We developed rules: no celebrity references, no recurring characters, no catchphrases.
Some celebrity references used to keep us smiling are too obvious.
"It's a period I've always been kind of being regretful that I was never old enough to experience", says Dempsie. "For me and Perry, a lot of our comedy comes from our obscure celebrity references and a lot of its improvised so you have to quickly Google whether certain people were around then".
According to WBEZ, Adam sprinkled Thursday's closing arguments with voice imitations, bizarre celebrity references and personal jabs at the government's star witness, William Ponzo.
Black said the exemplary damages clauses would almost certainly be contrary to European law and criticised "an unrepresentative lobby group of celebrities", a reference to the pressure group Hacked Off, which was involved in the talks between the Tories, Labour and Lib Dems that led to the controversial press deal last Monday morning.
In a House of Lords debate on Monday on the bill, Black said the clauses on exemplary damages were almost certainly contrary to European law and criticised "an unrepresentative lobby group of celebrities", a reference to the pressure group Hacked Off, which was involved in the late-night talks between the Tories, Labour and Lib Dems that led to the Leveson press deal last Monday morning.
He lamented that the first thing transmitted would probably be celebrity drivel, referencing Princess Mary Adelaide, a sort of 19th century, Kardashian-esque gossip-magnet: "Perchance the first news that will leak through into the broad flapping American ear will be that Princess Adelaide has the whooping cough".
That attachment felt is, in fact, one-sided, even if a star's music or films hold special meaning to a fan on a personal level, even if the celebrity has referenced their partner's dick size, and even if they've opened up about the loss of a loved one on Instagram.
"Dead Celebrities" includes references to several actors, singers and other celebrities who died in the summer of 2009, when the thirteenth season of South Park was on a mid-season hiatus.
