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Castles of Britain, with Mott and Bailey

January 2nd, 2009 No comments

If I had a television, I’d probably moan about all the rubbish that is on these days. But I don’t, so I won’t.

Instead, I’ve decided to invent some TV shows that I, personally, would like to watch. If I had a television. Which I don’t.

Let’s get the ball rolling with this imaginary epic…

Mott and Bailey

Mott and Bailey

Produced by the team behind “Coast”, “Castles of Britain” would be a 12 part series of half hour episodes following a re-formed Mott the Hoople and Bill Bailey as they explore, strangely, the castles of Britain.

Over the course of the series, they could give an insight into the history of each castle, before performing an outdoor concert and entertaining the locals with a mixture of early seventies glam-rock and contempory comedy.

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How do you measure your sanity?

July 8th, 2008 No comments

“He checks his sanity with a wristwatch?”

“Sure, what do you use? A dipstick?”

What am I on about?

How about the best 80s cop/action movie featuring a lead character called Murphy, that wasn’t Robocop, and the best Roy Scheider film that didn’t end with an exploding shark?

Clearly there is only one thing I could be on about…

Blue Thunder

The classic 1983 film about a combat helicopter adapted for law enforcement, starring the aforementioned shark killer, Malcolm “ultra-violence” McDowell and Daniel “easily defeated by a child” Stern.

Blue Thunder and its spin-off TV series pre-dated the other helicopter show Airwolf, which was, frankly, rubbish.

The movie itself was one of the films that I used to get from the video shop all the time as a kid, mainly because they had a crap selection of films. Its so rare for it to be shown on TV, that I had to post about it. Thanks Five US!

If you don’t remember it… watch the trailer…

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