English pig?" which in itself is extremely xenophobic. fucking hypocrite

[hurricaneUK]

Craig Parker IS a cockend

[Gwuinivyre]

why does this guy have an issue with craig? Ive heard from alot of people that he is a nice guy. ive never met him personally.... but whats this critics problem? what did he ever do to have him gain the title of arrogant cockhead? im just curious is all... so flamers... go hate on someone who cares.

[majorj0nny]

who the f*ck is Craig Parker - and more importantly, who give a damn anyway ?

Charlie Brooker rules and sh1ts all over Craig Parkersons fat head (whoever he is?)

[swisscottagelondon]

They're all too busy crying over the All Blacks losing the World Cup still...that and fucking sheep and their sisters, obviously.

[HeadlightMorningGlow]

I didn't see any New Zealanders gathering around to defend him, actually.

Charlie Brooker's such a hero.

[funkgun81]

Craig Parker was Haldir in The Lord of the Rings. And I cheered when he died!!!

[stevolution666]

HAHAHAHAHA

[gthreek]

OH NO NEW ZEALAND IS OFFENDED

[edwetenhall123]

totally right, what a cock

[SXI1972]

i think mortgages should have holes you can put your cock in...lol

[CPLovin123]

Craig Parker is not a cockend D<

[yerty2000]

Craig Parker is not just a cockend but a cockend from the third world! FUCK YOU ALL!!! I went to NZ and they couldn't give two fucks if I brought a kilo of heroin with me but if I dared bring a banana they would deport me; but only after kicking the shit out of me. FUCK NZ, if you haven't been there, save yourself the trouble and don't go (unless you plan to bomb it.)

[quantomintomentum]

Ohhh yes he is

[inuyashaandkagome222]

o.O

[nikkipamplemousse]

christ people. it's one fat balding mans opinion! i think parkers a good actor, but that clip was still fucking funny. even more so, because it's more men and mortgages apparantly?

[Thiefaine4craig]

Give Craig a flipping break!! poor guy

[duncabbin]

he's a wanker

[ttto]

i think mortgages should have holes you can put your knob in

[TGPMatt]

I wonder why no-one agrees with your sentiments, judging by the thumbs down...

...probably because you're defending a pretty run-of-the-mill actor who sold out to a shit advert after his brief flash in the pan in LotR died down. He's so stuck for roles he had to go back to Shortland Street. Which is gash.

Grow up kid. For a Uni student you'd think you'd be able to spell...

[TGPMatt]

Strange. I thought I had argued the point completely.

Probably explains why you haven't argued the toss on it. Although the mockery obviously worked, because you've spit your dummy out. Give me a minute to get the JCB so I can put all your toys back in your pram...

[TGPMatt]

"fuck off u stupid twat charles cunt broker"

Nah, it's just funny to see you lose your rag when someone has a joke at your expense. Charlie Brooker is one of the best cynics around and you go hate him for little. Enough to call him a cunt anyway.

You're basing your judgement on a tiny insignificant clip as insignificant as the actor you're staunchly defending.

Classic defensive tendencies, having to attack my thought process to claim a moral victory...

[Yoshi7Link]

ok whatever, i've never heard of this Charles Brooker guy, maybe coz i live on the other side of the world, who cares, i just found this clip, didn't agree with it and decided to bash him, and just backing it up a little, weren't u the one attcking MY thought process, and wtf, there's no moral victory

[MachineSleet4]

important comment

[paganink]

Oh and charles brooker you seem like a knob end yourself so i dunno what your talking about!!

[vigimael]

Hello, the distant past. It's not 'Charles'.

[paganink]

Excuse me but Craig Parker jst so happens 2 b a grt actor and he is quite famous in new zealand and england And lets see ure in a bar and you jst so happen 2 be sitting next 2 Craig Parker and yeah your drinking alcohol every1 knows u say stupid things and u also repeat yourself when u r drunk so next time dont judge a book by its cover and actually get 2 know a person before you make that kind of judgement u dnt know him, i dnt know him but i know he is a gd actor cause he proves it on screen.

[stichesOsunshine]

he didn't say he's not a good actor he said he's an rrogant cock.

[foxcell]

LOL

[mediabody]

fantastic! I met this guy when he lived in London one night at a bar. He kept telling me he was a big star and ends up he was a second class elf in Lord of the Rings. Charlie has it right - what a sad knob.

[paulsmartialarts]

More of a "fucking prick", but yeah, something along those lines. Now let's watch his career die.

[MisterEsh]

Too bad his career is on a high.

b-b-b-but :'(

[SPeacock]

Whose career? Craig's or Charlie's?

[Tooth4Tooth]

yeah you wish.

the 1st time i saw someone commenting how an actor hit on them in a bar, i thought "OMG!!!" and the 2nd time. .......... by the 30th time, it started to seem a wee bit odd - ^all^ these actors seem to do ^nothing^ but hang around bars hitting on ^unwilling^ people. ha. haha.