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Some things you just can’t escape from…

Ryan — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 22:35:12 +0000

It’s baaaaaaack… Or at least it will be at the end of January 2008.

Flashback to the 1980′s

Ryan — Sun, 22 Jan 2006 19:14:41 +0000

Courtesy of those good people over at TV Ark. After spending another long session over on this truly amazing website I thought I’d share some of my favorite clips.

Kia-Ora (1984)
Milky Way (1989)
Scotch Videotape (1985)
Trebor Soft Mints (1987)
Morph; now sadly lost forever in a fire at the BBC late last year (1980)
Roobarb; if only for the theme tune… (1974)

Realplayer is required to view all of the clips above. Now for a short disclaimer; if you only find yourself emerging from the other side of the TV Ark website in a weeks time, Rymus {dot} Net is not liable to reimburse your 7 days worth of life. There is an ungodly amount of nostalgia in there. You may want to wear a mask or something…

60,00 onto Kearney

Ryan — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 23:28:41 +0000

60,00 onto Kearney, originally uploaded by sepiatone.

Still further proof that no matter what is going on anywhere on the planet, there’s a flickr user there to document it.

This photoset shows detail behind what is my favorite TV ad at the moment; the Sony Bravia advert. Great set of photos from sepiatone.

Kev trades Bev in for newer model

Ryan — Sat, 18 Jun 2005 23:20:11 +0000

“Kev?”, “Bev?”. “Kev!”, “Bev!”. The long running AA car loan commercial we’ve all seen featuring Kev and Bev played by Mark Burdis and Olivia Coleman. Well all is not well in AA town. I was distraught to see that my beloved Bev has been usurped and replaced by a woman I could never see being likely to be granted a car loan. Especially for a Volvo!

Above, the original Bev with Kev

Am I to presume that original Bev has been tied up and is being stored in Kev’s basement? Is she concealed in the no doubt ample trunk of the old red Volvo? I fear greatly for her safety and am concerned that new Bev’s recent appearance may be a permanant fixture. Yahoo! news reports that Olivia Coleman is currently seeking other roles. Farewell Olivia, you’ll always be Bev to me…

Truly Delightful TV

Ryan — Fri, 18 Mar 2005 11:58:37 +0000

It’s not very often something actually watchable comes along. It’s even less often that something hugely entertaining and well written comes along. Filling the hole in my TV schedule that “Long Way Round” left, I discovered “Rescue Me” some time ago on Sky One. Thursday nights, 10-11pm. The show is based on a New York fire house in present day. The tone is firmly rooted in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks so as you can imagine, it’s quite a dark storyline. Tommy Gavin, played by the talented Denis Leary is a man haunted by alcoholism, his seperated marraige and of course several ghosts he’s picked up along the way.

Serious topics (but not all of them fires) are dealt with in a very gritty and almost too realistic manner but it makes for wonderful entertainment and like “The Soprano’s”, you just know that when someone messes with a firefighter, they’ll be getting their ass kicked a few episodes down the line. Fantastic one-liners are guaranteed every week from any one of the characters; but normally one of the more intelligent characters of course…

It also introduced me to a new band. The theme tune is The Von Bondies track “C’mon”. Only problem I’ve found with getting attached to good TV is that sooner or later the damn series ends. God bless DVD box sets!

Truly DespicableTV

Ryan — Fri, 18 Mar 2005 11:46:15 +0000

From the home of utterly vile and contemptuous television programming comes yet another in a list of ‘entertainment’ (and I use the term loosly). “Fool Around with Dan Corsi”, showing on E4 is a show primarily based on the wholesome activity of deception, encouraging average women to cheat on their boyfriends for a big cash prize. As if it wasn’t bile enducing enough, the boyfriends (whom I can only presume to be missing vital parts of their brains) condone this activity and in fact advise their morally challenged other halves on how best to get into bed with the male model they share the house with.

I managed to watch a full 3 or 4 minutes of the 1 hour show last night before leaving the room in anger and disgust that this kind of crap passes for entertainment these days. And that ladies and gentlemen, is why I don’t watch reality TV.