Comment on Count Binface Celebrates beating Britain First

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• Cornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The guy playing him didn’t own the copyright, since it was originally from an 80s TV show. Once he made the character famous, the copyright owner fucked him over and he had to come up with his own character, thus Count Binface.

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  • casmael@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’s pretty shitty. I think count binface is a better name tho tbh.

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• TwigletSparkle@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Pretty sure the good Lord Buckethead only runs against the Prime Minister in general elections.

  Every hero needs a sidekick for the smaller jobs

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  • TwigletSparkle@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Ok, I’m completely wrong; they’re the same person. Lord Buckethead was copyrighted so he had to metamorphasize (painfully by his account) into Count Binface.

    Not sure if this is a better supehero backstory though.

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    • 1rre@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I heard he was rebuilt after a long and arduous war on the planet Kopirite

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• frazorth@feddit.uk ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Interesting back story.

  Lord Buckethead has been three different people in different elections.

  Count Binface is the second Lord Buckethead, the one who made the character famous when he stood against May in Maidenhead.

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  • Klear@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    May in Maidenhead

    That’s not part of the bit, is it?

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• Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Copyright

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• Blackmist@feddit.uk ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  A sad story involving a young food waste bin and Operation Yewtree.

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