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07.30.08 by Widge @ 6:19 am Remember how I was saying before how I wished we had the entire What's My Line? bit where actor Gordon Ramsey came on as Bozo and then later in the show came on as himself out of makeup? Leave it to Classic Television Showbiz to provide. Which is a good thing, since the original bit has been taken down. Gah. Categorized as: TV
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07.25.08 by Widge @ 3:08 am So with word that The Office has been sold to Channel One in Russia so that they can make their own version, much like we've done here in the U.S., I looked up what versions there are out there already...and there are a few, with another one coming next month in Chile. So much like our previous look at Law & Order around the globe, here are four different versions of The Office. There are no subtitles, bear in mind, but it at least gives you a taste. First up, from France, some bits of La Bureau: Categorized as: TV
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07.14.08 by Widge @ 6:00 am The madmen at Ectoplasmosis figure that this is a scene from the future musical based on their site. I think that's an excellent theory. However, I also think that I smell a cousin of Starro in this...that's right: moustaches from space that descend and, once affixed to your face, make you dance like loonbags...UNTIL YOU DIE. Thank God this is only from a television show. We hope. Categorized as: TV
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07.09.08 by Widge @ 10:36 pm Paul Merton: comedian, writer, television presenter, panelist, ridiculously funny individual. He turned 51 today. We wish him well. Here's a bit from his Paul Merton in China series where he experienced Chinese hospitality. Direct link for the feedreaders. Another bit after the break. Categorized as: TV
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07.06.08 by Widge @ 8:51 pm There's nobody on the planet like William Shatner. The man has got such an amazing attitude towards himself, towards his career, towards everything--that you really can't touch him. He can cover Blur on an album produced by Ben Folds or he can get up in the middle of a celebration of George Lucas and sing "My Way." Doesn't matter. He is the man. I'm not even a huge Trek fan and I can see that. This is from The Mike Douglas Show in 1969, where it seems Shatner was co-hosting the show for a week with Douglas. Now--there's several versions of this online where he does sing "It Was a Very Good Year." But this version has the Hamlet "To Be or Not to Be" soliloquy intact on it--and you need to get the introduction and the Shakespeare to get the full effect, in my humble opinion. This is the only vid of this I can find online--so I apologize. Normally I don't post anything where the audio is this out of sync. But dammit, it's still worth watching. And I have to apologize to Shatner. A while back I saw someone here locally perform Hamlet and do it, as I've stated, "Shatner Hamlet." But Shatner's Hamlet is apparently much better than this guy, whose performance is now demoted to "Bad Shatner Hamlet." Direct link for the feedreaders. After the break, Shatner discussed his acting approach on Star Trek. Which is priceless. Categorized as: TV
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