Monthly Archives: October 2016

Always Be Killing Hitler

While researching my previous posts about NTSF:SD:SUV:: and Eagleheart, the internet suggested that I might also enjoy an Australian action comedy series called Danger 5 (2012)… and, as it turns out, the internet was absolutely right… though I’m going to … Continue reading

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Affirmatively Funny

I recently finished reading Jennifer Saunders‘ slightly scatty (but very enjoyable) showbiz memoir Bonkers: My Life in Laughs (2013), and I was intrigued to discover that she and Dawn French were the beneficiaries of “positive discrimination”, back in the day. … Continue reading

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“The Hot Shoulder”

[Contains surprise kittens and SPOILERS!!!] Before diving back into Burning Love and bingeing down on the third season (2013), I decided to check out one of the shows that inspired its witer/creator, Erica Oyama, so I could better appreciate the … Continue reading

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Like A Kid In A Cadaver Shop

As part of my ongoing research for a satirical-period-procedural comic-book I’m writing, I decided to check out a BBC4 series called The First Georgians: The German Kings Who Made Britain (2014), and quickly developed a giddy crush on the show’s … Continue reading

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