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ITEM! i thort last night's the curse of steptoe was v.goob - it held together as a "drama" much better than bbc4's previous kenneth williams & fanny graddock efforts - tho possibly i was too close to the subjects of those programmes ( kenneth williams & food ) to view 'em dispassionately - whereas i've never been all that keen on steptoe & son - i ( Read more... )

ITEM! shocked & appalled that bluddy parky ( w/his "everything was better in the old days", real ale, gricket & jamie gullum values ) got a knighthood in the new year honours but there was nothing more for britain's greatest entertainer, beloved bruce forsyth - o well, brucie is the people's "sir" in a "queen of all our hearts" type of way

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ITEM! the greatest leap forward in british journalism for years: they were giving away free bars of chocolate w/yesterday's observer

also in putney, they were handing out free samples of japanese grooming products ( "dhc for men" ) - "we have fused our japanese heritage & ancient beauty secrets with the benefits of organic olive oil" - i got "pure" ( Read more... )

ITEM! some w.o.agwu "thorts" on strictly come dancing: they've "diluted" it too much by spreading it over the two nights - & most of the results show is filler, while they drag out the suspense as long as possible - mind you, surreal moment of the week = gaptain jack harkness singing* "every little thing she does is magic" last nite - a bit out of ( Read more... )

ITEM! it's the national television awards on telly tonite ( 8.30pm, itv1 ) - one of the highlights of my viewing year ( i luv award shows, especially telly ones ) - the awards are live ( or "as live" ) & you can still vote until midday today - tho it's rather startling to arrive at the website & get SHOUTED AT by sir trevor macdonald ( praps i just ( Read more... )

ITEM! naughty gordon brown messing up yesterday's w.o.agwu election prediction w/his gommon sense decision - still on the plus side it will hopefully keep the vile david "dave" gameron & his pals & gals out of office for another gouple of years

ITEM! ( what passes for excitement ) in the w.o.agwu household as strictly come dancing is back for ( Read more... )

i yam playin' this game ( it may well be a "meme" ):
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ITEM! the other day i was staying with some dear friends ("nice people, nice people") who get challenge tv - what a treat to see brucie in play your cards right at 9.00am ( - i don't remember it ever having guest stars but kenny lynch came on for a quick gag: "he'll do anything for a free drink", said bruce ( Read more... )