Great Antiques Roadshow Spoof

May 6th, 2008 · 1 comment or link to (permalink)

On the antiques roadshow, people lug along ancient pieces of unwanted crap - sorry priceless heirlooms, in order to find out how much they are worth so that they can fantasize about immediately flogging them and moving to Florida. Trinket owners play along with the genteel history lesson charade, pretending to be interested in some bone-grindingly dull anecdote from an expert in Chinese foot binding stools, or whatever, followed by the fake rhetorical question - have you ever thought about what its worth? Answer: Oh no, not really - I’d never, never sell it.

At this point, if the expert didn’t actually give the price, the owner would, of course, instantaneously beat her to a bloody pulp. I love the Antiques Roadshow, its my favorite TV program, and I love this trailer for BBC HD.

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Robert Newman - The History Of The World Backwards Episode 1

April 4th, 2008 · comment or link to (permalink)

Robert Newman - The History Of The World Backwards Season 1 Episode 1/6

Robert Newman combines comedy and history in fantastically entertaining monologues such as his ‘History of Oil’ theater production.

In this new 6 part series, Newman looks at history as if time flowed backwards. The opening scene, for example, comments on the ethnic cleansing by Cherokee and Apache in the 1800s that lead to the eradication of all white people from the North American continent by the mid 15th Century.

The most startling result of this process is that many things can be seen as progress when played backwards. Our destruction of the Earth’s environment becomes our understanding of how to fix it.
29 min 1 sec Oct 30, 2007

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Guinness Book of Records - Derek and Clive

March 28th, 2008 · comment or link to (permalink)

The other Peter Cook
Guinness Book of Records - Derek and Clive

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Groucho

January 1st, 2008 · 1 comment or link to (permalink)

Documentary about Groucho Marx. The normal rules whereby we respect things more, simply because they are old: religion; traditional remedies; dead presidents - do not apply to comedy, whose half life is based upon whether you actually laugh.

Groucho Marx is one of the few comedians that are still funny long after they are dead, so its interesting to ponder why.
57 min 36 sec Dec 29, 2007

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Kick Ass Miracles - Mind and Body (yes that really is the title)

November 9th, 2007 · comment or link to (permalink)

This is a another great example of FEBL media. Compulsive viewing: travelogue; mysticism; jazz beards; toothless 300 year old Thai shamen.

A Chip Shop owner from Birmingham, England, who has spent six years living with Kung Fu monks after seeing a Tarantino movie, guides you through the mysteries of the mystical Orient. The title alone, ‘Kick Ass Miracles’ is worthy of an entire social anthropology conference.

Suggested conference panel topics:

1. Kick Arse or Kick Ass, the use of contemporary American slang in British youth TV.
2. Exorcising Noddy Holder. How presenters hide Birmingham accents when presenting British youth TV while pretending to be hip to American jive and concealing salary handicapping regional dialects by reverting to mockney (fake Cockney).
3. An ornithology of miniature Jazz Beards, Soul Patches and facial hair amongst presenters of British youth TV.
4. The clash of civilizations. 2000 year old dangerously poisonous herbal remedies and skateboard culture as exemplified by British youth TV.
5. Where Ali G gets his material.

“So ere we ah in Souf Eeeeest Aishah, wheh we gunna check aht some KNARLY two fowsand yeea owd ‘erbuw remedy. Innit.”

Enjoy.

27 min 44 sec May 7, 2007
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