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I posted to gorey.com.au
I rather like the new advertisement for Victoria Bitter, which I saw on Thursday night for the first time on SBS during The Ashes coverage. It’s very funny in an understated, ironic kind of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and…
July 10 2009, 5:43pm | Comments »
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I posted to theborderwatch.blogspot.com
ABC “comedy” show The Chaser’s War on Everything has taken another step too far in using sick children to gain attention. “Attention” is the key word instead of “laughs” because it is difficult to see how anyone could find the offensive sketch amusing.In it, a child dying of cancer who…
June 4 2009, 9:36am | Comments »
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I posted to gorey.com.au
The Chaser team loses the plot
ABC “comedy” show The Chaser’s War on Everything has taken another step too far in using sick children to gain attention. I say “attention” instead of “laughs” because I fail to see how anyone could find the offensive sketch amusing. In it, a child dying of cancer who wants to…
June 3 2009, 8:54pm | Comments »
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I posted to gorey.com.au
Francis the Mule and old movies
I was listening to a YouTube version of “I’m On My Way” by The Proclaimers tonight, which uses footage of Laurel and Hardy dancing. A memory flooded back to me of watching Laurel and Hardy movies on black and white television in the 1970s. I then thought about other “classic”…
May 15 2009, 5:25am | Comments »
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I posted to gorey.com.au
I wonder if Michael Slater has talked his way out of the Channel Nine commentary team. Twice today he called “great shot” when batsmen hit catches. It’s obviously not a great shot if the hitter gets out. I liked Slater’s daring as a batsman, but he’s a pretty ordinary commentator,…
January 26 2009, 1:20am | Comments »
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I posted to ozcomments.com
Only about 40 percent of Australian households have made the switch to digital television since it was launched in 2001. Some analysts believe the relatively low take-up rate is behind a marketing campaign to promote “Freeview” digital television. A commercial certainly caught my eye last night during the cricket. A…
January 11 2009, 6:09pm | Comments »
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