The new character's attitude may or may not be a little counter-productive, given that we're the ones who want Ray & Ed to do well more than anyone else, but the way I see it I've had lots of free laughs off of Ray and Ed so any resentful characters they're trying out are entitled to a little bit of a break after three weeks of an Edinburgh run, which by all accounts is a gruelling and frequently demoralising experience for any fictional comedy persona. Despite that we've had two free podcasts from there so far, 17 quality video blogs, and two more podcasts on the way at some point. I just made myself laugh again thinking about Brucie & the queen, and also Ed's quick thinking with his high-pitched "Errm, we are just doing some cocaine" excuse. On top of all that, the Emergency Broadcast show I saw was worth much more to me than the ticket price. Basically we get a very good deal.
So yeah, we love you Ray and Ed. Hope you can have some proper recovery time after Edinburgh. The more you abuse us the more we'll come back to you like some freaky S&M girl. And it'll really make my day when those podcasts finally pop up in my RSS feed.