Not a very promising title for a comedy show, but this was definitely one of the hidden gems of 2009. A whimsical Scottish-made comedy about 4 soldiers recently back from Iraq. Not sounding any better at that point, but it’s just the situation for the sit-com about 4 mates taking the piss out of each other and life in general.
Interspersing the show are little videos like this one supposedly shot on a mobile while in Iraq – the Osama Bin Laden one rating American fast food joints is hysterical but check out the Soldier Boys doing some moves….
As the modern Galactica hots up towards it’s conclusion, and Pinksy sticks his fingers ever deeper in his ears to avoid any spoilers, lets take 3 minutes to enjoy the solid gold TV that was: Galactica 1980. The horror, the horror…..
Well, Clarkson’s upset a few more people this time calling Gordon Brown a ‘one-eyed Scottish idiot’.
This has driven all the usual rent-a-quotes into a fit of apoplexy, and will no doubt soon lead to the Daily Mail carpet bombing Television Centre demanding old Jezza’s head and probably that of his first born son too.
The Chief Executive of the Royal National Institutue for the Blind called it ‘unacceptable’. No, unacceptable is the RNIB having to beg for funds to help blind people, while Gordon and his cronies on both sides of the House sip the finest wines, stuff their fat faces with the best food and carpet their offices with shag pile you sink to your knees in (and I’ve been in there) all at Taxpayers expense.
Scottish Labour part leader Iain Gray joined in and added the hysterical observation that “Most people here are proud that the prime minister is a Scot and believe him to be the right person to get the UK through this global economic crisis.”
Really? Tell me Iain, what’s the climate like on your world and when did you develop inter-reality travel? Most people I speak to (and I live in Scotland) think that Gordon Brown’s a cock, but there you go. Perhaps it means they’re proud.
Still, let’s settle this non-story by addressing the facts:
Gordon Brown has one eye: Check. I didn’t know this, but it explains a lot.
Gordon Brown is Scottish: Yep, but I won’t hold that against the rest of the country.
Gordon Brown’s an idiot? Would an idiot have sold 3/4 of Britain’s gold reserves for peanuts to fund a massive spending spree, further jacked up with massive loans which will take generations to pay off? Ah…..
Jeremy Clarkson 1 – Rentagobs attempting to defelct attention from their own failings 0.
While I’m a long way from a rabid Formula 1fan, I’ve been a long-time viewer and can well remember Nigel Mansell’s tyre exploding in a shower of sparks depriving him of a world title many years ago.
So it was nice to see Britain produce a new Formula 1 World Champion today, at only 23 Lewis Hamilton, racing for McLaren, became the youngest ever, and the first Briton since 1996 to take the title.
You can enjoy the final two laps in the video below, or if you just enjoy a touch of schadenfreude then fast forward to around 2:15 where you’ll see the moment where, in the midst of leaping around celebrating, Ferrari realise that they didn’t actually win the title after all. Happy days.
Those of you in the UK can pick it up on Challenge TV where the undead Stuart Hall provides classic commentary reminiscent of It’s a Knockout from your dim & distant youth. In this clip Mr Octopus enters his 6th tournament never having got past the first stage – can he make it this time? If you catch the full programme you’ll see some genuinely fit people climbing sheer ledges supported only by their fingertips and such like: it’s enough to make me go to the kitchen for another beer……
Jeremy Beadle, he of the unfeasibly small hand, neat beard and psychotically cruel candid camera trick is no more:
From Game For A Laugh, to the unimaginably popular Beadle’s About and final retirement on You’ve Been Framed it’s yet another piece of my childhood gone forever – here’s a clip from BA where someone else is nearly driven to murder in the name of entertainment:
I rarely bother with TV these days as there’s just so much dross on, what with ‘reality’ shows, celebrity dancing/ice skating/formation minefield dancing (I can dream about the last one) that I just give up & read books instead – how retro! – but having actually seen the first episode of Reaper, I might try and watch the next one:
The premise is quite simple: 21+ years ago Sams parents made a deal with the devil to save his dad’s life – the soul of their firstborn would belong to Beezlebub. They decided not to have any kids to prevent such a terrible thing, and after finding out that the father was infertile soon after, abandoned the idea of contraception. But they forgot who they’d made a deal with….
From the genius mind of Kevin Smith it’s pretty inventive and the first episode was quite funny – if I can stand the 20 minutes of adverts in every hour I may even watch the whole series….
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