Television
TV I watch: American Chopper
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008I watch a bit of TV, and often voraciously consume any new program that grabs my interest. On the Discovery Channel a couple of years back I “discovered” American Hot Rod. I think they were having an episode-per-night month of repeats. So I watched them all and then kept watching for new episodes coming out.
I’d [...]
These are a few of my favorite .. muppets
Saturday, August 30th, 2008Anyone who knows me well will know that I’ve been ‘involved’ with hand-puppets since I was about 16. I’ve built my own over the years, but these days just use one of my own and a pile from a New Zealand group “Personality Puppets” (who still have no website)
Puppets are a great way to convey [...]
Bionic Woman: Bionically Bad
Sunday, July 13th, 2008A few weeks back I noticed that Foxtel were showing the new “Bionic Woman” series on their SciFi channel. Finally, as a SciFi fan, I might find something worth watching on the channel. The pilot was great: The cinematography, the direction, the casting and the plot all worked well enough to get me back for [...]
How do you keep an idiot in suspense?
Friday, July 11th, 2008Socially acceptable bullying?
Sunday, June 1st, 2008OK, let’s start by getting one thing out of the way: I’m watching Big Brother again this year. I didn’t watch it last year and only glanced at it the year before. Each year it got more and more tawdry in the hope for ratings gold in catching two twenty-somethings in a drunken tryst. But [...]
One of the funniest ads I’ve seen in 15 years
Saturday, November 10th, 2007Occasionally there comes an advertisement so funny that it sticks with you for years. I have two such ads, but both are about 15 years old. So when I was told that “for some reason it made me laugh” I was ready for a chuckle.
Enjoy!
Update
After posting this I’ve been pointed to a whole pile of [...]