The General Babblings of Chris Wild
Smoke’s no joke for Tom and Jerry…
It seems that Tom is no longer allowed to smoke in front of children. He can beat the hell out of Jerry if he wants because glorification of violence is acceptable, but smoking is abhorrent and will not be tolerated! 🙂
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Tom and Jerry
Hot on the heals of reading Are You Dave Gorman? I’ve just finished reading Dave Gormans Googlewhack Adventure. You should probably take a little time to check up on what a Googlewhack is… but in esscence its when you type two words into Google as a search phrase and only get one page back… there are other rules.
Again I watched the DVD before reading the book. But the books is still very enjoyable all the same. I don’t think it is quite as good as Are you Dave Gorman? Mainly because in that one, Dave is obssesed with his task and Danny is unwittingly and against his will pulled into it. In this one Dave is kind of performing both roles. Nevertheless, I still laughed out loud on numerous occasions.
See Also: Dave Gorman’s Website
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I watched the TV show The Dave Gorman Collection some time ago, but I’ve only just got around to reading the book Are You Dave Gorman? I guess that technically I didn’t really need to read the book, but I was interested in all the extra detail that the book would afford.
Anyway, I really enjoyed it. Funny all the way through. And all those extra little details are really worth the read. For those not familiar with the TV show or the Book. Dave Gorman ends up trying to win a bet against his flat mate Danny Wallace that he can’t meet 54 other Dave Gormans. It’s a bet that sees them travelling the world and putting themselves in some very strange situations.
See Also: Dave Gorman’s Website
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I finally got round to watching the Prince of Tides. Having enjoyed the Pat Conroy book so much I was really interested in how the film would pan out. Ultimately, I enjoyed it. However it is definatley a case of the book being better. Not suprisingly really as there is so much in the book that you just can’t fit into a film. It only ran for 2 hours and could easily have been 3.
The film seems to focus on the love story between Tom and Lowenstein, whereas I think that is just the skeleton in the book that the rest of the detail hangs off.
I didn’t actually like Nick Nolte or Barbra Streisand in the leading roles as I felt they over acted them, however it wasn’t enough for me to dislike the film.
One of the things that I was really interested in were the parts that they left out. In the book there is a section about Luke Wingo toward the end which shows how he dies. While reading it I thought that this section alone would make a great film. So as the film completely glossed over it with only a few lines of dialogue, then I am absolutley sure it could make a great film in its own right… ( off to write a script… )
See Also: Currently Reading…
Prince of Tides, Pat Conroy, Nick Nolte, Barbra Streisand Pat Conroy, Nick Nolte, Barbra StreisandWell another year of Big Brother is over and I have to say that despite any comments that I’ve read in the press about this year being the worst year and that maybe it has run its course, I thought this year was one of the best. Yes it had its moments of cringe TV that I couldn’t watch, and yes it had a couple of times where I couldn’t watch for a couple of days, but on the whole the people I disliked went out relatively quicky.
I usually find the first week the hardest to watch, there is just too much cock strutting taking place but it usually settles down quickly. If Shabaz had not gone so quickly I think I wouldn’t have been able to watch. Dawn being ejected was a blessing and the early exit of Sezer was good. I was also glad when Grace went. Of all the new entries over the weeks, I disliked Sam and warmed up to Aisleyne. I really disliked Spiral and found it hard to watch while he was on. Michael and Suzie never bothered me either way, but I didn’t like Jayne. I liked Jenny.
By the final week I was happy with the contestants that were left and had any of them won then I wouldn’t have been so bothered, however Pete was always my favourite despite the fact that I disliked him intensely the first 24 hours. I liked Nikki the first time around but found her utterly detestable when she re-entered the house. My biggest concern was that she would also bring Pete down.
On a related but seperate note… I really hate what Channel 4 have done with the BB website. I used to like going there frequently to read the BB stories, but now I just find that all the adverts get in the way and so I have completly stopped visiting it.
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