Dec 2006
It's a wonderful life
Dec06
Having been brought up believing that a typical Christmas involves several hours watching or dozing off in front of crap TV, I was quite disturbed not to see It's a Wonderful Life scheduled on the box yesterday. It should have come as no surprise, though, to see it aired in its entirety on the internet.
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Update Santa is way too nice! "Pisstaking teabag!" gets a big thumbs up.
Dec06 Filed in: Santa
For the Brits who don't know this, your US colonial cousins refer to you as teabags. That is actually very consistent with the rest of the world who obviously appreciate the cuisine par excellence of your fair isle. The French call you Rosbif, the Australians know you as limeys .Continue reading
Bollocks! A lame rating for a movie of Ed the Editor's life!
Dec06 Filed in: Ed the Editor
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Tommy Cooper died - just like that.
Dec06 Filed in: Tommy Cooper
Looking through Cheeks n Paste, a blog by three witty Brits, I was reminded of the time I watched a comedy giant die on stage. (Not Michael "Kramer" Richards.) Embarrassed to say this, but it was really funny seeing a guy clutch his chest and fall backwards through the curtains with a look of pure surprise on his face. How were we to know that Tommy Cooper was expiring for real?
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Freddy Starr's one-finger apology
Dec06 Filed in: Freddy Starr
Years ago, UK comedian Freddy "ate my hamster" Starr went on a national TV chat show to apologise to a little old lady who had found his style a bit distasteful. He span a shaggy dog story full of pointless rubbish with the punchline, "and this is for the little old lady in Eastbourne." It was accompanied by something like this.
The world's 10 most bizarre people
Dec06 Filed in: Celebrity
There is no point trying to satirise the characters highlighted in an amazing list. A guy with fetus in fetu is not deserving of ridicule; a Japanese world war 2 soldier who surrendered in 1974 deserves pity; and the Algerian real-life inspiration for the Tom Hanks' film, The Terminal, deserves an Oscar. This is the list
Buster! Who's a lovely boy! Update
Dec06 Filed in: Buster
It would appear that after delving into Buster's family tree, the only branch that made sense included Bill Clinton and Dick Cheney! So says Cliff Michaels, the creator of Buster. He is responsible for many more hideous characters and with his kind permission, some will be featured at a later date on The Pisstakers site.
Buster! Who's a lovely boy!
Dec06 Filed in: Buster
The creator, Cliff Michaels, has the following disturbing message for all fans of this less than handsome infant.
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Neigh-o-me
Dec06 Filed in: Naomi Campbell
