The long-running topical comedy show made its way stateside in September and it’s turned out to be a far different proposition than the original“Big up Keir Starmer,” declared a British prisoner released early from jail last month. “Well, he said more than that,” joked Charlie Brooker, that week’s guest host on Have I Got News for You. “But his sentence got cut short.”Cue muffled laughter, and groans. “Very good,” lied Ian Hislop, a veteran team captain on the long-running UK comedy panel show. When a moth was spotted flying around the studio, Paul Merton, the other captain, quipped: “I think it’s jumped out of the script.” Continue reading...