TV & Radio Category
Television and radio programme reviews, trailers, highlights, twilights and cinema news. Also the neglected gems from years past.
From 1976 two Swine Flu films to scare the life out of you
WINTER is coming. And that means swine flu. Be afraid. In 1976, you were very afaird. And Dotty – poor, poor Dotty. Well, she died:
Posted: 26th, September 2012 | In: Flashback, TV & Radio | Comment
Taliban and Al Qaeda big losers at 64th Primetime Emmy Awards: winners in full
TO the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards, to see Damian Lewis win best actor in a drama series for his role in Homeland, and Dame Maggie Smith win best supporting actress for her role in Downton Abbey. Lewis thanked his wife: “I adore you darling.” Claire Danes, who won best actress for her role in Homeland thanks to: “My husband, my love, my life, my baby daddy, this doesn’t mean anything without you.” Such is the fascination with the War on Terror (what Obama wanted renamed the “Overseas Contingency Operation” and George Dubya Bush We actually wanted called “the struggle against ideological extremists who do not believe in free societies who happen to use terror as a weapon to try to shake the conscience of the free world”) that it features on one front page: the Sun leads with news that British Taliban wants to murder Prince Harry. Other Brits merely want to fight him in a bar or shag him.
Claire Danes did not thank the Taliban nor Al Qaeda for making great TV possible.
War! What is it good for? Good telly and
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Posted: 24th, September 2012 | In: Celebrities, TV & Radio | Comment
The best exit by a squirrel ever (video)
THE best exit by a squirrel ever:
Posted: 23rd, September 2012 | In: TV & Radio | Comment
BBC panel shows are run by men for men: the numbers
THE new BBC Director General is George Entwistle. He says the Beeb needs “more women and less bureaucracy“. Less, you know, men on panels – like the ones on Mock the Week, Would I Lie To You?, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, Have I Got News For You, QI and Big Fat Quiz Of The Year. All BBC shows that fail to feature enough women on the panels of nodding heads:
This site has looked at how the BBC favours men for its panel shows:
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Posted: 21st, September 2012 | In: TV & Radio | Comment (1)
A chameleon washes its hands in the style of Alfred Hitchcock
A CHAMELEON washes its hands in the style of Alfred Hitchcock knotting a neck tie:
Posted: 21st, September 2012 | In: TV & Radio | Comment
Video proof that cats are better than dogs – is the toxoplasma gondii talking?
ARE cats better than dogs? Or have cats just turned humans into their slaves? Is this the sound of toxoplasma gondii?
Posted: 20th, September 2012 | In: TV & Radio | Comment
Honesty in journalism: Lucy Yang is trapped by flood waters
HONESTY in journalism: Lucy Yang is trapped by flooding in New Jersey:
Posted: 19th, September 2012 | In: TV & Radio | Comment
God advertises on Sky channel Sky Channel 595
GOD advertises on Sky Channel 595:
Posted: 18th, September 2012 | In: TV & Radio | Comment
Elephant tosses poo at zoo visitor (video)
IN this video an elephant (Pacy Rabanne?) passes comment on Helmut’s outfit:
Posted: 18th, September 2012 | In: TV & Radio | Comment
Expert of the day: the Double-Utensil Wash
EXPERT of the day showcases the Double-Utensil Wash. Grace Fitzpatrick is an expert:
Posted: 16th, September 2012 | In: TV & Radio | Comment (1)
Hannah’s Field ‘Puff Puff Give’ music video might be beyond parody
THIS is Hannah’s Field “Puff Puff Give” music video. It is just awful. It has everything. Highlight: 1min 27 seconds in:
Posted: 15th, September 2012 | In: TV & Radio | Comments (2)
Japanese Posing Archery
JAPANESE posting archery is our non-Olympic sport of the day. The video features Nori Yamagata “in the traditional Japanese sport of Orokana supōtsu or ‘Amazing Sport'”:
Posted: 14th, September 2012 | In: TV & Radio | Comment
The rabbit and the balloon – a love story
THE rabbit and the balloon. They said it would never last:
Posted: 13th, September 2012 | In: TV & Radio | Comment
People falling over – video
PEOPLE falling over. Your sympathy is touching:
Posted: 13th, September 2012 | In: TV & Radio | Comment
Farting In The Hood Prank might be racist or funny?
FARTING in the Hood:
Posted: 13th, September 2012 | In: TV & Radio | Comment
Pig escapes on trip to market (video)
THIS pig does not want to go to market:
Posted: 13th, September 2012 | In: TV & Radio | Comment
Garden of Eden: A sneak peek inside Eve’s underwear drawer (video)
PSST! Wanna see inside Eve’s knicker drawer? C’mon. It’s won’t hurt. Hold this apple. I’m going in…
Spotter: B3Ta
Posted: 11th, September 2012 | In: TV & Radio | Comment
Might have been drinking fail: Man eats burger on train (video)
ALL aboard the train to see a tired and emotional man eating!
I’m not saying the burgers they sell at railway stations are horrible, it’s just that I would rather eat the wrapper:
Posted: 11th, September 2012 | In: TV & Radio | Comment
An Animal Ruined My Vacation: when a dolphin humped my girlfriend (video)
A DOG humped your leg? Big deal. This woman was frotted by a dolphin. And the crowd stood and cheered. Bring the kids. Legitimate rape (no babies, see, Todd Akins) can be a spectator sport:
Posted: 11th, September 2012 | In: TV & Radio | Comments (2)
Man rises from the dead in Houston (video)
A MAN is rising from the dead on Houston KPRC Local 2 news. Rachel McNeill reports:
Posted: 11th, September 2012 | In: TV & Radio | Comment
People teasing tigers (video)
TIME to cheer for the tigers:
Posted: 10th, September 2012 | In: TV & Radio | Comment
Pluck the monkey-fightin’ censorship! movie swearing dubbed for TV
WHEN the swear words are dubbed for TV things can get ridiculous. Pluck the monkey-fightin’ censorship! (Language is NSFW):
Posted: 10th, September 2012 | In: TV & Radio | Comment
Daggering in Jamaica: Split Your Jeans, But Don’t Break Your Dick
DAGGERING is a dance style form Jamaica. In Split Your Jeans, But Don’t Break Your Dick, we will see that you can do it to any kind of music, but Country and Western – always Country and Western- is best. Oh, and bring a ladder…
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Posted: 10th, September 2012 | In: TV & Radio | Comment
One year in Yellowknife, the Northwest Territories, Canada
ONE year in Yellowknife, Canada
Filmed entirely in and around Yellowknife, the Northwest Territories, Canada from January to December, 2011. Features Northern staples like frostbite, bison, and singalongs.
Still, unlike the rest of Canada, there are no mosquitoes as big as your face:
Posted: 9th, September 2012 | In: TV & Radio | Comment (1)
Channel 4 finally runs out of ideas and US imports: The Audience is the idiocy of crowds
FINALLY! After so many pisspoor TV show, Channel 4 has admitted it has no more ideas. So bad is The Audience – oh, what irony in that name for such a dire show that might be beyond parody – that Channel 4 should consider just reloading the VHS with the Friends series (it’s done that before – ed) and wondering why it ever gave up Big Brother? Presenting the idiocy of crowds:
Posted: 8th, September 2012 | In: TV & Radio | Comment
