Dec 03 2007

It just seems like, you agree to have a certain personality or something. For no reason. Just to make things easier for everyone. But when you think about it, I mean, how do you know it’s even you?

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EDITED to add, OMG!!! WTF! I totally forgot all about the Late Late Toy Show. Jayzis!!! I’m distraught at missing it. Distraught!

9.45 - Pat has just kicked a lifelike baby doll up the hole to the plaintive cry of a little girl who pleaded “don’t kick the baby�.

I watched two episodes of My So-Called Life over the weekend. Initial thought[1] ; OMG! Look at the clothes! And where are all the tanned people? Seriously it could be a British or Irish show everyone is so pale.

But it is good stuff.

I love how Angela is in some ways a cow. She does just dump her best friend for no reason; but at the same time she is right to dump her. The whole getting to know who you are angst is wonderful. Of course my enjoyment is made more by the fact that I know that no one ever really knows who they are, and that society is us all being different people depending on the situations we are in. That whole masks we wear cliché.

Teen angst. You just gotta love it. Unless you are on the receiving end of course.

And I love the fact that Angela’s parents are real people; especially Angela’s mother. I didn’t remember that. Her stressing over the fact that she thinks Angela loves her dad more. Her annoyance at always having to be the bad guy. Great stuff.

Linknotes:
  1. I may post a recap at some stage ↩
Tags: Late Late Toy Show, My So-Called Life, Pat Kenny, teen angst, The Plank

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Nov 26 2006

Week 199

Published by Fence under Weekly memes

Luna Nina says:

  1. Rhyme ::
  2. Substantial ::
  3. Instant ::
  4. Greed ::
  5. Brad ::
  6. Season ::
  7. Accomplished ::
  8. Invite ::
  9. Sparkle ::
  10. Rainbow ::

Mine’ll be under the cut, but first off, who was watching The Late, Late Show on Friday, I wasn’t, I was at the theatre, but who needs tv when you have YouTube to share the joy of watching Pat Kenny being accosted live on national television.

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Tags: Luna Nina, Pat Kenny, The Late Late Show, vidjo

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Feb 01 2005

Well tis Imbolc time

Published by Fence under Musing

Also known as the beginning of Spring, or, here in Ireland St. Brigid’s Day. Mind you I haven’t even seen a hint of the crosses…

There is a phrase here in Ireland “there was no sex before the Late,Late”.
The Late Late is a TV chat show, that has been running for many a year (It is the world’s longest running live TV chat show). It used to be hosted by Gay Byrne and was regular viewing. Almost everyone in the country would tune into at least some part of the Late, Late Show on a Friday.

Gay retired a few years back, and Pat Kenny replaced him. Not so many people watch any more. Not that I think Kenny is totally to blame, its just that, well he made things worse, imo. I’ve heard him described as a real version of Alan Partridge. Today there was a wonderful letter in the Irish Times where he is described as

“The latest instalment, featuring an incoherent Brigitte Nielsen and an inane Amanda Byram, merely charts the further decline of a once great programme, now hosted by one with all the wit, charm and sex appeal of a digestive biscuit, who seems to have an extraordinary ability to continually find the utter dregs of Irish and international “entertainment” and display them without any sense of shame.”

How could I resist posting that. Everyone take note of that insult. I want to see everyone use the term “digestive biscuit” in a derogatory manner at least once.

Tags: digestive biscuit, Gay Byrne, letters to the paper, Pat Kenny, The Irish Times, The Late Late Show

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