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rob morrisonrowan atkinson is “spider-plant man”
| written by geoffrey on 07/01/08 | leave a comment |
not getting enough comic book movies this summer? you’re right! batman, hulk, iron man, and their respective parody versions in the upcoming disaster movie, don’t hold a candle to “spider-plant man,” which was a silly parody made for bbc’s comic relief in 2005. just remember: when you see dna on the screen, it means nasty things are happening.
“spider-plant man” - part 1
“spider-plant man” - part 2
filed under sketch comedy, television, uk
gareth from the office goes goth
| written by geoffrey on 05/05/08 | leave a comment |
we’ve all heard our share of goth and emo jokes at this point, but here’s an incredibly smart take on the faux-dark side from the bbc. check out mackenzie crook (from the british office) in an episode of bbc’s spine chillers, where he plays a goth who honestly believes he’s a vampire, despite being able to walk outside in sunlight, and has a tiny tattoo that reads, “individual.”
spine chillers - “goths” - part 1
filed under horror, television, uk
saturday morning cartoon: doctor snuggles
| written by geoffrey on 11/17/07 | 2 comments |
for hitchhikers guide to the galaxy fans, this is a must-watch. it’s a british cartoon called doctor snuggles from 1980, written by none other than douglas adams, starring peter ustinov (the villainous prince john from disney’s robin hood). this show is really fucking british.
in this episode, “the remarkably fidgety river,” we find out that someone is stealing the ocean. it’s like carmen sandiego on acid.
dr. snuggles - “the remarkably fidgety river” - pt. 1
filed under saturday morning cartoons, tv kids shows: 80's, uk
is patrick stewart the greatest man alive?
| written by daroff on 05/10/07 | leave a comment |
kirk never did this shit
yes, yes he is.
i haven’t written anything in a while, and i had this great idea for an article. to get my creative juices flowing, i went onto youtube to research my idea. very quickly, i got distracted by how many videos are out there featuring professor xavier, the bad guy from masterminds and jean-luc picard himself, patrick stewart.
now i can’t even remember that other idea, just watch this stuff (three awesome videos after the jump).
filed under sci-fi, tv kids shows: 80's, uk
the young ones’ unfathomable psychedelic album
| written by john on 04/13/07 | leave a comment |
back in the 80’s or 90’s it was pretty much assumed that if your television show was successful, there’d be some sort of tie-in musical act. urkel had his own dance, baby dinosaur had a best selling pop album, and the ninja turtles’ “out of their shells tour” sold out in fifteen different cities in the summer 0f ‘91. so it’s not really hard to understand why the young ones would have gotten a record at the height of the show’s popularity. especially considering the fact that the show was so linked to the music scene of the early 80’s. what is hard to understand is why it revolved around the shows most hated character.
filed under music: 80s, tv comedies: 80's, uk
james the cat: the pinnacle of human creativity
| written by morrison on 03/02/07 | 11 comments |
i’ve been searching youtube for this cartoon i saw on nickelodeon as a kid. It involved a creepy far side-esque character tapping on the shell of his hard-boiled egg while hearing screams from within it, until an even larger cruel person crushed his own house like an egg. i’m pretty sure that i just made that up because no one believes that it existed, and i’ve foolishly told every girlfriend i ever had about it. cite what petty grievances they may…i know everyone of them broke up with me because of that stupid cartoon.
nevertheless, in my search i found something even more distressing:
filed under nickelodeon, tv kids shows: 80's, uk