It goes off the rails when it knows it has its max audience inc the politicos. Chasing ratings and headlines it ceases to be a public service broadcaster. (As for falling apart, we all begin to after our first hundred years I guess…)
I switched Today off long ago when accuracy ceased to be a priority in favour of generating shouty gotcha “exclusives”.
From “The Simpsons” house genius John Swartzwelder, interviewed in The New Yorker by Mike Sacks
Our film is now available to rent or buy on Amazon Prime Video (in HD) and Apple TV/iTunes (in HD and 4K).
Heartily recommended
Back atcha Miss Dimp. ❤️
It starts well and ends up perfect. The lists are wonderful. I seem to recall “Worst Romantic Lead”, etc.
If you've never heard these recreations of the Marx Bros radio shows, let me tell you... you should listen to them. Repeatedly. They're just an utter delight.
My favourite book on the Marxes, bar none.
If you need a healthy dose of sanity in these insane times, BBC Radio 4 Extra are repeating our Marx Brothers re-creations “Flywheel, Shyster & Flywheel”. I believe you can listen live from anywhere on the planet but can only stream them on catch up in the UK.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...
The Naked Truth is one of my Desert Island movies. Sellers’ ghastly TV compere alone makes it a classic.
Martyrs to the cause, we are.
Hmm mine is bit too dogeared to be of use as anything but pre-evolved
It is a profound irony when the nation under attack feels more empathy for the attacker's citizens than the attacking government itself.
Better
❤️
Clairol
Post your favorite film from the year you turned 18.
Thank you Rehan. 18 episodes in fact, 3 series of 6 eps each.
I’m saying nothing
Perfect
But did you remember trousers first?
Viz 355
Thank you - may your weekend be unctuous and your sentiments gruntled.
Ooh nice Folios mister
I worry he might fall out of his patient.
In today’s Guardian, a nice feature on @b7comics.bsky.social Dan Dare graphic novel by @alexdecampi.bsky.social and some art bloke ;)
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/a...
A WHOLE CIVILIZATION WILL DIE TONIGHT My son needs lunch, and I have to put his backpack together, but a whole civilization will die tonight, so I'm wondering if they've closed their schools. Like, a snow day, maybe, except instead of snow it's "keep your children home so if you die, you die together" — instead of "well open back up once the plows have cleared" it's "we don't know if we'll be here tomorrow, hold your babies tight." It's just "talk" I'm told, which I've been told before. "It's how the president makes his deals." But I've never heard anyone talk about other human beings this way, and I'm not certain I can look my son in the eyes if we all agree to stomach it one more time. A civilization will die tonight, but as I zip up his backpack and kiss him off to school I think: if this is what we call leadership then I'm not entirely sure ours isn't already dead. @michaelfdubois Mukad A QuBoy @michacifdubois
Brutal.
May it be perfectly timed to free you up for something better.
Impossible to disagree with a single word that Ben Rhodes (Obama era NSC official) is saying here: