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| "you can’t over-die": Seinfeld: the pilot | October 10, 2008 | So I begin with the pilot, curiously titled “The Seinfeld Chronicles” rather than just Seinfeld. This is the original version (not the revised version also included on my DVD). It’s exciting watching this episode on my big screen TV too, rather than the little old boxy set. We begin with Jerry’s stand up- a bit […] |
| Pretzels and Puffy Shirts: The Beginning | October 9, 2008 | I’ve been thinking for some time now that I would like to write about Seinfeld. Perhaps my all- time favourite television show I have hesitated in writing about Seinfeld as part of my research because I enjoyed it so much. So I think that blogging about it is a good compromise. I can begin a […] |
| Pretzels and Puffy Shirts: The Beginning | I’ve been thinking for some time now that I would like to write about Seinfeld. Perhaps my all- time favourite television show I have hesitated in writing about Seinfeld as part of my research because I enjoyed it so much. So I think that blogging about it is a good compromise. I can begin a […] |
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| Which face do you like best? | October 8, 2008 | Inspired by Catriona’s post at Circulating Library on the problem with clowns, I looked up this clip from early Sesame Street. The story goes that when I was about 2 or 3 my mother was alerted to screaming from the living room and found me greatly disturbed by this freakish segment of a clown removing […] |
| Wendy’s Week of TV Part 12 | October 4, 2008 | Saturday: The Man who knew too much Part of ABC2’s ongoing season of Hitchcock films The Man who knew too much screened Saturday evening. I like James Stewart in most things and he always plays the everyman to perfection. This was no exception, apart from the fact that the plot seemed a little messy. Doris […] |
| Wendy’s Week of TV Part 12 | Saturday: The Man who knew too much Part of ABC2’s ongoing season of Hitchcock films The Man who knew too much screened Saturday evening. I like James Stewart in most things and he always plays the everyman to perfection. This was no exception, apart from the fact that the plot seemed a little messy. Doris […] |
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| No peach pit for you (with apologies to the soup nazi) | October 2, 2008 | This is a shame. I note though that they are planning to screen the rest of the episodes over the summer. I actually enjoy the summer non-ratings television…so maybe I’ll get to catch 90210 after all. Because it was on choir night I didn’t get to see it…so I’m not sure if there was a […] |
| bogans on TV…look at moiye | October 1, 2008 | I was contacted last Tuesday by a television journalist at The Courier Mail asking if I had some comment about a new comedy coming up on SBS “Bogan Pride”, or any thoughts generally as to the representations of “bogans” on Australian television. Very nicely this article is in the Courier Mail today. After my last […] |
| bogans on TV…look at moiye | I was contacted last Tuesday by a television journalist at The Courier Mail asking if I had some comment about a new comedy coming up on SBS “Bogan Pride”, or any thoughts generally as to the representations of “bogans” on Australian television. Very nicely this article is in the Courier Mail today. After my last […] |
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| the promise of ill-formed opinion fulfilled | September 26, 2008 | Time travel has been a recurring theme for me over the last few weeks in literature, film and television. I’m sure there are many people who have made careful study of this field of inquiry, but my blog description does promise “ill-formed opinion” so I hate to disappoint. Doctor Who of course has been a […] |