Thursday, August 31, 2006

A bit of testosterone...

What's the definition of the bravest man in the world??
The man who comes home drunk, covered in lipstick and smelling of perfume, then slaps his wife on the backside and says: "You're next, fatty."

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Man walks into the bedroom with a sheep under his arm while his wife is lying in bed reading.
Man says: "This is the pig I have sex with when you've got a headache."
Wife replies: "I think you'll find that is a sheep."
Man replies: "I think you'll find I was talking to the sheep."

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A man walks into his bedroom and sees his wife packing a suitcase.
He asks, "What are you doing?"
She answers, "I'm moving to London. I heard prostitutes there get paid £400 for doing what I do for you for free."
Later that night, on her way out, the wife walks into the bedroom and sees her husband packing his suitcase.
When she asks him where he's going, he replies, "I'm coming too; I want to see how you live on £800 a year".

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A woman was shopping at her local supermarket where she selected:
2 litres of low fat milk,
a carton of eggs,
2 litres of orange juice,
a head of lettuce,
half a dozen tomatoes,
a 500g jar of coffee,
a 250g pack of bacon

As she was unloading her items on the conveyor belt to check out, a drunk standing behind her watched as she placed the items in front of the cashier.
While the cashier was ringing up her purchases, the drunk calmly stated,"You must be single."
The woman was a bit startled by this proclamation, but she was intrigued by the derelict's intuition, since she was indeed single. She looked at her six items on the belt and saw nothing particularly unusual about her selections that could have tipped off the Drunk to her marital status.
Curiosity getting the better of her, she said, "Well, you know what, you're absolutely correct. But how on earth did you know that?"!
The drunk replied, "Cos you're ugly."

Sunday, August 27, 2006

Fan Film Fun

For some bank holiday fun check out Braxton Film.

Hank Braxton is clearly a man with way too much time and probably too much money on his hands. He's set up his own company, where apparently he does nearly every job, making fan films. Now don't get me wrong I aint knocking fan films [that Batman vs Predator one is awesome] but Freddy vs The Ghostbusters [and they made a sequel!]... well see for yourself. And while you are there check out illegal Aliens vs Predator coz that's some funny [racist] stuff!

And if you're wanting more fan film fun try here.

Thursday, August 24, 2006

Snakes In a Cinema...

Read all about it...

Here

or

Here

Same old thing in brand new drag...

I have to thank my cousin's girlfriend for these awesome links:


Space Invaders made with real people in a cinema.

More of the same, but with pong. The videos might take ages to load. I thought my browser had crashed, but it hadn't.

Monday, August 21, 2006

Top-flight fun

Another amusing story from Media Monkey:

Pranksters on satirical Australian TV show The Chaser thought they'd test out airport security in the most "puerile" way they could by taking a leaf out of Bart Simpson's book. So the team from public broadcaster ABC booked two tickets on an internal Virgin Blue flight under the names Mr Al Kyder and Mr Terry Wrist and waited for a tannoy announcement when the two passengers failed to board. Sure enough, a call soon reverberated around Sydney airport apparently for a Mr al-Qaeda and a Mr Terrorist. Those crazy guys! A Virgin Blue spokeswoman wasn't impressed. "We don't think in the current climate, their childish humour is appreciated by anyone," she said. Don't have a cow, man.

Nuts!!!

This is how lads magazine 'Nuts' choose to celebrate its massive circulation figures:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv6Rf8aE0NM

What is the world coming to...?

Saturday, August 19, 2006

There really is nothing like a shawn...

I'll let Dr Evil finish that sentence...

Or if you want another amusing [all be it corporate] take check this out; check it out anyway its VERY funny:

http://www.shaveeverywhere.com/

Comedy Darth...

Darth Vader doing some funny stuff:

Darth Vader vs Japanese Police

and

Darth Vader the musical

Thursday, August 17, 2006

Please consider giving to the Mute Torette's Syndrome Charity

I recieved the email from Pete Salt [Casualty's nursing advisor and the real life Charlie Fairhead]:

Please consider giving to the Mute Torette's Syndrome Charity
Event on August 30th......

On 30th August I am taking part in a charity bike ride to raise funds for Mute Tourette's syndrome. A friend of mine has a 7 year old son who suffers with this condition and we are raising funds to pay for a year's therapy.

Mute Tourette's Syndrome has long been in the shadow of its more famous sister-disease, Tourette's Syndrome, and although much rarer, Mute Tourette's is even more tragic in its consequences.

Whilst a child suffering from Tourette's has difficulty in containing their anger and frustration, a child with Mute Tourette's suffers a worse fate; they are unable to express their true feelings. There is, however, an answer. A great deal has been achieved by the Mute Tourette's Foundation using new art therapy techniques.

Their work however, can only continue with our help. Just £ 2.50 will keep a child supplied with crayons for a whole month. £10.00 will provide them with enough paper for a year.

I would be extremely grateful to anyone who feels able to help such a deserving cause. Many thanks in advance.

Below is a picture to demonstrate how the donations received so far have been put to good use:

Wednesday, August 16, 2006

Your Own Personalised Radio Station

This pretty cool and actually works quite well...

"Type in the name of your favorite band, and within moments the site will be streaming a radio station, featuring songs from that band and others like it, to your desktop through your browser — no registration and no downloads required. You can "tune" the play list by using the thumbs-up and thumbs-down buttons. A new Backstage section is a searchable directory of artists and albums — "your door to the music universe" — courtesy of the Music Genome Project."

http://www.pandora.com/

MURPHY'S OTHER LAWS

Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear brightuntil you hear them speak.

He who laughs last, thinks slowest.

A day without sunshine is like, well, night.

Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.

Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don't.

Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool.

Just remember ... if the world didn't suck, we'd all fall off.

The 50-50-90 rule: Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting somethingright, there's a 90% probability you'll get it wrong.

It is said that if you line up all the cars in the world end to end, someone would be stupid enough to try to pass them.

If the shoe fits, get another one just like it.

The things that come to those that wait may be the things left by those who got there first.

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will sit in a boat all day drinking beer.

Flashlight/Torch: A case for holding dead batteries.

The shin bone is a device for finding furniture.

A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well.

When you go into court, you are putting yourself in the hands of 12people who weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty.

Nudist Trampolining

Not as perverse as it sounds, and actually a lot of fun:

http://www.nudisttrampolining.com/

Thursday, August 03, 2006

Possibly the best...

Ramble On

Spam will probably be thin on the ground for a while as I move and stuff.

Anyway there is plenty below to keep you occupied [though it is quite bloggy]. But if you're feeling deprived follow the links on the right and enjoy 'Black Dog vs Ice Cream' and 'Remember This Day Forever' who probably do a better job than me anyway!

In the meantime here is some fun stuff:

http://www.whereihadmyfirstkiss.com/ [incidently my first kiss was here: Holkham Avenue, Beeston, Broxtowe, Nottinghamshire, NG9 in 1988]

http://www.weebls-stuff.com/games/Atomic+Badger+Racing/

http://www.weebls-stuff.com/games/Mouse+Balancing/

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/games/sobics.html

Origin of thefatman?

Drum roll please...



I've been asked to explain the origin of my pseunodym [besides the obvious physical reference] well...

Way back when I was but an 17/18yr old lad I dabbled with the idea of being a thespian. I had the lead in a doomed production of Bernard Marie Koltes' play 'Black Battles with Dogs'. I could go into why it was a disater but I won't. Anyway during rehearsals the director gave me the direction to "think of the character as Sydney Greenstreet". Now for anyone who doesn't know Greenstreet famously played supporting roles in Casablanca and The Maltese Falcon. In the later he played a character with the nickname thefatman. So in reply to the director I said "what like thefatman?". My dear friend Phil Allen who was composing original music for the production and being some sort of assistant director thought this was the funniest thing he'd ever heard and the name stuck...

And here he is my name sake:


But I think it was the character in Casablanca that the director actually had in mind. You can see a clip here.

The irony is at the time I was probably nearly the thinest I have ever been. I don't have any digital versions of any photos from the production [besides the poster] but this one is not dismilar and from more or less the same period...


Phil is actually the only person [i think] who still calls me thefatman on a regualr basis and to my face...

I was trying to find a photo of me with a cigar but can't...


Wait found one...

Tuesday, August 01, 2006

You've Got To Be Joking!!!

Heath Ledger confirmed as The Joker WTF!!!!!!!

We all know Mark Hammil is The Joker.

Return Of The 'fat' White Duke

Yes, after only 4 months in Birmingham, I'm returning to Bristol and 'Casualty'.

I move this weekend and start my new job on 14th August. I'm going back to 'Casualty' to be a Script Editor. Which is a promotion in case you are wondering.

My first episode of 'Casualty' as a Script Editor should be transmitting on 19/08/2006. So I hope you'll all tune in. I actually edited it before I left last time. And my first episode of 'Doctors' as an Assistant Script Editor will transmit on 16th October. I also have three 'Doctors' episodes that go out some time in February by which time I'll probably have other Casualty episodes... this is getting confusing, not least when my last credit as Serial Research will go out 26/08/2006 by which time I'll have left done loads of 'Doctors' episodes gone back and... I'm gonna stop now..

I have a new flat in the centre of Bristol which is very nice.

My work email will revert to the @bbccasualty one, the other one will still work but I won't check it as often.

Invitation To The Blues

"I never caught a glimpse of how the others see the faker, I'm much to fast to take that test..."

I've had one of those moments were I saw myself as others may see me; UBER GEEK is what I saw.

As well as the 100 movies post below, I was trying to pick a title for the above post [and round robin email] about my departure from Birmingham and return to Bristol. Why this title was SO important I have no idea but I was determinded to pick the most apt quote. There were many contenders:

"Same old thing in brand new drag" David Bowie, Teenage Wildlife
"Time to Ramble On" Led Zepplin
"The start is new but the pay's the same as it was so long ago" Led Zepplin
Everything old is new again
The Boy Is Back in Town
Heeerrreee's thefatman
Guess Whose Back
"Guess who just got back today"
"New Career In A New Town" Bowie, Low
"Invitation to the Blues" Tom Waits
"It was a train that took me away from here" Tom Waits

etc etc etc

Anyway 'Return of The Fat White Duke' was the most appropiate. But I doubt anyone reading this will know, and certainly care, why it is.

Probably the majority of readers know that David Bowie was for a while in his carreer refered to as The Thin White Duke; and that I am a massive Bowie fan. But how many know that it comes from the song 'Station to Station' from the album of the same name. And how many know what the next line is and/or why that and thin maybe relevant. I don't think I know anyone reading this blog or who got the email would get all those references. Obviously the lyrics of Station to Station aren't hard to find . But who would look them up and know my current state of mind etc...

So why did I waste my time; who knows! But it pleases my inner geek.

100 and something quite good films...

For some reason, probably drink, a director recently asked me to compile a list of what I think are 'must see films' this may also have something to do with FilmFour's recent 50 films to see before you die season. Anyway in case anyone cares, and I'm sure you don't, here they are:

To be fair I kinda rushed it coz I was freaking myself out with how geeky I was being! I think there are probably too many modern films and not enough foreign ones but hey... I also left off all the obvious things that one 'should' see but actually who gives a rats arse [ie The Cabinet Of Dr Calagari, Battleship Potempkin, Birth Of A Nation, Les Enfants du Paradis, Bout De Souffe, Throne Of Blood, Bicycle Thieves, Some Like It Hot, Stalker, La Dolce Vita, La Regle du Jeu, Sunrise, Un Chien Andalou, A Matter Of Life and Death, Rome Open City, Man with a Movie Camera, Last Year in Marienbad, Le Voyage dans la Luna, Nosferatu, Metropolis, The Great Dictator, Gone With The Wind, Scarface, The Roaring Twenties, King Kong, The Lodger, M, Citizen Kane, Rebel Without A Cause, On The Waterfront, Fantasia, Midnight Cowboy, Brazil, Mon Oncle, Wild Strawberries, The Wrath of God, Bonnie and Clyde,] Though I do really like a few of those movies.

I could’ve put any or all of the films by Nic Roeg, Paul Verhoeven, Tony Scott, Russ Meyer and Kevin Smith but I paired down. So…

100 good films [only the 1st 10 are in order]:

The Big Sleep
Bad Timing
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
Top Gun
Once Upon A Time In America
Robocop
Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls
Chasing Amy
High Fidelity
Scream
Dawn Of The Dead
Harvey
To Have and Have Not
Angels With Dirty Faces
Superman II
Jaws
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
The Godfather
Matador
Double Vie De Veronique
Alien
Blade Runner
Casablanca
Brief Encounter
Clueless
The Italian Job
I Married a Strange Person
Waking Life
Dirty Dancing
Batman
Memento
Heathers
The Breakfast Club
Truly Madly Deeply
The Truth About Cats and Dogs
28 Days Later
Trainspotting
The Exorcist
Reservoir Dogs
Sherman’s March
Terror Firmer
Turkish Delight
A Hard Day’s Night
Zero Effect
Paths of Glory
Blade
Bruce Campbell vs. The Army of Darkness: The Medieval Dead
Bowling For Columbine
Bridge on The River Kwai
Dark City
Deep Blue Sea
Donnie Darko
Don’t Look Now
Halloween
Hellraiser
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Labyrinth
Mallrats
Fight Club
My Little Eye
Moulin Rouge
Requiem For A Dream
Shaun Of The Dead
Napoleon Dynamite
Ai No Corrida
Enduring Love
South Park: Bigger Longer and Uncut
Wizard Of Oz
The Adventures Of Robin Hood
Henry V
An American Werewolf In London
Bubba Ho-Tep
True Romance
The Hunger
The Fourth Man
The Third Man
End Of The Affair
American Psycho
Tracking Down Maggie
Rushmore
Basic Instinct
9 ½ Weeks
Videodrome
Re-Animator
Two Deaths
Sex Lies and Videotape
Psycho
Rear Window
After Hours
Jamon Jamon
36 Fillette (aka Virgin) or Romance or À Ma Soeur! [I couldn’t pick one]
Red Squirrel or Sex and Lucia [I couldn’t pick one]
Dr Strangelove Or How I Learnt To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb
It’s A Wonderful Life
Bride Of Frankenstien
Gods and Monsters
Insomnia [original]
Tetsuo
Urotsukidôji

Roller Blade Seven [easily the worst movie ever made!]
Projection
Special Delivery

See I've just looked at it again and off the top of my head there is a bunch I've missed off: Mad Max 2, Sin City, The Thing, Terminator 2, Ghostbusters, Bride of Chucky, Dead Man's Shoes, Primer, Purple Rain, Back To The Future, Raiders of The Lost Arc, First Blood, The Following, The Long Goodbye, Naked, Suspira, Q The Winged Serpent...

I have stop this now or I'll go on forever!

Coming Zune

So Microsoft are finally deciding to challenge Apple's ipod with its new brand Zune. I could make some boring techie remarks here but I won't.

Instead does anybody get this add for it coz I don't!

https://www.comingzune.com/