Channel Surfing: Paul Fuzz Has A Night In CHANNEL SURFING - What I Watched Last Night, In Order

Deal Or No Deal: The 'Pilgrims' (audience) gather once more in the 'Dream Factory' (Deal Or No Deal Studio) to witness another 'brave' (greedy) contestant come to the 'Crazy Chair' (Chair) via the 'Walk Of Wealth' (walk of wood) and hopefully 'Beat The Banker' (select boxes in arbitary manner). A format more flawed it it impossible to imagine - on so many levels, the show simply DOES NOT WORK - and yet despite it irritating me to distraction DOND remains compulsive, entertaining stuff. I actually think Noel is a pretty great presenter, worth a hundred Fern Cottons, and is someone who, for better or worse, clearly believes that being a good TV presenter (and not just a celeb) is a really important job.

Friends: Chachi, Richie, Joanie and Pinkie Tuscadero get out of their depth when Fonzie enlists the gang in a surfing contest.

The Simpsons: Chief Wiggum, with a rabbit - "Behold, the Esquilax: a horse, with the body of a rabbit...and the head...OF A RABBIT! ('Esquilax' escapes:) Oh look, he's galloping away!" Galloping away. The difference between a good gag and a great gag.

Futurama: Oh, man. Was very excited about this 'cos it starred The Harlem Globetrotters - who I've always dug the mostest - as basketball playing aliens from the Globetrotter homeworld. The Harlem Globetrotters had the coolest names in the world: Goose Tatum, Curly Neal, John 'Jumpin Johnny' Cline and MEADOWLARK LEMON, the most awesomest name ever...plus they had all sortsa sweet-ass skills.

News 24: Fatality count at Virginia Tech massacre rises from 22 to 32 as I peer at wobbly mobile phone footage of beseiged campus, listen to vague commentary, shake head at state of world etc...

University Challenge: THE FINAL! It's the Anti-Deal Or No Deal! Woo! Manchester (Defending champs!) vs Warwick (my old University!) The captain of Manchester looked like a character from Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels: "It's facking 'Romeo & Juliet,' you nonce!".
I got one question right (picture round: identified John Kerry). Warwick won, but I thought they pushed their luck with the whole 'we're in the lead so lets take as long as we can deliberating over each answer' thing. Anne Widecome presented them with a big piece of glass. These kids have soul crushing debts to pay off! They don't need glass. Hey, nerds! You shoulda gone on Deal Or No Deal! You can win tens of thousands of pounds in half an hour through sheer luck on that show! And you guys have been slogging it out for weeks just to get some piece of glass! You got stiffed!

The Daily Show - Global Edition: I watch The Daily Show for one reason: I'm a dyed-in-the-wool Yankophile, and The Daily Show offers me 20+ minutes of pure American comedy/political entertainment & news unfiltered & direct, featuring an ever changing cast of political figures & pop culture references which keeps me up to date on what's happening in that part of the world. The Daily Show -Global Edition is, as far as I'm concerned, an oxymoron - I don't want a version of the show which has been edited to be more palatable to non-US audiences. If I don't know who Scooter Libby is, that's my problem, I'm happy to pick it up as I go along. That said, while not happy with The Global Edition, very happy, as ever, to watch Mr Stewart Do His Thang, and the proper Daily Show will be on tomorrow.

The Day After Tomorrow: Oh, man! Now the Statue Of Liberty is under water! Now New York is flooded and there's a big ship floating down 5th Avenue! This is the greatest! Oh, man! Why won't the evil Cheney style Vice-President listen to the clever scientist guy? That Cheney guy is a dick! Now they're evacuating Americans INTO Mexico in some sorta supreme reverse immigration style irony! Now it's really snowy! How come that girl fancies that posh guy and not Jake Gyllenhall? Jake Gyllenhall is THE COOLEST! He's like Toby Maguire, only WAY COOLER! Oh, man! Now there's a buncha wolves or something!

...and to bed.

Labels: Television

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