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November 2nd, 2009

Two clips that make me miss Gay Byrne on the Late Late Show

I miss Gay Byrne on the Late Late. I do. I miss the randomness, the waving at the mammy, the poems or songs the audience would sit up and perform and then the unintentionally hilarious scenes like John Conneely Irish dancing on the show:
Or Andrew Sachs being on the delivery side of a phone-in prank…
Legend. [...]

Posted in Random Whimsy, TV, The Culch
By Darragh Doyle

June 28th, 2009

Johnny Massacre- I wonder where he got it.

Julian Gough thought he saw Johnny Massacre in Berlin last night.

Johnny was never one of the best buskers. He was the best. If you had to walk down Shop Street on a summer’s evening you’d want to give yourself an extra half an hour for your journey. Johnny would have brought the street to [...]

Posted in Comedy, Performance Art, The Arts
By Allan

June 27th, 2009

The Man In The Mirror 1959-2009

Last night, the news of Jacko’s demise spread at the speed of Twitter (11 mph faster than the speed of sound). 18 minutes after the confirmation of the death of The King of Pop I sat at the train station sans broadband connection and therefore totally cut off from the world. I watched in curious [...]

Posted in Music, The Culch
By Lottie

April 16th, 2009

Disturbing Strokes – just a little bit different

As if one post today about manipulative video editing wasn’t bad enough… Remember Different Strokes?

The Different Strokes titles with alternate music, and slightly edited in terms of colour and ageing filters… This has turned out far more creepy than I thought it would.
So what exactly *was* Willis talking about, eh?
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Posted in Random Whimsy, TV, The Internet
By Darragh Doyle