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Comedy Roasts : I should fu**ing think not!

Alan Woodward — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:35:16 +0100

Comedy Roasting. This, I believe, is a predominantly US thing, (although there have been incidences in the UK where a Comedy Roast has been "performed") and I gather quite a few have been broadcast over the years.

The idea is quite simple. Pick on quite a famous celebrity and then get their "friends" to basically take the piss out of them - all in the name of idol worship. Eh? OK, so the idea works quite well sometimes - I've seen several other Comedy Roasts, including William Shatner ...

Gia Malinovitch - The Lady Vanishes

Alan Woodward — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 21:55:09 +0100

Gia Malinovitch has written quite a thought-provoking article in The Guardian today (28th August 2010) - the subject of said article is as per the title of this blog, with the added tagline "Invisible Wife Syndrome".

I thought it quite a thought-provoking and very well written piece - reflecting the the (bad) behaviour of today's media-connected public that have their fads and fashions together with their inherent rudeness.

I recall that I watched this at my local cinema at the time it was released - I would have been about 16 at the time - well into puberty. [Sadly the cinema I watched it at is now a bingo hall, but enough about that before I go off on a rant!]

16 years old and a Bond film was the film that we were allowe...

Vampire Lesbian Killers..with a Doctor Who Theme!

Alan Woodward — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 23:22:52 +0100

Not blogged in a while. Three months almost - which is about the same time period between the last ones. How odd.

So - a new tag (TV - Film) mainly because I've just watched a film! This, not being a remarkable thing, as I watch many films, but this one was a bit of a different experience.

The film in question is the title of...

Twitter

Alan Woodward — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:26:04 +0100

So this - as the title suggests - is a blog entry about Twitter. Not really a rant as such, but more of a comment on the idiosynchrasies of the general public - of which I am a member.

I've been a "twitterer" for quite some time now - since around June 2009 and I have to say that I do enjoy using and reading tweets quite a l...

Reviews, Reviewers, Reviewing.

Alan Woodward — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 02:30:52 +0100

Sometimes I am (probably) more than a little slow to pick things up. These aren't objects that I've dropped. No. These are things that people write or sometimes say. Takes me a little while to pick up the gist of things. This is not due to a bad education, either. I had a very good Grammar School education thank you, even involved some classics along the way (Latin was just awful).

However. Reviews, or what's probably more to the point, reviewers, is what I'm meant to be ranting about....

Farrah Fawcett

Alan Woodward — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 13:21:09 +0100

I just knew it!! The unfortunate and (probably sad) demise of one M. Jackson has completely overshadowed the (untimely) death of Farrah Fawcett. Not even a mention on today's (or last night's) news and I gather that most media have pushed the news items back to their "second pages".

Yes it's a sad loss that MJ passed away (is it?) and it'...

Two Celebrity Deaths in one day!

Alan Woodward — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:03:14 +0100

Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett. Two Celebrities in one day. Blimey.

Or is it blimey? Farrah Fawcett (she'll always be Farrah Fawcett-Majors to me) the eighties sex Goddess that blessed our tellies on Charlie's Angels and that poster. Many a teenage fantasy fuelled by those days and those images. Men "of a certain age" will know exacatly what I mean. The poor girl has been quite poorly for some time, so I suppose it's no real shocker that she's now finally passed on. &nbs...

Wipeout (USA) and Jill Wagner

Alan Woodward — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 22:00:40 +0100

You have to laugh (well, I did, anyway!)

I follow Jill Wagner on Twitter, you see. She does quite a few Tweets and makes quite an interesting read (she's a very pleasant person). I was even lucky enought to get a reply from her once. Quite by accident, as I didn't actually realise that people you follow (and don't follow you) could ready your replies!! So I'd bee...

The Cancellation of US TV Shows....

Alan Woodward — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:45:35 +0100

I'm a tad narked. Mainly because one of what is, in my humble opinion, one of the better US Series has been cancelled!!

The series I'm waxing about here is Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. The title probably explains what it's about, but what I don't understand is just why the series was axed after two seasons.

Is it purely based on viewing figures, ratings etc? Or is there something else behind it, as I really couldn't see a great deal wrong with anythin...

True Blood

Alan Woodward — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:12:31 +0100

True Blood - in a nutshell - is an American series shown on the HBO channel. It's currently just started it's second season run (one episode aired so far) having completed it's first season run of 12 episodes in about October/November last year (2008).

The series is about a girl - Sookie Stackhouse - who has the ability to read minds, or rather listen ...