The Infinite Monkey Cage
Eric Idle, Professor Brian Cox, and Robin Ince star – or, at least, their puppets do – in this video to the new theme music for BBC Radio 4 programme The Infinite Monkey...
Rik Mayall Triple
Sad news as we learn of Rik Mayall’s death today, a man who accounted for a good percentage of the laughs of my teen-and-later years. To celebrate his life then here’s a selection of three video clips of the great comic actor. Bottom – I’m Great On The Phone Blackadder – Lord Flashheart’s Grand Entrance The New Statesman –...
The Cat And The Dog
Cat: It’s very simple. He’s a threat to us. You’ve seen the attention he gets. You’ve seen how much they spend on things for him. Dog: I don’t know. I really don’t know about this. Cat: They bought him a vehicle of his own. Have you got a vehicle? Because I haven’t. Dog: No. No, I guess you’re right. Cat: I am right. Are you in? Dog: I guess so. Cat: I’m going to need more than that. Dog: Yes, damn it! Yes! I’m in. Cat: If you’re not happy I’ll find someone else. Dog: I’ve said I’m in. Let’s just do this, okay? Cat: Okay then. Tomorrow. I’ll disable the cameras as I’ve got best access to the house. Then I’ll come down here. Once he’s isolated on the other side of the parents’ vehicle you come around from the back and take him. There’s a storm drain down the road. He shouldn’t prove any trouble. Besides, you’ve got teeth. Use them. Dog: And what will you be doing? Cat: I’ll close off his escape in case he tries to get back to the house. Then I’ll help you carry the body once you’ve got hold. Dog: Okay. Cat: Cheer up. This time tomorrow it will just be the two of us. The street will be ours. … … Dog: You betrayed me. Cat: I wouldn’t say that. Dog: What then? Cat: You were useful to me. I happened to have other goals than those I shared with you. I’d like to thank you. Dog: They say you’re a hero. Cat: The world’s your oyster when you’re a hero. Dog: I thought we were friends. Cat: We were never friends. Consider me your mentor and this as being one of those lessons. This, right here, is a cat eat dog...
Californian Art Deco Cinemas
From the always interesting Messy Nessy Chic is this great article showcasing cinemas in California built and decorated in the art deco style. Cinemas include The Paramount and the Grand Lake Theatre in Oakland, the Orinda Theatre in Orinda, the Crest Westwood in Los Angeles, and the Alameda in San Francisco, the latter of which is described thusly: Built in 1932 in Alameda, California, it was the last grand movie palace built in the San Francisco Bay Area. It closed in the 1980s as a triplex theatre and was later used as a gymnastics studio. A restoration and expansion project was completed in 2008, making the historic theater the primary anchor of an eight-screen...
Rare TV Title Sequences
This is quite a find: half an hour of vintage title sequences to television programmes I’d mostly never heard of. And I’d guess you probably haven’t either. But it’s a wonderful feast for the eyes and ears. Found via A Sound...
Musicians In Movies Triple
A trio of videos showing off musicians who have made the leap from the music industry to the film one. Of course, there are hundreds (probably more) of examples of this sort of thing occurring as the two industries are fairly incestuous but I’ve decided to select just three because that’s what I tend to do when sharing videos. The only criteria I’ve used in narrowing things down is that I must have seen the film and liked it. Tom Waits – Mystery Men A mostly overlooked hero of the band of unlikely heroes making up the Mystery Men is Tom Waits as Doc Heller in this cut scene from the movie. I’m not that familiar with Tom’s music but his track What’s He Building In There? is one of my favourites. Iggy Pop – Cry Baby One of my most favourite films by one of most favourite directors John Waters, Cry Baby here featuring Iggy Pop naked and washing his private parts in a bath tub. What’s not to like about that? Tricky – The Fifth Element A short clip from the always enjoyable Fifth Element and English musician Tricky portraying a bad guy. An English person portraying a bad guy? What will the movie industry think of...
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