Watching the live feed at the time of writing this blog. Seeing Victor and Nasty Nick together is classic stuff. Great to see Nick coming out of his shell and seeing a different side to him.
That said, its only natural to compare this new alliance with the original bond Victor formed with Jason in BB5's legendary jungle cats and for the record its no comparison. Wishful thinking but I'd like to see either Jason or Emma visit the house for a few hours at least.
I am really pleased Victor is back in the BB house. If he wasnt in there right now, there would be no footage on the live feed as all the housemates are in bed.
Tuesday 31 August 2010
Saturday 28 August 2010
R.I.P JADE GOODY
Watching all the ex housemates tonight from past series got me abit emotional in the sense that I realised for the first time what impact the show has had in my own life. Just like the millions of people out there, I watched the very first series of the show back in 2000 and been an avid viewer ever since. watching the housemates tonight somehow made me realise how much time has passed. Seeing them the second time round has brought back fond memories of yester year.
R.I.P Jade Goody.
Fucking love and miss you.
R.I.P Jade Goody.
Fucking love and miss you.
VICTOR IS BACK
Victor Ebuwa, the greatest living housemate in BB history is back on Ultimate Big Brother. About fucking time. I am 100% sure nobody reads this blog but i just wanna put it out there anyway and say thanks to BB Producers for doing the right thing for once. Happy as Larry now. Thank you.
Tuesday 24 August 2010
Makosi
Forget the 5 loaves and 2 fishes. Those breasts are ABSOLUTELY magnificent and more than capable of feeding the 5000. Has to be said.
Preston
This is turning out to be a fucking joke already. If you're gonna put any celebs in there it has to be John McCririck
Ultimate Big Brother
Watching the show live, as we all are I suppose. The people's champion, Josie has won BB 2010.
Now its time for the highly anticipated Ultimate Big Brother. Fingers crossed I get to see Victor Ebuwa.
Now its time for the highly anticipated Ultimate Big Brother. Fingers crossed I get to see Victor Ebuwa.
Monday 23 August 2010
Best Ever BB housemate
Been outraged about some members of the public including Maxwell Ansah saying Sam Pepper was the best bb house mate ever. ABSOLUTE NONSENSE!!!
The best ever UK Big Brother housemates over the last 10 years without a shadow of doubt is VICTOR EBUWA and JASON COWAN as a pair and co-founders of the legendary JUNGLE CATS. Between them they provided some of the best television prime time broadcast programming in Channel 4's history.
The best ever UK Big Brother housemates over the last 10 years without a shadow of doubt is VICTOR EBUWA and JASON COWAN as a pair and co-founders of the legendary JUNGLE CATS. Between them they provided some of the best television prime time broadcast programming in Channel 4's history.
Thursday 29 July 2010
Professional Footballers
I was having a chat with a friend earlier today about how my professional work is also my hobby. This got me thinking the most ridiculous of thoughts. Do premiere league professional footballers go for a kickabout with their friends for fun as normal guys do???
BB Task: Ignore The Obvious
Simply genius. Nice to finally put a face to such an iconic voiceover artist of Marcus Bently in the last decade.
Monday 12 July 2010
END OF THE WORLD
The FIFA 2010 World Cup, the first to be held in Africa came to an end this evening with the spaniards winning the trophy in extra time by a fine half volley from Iniesta. Goes without saying the tournament hosted in South Africa has been a major success in every respect and the impact and legacy will be positive and ever lasting.
BEST PLAYERS OF THE TOURNAMENT
MOST RIDICULOUS TEAM CELEBRATION OF THE TOURNAMENT
In terms of the calibre, entertainment value and overall technical quality of the football played was poor. I have personally been very disappointed considering the nature and scale of such a sporting event, the biggest on the planet that comes around every 4 years and triumphs every other. None of the so called world class players turned up and the drama with the french squad, a bunch of grown highly paid professional footballers was embarrassing to say the least. The only time I have genuinely witnessed such tantrums was at a nursery.
Any how, this is my take on the good, bad and ugly in summary:
BEST PLAYERS OF THE TOURNAMENT
- Diego Forlan
- Thomas Muller
- Mesut Ozil
- Bastian Schweinsteiger
BEST TEAM OF THE TOURNAMENT
- Germany
WORST PLAYER OF THE TOURNAMENT
- Wayne Rooney
- Fernando Torres
WORST TEAM OF THE TOURNAMENT
- France
WORLD CLASS PLAYERS WHO FAILED TO PRODUCE AND FIRED BLANKS
- Lionel Messi
- Kaka
- Wayne Rooney
- Christiano Ronaldo (despite his one goal)
MOST INSPIRED TEAM OF THE TOURNAMENT
- Ghana
BEST GAME OF THE TOURNAMENT
- France vs Mexico
MOST DRAMATIC AND HEART BREAKING GAME OF THE TOURNAMENT
- Ghana vs Uruguay
MOST COMPREHENSIVE TRASHINGS OF THE TOURNAMENT
- England
- Argentina
POOREST TEAM OF THE TOURNAMENT AND QUITE RIGHTLY BOOED BY THEIR OWN FANS
- England
BEST GOAL OF THE TOURNAMENT
- Van Bronckhorst
BEST TEAM CELEBRATION OF THE TOURNAMENT
- Tshabalala
MOST RIDICULOUS TEAM CELEBRATION OF THE TOURNAMENT
- Asamoah Gyan
MOST SHOCKING MISS OF THE TOURNAMENT
- Yakubu
REIGNING EUROPEAN AND NEWLY CROWNED WORLD CHAMPIONS
- Spain
Friday 9 July 2010
This Week
I've sort of lost interest with "This Week". The show is not the same without the infamous pairing of Abbot and Portillo.
Saturday 3 July 2010
Uruguay vs Ghana
Best game of the tournament bar none. Utterly speechless. On a positive note, the Ghanian team made the whole of Africa proud and represented the continent in a positive image to a global audience of billions. Well done Ghana. Good Luck Uruguay.
My money is still on Spanish senioritas to lift the trophy.
My money is still on Spanish senioritas to lift the trophy.
Friday 11 June 2010
Big Brother 11
Final series of Big Brother 11 started on Wednesday. I am a huge fan of the show and been watching it since the very first series. I was seriously addicted to the show at one point. That said whatever goes up must eventually come down.
It's very unfortunate the format has become a victim of its own success. Unfortunately though the opening nights live show was nothing short of a disgrace. Some twat exec producer decided to change the most glamorous aspect of the format with regards to the opening show when the chosen candidates arrive in their plush cars with tinted windows, step out and reveal themselves for the first time to the viewing public and media alike and replaced it with some moronic circus freak show - and big brother randomly selecting the chosen housemates from a pool of finalists . Last time I was this bored watching tv was in the good old days of black and white prior to the advent of colour television. Hope the entertainment value improves over the coming days.
As far as I am concerned BB5 was a blockbuster of a series and the best of the lot. It was the most amazing piece of ground breaking British television I've ever seen since Tom's shocking erection on (BB1). BB5 featured real characters with genuine personal beefs and oscar winning performances. Hats off to the production team specifically involved with the candidate selection and the individual who up with bedsit idea.
BB5 Oscar Winning Star Performers (in no particular order)
images from the channel 4 website
It's very unfortunate the format has become a victim of its own success. Unfortunately though the opening nights live show was nothing short of a disgrace. Some twat exec producer decided to change the most glamorous aspect of the format with regards to the opening show when the chosen candidates arrive in their plush cars with tinted windows, step out and reveal themselves for the first time to the viewing public and media alike and replaced it with some moronic circus freak show - and big brother randomly selecting the chosen housemates from a pool of finalists . Last time I was this bored watching tv was in the good old days of black and white prior to the advent of colour television. Hope the entertainment value improves over the coming days.
As far as I am concerned BB5 was a blockbuster of a series and the best of the lot. It was the most amazing piece of ground breaking British television I've ever seen since Tom's shocking erection on (BB1). BB5 featured real characters with genuine personal beefs and oscar winning performances. Hats off to the production team specifically involved with the candidate selection and the individual who up with bedsit idea.
BB5 Oscar Winning Star Performers (in no particular order)
images from the channel 4 website
This Week
Caroline Flint on "This Week" again. Great Scots. Has my blog been noticed by the BBC staff?
Friday 4 June 2010
This Week
Been relatively busy over the last couple of weeks or so hence the non post. Besides, there's not much to really blog about to be honest. Politics wise, the circus of the last couple of months leading up to the election has subsided and its business as usual I guess with the exception of David Law's resignation.
Football wise, on a domestic front, Rafa is a goner, and Abvram is on the hammer. On a more important note, the world cup is here. Not really excited this time round though. Perhaps I am getting old or perhaps its because of the failure of domestic star players performing on an international level and the real problem of the lack of exciting fresh talent breaking through simply because the old washed out seniors still living on the glory days of yesteryear.
On a more positive note Caroline Flint is on This Week looking quite yummy indeed.
Football wise, on a domestic front, Rafa is a goner, and Abvram is on the hammer. On a more important note, the world cup is here. Not really excited this time round though. Perhaps I am getting old or perhaps its because of the failure of domestic star players performing on an international level and the real problem of the lack of exciting fresh talent breaking through simply because the old washed out seniors still living on the glory days of yesteryear.
On a more positive note Caroline Flint is on This Week looking quite yummy indeed.
Wednesday 12 May 2010
End Of New Labour
Flash Gordon lost the election not because of the unfortunate infamous incident with Mrs Duffy but solely based on the fact that he bottled calling for an early election this time last year. He will bet best remembered for "No More Boom and Bust".
Monday 10 May 2010
Boulton Vs Campbell
Did anyone see this bust up unravell live on Sky New's live transmission between Adam Boulton and Alastair Campbell?
Who says British Politics is boring!!!
Thursday 6 May 2010
DOOMSDAY?
I am actually quite nervous about the result of tonight's General Election and implications for the foreseable future.
Wednesday 5 May 2010
This Week
Just watching This Week on BBc1. Carolyn Flint is back and looking mighthy fine indeed. The mind wonders :)
Thursday 29 April 2010
3rd Election Debate
The 3rd and final election debate between the three main political part leaders came to a head on BBC1 earlier tonight. Unfortunately I missed the first 15 minutes of the debate. That aside, I thought the debate itself was too formal for my liking and very restrained and in this regard was abit of an anti climax. Unfortunately, there were no highlights, memorable moments or sound bites for me to reflect on.
David Dimbleby as a host did an outstanding job. His extensive broadcasting experience and personal touch shone through and even made some effort to ask follow up questions even though the style and format did not allow for this.
On a slightly irrelevant note with respect to visuals and aesthetics (my favourite words), the BBC's broadcast resolution was very crisp but only second to Sky's. I thought Sky's had a better set and their broadcast images had a nicely soft glossy feel to it. That said, I was most impressed with the BBC's team of lighting crew. Fantastic job. Furthermore I was also impressed by the non use of graphic idents on the BBC. Sky grossly misused it and was very distracting indeed and very annoyning.
In terms of my overall enjoyment and entertainment value comparing all three election debates, the 2nd election debate from Sky was by far the best of the three. David Dimbleby from the BBC was the best host and ITV's coverage was a fucking horrendous. Not the least bit interested in who won each debate - thats for others to debate but if you really want to know my thoughts, hear they are:
Happy voting !!!
David Dimbleby as a host did an outstanding job. His extensive broadcasting experience and personal touch shone through and even made some effort to ask follow up questions even though the style and format did not allow for this.
On a slightly irrelevant note with respect to visuals and aesthetics (my favourite words), the BBC's broadcast resolution was very crisp but only second to Sky's. I thought Sky's had a better set and their broadcast images had a nicely soft glossy feel to it. That said, I was most impressed with the BBC's team of lighting crew. Fantastic job. Furthermore I was also impressed by the non use of graphic idents on the BBC. Sky grossly misused it and was very distracting indeed and very annoyning.
In terms of my overall enjoyment and entertainment value comparing all three election debates, the 2nd election debate from Sky was by far the best of the three. David Dimbleby from the BBC was the best host and ITV's coverage was a fucking horrendous. Not the least bit interested in who won each debate - thats for others to debate but if you really want to know my thoughts, hear they are:
- Nick "i am too sexy for my shirt" Clegg won the first election debate by a country mile because no one had really seen or heard him speak extensively.
- Flash Gordon won the second debate by demolishing Clegg on trident.
- Cameron won the third I thought by completely dismissing Flash Gordon altogether and referred to him as a desperate man,
Happy voting !!!
Tuesday 27 April 2010
2nd Election Debate
Hi folks,
First off, my apologies for the delay with this. A friend came round in the mist of watching the live debate last week and interrupted my viewing experience hence the reason why I did not post at the time. Anyway to cut a long sorty short I managed to watch the full vod version online and uninterrupted so here's my 2 cents worth. Full online SKy news stream here:
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/video/General-Election-Sky-News-Leaders-Debate-In-Full/Video/201004415614025?lid=VIDEO_15614025_GeneralElectionSkyNewsLeadersDebateInFull&lpos=searchresults
It was moronic to host the 2nd live election debate on Sky News channel. Whoever signed this off deserves a slap. Nothing personal against Sky however it is not a mainstream terrestrial channel easily accessible to the wider public. Although the channel is free, it can only be accessed via cable/satellite and freeview meaning those without were basically fucked and the extent of how fucked they were was directly reflected on the overall viewing figures, 3 million or so viewers on Sky compared to 8 million on ITV the week before.
That said, I thought Sky's coverage was miles better than the first debate on ITV. The set/stage was more aesthetically pleasing to the eye and the actual broadcast looked a tad clearer and sharper. Adam Boulton who I had never heard of prior to this did a much better job of hosting compared to Alistair Steward although I still found the overall format very restrictive.
With respect to the actual debate, it was a decent view. More of a cat fight this time round. From an entertainment point of view, the most outstanding standout moment as far as I am concerned was the clash between Flash Gordon and Nick "I am too sexy for my shirt" Clegg in relation to Trident. Flash Gordon blasted Clegg by saying: "I have to deal with these decisions everyday and I say to you Nick GET REAL, GET REAL because Iran you're saying might be able to have a nuclear weapon and you wouldn't take action against them but you're saying that we've got to give up our trident submarines and our nuclear weapon now. Now GET REAL about the danger that we face if we have North Korea, Iran and other countries with nuclear weapons and we give up our own"
There were other moments in relation to the dodgy leaflets from labour allegedly smearing the Conservative party's policies which Cameron got pissed off and angrily confronted Flash Gordon in addition to the comment about, Flash Gordon's two kids at bath time however the one that made me laugh the most was this by Cameron: "Politics can make a difference Mary but I would say that politicians in this country have been treating the people as "MUGS" for far too long"
Based on entertainment value alone, I would say the 2nd election debate was most satisfactory. Very much looking forward to the 3rd and final debate this Thursday coming, April 29th on the BBC hosted by the legendary David Dimbleby.
May 6th 2010 will be historic on many levels for the British electorate and politics on the whole. Regardless of what happens if Flash Gordon is still standing as our PM come May 7th, it will be the biggest come back since Lazarus rising.
First off, my apologies for the delay with this. A friend came round in the mist of watching the live debate last week and interrupted my viewing experience hence the reason why I did not post at the time. Anyway to cut a long sorty short I managed to watch the full vod version online and uninterrupted so here's my 2 cents worth. Full online SKy news stream here:
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/video/General-Election-Sky-News-Leaders-Debate-In-Full/Video/201004415614025?lid=VIDEO_15614025_GeneralElectionSkyNewsLeadersDebateInFull&lpos=searchresults
It was moronic to host the 2nd live election debate on Sky News channel. Whoever signed this off deserves a slap. Nothing personal against Sky however it is not a mainstream terrestrial channel easily accessible to the wider public. Although the channel is free, it can only be accessed via cable/satellite and freeview meaning those without were basically fucked and the extent of how fucked they were was directly reflected on the overall viewing figures, 3 million or so viewers on Sky compared to 8 million on ITV the week before.
That said, I thought Sky's coverage was miles better than the first debate on ITV. The set/stage was more aesthetically pleasing to the eye and the actual broadcast looked a tad clearer and sharper. Adam Boulton who I had never heard of prior to this did a much better job of hosting compared to Alistair Steward although I still found the overall format very restrictive.
With respect to the actual debate, it was a decent view. More of a cat fight this time round. From an entertainment point of view, the most outstanding standout moment as far as I am concerned was the clash between Flash Gordon and Nick "I am too sexy for my shirt" Clegg in relation to Trident. Flash Gordon blasted Clegg by saying: "I have to deal with these decisions everyday and I say to you Nick GET REAL, GET REAL because Iran you're saying might be able to have a nuclear weapon and you wouldn't take action against them but you're saying that we've got to give up our trident submarines and our nuclear weapon now. Now GET REAL about the danger that we face if we have North Korea, Iran and other countries with nuclear weapons and we give up our own"
There were other moments in relation to the dodgy leaflets from labour allegedly smearing the Conservative party's policies which Cameron got pissed off and angrily confronted Flash Gordon in addition to the comment about, Flash Gordon's two kids at bath time however the one that made me laugh the most was this by Cameron: "Politics can make a difference Mary but I would say that politicians in this country have been treating the people as "MUGS" for far too long"
Based on entertainment value alone, I would say the 2nd election debate was most satisfactory. Very much looking forward to the 3rd and final debate this Thursday coming, April 29th on the BBC hosted by the legendary David Dimbleby.
May 6th 2010 will be historic on many levels for the British electorate and politics on the whole. Regardless of what happens if Flash Gordon is still standing as our PM come May 7th, it will be the biggest come back since Lazarus rising.
Thursday 22 April 2010
Volcanic Ash Clouds
Sat here watching desperate housewives at the time of writing this blog. Had a relatively uneventful day with the exception of a really bizzare conversation I had with a couple of friends earlier this afternoon over a few glasses of wine. Is it just me or does the volcanic ash cloud flight ban [lifted today] strike anyone as being very odd?
There are so many things going on beneath the surface and yet nobody takes a moment to step back and think about what's really happening here. Perhaps there's nothing going. Perhaps nobody cares. Or perhaps it is because we have our heads shoved so far up our own arses, we've lost touch of reality and what really matters in life.
There are so many things going on beneath the surface and yet nobody takes a moment to step back and think about what's really happening here. Perhaps there's nothing going. Perhaps nobody cares. Or perhaps it is because we have our heads shoved so far up our own arses, we've lost touch of reality and what really matters in life.
Tuesday 20 April 2010
This Week
Watching "This Week" on BBC1. I have to confess my fondness for Carolyn Flint. Would most definately drink from her fairy cup anyday of this week. Her husband is a lucky fella. Enough said I think.
http://www.carolineflint.co.uk/biography/biography.htm
http://www.carolineflint.co.uk/biography/biography.htm
Thursday 15 April 2010
The First Election Debate
Just watched the first election debate on ITV1 in it's entirity. To be quite frank, I was absolutely disgusted by the format of the show generally speaking but more specifcally with Alistair Steward's performace. As far as I am concerned, he totally disgraced himself on a professional basis tonight with his shambolic and aggressive chairing skills, interrupting unnecessarily at key moments mid sentences and shouting out Brown, Cameron and Glegg's names like a possessed fool and single handedly ruined my viewing experience.
Adopting the elegant style and format of US presidential debates (which incidentally works beautifully in the US ) to British politics does not translate favourably primarily due to cultural differences. The first televised election debate bewteen the 3 main party leaders though historic and much welcomed, was as weak as an impotent mans 12 inch penis - showing promise on preview but failing to deliver in the theatre. I was genuinely bored to my armpits 10 minutes in.
I love politics for the drama, passion and entertainment value and not necessarily for either party's politics and policies because as far as I am concerned they are all the same - Liars and Cheats who consistently fail to listen to the electorate who put them in power.
Shame on the 3 main party leaders for not having the balls to take part in a real head to head debate with themselves as well a studio audience. Taking into considerdation what they have put as through over the last view years with illegal wars and more recently with the economic crisis, mp's expensis and overal disgraceful behavior of politicians, the least they could have done was to submit to a "no holds barred" real debate.To sum up in the words of Nick Glegg tonight, "they got away scott free"
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