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[altariel]

Watched back Not Only... But Always the other night; I think it was meant to be/was billed as a play about Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, but inevitably Cook was more interesting. (The biography on which the play was based, Peter Cook by Harry Thompson, is well worth a read.) Rhys Ifans as Peter Cook was just perfect. The play also brought home something that I think I'd always vaguely known but never before seen expressed so clearly: that Jonathan Miller is a crashing bore.

Nebulous is a geekish and amiable Radio 4 comedy starring Mark Gatiss as Professor Nebulous, who runs an eco-trouble shooting organisation called K.E.N.T. (it stands for something new every week). It might help to have a passing knowledge of Doom-watch and late-Pertwee early-Baker Dr Who, but I don't think that's essential... The first week's episode had a Meglos-style villain, part-human, part-cactus: "It's humanoid and cactilinear." Anyway, it's amusing me. (I think you can listen to last week's episode via that link.)

Meanwhile, the Blackadder vs. Hitch-hiker's Deathmatch has been very closely tied, up until early this morning, when Blackadder inched ahead 21 votes to Hitch-hiker's 18. I'd love there to be 42 votes cast. Come on, you lot, I only need 3 more.

Edited to add: Blackadder wins, 24 votes to 19. applegnat, all that vote-stacking paid off! *lol*

Comments

[glitterboy1.livejournal.com]

It is humanoid and cactilinear

Ah! That's where you got it from? I saw it in your bio the other day.

Vote duly cast.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

It's such a good word: "cactilinear". Very satisfying to say.

Vote duly cast.

Bless you, my child.

[glitterboy1.livejournal.com]

Yes, I thought it was rather a good word, too. And not only that, but it's real: if you heard it on Radio 4, it must be true.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

And if ever they use it on the Today programme, I'll know it's not only true but right.

BTW, you just sealed the victory for Blackadder.

[kathyh]

that Jonathan Miller is a crashing bore.

LOL. My parents went to a televised lecture that he gave years ago and during one shot of the audience you could actually see that my mum was nodding off!

I'm afraid I didn't do the Deathmatch. I couldn't decide which was funnier so would have been tempted to choose both, which might have screwed up your poll!

[matildabj.livejournal.com]

I could vote again, if you like. I'd feel better about it, one for each side.

[fictualities.livejournal.com]

The Blackadder DVDs just got me through the flu. Possibly it's only my sense of overwhelming gratitude that impelled me to vote for it; I hope this doesn't mess up the high scientific quality of your research.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

I hope this doesn't mess up the high scientific quality of your research.

Entirely in the spirit of it.

Glad you're recovered from flu.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

My parents went to a televised lecture that he gave years ago and during one shot of the audience you could actually see that my mum was nodding off!

Brilliant!

I found the Deathmatch almost impossible to do too, but decided HH was probably a work of genius, for the story of the B Ark alone.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Can you actually do that? It's certainly in the spirit of the poll, since there was vote-stacking by Blackadder supporters!

[matildabj.livejournal.com]

Oh, I didn't think of that. I'll try logging out and doing it anonymously...

*looks shifty*

[lame-pegasus.livejournal.com]

Blackadder won?

*fakes her very best british upper class accent*

Of course.

[spacefall.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the radio link :D

[altariel.livejournal.com]

I do like how crooked this poll is...!

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Hope you enjoy it!

[altariel.livejournal.com]

:-D

[applegnat.livejournal.com]

Aha, it paid off!!

Now for my short vacation, consisting of an ellipse.