The Tube.

[Ollkiller]

With fuck all to watch - (i.e. shit that my wife will also watch  ) - I started watching "Animal Kingdom" on Amazon. Apparently it's based on an Aussie movie or TV show that I've never seen.

The movie is fantastic. Bleak as hell and a great cast. Both TV shows are far inferior to the movie.

[open face surgery]

For all ye Frasier lovers, go back to Cheers as well. Two of my favourite shows. Have done them to death.

[StoutAndAle]

For all ye Frasier lovers, go back to Cheers as well. Two of my favourite shows. Have done them to death.

Absolute class. Started re-watching"Cheers" again only last week.

Hadn't done a full re-watch it in about 20 years. Back then I was working in a pub and used to flick it on to keep me company while I cleaned up after closing time. Paramount Comedy used to show 4 episodes back to back. I'd sit there with a pack of cigarettes and the freshest Guinness you could imagine. Happy out.

[Emphyrio]

Jaysus, that sounds nice alright. Pramount used be great back then. Did any of ye watch Duckman? Just thinking back to late night stuff that used be on back then. Simpler times.

[Carnage]

Watched the new Masters Of The Universe series on Netflix over the weekend. Good craic, just as good/bad as the original toy advert one, just better animation and had an arc as opposed to standalone episodes. Playing spot-the-voice was half the fun.

[StoutAndAle]

Jaysus, that sounds nice alright. Pramount used be great back then. Did any of ye watch Duckman? Just thinking back to late night stuff that used be on back then. Simpler times.

I used to really enjoy "Duckman" - Jason Alexander as the main guy.

There was a load of those, slightly off-kilter, cartoon shows in the mid 90s. Usually on about midnight. "Duckman", "The Critic", "Dr. Katz", "Robin" (by Magnus Carlson - same guy who did the "Paranoid Android" video for Radiohead).

The End (hosted by Barry Murphy or Sean Moncrieff) on Network 2 used to show a load of that sort of stuff way back then. Remember that show? On Friday nights (maybe Saturdays too) after 2300hrs. It seemed to be on for hours.

[Emphyrio]

Jaysus, that sounds nice alright. Pramount used be great back then. Did any of ye watch Duckman? Just thinking back to late night stuff that used be on back then. Simpler times.

The End (hosted by Barry Murphy or Sean Moncrieff) on Network 2 used to show a load of that sort of stuff way back then. Remember that show? On Friday nights (maybe Saturdays too) after 2300hrs. It seemed to be on for hours.

That one doesn't ring a bell but I remember Moncrieff on a show called Don't Feed The Gondolas. Think a lot of up and coming Irish comedians were on it.

[StoutAndAle]

That one doesn't ring a bell but I remember Moncrieff on a show called Don't Feed The Gondolas. Think a lot of up and coming Irish comedians were on it.

DFTG was a good show too. I liked it.

The End was sort of like The Den for monged/pissed young adults falling through the front door after being out drinking in the pub/field. Moncrieff/Murphy doing comedy bits and links between the shows that they broadcast - "Duckman", "Only Fools & Horses", "The Larry Sanders Show", "Married... With Children" etc.

There's nothing much of it online. Found this bit.

https://www.rte.ie/archives/2015/1215/753677-welcome-to-the-end/

[Emphyrio]

The End was sort of like The Den for monged/pissed young adults falling through the front door after being out drinking in the pub/field.
https://www.rte.ie/archives/2015/1215/753677-welcome-to-the-end/

Judging by that clip, ya, that's the target audience alright!

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

The End (hosted by Barry Murphy or Sean Moncrieff) on Network 2 used to show a load of that sort of stuff way back then. Remember that show? On Friday nights (maybe Saturdays too) after 2300hrs. It seemed to be on for hours.

Yeah, I remember that alright. Was my first knowledge of Moncrieff, in his full-on alternative comedian mode. It's kind of still the underlying image I have of him in my head, which is why I'm still a bit surprised when I see him in mainstream, even though he's been at it over 20 years now I guess.

How about Stewart Lee and Richard Herring's This Morning With Richard Not Judy? The most improbable morning tv show in history!

https://youtu.be/cWcna7-mOBc

[Eoin McLove]

Jaysus, that sounds nice alright. Pramount used be great back then. Did any of ye watch DuckmaThun? Just thinking back to late night stuff that used be on back then. Simpler times.

The End was great craic. I used to watch it a lot. The Rise and Fall of Reginald Perrin used to be shown on that show.  The Young Ones as well maybe? Some of the skits they did cracked me up at the time but I'm not sure how well they'd hold up.

I used to really enjoy "Duckman" - Jason Alexander as the main guy.

There was a load of those, slightly off-kilter, cartoon shows in the mid 90s. Usually on about midnight. "Duckman", "The Critic", "Dr. Katz", "Robin" (by Magnus Carlson - same guy who did the "Paranoid Android" video for Radiohead).

The End (hosted by Barry Murphy or Sean Moncrieff) on Network 2 used to show a load of that sort of stuff way back then. Remember that show? On Friday nights (maybe Saturdays too) after 2300hrs. It seemed to be on for hours.

[Kunt 4 Life]

Watched the new Masters Of The Universe series on Netflix over the weekend. Good craic, just as good/bad as the original toy advert one, just better animation and had an arc as opposed to standalone episodes. Playing spot-the-voice was half the fun.

Yeah, watched it all in one sitting one late evening. Bit of a bait and switch taking out He Man and Skeketor in the first episode but I guess it was interesting to give the other characters a chance to shine. I thought they might have done Adam surviving and having lost the sword, and thus having to live and fight as a normal lad without the powers to rely on.

[StoutAndAle]

How about Stewart Lee and Richard Herring's This Morning With Richard Not Judy? The most improbable morning tv show in history!

I used to love TMWRNJ. I really got into "Fist Of Fun" - first place I'd ever seen Lee or Herring - probably the first place a lot of people encountered their performing personas. Amazing what they got away with at eleven in the morning! The Corrs stuff, Herring's milk skits, Lee doing his best to get them kicked off the air every fucking week and the actor Kevin Eldon's Rod Hull bits.   

There was another show on BBC2, in roughly that time slot called "The Sunday Show" or year or two before TMWRNJ. Donna McPhail and Paul Tonkinson used to host it. Started off Paul Kaye (AKA Dennis Pennis) and Peter Kay's careers. Again improbable stuff.

[Carnage]

I see The Killing (the original, Danish version) is starting on BBC Four tomorrow night. One that passed me by but I've wanted to see for a while. Nice one.

Took me a while, as I was dipping in and out if it, but I finished the first season of this earlier. Great stuff, though it took a while to warm to it. A few loose ends that I presume will be picked up in season 2 or 3.

[StoutAndAle]

Watched "The Ripper" docu-series over the past while. Grim viewing in parts but very well made. As with all Netflix crime series - it could be tightened to 3 episodes and done.

Also watched "White House Farm" - it's on both Netflix and Disney+ - based on true events in 1980s Essex which I never heard of. Really great. Again, grim but Mark Addy and Freddie Fox are excellent. Stephen Graham is in it too with possibly the worst accent I've heard in a while.