(From a review of Parade’s End, written by Neal Justin for Minnesota’s Star Tribune, 24 February 2013)
Stand back, ladies. Looks like we’ve got ourselves a gusher…
Farewell to Bob Godfrey, the brilliant animator who died this week. He may be best known for his children’s TV shows such as Roobarb and Henry’s Cat, but he also produced some hilarious and inventive animations for adults, packed with sauciness and silliness of a very British kind. Here are a few visual highlights from some of my favourites.
Arthur seemed very keen to emulate the sophistication of black and white times, so I thought I’d give him a little help. Heaven only knows he needs it…
Good news, Cabin Pressure fans! I’ve used my high-powered media access to peer into the future and can now exclusively reveal a story that should make you all MUCH happier about the future of the series! Admittedly, the rest of the world might find it a TEENSY bit tougher to get used to, but I’m sure they’ll learn to cope somehow…
At the Q&A session after the pre-flight tryout show of Cabin Pressure, episode Y
- Me (innocently): So, a massive cliffhanger, involving Martin, with a weird Swiss place name in the title. Where'd you get that idea from?
- John Finnemore (innocently): No idea, it just came to me...
“Have you ever thought of recording a relaxation tape?” - Douglas Richardson, Xinzhou
I thought Douglas’s idea was a rather excellent way for Carolyn to earn a bit of extra cash for MJN. Now all she has to do is convince everyone else in the world that she knows best…
After literally an hour’s ceaseless staring at these lovely images, I think I’ve managed to discover the true secret of Benedict Cumberbatch’s magnetic appeal. Can you spot what it is, viewers?
Star Trek Into Darkness - Still from STID App. Thx to Mersil
In the future, that party game where you stand in pairs, pressing an orange between your foreheads and trying not to let it drop on the ground, will become a galactically popular sporting event! But when you rise to become a master of Advanced Level Orange-Balancing like these two, you have to play using a glowing sphere full of lens flare instead…
Nice try, Benedict, but it’ll take a lot more than a handful of redshirts to protect you from the ravening horde of flailing fangirls that are heading your way…
While you await your onward flight to the final MJN destination for this series (eep!), here’s a spot of Cabin Pressure fan art to celebrate Martin’s unexpected yet strangely heartwarming success in the arena of romance. Go get her, Skip…
Last week’s tale from That Show With Daft Folk On A Plane (you know the one I mean?) made me love the Game Of Words With Just One Sound. So I thought: if their plane breaks or must be sold and they need new jobs, Doug and Ca could run a shop that sells books. And here are some books that they could sell…
Ventriloquism. The Argentine tango. Major-league pouty lip action. Naked Twister. Everything…
You think your movie is safe from ancient memes. It is an illusion. A comforting lie told to protect you. Enjoy this gratuitous piece of silliness. For I have returned, and so have my otters…
This week’s Cabin Pressure featured the excellent idea of using Arthur’s unstoppable helpfulness as a sort of superpower. But why stop there? Arthur could be an ACTUAL superhero. In fact, he could be LOTS of superheroes…
Let’s face it, we’ve all had days when the dungballs of life are totally beyond our control.
