When Sherlock co-creator/co-writer, Steven Moffat, recently heard the news that his co-creation with Mark Gatiss had topped the Radio Times critics poll of the best TV of 2012, he was at the top of his game, as usual. A very grateful Moffat promised to reward Radio Times for the prestigious honor by revealing the solution […]
Read more
Much like both Benedict Cumberbatch and Bill Nighy, I believe Sir Ian McKellen could read the phone book and I would be in the front row. So just the thought of the possibility of a comedy series that stars Sir Ian along with Sylvester McCoy (Doctor Who), Frances Barber (Silk) and Jonathan Hyde (Titanic) gives […]
Read more
As the world moves closer and closer to Friday’s opening ceremonies of the XXX Summer Olympiad in London, those associated with the genius comedy known as Twenty Twelve are beginning to wonder does life actually imitate art? Twenty Twelve, the brilliant mockery aimed at the organizers of the 2012 London Olympics stars Hugh Bonneville (the […]
Read more
Probably a bit of an overkill statement, but even with its ups and downs, British situation comedy is still king of comedy on telly….bar none. A big part of which I attribute to the writers. The concept of good writing has never been more important…and needed…than it is today competing in an over-saturated world of […]
Read more
After having to suffer for years and years of fans worldwide wanting to know what are the Pythons favorite sketches or what were their early days influences for the brilliant Python sketches, at long last, someone has asked the likes of Terry Gilliam, Carol Cleveland, Terry Jones and Michael Palin, what makes them laugh…non-Python related. […]
Read more
As we reported back in February, a bit of PG Wodehouse brilliance is on the horizon with the commissioning of Blandings by the BBC. At the time, Jennifer Saunders (Absolutely Fabulous, Jam and Jerusalem) was the only cast member that had been announced. Now, according to comedy.co.uk, filming has begun and the supporting cast has been […]
Read more
Today marks, officially, 365 days and counting until the opening ceremonies of the 2012 Olympics where the eyes of the world will be on London for the Games of the XXXth Olympiad. I know, where does the time go. While everything looks like smooth sailing on the outside, it does so for a reason. There are […]
Read more
Having just lived through a city that was home to Super Bowl XLV, it became painstakingly clear all the efforts that went in to not only securing the winning bid some four years ago but, then, the subsequent preparation leading up to, oh yeah, the actual game. One can only imagine what goes in to […]
Read more