I don't think so, he seemed to hit right about the time Operation Yewtree began, it's almost entirely a British sense of humour that he's drawing to, and the majority of people I know, despite the atrocities of what Savile did, seem to find it hilarious that everybody knew he was a blatant pedophile, but nobody did a thing.
By excluding the last part, after the comma (but nobody did a thing), it's out of context. The red-tape and bureaucracy and cowardliness and bumbling of the BBC is what we find funny, it's pretty standard for the organisation as a whole. There's definitely no excusing the actions of those who failed to act, and that's definitely unfunny.
Blimey I remember looking at Jim'll Paint It about 2 years ago and his paint skills sucked (as do mine - coupled with the limitations of MS Paint). Now he seems pretty damn good. His 'Tragic Roundabout' is beautiful. I never really thought that you could get good at art by .. well doing art. Nice one Jim.
Cute. But don't we all pretty much have friends with the same deal - suggest something interesting, they'll paint it? Because that's how artists work anyway.
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[ 2.8 ms ] story [ 39.4 ms ] threadI'm not sure hilarious is the correct emotional response here.
https://www.facebook.com/JimllPaintIt
You get more of the audience-participatory sense of fun.