A random thread for small entertainment things not warranting their own thread..

[spesh]

Free Tom Lehrer.   

https://twitter.com/emollick/status/1604148566804819970

"Tom Lehrer has put all his songs online (including lyrics & sheet music), and given away all rights to them. The site will only be up for a limited time. This is a very niche tweet that will make a small segment of people very happy. https://tomlehrersongs.com "

https://tomlehrersongs.com/send-the-marines/

Duly bookmarked (for however long it lasts!)

[Beardy]

I’ve risen from my sickbed at my S-in-L and we have decided to watch a bit of TV via her Sky box. Two things spring to mind, that would annoy me immensely if I was paying for the service. Adverts, an excessive amount of adverts on what I am assuming is a paid for service. That’s just taking the proverbial. And there doesn’t appear to be a way to skip the trailer, recap or title sequence.

Grumble grumble.

[Jurek]

This fell into my inbox t'other day

[rogerzilla]

Amazon Prime (which SO pays for) has most episodes of The Professionals, including the never-shown-on-broadcast TV "Klansmen".  Watched it tonight.  I can see why it was pulled

[Auntie Helen]

I started watching The Professionals on Prime here but unfortunately it was dubbed into German with no subtitles so that makes it almost impossible for me (I partially lip read when watching tv but that doesn’t help when it’s dubbed).

[rogerzilla]

I started watching The Professionals on Prime here but unfortunately it was dubbed into German with no subtitles so that makes it almost impossible for me (I partially lip read when watching tv but that doesn’t help when it’s dubbed).

I imagine the German dubbing turns it into a homoerotic romp, like it does with Top Gun.

[Cudzoziemiec]

I thought Top Gun was always a homoerotic romp?

[Kim]

I thought Top Gun was always a homoerotic romp?

+1

[rafletcher]

I started watching The Professionals on Prime here but unfortunately it was dubbed into German with no subtitles so that makes it almost impossible for me (I partially lip read when watching tv but that doesn’t help when it’s dubbed).

That reminds me of the "Achtung Tonto" from the German dubbed Lone Ranger. The Dutch were much kinder, they subtitled foreign language programmes.

[andrewc]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-64188549


Hanif Kureishi badly injured in a fall.

[rafletcher]

I was idly browsing the TV schedules when I noticed a documentary “Cutty Sark - Out of the Ashes”. On Blaze TV  .

[PeteB99]

A friend recommended the works of Randy Feltface (Australian puppet comedian) to me. Watched Purple privilege last night - very good. I'll try Randy writes a novel tonight.

[Mr Larrington]

Wot, no mention of Tom Verlaine out of Television?  Anyway, he's dead, Jim.

[Steph]

https://twitter.com/designs_william/status/1622632509119815681


Unknown, says the Heil

Bonnie Raitt.

[Pingu]

 

[Mr Larrington]

:headdesk:

[Sergeant Pluck]

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/feb/07/fawlty-towers-john-cleese-reboot

The actor and writer will team up with daughter Camilla Cleese, with the pair both set to write and star. The new series will “explore how Cleese’s over-the-top, cynical and misanthropic Basil Fawlty navigates the modern world”, according to early information, with the plot focusing on his relationship with his daughter as they manage a boutique hotel together.

Oh dear.

[Basil]

Oh dear indeed.

It was good at the time and for its time.  I watched a couple of the recent re-runs and thought them dire.

A re-boot won't work.

[Jurek]

Oh dear indeed.

It was good at the time and for its time.  I watched a couple of the recent re-runs and thought them dire.

A re-boot won't work.

I've similar experience of re-watching them.

[Wowbagger]

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/feb/07/fawlty-towers-john-cleese-reboot

The actor and writer will team up with daughter Camilla Cleese, with the pair both set to write and star. The new series will “explore how Cleese’s over-the-top, cynical and misanthropic Basil Fawlty navigates the modern world”, according to early information, with the plot focusing on his relationship with his daughter as they manage a boutique hotel together.

Oh dear.

An old man unable to grow old gracefully.

Do not go gentle into that good night...

[Cudzoziemiec]

There's a reason that Daisy, Daisy is still the best known song about a bicycle: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/Vn29DvMITu4&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/Vn29DvMITu4&rel=1</a>

[Kim]

There's a reason that Daisy, Daisy is still the best known song about a bicycle: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/Vn29DvMITu4&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/Vn29DvMITu4&rel=1</a>

That's a blast from the past!

And I reckon IBM (with a little help from Stanley Kubrick) shares the blame for the enduring popularity of Daisy Bell.

[Ham]

Oh dear indeed.

It was good at the time and for its time.  I watched a couple of the recent re-runs and thought them dire.

A re-boot won't work.

Given that Rob Reiner (he of Spinal Tap) is involved, there is a chance it might succeed despite its heritage, although I'll not be holding my breath.

[mrcharly-YHT]

“explore how Cleese’s over-the-top, cynical and misanthropic Basil Fawlty navigates the modern world”

So basically it will be Cleese being Cleese. No different from recent interviews.

[Cudzoziemiec]

This made me laugh. Well, a little bit:

The early 80's had been typified by Goth, a dreadful punk sub genre infused with hippiedom that involved dressing up in black, taking yourself very seriously and singing songs about bats. (Compare and contrast with Haircut 100 - an early 80's band that evidently didn't take themselves seriously, dressed in white by wearing cricket clothing, which is a game played using bats). I