Either the jaffa cakes I treated myself to earlier have greatly increased my tolerance, or That Mitchell and Webb Look was considerably funnier this week than it has been any other. I actually laughed, out loud, more than once.

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No, seriously, guys. ( More about Would I Lie To You? )

Martin Clunes, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Rob Brydon, Richard E Grant and David Mitchell? All on one show? MY OVARIES CANNOT EXIST BY THE END OF THIS EPISODE OF 'WOULD I LIE TO YOU?', HOLY FUCK.

( In which I say something about the latest episode of 'Look'... )

This post is all about Dr James Vine, a fictional character in Jam and Jerusalem, played by David Mitchell.

( In which I pretty much just wibble... )

I find The Mitchell and Webb Situation around nine hundred times more amusing than That Mitchell and Webb Look, and I've been trying to figure out exactly why, but I can't. Personally, I think the ratio between 'hit' and 'miss' is skewed much more towards 'miss' in the latter show. And although the 'hits' have larger budgets, they still don't make ( Read more... )

One of the things I love about my family is that we're all pretty good at sharing our interests and therefore influencing each other.

I started watching TBBT because Jez mentioned he liked it. My parents have watched and enjoyed many a tv show (LoM and Psych as examples) because I've forced them made suggestions. I got massively into Grand ( Read more... )

Things that are excellent about Magicians (2007)

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I am working my way through Peep Show. I've watched random episodes in the past and decided not to watch any others, for my general sense of happiness. Ninety percent of me really doesn't like it (humiliation squick ahoy!/I need characters I like!)* But ten percent, a very persistent percent, demands I now watch it all.

*It's one of those ( Read more... )

David Mitchell's Soapbox on US English

YES! YES FUCKING YES. "I could care less" must die as an expression. I have been saying this for years. This is the only English fail that really, really, really gets my goat.

In second place is not 'hold the fort', but the fact 'alternative' has become 'alternate' in standard US English. I can't fault ( Read more... )