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“Fruit’s a gamble. I know that going in”: Seinfeld Series 2: Episode 1 November 8, 2008

The Ex-Girlfriend begins once again with Jerry’s stand-up, persisting it seems with the sports jacket and abominably colourful, wide tie. Topic – driving in traffic. Nice observations but not laugh out loud funny. We move to Jerry and George chatting in the car, while waiting to pick up Elaine. The topic here is breaking up, […]

"Fruit’s a gamble. I know that going in": Seinfeld Series 2: Episode 1

The Ex-Girlfriend begins once again with Jerry’s stand-up, persisting it seems with the sports jacket and abominably colourful, wide tie. Topic – driving in traffic. Nice observations but not laugh out loud funny. We move to Jerry and George chatting in the car, while waiting to pick up Elaine. The topic here is breaking up, […]

Wendy’s Week of TV: Part 17

Sunday: Who do you think you areThis week – Meera Syal. She had a fascinating trip back to discover her Indian ancestry. As always this program is most successful when the individual’s story also teaches us about the history of a nation. This time it was the struggle against British imperialism in India. Monday: Top […]

Wendy’s Week of TV: Part 17

Sunday: Who do you think you areThis week – Meera Syal. She had a fascinating trip back to discover her Indian ancestry. As always this program is most successful when the individual’s story also teaches us about the history of a nation. This time it was the struggle against British imperialism in India. Monday: Top […]

my all time favourite election analyst November 5, 2008

I just love a good TV election coverage, so it’s lucky for me that I’m on a sick day today and can watch the US election unfolding. My, those American news broadcasters are slick. There also seem to be more snazzy technologies and visuals (electronic maps, predictive graphs etc) than we have in the Australian […]

my all time favourite election analyst

I just love a good TV election coverage, so it’s lucky for me that I’m on a sick day today and can watch the US election unfolding. My, those American news broadcasters are slick. There also seem to be more snazzy technologies and visuals (electronic maps, predictive graphs etc) than we have in the Australian […]

Wendy’s Week of TV: Part 16 November 1, 2008

Saturday: Rockwiz I hadn’t caught up with Rockwiz for some time but this reminded me how much more energy the show has in comparison to Spicks and Specks. The banter between Julia Zemiro and Brian Nankervis give more opportunity for spontaneity. Zemiro is clever and witty but manages to avoid being smug (Wil Anderson watch […]

Wendy’s Week of TV: Part 16

Saturday: Rockwiz I hadn’t caught up with Rockwiz for some time but this reminded me how much more energy the show has in comparison to Spicks and Specks. The banter between Julia Zemiro and Brian Nankervis give more opportunity for spontaneity. Zemiro is clever and witty but manages to avoid being smug (Wil Anderson watch […]

please don’t go Doctor October 30, 2008

This is not good. But the bigger question is who will they get to replace him?

please don’t go Doctor

This is not good. But the bigger question is who will they get to replace him?