tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post113684516998539934..comments2023-08-17T11:47:11.821+01:00Comments on James and the Blue Cat: Hurrah for telly!James Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16604261370633794445noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-1138763670429768022006-02-01T03:14:00.000+00:002006-02-01T03:14:00.000+00:00Spot on re: Life on Mars. I thought the flares, Re...Spot on re: Life on Mars. I thought the flares, Red Rum refs and Mark III Cortina GTX (with vinyl roof) were all going to get a bit 'white dog poo', but they've kept it right on the money.<BR/><BR/>Was this week's 'my mum fancies me' angle not a bit Back To The Future though?<BR/><BR/>Also loving the Dawkins - 500 years of scientific method and he STILL resorts to 'ARRGH BOLLOCKS'! Sweet gold.<BR/><BR/>Catch Shameless tonight? Simply fucking unbelievamable! And come on, who's not staying in for the massive mastitis promised by 'Extraordinary Breastfeeding' tomorrow?<BR/><BR/>ttfn<BR/>http://infinitemuppets.blogspot.cominfinitemuppetshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02353630175167252051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-1137493661062372962006-01-17T10:27:00.000+00:002006-01-17T10:27:00.000+00:00When I checked the online listings last Monday the...When I checked the online listings last Monday they said Friday at 12.35, honest. Apologies for getting everyone's hopes up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-1137432058736128372006-01-16T17:20:00.000+00:002006-01-16T17:20:00.000+00:00Entropy, when you said it was repeated 'very late ...Entropy, when you said it was repeated 'very late on Friday night', how late did you mean? I couldn't see it listed. Was it so late on Friday that it was in fact 9pm Monday? Cos that's not a repeat that's ep 2.<BR/><BR/>Lucky flossie told us the ending anyway. Thanks flossie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-1137404251568163862006-01-16T09:37:00.000+00:002006-01-16T09:37:00.000+00:00You're not the only one, Flossie. I nearly got ban...You're not the only one, Flossie. I nearly got banned from playing Buzz (music quiz on the PS2) after shouting "It's Status Quo" from another room entirely..<BR/><BR/>Forgot to set vid for LOM, though, didn't I. Can't be that clever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-1137143796763328402006-01-13T09:16:00.000+00:002006-01-13T09:16:00.000+00:00Oh I can't help it. If someone asks something and ...Oh I can't help it. If someone asks something and I know the answer I HAVE to answer. I was no doubt insufferable at school.<BR/><BR/>Sorry...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-1137079208847016582006-01-12T15:20:00.000+00:002006-01-12T15:20:00.000+00:00Thanks entropy, that's what I call service.Pity fl...Thanks entropy, that's what I call service.<BR/><BR/>Pity flossie's gone and given away the ending though... how thoughtless can you get?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-1137072409992066302006-01-12T13:26:00.000+00:002006-01-12T13:26:00.000+00:00Entropy, I was reading these comments solely in th...Entropy, I was reading these comments solely in the desperate hope that someone had thought to provide that info for us, who are desperate. Thank you kindly. <BR/><BR/>(Also, the comments are always worth reading, didn't mean to imply otherwise.)ScroobiousScrivenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13296296817546419827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-1137062725676020432006-01-12T10:45:00.000+00:002006-01-12T10:45:00.000+00:00Public service announcement for rob and those of u...Public service announcement for rob and those of us who are kicking ourselves for not watching it... LOM is repeated very late on Friday night.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-1137062053933723642006-01-12T10:34:00.000+00:002006-01-12T10:34:00.000+00:00I was not aware of that - the original GW pilot ha...I was not aware of that - the original GW pilot has faded in memory to become a strange parallel-world version of the 'real' GW. Fancy...James Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16604261370633794445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-1137061352102539172006-01-12T10:22:00.000+00:002006-01-12T10:22:00.000+00:00Thanks flossie. I can sleep more easily now.Hey bl...Thanks flossie. I can sleep more easily now.<BR/><BR/>Hey blue cat - TV trivia:<BR/>the 'main bird in it' (Zooey Deschanel looky-likey) is of course Liz White, who was the original Naughty Rachel in the Green Wing pilot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-1137058876338260072006-01-12T09:41:00.000+00:002006-01-12T09:41:00.000+00:00then she just said Neil (?) was her ex and doing i...then she just said Neil (?) was her ex and doing it for a giggle - he shouted up that he was sorry.<BR/><BR/>PC woman said that she would come and stand with him, because the two of them were brave or something, and that she thought he would choose to stay. I think. <BR/><BR/>I,I, I'm not helping very much am I dad? *chorus of IT'S IN THE SAND*Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-1137023755338665872006-01-11T23:55:00.000+00:002006-01-11T23:55:00.000+00:00Can somebody help me out...?Have just watched my r...Can somebody help me out...?<BR/>Have just watched my recorded version of LOM and it stopped before the end (causing us to scream with impotent rage). What happens?? Sam is standing on top of the building about to force himself out of his coma, and the other two are trying to talk him down. Sam has just said he never mentioned his mobile phone in the notes he made.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-1137004357233833982006-01-11T18:32:00.000+00:002006-01-11T18:32:00.000+00:00Oh it was wonderful. I watched for John Simm who ...Oh it was wonderful. I watched for John Simm who is yummy and excellent in everything he does. The Lakes - buy, borrow or steal it. Also did a cute cameo in Spaced. Now more eased - I'd run out of TV to watch esp as still no sniff of Green Wing, new or repeat.<BR/><BR/>James, at the risk or really annoying you - when, when, when...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-1136986904764446212006-01-11T13:41:00.000+00:002006-01-11T13:41:00.000+00:00I just spent fifteen hours googling 'depictions of...I just spent fifteen hours googling 'depictions of our Crucified Lord in small plastic bricks'. Nothing weird about it.<BR/><BR/>Actually it was on Screenhead.com, a vast repository of internet goodness.<BR/><BR/>And kudos for chidren's television-watching policy. I was never allowed to watch Blackadder or The Young Ones when they were out, so I had to hear about them in the playground the next day, which made them both even odder and funnier than they actually turned out to be, like getting an Australian Aborigine to explain an English pantomine to a group of other, bewildered but very excited Aborigines....James Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16604261370633794445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-1136986209793611302006-01-11T13:30:00.000+00:002006-01-11T13:30:00.000+00:00yes, it was great to see Dawkins given so screen t...yes, it was great to see Dawkins given so screen time. My friends are appalled that we're letting our son watch it but won't allow him Little Britain and Celeb Big Brother.<BR/><BR/>James, how did you find the Lego church? I'm just a tad concerned.cellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17061833787120469657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-1136931939811334672006-01-10T22:25:00.000+00:002006-01-10T22:25:00.000+00:00I actually thought that the adverts looked good- b...I actually thought that the adverts looked good- but then again, I love anything like this what with the 'time-traveling' and the 70's (despite me being not old enough to have even been born in them). I've had no-one I know who's watched this to discuss this with so, glad there's still here. I loved it, even though the hypnotist/pyschologist graduate man confused me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-1136928976724795002006-01-10T21:36:00.000+00:002006-01-10T21:36:00.000+00:00i think the back to the future nod was more the bi...i think the back to the future nod was more the big advertising board for a new motorway, a la marty's 'real estate' hoarding where he'll live in 30 years... i'll just zip up my anorak good and tight.Danny Stackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06448455474341848304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-1136907032683059582006-01-10T15:30:00.000+00:002006-01-10T15:30:00.000+00:00i didn't watch it on the basis that it looked a bi...i didn't watch it on the basis that it looked a bit, well, embarassing. like when your mum and dad do rock and roll dancing at your birthday disco.<BR/><BR/>that'll teach me to avoid anything at all trailed as "drama". note to self: not all channels are like itvsurly girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16414631534757427023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-1136897610643620532006-01-10T12:53:00.000+00:002006-01-10T12:53:00.000+00:00I only watched Hustle for the Liv Tyler looky-like...I only watched Hustle for the Liv Tyler looky-likey. <BR/><BR/>I forgot about the pre-show announcement thing - I'M ALREADY WATCHING IT! SHUT UP!<BR/><BR/>Some debate as to whether ordering the Diet Coke was a nod to Back to the Future, I completely missed that if that's what it was. Ooh, I miss having a proper job with the standing-round-discussing-element sometimes. Although this blog does the job admirably.James Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16604261370633794445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-1136897247620150462006-01-10T12:47:00.000+00:002006-01-10T12:47:00.000+00:00I'm so pleased everyone liked Life on Mars as much...I'm so pleased everyone liked Life on Mars as much as I did - it's made by the same company as Spooks/Hustle, which boded well (even though I have severe reservations about Hustle, it's well made).<BR/><BR/>Particularly enjoyed the psycologist ex being the means of communicating with 'real world'. That and the Open University business were great devices. Hoorah for new telly!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-1136894047676214742006-01-10T11:54:00.000+00:002006-01-10T11:54:00.000+00:00I even forgave the continuinty announcer's patroni...I even forgave the continuinty announcer's patronising proclamation: "we think you're gonna love it", because you know what, I think we did.<BR/><BR/>Messrs Jordan, Pharoah and James have come up with a winner. Just the right balance of 70s send up and dramatic entertainment.Danny Stackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06448455474341848304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-1136892559899755332006-01-10T11:29:00.000+00:002006-01-10T11:29:00.000+00:00Some exploratory watching of channel 5 at my paren...Some exploratory watching of channel 5 at my parents over Xmas via their new digital TV box confirmed the following :<BR/><BR/>You are missing nothing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-1136892060381722462006-01-10T11:21:00.000+00:002006-01-10T11:21:00.000+00:00You're taking the words out of my mouth, James. I ...You're taking the words out of my mouth, James. I actually wanted to know what happens next! Haven't had that for a while. Although I'm a bit worried what he's going to do now, surely he's used his most important bit of information from the future already?<BR/><BR/>Also, why does John Simm look so familiar, I don't think I've watched any of the things listed on his imdb site ("Blue/Orange", "Sex Traffic", or even "Imperium Nerone"?). Oh, actually, must be that horrendous "Human Traffic". God, I didn't know I had such a long memory for crap movies.Johannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00428648654163118699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-1136891192254219912006-01-10T11:06:00.000+00:002006-01-10T11:06:00.000+00:00A LEGO CHURCH!As a lego obsessive as a child, my f...A LEGO CHURCH!<BR/><BR/>As a lego obsessive as a child, my first thought upon seeing that was not "someone's got too much time on their hands" or "woo what a freak" but "hmm, I think she's used some of those round onesies to make that mosaic and I've a feeling those lights are made from those tubey onesies".<BR/><BR/>Oh dear.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-1136886467564010262006-01-10T09:47:00.000+00:002006-01-10T09:47:00.000+00:00Even crosser now that I missed it. Perhaps Telewe...Even crosser now that I missed it. Perhaps Telewest Teleport will be repeating it (although, so far, it seems to repeat only those things which I didn't wish to see once, never mind watch again!) Glad to see that there is something worth watching at last - Christmas telly (what I saw of it) was mostly poo! Or was that just me?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com