Monthly Archives: April 2010
It’s Theme Tunes Day – The Muppet Show
More share options Computer animation is all very well and good but I still find it quite awe-inspiring how much character and emotion and humanity the late, great Jim Henson – and those who inherited his legacy – could convey … Continue reading
Filed under Classic TV, Tuesday Is Theme Tunes Day, TV Themes
Video Killed The Radio Star: Toyah – Thunder In The Mountains
More share options You know, the likes of Lady Gaga and Christina Aguilera would have us believe they are so original and outrageous and shocking and breaking new ground for female singers. Truth is, Toyah and her contemporaries were doing … Continue reading
Filed under Music, Video Killed The Radio Star
It’s Theme Tunes Day – Sledge Hammer!
More share options Doreau: What, you think all women should be barefoot and pregnant? Hammer: No, I encourage women to wear shoes. Tucked away in the chaotic wilderness that was the late-night regional ITV schedules of late 1980s here in … Continue reading
Filed under Classic TV, Comics, Tuesday Is Theme Tunes Day, TV Themes
Doctor Who – Matt Smith Teams Up With Two Former Companions*
More share options [*Or three if you count K9.] Eleventh Doctor Matt Smith will cross over for a guest appearance in the forthcoming fourth season of Doctor Who spin-off show The Sarah Jane Adventures. And in the latest crowd-pleasing blast … Continue reading
Filed under Classic TV, Current and recent TV shows, Kids' TV, TV News
The Monday Movie – They Live
More share options “I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass…” A short but sweet scene this week, from John Carpenter‘s 1988 cult classic sci-fi black comedy They Live. It stars former professional wrestler “Rowdy” Roddy Piper as … Continue reading
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The Monday Movie – Best In Show
More share options Christopher Guest is perhaps still best known for playing intellectually challenged rock star Nigel Tufnel in Rob Reiner’s 1984 spoof documentary This Is Spinal Tap (a film I have previously spotlighted in the Choob’s Monday Movie feature). … Continue reading
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