The Home Guard (initially Local Defence Volunteers) was an armed citizen militia supporting the army during WW2. Operational from 1940 to 1944, the Home Guard had 1.5 million local volunteers otherwise ineligible for military service, such as those who were too young or too old to join the regular armed forced (regular military service was restricted to those aged 18 to… Continue reading Don’t tell him Pike!
Tag: Comedy
Life’s a show – Film Review
One of the nice things about doing my blog for this long is that I often get invited to review films. I can’t accept every offer so pick those which I think might be fun or interesting and recently one such film came up that caught my attention. We’ve all had times where we feel… Continue reading Life’s a show – Film Review
The Death of Stalin – Movie Review
Dear Comrades, it gives me great pleasure, indeed it is behoven on me to introduce to you one of the great cinematic treasures of 2017, The Death of Stalin. As the Presidium is no doubt aware (for they have eyes and ears everywhere) I’ve been waiting to see this film for months. It is black… Continue reading The Death of Stalin – Movie Review
Remembering Andrew Sachs, Manuel from Fawlty Towers
learn This morning awaking before 5am I was saddened to learn of the death of Andrew Sachs who famously portrayted the well-meaning but inept Spanish waiter Manuel in the classic comedy Fawlty Towers. Manuel was always in a state of constant confusion, and with a tenuous grasp of English syntax, he was invariably the target of… Continue reading Remembering Andrew Sachs, Manuel from Fawlty Towers
It’s goodnight from me … and it’s goodnight from him.
These days so many of us watch or have to watch people with little talent on a Saturday night trying to sing, dance or make us laugh. It wasn’t so long ago that our Saturday evenings were spent watching people with actual talent. Many of them could sing, dance, act and make us laugh. Few… Continue reading It’s goodnight from me … and it’s goodnight from him.
Don’t Panic! Don’t Panic! New Dad’s Army film but are remakes worth the risk?
One of the things I find being an avid cinema and television fan is that remakes are often ultimately disappointing. I’d much rather watch a brand new idea rather than revisit an old one which is likely to be much less enjoyable than the memories, if slightly biased of older classics. You can never… Continue reading Don’t Panic! Don’t Panic! New Dad’s Army film but are remakes worth the risk?
#Mugabe Falls
It’s always nice to see politicians make an idiot of themselves. Whether it former President George W. Bush or current London Mayor Boris Johnson, if we have to put up with characters then at least we can laugh at them. Of course that is because in democracies we pretty much get to see everything, warts… Continue reading #Mugabe Falls
My life is too short for long scroll-bar selections
Do any of you remember the old fashioned telephones. I don’t mean just the ones that have a cable that connects into the wall but those with a dial on the front rather than push-buttons. I always liked those phones for some reason. Maybe it was the noises the analogue lines would make when it… Continue reading My life is too short for long scroll-bar selections
Red sauce, brown sauce or no sauce at all? 15 minutes of fame on the Danny Baker Show
I thought a while on what to title this post. I settled on 15 minutes of fame for reasons that will become clear but it might as easily be ascribed the title “How I ended up sitting on the throne of the King of Jordan”. Every Saturday morning when I am either out walking or… Continue reading Red sauce, brown sauce or no sauce at all? 15 minutes of fame on the Danny Baker Show
Robin Williams – Laughing on the outside, crying on the inside
The sad news of Robin Williams untimely death this week has brought forth the expected tide of tributes to this man who made millions laugh around the world and rightfully so. He wasn’t ever my favourite comedian, far from it, though I did like Mrs Doubtfire and much of Good Morning Vietnam which sadly I… Continue reading Robin Williams – Laughing on the outside, crying on the inside
Stephen Liddell 