Author Topic: A random thread for small entertainment things not warranting their own thread.. (Read 287204 times)

T42 · « **Reply #875 on:** 20 December, 2016, 07:55:38 am »

Never heard them so of course I had to look on YouTube. File under "Earworms", damn it.

T42 · « **Reply #876 on:** 21 December, 2016, 08:08:10 am »

Noticed last night that a sequel to Blade Runner is coming out next year. Lead character is called Officer K. N.B. Officer, not Agent.

Wowbagger · « **Reply #877 on:** 24 December, 2016, 06:05:45 pm »

I have started that Graun's Christmas Special Prize Crossword. It's an alphabetical jigsaw. There are no numbered clues, but you simply fit the answers in where they will go. That sounds hard, but it's made easier by the fact that you know that there are two answers beginning with each letter of the alphabet. There is a further instruction:

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With all 26 pairs of solutions beginning with the same letter, except M, one solution will fit a theme not further defined in the clue.

That all sounds pretty incomprehensible until you see the clue for Z:

(click to show/hide)

Steph · « **Reply #878 on:** 24 December, 2016, 07:31:35 pm »

Ah how sadly missed is Araucaria. When he did that sort of puzzle, he even wrote the clues as rhyming couplets.

Wowbagger · « **Reply #879 on:** 24 December, 2016, 07:39:48 pm »

True indeed! If crossword compilers can be compared to music composers, then he was undoubtedly Mozart!

Eccentrica Gallumbits · « **Reply #880 on:** 25 December, 2016, 09:31:18 pm »

Feeling nostalgic after Call the Midwife because my gran had one of those cream cake tins with the green lid.

Wowbagger · « **Reply #881 on:** 26 December, 2016, 10:23:06 pm »

Dez is murdering "Bohemian Rhapsody" on a descant recorder.

Legs · « **Reply #882 on:** 26 December, 2016, 11:05:44 pm »

Oh bugger, RIP Liz Smith too, though 95 is a good innings by any measure.

Eccentrica Gallumbits · « **Reply #883 on:** 27 December, 2016, 05:40:12 pm »

Has there ever been a trippier film than Labyrinth?

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #884 on:** 27 December, 2016, 09:50:50 pm »

Quote from: Eccentrica Gallumbits on 27 December, 2016, 05:40:12 pm

Has there ever been a trippier film than Labyrinth?

Barbarella?

mrcharly-YHT · « **Reply #885 on:** 27 December, 2016, 10:21:10 pm »

Quote from: Eccentrica Gallumbits on 27 December, 2016, 05:40:12 pm

Has there ever been a trippier film than Labyrinth?

dark crystal?

Kim · « **Reply #886 on:** 28 December, 2016, 12:06:45 am »

Quote from: Eccentrica Gallumbits on 27 December, 2016, 05:40:12 pm

Has there ever been a trippier film than Labyrinth?

Cremaster Cycle.

Steph · « **Reply #887 on:** 28 December, 2016, 05:31:07 am »

https://www.theguardian.com/film/gallery/2016/dec/27/what-2016s-movie-posters-would-look-like-if-they-told-the-truth-in-pictures?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+main+NEW+H+categories&utm_term=206038&subid=7864904&CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2

Asterix, the former Gaul. · « **Reply #888 on:** 28 December, 2016, 10:12:11 am »

Arts & Entertainment seems to be fast becoming an Obituaries board.

Might I suggest a Pub sub-thread where all obituaries might rest? Except politicians

Strangely, the Sporting Life thread has fewer obituaries; are they all much fitter than A&E candidates or is the clue in the names? Has YACF put a hex on our artistic performers?

T42 · « **Reply #889 on:** 28 December, 2016, 12:57:59 pm »

My son's partner remarked that it was distressing to see how much was made of Carrie Fisher's death in comparison to that of 64 talented musicians in the Black Sea on Christmas Day.

Basil · « **Reply #890 on:** 30 December, 2016, 01:32:12 pm »

On spotting that Patti Smith was trending on Twitter, my immediate thought was "Oh Bugger".
But it's ok. She's 70 today.

Happy birthday.

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #891 on:** 01 January, 2017, 07:05:40 am »

The Department of Stings in the Tail has just reported that William Christopher, who played Father Mulcahy in M.A.S.H., died yesterday.

Bah!

T42 · « **Reply #892 on:** 01 January, 2017, 09:40:14 am »

Quote from: Basil on 30 December, 2016, 01:32:12 pm

On spotting that Patti Smith was trending on Twitter, my immediate thought was "Oh Bugger".
But it's ok. She's 70 today.

Happy birthday.

No sign of her kicking off:

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/see-patti-smith-celebrate-70th-birthday-with-michael-stipe-w458562

Jock Stewart · « **Reply #893 on:** 01 January, 2017, 02:02:04 pm »

Canne fookin wait for Trainspotting 2.

robgul · « **Reply #894 on:** 01 January, 2017, 09:33:44 pm »

I caught a few minutes of tonight's Eastenders that my wife was watching . ..... does anyone know where the wedding venue is? - I think I've been there a long time ago but can't recall the name/location.

Rob

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #895 on:** 03 January, 2017, 05:04:54 pm »

When they play Teenage Kicks on Radio 3, does it mean they're doing post-irony or just that or that anyone who's not quite old enough to have heard it the first time round should be joining the ramblers and booking a cruise?

ian · « **Reply #896 on:** 03 January, 2017, 06:27:21 pm »

I've been doing the five movements from The OA for the last few days. I'm getting quite good. The cats are cutting me a wide berth.

Torslanda · « **Reply #897 on:** 04 January, 2017, 11:25:15 pm »

If anyone was watching tonight's episode of Channel 4's 'No Offence', the BMX for the final scene was supplied by John's Bikes.

mrcharly-YHT · « **Reply #898 on:** 05 January, 2017, 12:18:59 pm »

Quote from: Torslanda on 04 January, 2017, 11:25:15 pm

If anyone was watching tonight's episode of Channel 4's 'No Offence', the BMX for the final scene was supplied by John's Bikes.

I hope you got mentioned in the credits.

mattc · « **Reply #899 on:** 06 January, 2017, 06:26:22 pm »

I've just seen the first (for me) sick* joke about George Michael. Normally these days, the jokes start straight away - almost no celeb is immune.
I can't recall right now ANY jokes about recent deaths.

Is the average "comedian" on the Clapham_Omnibus/Facebook too shell-shocked from the carnage that they've lost the will to take the piss?

No bad thing on balance IMO

*It was mild, but still bad taste. Any other time I'm sure his death would have produced a slew of much worse. I won't sully George's thread with this.