Two Idiots And A Genius
Two Idiots and a Genius is a satirical journey through the politics and culture of the UK and USA from 2012-2024, 12 years in which almost nothing at all happened.
If you were in a coma.
For those of you who were conscious during that period, this book serves both as a reminder of things you may have forgotten and therapy for the things you wish you could forget. It was written primarily to make you laugh! We laughed a lot while we were writing it.
It’s based on the writing that we’ve done for the Genius in the title: the legendary Rory Bremner: impressionist, comedian, actor and all round splendid chap.
We’ve also added a good deal of new material and freshened up the older stuff with jokes we wish we’d thought of at the time. Because we can’t help ourselves.
The Two Idiots
Mary Fowler
After gaining an MA in Creative Writing, Mary wandered off on a thankfully short journey of writing soulful poetry which nobody read. Then she glanced over at Tim’s laptop as he was jotting down jokes for Rory and thought ‘I can do that!’ So she did, does and continues to do so. She’s the shorter of the two idiots.
Being of proud Irish stock, she’s kissed the Blarney Stone and subsequently has the gift of the gab which translates nicely into writing ridiculous ‘what if’ jokes.
She lives with Tim, Dexter and Boudicca (cats, not a serial killer and an ancient queen) in a moderately tidy house. Just don’t look at the dust or under the rugs.
Tim Fowler
Tim Fowler was born in Belfast and is a proud Ulsterman, albeit a covert one, having entirely lost his accent – with the exception of how he says the words “compost” and “oven” which the rest of his family find utterly hilarious for some reason.
He is a self-confessed politics junkie. Not content with having a degree in it, in 2012 he moved seamlessly from shouting abuse at the television to the similar but slightly more respectable activity of writing political comedy.
He lives in a village near Durham with Mary, two cats and a large record collection.
Reviews
Tim and Mary instinctively understand the art of topical comedy – being topical and satirical while not forgetting to be funny.
I had a whale of a time reading this.. and really admired Mary and Tim’s ability to keep staring into the darkness and coming back out of it with jokes.
A very clever approach..was a lot of fun reading..there were times when it reminded me of Douglas Adams, in that very British hard satire way. It’s just so brutal but funny..takes the reader on an adventure as if..we are all in on the joke. Writing is really well done.
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