Five - Due to my uncanny ability to watch 3 or 4 episodes in one sitting, annoyingly I've finished The Wire season two, (a phenomenal, beautifully written show) and won't be able to afford season three for a good while.
Four - I'm a massive fan of Rob Brydon. I like Matt Horne. Lots of people I love and respect tell me it's a great show. Logically I should watch 'Gavin and Stacey' - it ticks all of my comedy boxes. But I can't bring myself to do it because I find there's something intensely unlovable about James Corden. At each of the fifty award ceremonies at which he's received awards this year, he's acted as if he's 'finally' been vindicated - punching the air as if he's just been freed from H Block. It's an ITV comedy award, not the Pulitzer.
During the 'Big Fat Quiz of the Year', his sense of humour seemed to be akin to that of a playground bully, his only joke being to mock anyone who wasn't him. It was embarrassing to have him sitting next to the peerless Sean Lock.
If someone could kindly edit him out of all of the G & S episodes, I'd be happy to give it a go.
Three - I'm only 26, yet grey hairs are appearing in my eyebrows. Could I be turning into an inverse Alastair Darling - dark hair, grey brows?
Two - I know I promised to never mention it again, but the absence of the Russell Brand show from my weekly podcast listening is seriously getting me down. For some reason, despite being aired on a Saturday, the show was never edited and ready for download until Wednesday or Thursday. As such, it gave me the perfect pick-me-up to fight off the midweek blues. I remember, some mornings I'd meet my friend, Chot, on the train to work, and literally fire joke after joke at her, inspired by/stealing from Russell's rapier wit and Matt Morgan's acerbic pessimism. It's no exaggeration to say I mourn the loss.
One - On the same subject (you know, the one I promised not to mention again) does anyone else subscribe to this conspiracy theory:
Event 1 - Peter Mandleson known to be friends with dodgy Russian billionaires.
Event 2 - George Osbourne holidays on yacht with same dodgy Russian billionaires.
Event 3 - Both major parties embarrassed by these sleazy dealings being made public and desperately need their friends in the media to bury the story with something even more sensational...
Event 4 - Despite having been broadcast over a week earlier, 'Brossachsgate' 'suddenly' becomes news. Please click here for a perfect illustration of exactly how such news becomes buried.
(I've just realised I slagged-off a perfectly decent comic actor, but posted a link to a show starring Chris Langham. Come back, Char, I'm losing it ...)
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