Many very funny things happened on Alderney, and one rather tragic thing, and four tragic things happened in London. But enough about all that, here is my favourite comedy sign, at Shoreham-by-Sea airport.

( Comedy sign )

Exchange in the lift this morning:

Accountant A: Where's your coat?

Accountant B: There is no coat.

Accountant A looks confused.

My review of each and every Marx brothers movie in chronological order has moved into the later efforts, which critics traditionally claim are the weakest; however, I didn't laugh half as hard at anything in Animal Crackers as I did at the following in At The Circus:

1. Near the end, an elderly dowager is heard to bellow "will someone please get ( Read more... )

( Cripes, that was a pleasant weekend. )

Okay so Darien, who is this: बणनमन

[best guess at some of the letters]

So I went to see Stephen Fry last night, who was filming a tv show called "QI". It seems he, and his four fine comedy friends, including Bill Bailey, just sit around for three hours telling very stupid and/or rude jokes, and then the producers somehow splice together a 30 minute version with no naughty words in. Excellent fun.

ChrisNolanFilmFest 2005 proved a real hit yesterday. Sadly only one person bothered to turn up, but here are some reviews:

• Following: although a rather simplistic movie - in terms of both style and substance - this is amazing stuff for a debut feature length amateur movie. The initial concept is compelling, and although some momentum is lost once ( Read more... )

The winner of my celebrity challenge is terriem, with 108 points (or, 49%)! Well done, Tegs.

( The answers are here, thanks everyone for playing. If indeed you did. Which most of you fat asses did not. )

Movie reviews: don't think much of Sin City or Star Wars 3.

I know you've all been on tenterhooks, so finally here is the track listing of the compilation CD I made for Terrie's CD-challenge (exchanged with Alex ( Read more... )