You may remember me mentioning Johnny Boy once or twice on these pages, mostly to the effect of believing that they’re a fine grouping that plays splendid songs in a popular manner. It turns out that said band will be turning out for the Stay Beautiful Christmas Party; lashings of ginger beer possibly on hand for all.
Would anybody like to join me on the second day of Advent in Camden Town?Fox News to develop rival to The Daily Show. As you can imagine, it sounds like a complete trainwreck. In fact, you have to wonder whether the co-creator of 24 (which might also explain why I’ve never really got on with that show) has ever watched TDS:
"The way I look at it, almost every comedy show or satire show I see uses the same talking points against George W Bush and Dick Cheney. The other side hasn't been skewered in a fair and balanced way," he said.It's not a partisan show. It exists to mock. And it does, from the right, to the left, to the people that make human-flavoured tofu and truck drivers demanding their right to throw urine-filled cups out of their lorries. The Fox equivalent sounds like it's just going to be a shrill copy that'll spend most of its time calling Nancy Pelosi the Wicked Witch of The East.
I think what Torchwood really needs is somebody on the scripting team whose only job is to State The Obvious. “Why don’t they just, well, shoot them? Aren’t they supposed to be a ruthless, secret organisation?” “What’s up with the big TORCHWOOD logos on the car anyway?” “Why not send in the INVINCIBLE character?”
Just a thought. Secondly, The Au Pairs are terrific. You probably already know that, but I think it bears repeating."I want to say this about my state: When Strom Thurmond ran for president, we voted for him. We're proud of it. And if the rest of the country had followed our lead, we wouldn't have had all these problems over all these years, either."Trent Lott: new Republican Minority Whip!
