Rise, Sir Patrick Stewart. Farewell, Rue McLanahan. C’mon, Sam Stosur, c’mon.
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Today in the Bechdel test: 24
[Warning: here be spoilers.] 24, the TV saga of implausible counterterrorist superhero Jack Bauer, has a whole lot of issues. But there is one thing that Season 8 of the show 24 is getting right, and that’s the Bechdel test… Read More ›
Oh Why Not?
When someone on Facebook shares a link to The Avengers 1965 series intro, why wouldn’t I pass it on here? Although I ended up watching some variations and picking my favourite – a typical title sequence for Series 4 that also includes the closing titles.
Wednesday Warm Fuzzies: Fully Epic Rapsody
It has now been 102 long days that Ive been here in the hospital all up, isolated with a case of Multi-Drug Resistant TB…. Yep… Still going… Is it normal if you want to eat your own leg?
Only one of these has been invited onto Britain’s Got Talent
Darren the Waving Goat Death Metal Rooster As far as I know anyway. Can you guess which one? BTW they declined the offer because it was too far to travel for the animal.
Heidi Fleiss: “Thank God for abortions!”
Who knew Celebrity Big Brother UK would get so interesting so quickly? Day two, and they’re still making awkward small talk (everything relaxes on day three, when they start having farting competitions). They’ve done the usual thing of stacking the… Read More ›
Sunday Silliness: Doctor Who doesn’t mind the Buzzcocks
In the week before Christmas, the BBC broadcast a special Doctor Who version of their music quiz show Never Mind The Buzzcocks (from whose format our Oz ABC show Spicks and Specks is derived). Sadly, not even UKTV on cable shows Buzzcocks, so we just don’t get it here.
Obligatory Doctor Who Tenth Doctor Finale Thread
First, an entirely spoiler-free bit of tie-in fun from Auntie Beeb adding Doctor Who graphics to the soundtrack of David Tennant driving a Reasonably Priced Car around the Top Gear testing track:
Holidays Are For Wibble: Battlestar Rhapsody (spoilericious)
Why did I not know about this at the time? It’s a songvid of several seasons of Battlestar Galactica, set to filk of Bohemian Rhapsody. The random, apparently-obligatory (WTF is with that, things-that-are-otherwise-funny?) bit of misogyny in the middle is… Read More ›
Doctor Who End of Time Pt1 Dissection Thread
Short promotional clip showcasing the hoydenalicious June Whitfield: BEWARE: There will be SPOILERS in the comments.
Hoyden About Town 