It’s what we want from politicians or news people–a little honesty–so obviously it’s fiction. But it’s also a deliciously devastating reality check of a monologue that’s delivered perfectly by Jeff Daniels in the HBO series The Newsroom. America is not the greatest country in the world…but it could be.
I remember seeing this commercial for Post Grape Nuts with Euell Gibbons when I was a kid–and the Saturday Night Live parodies, which I unfortunately couldn’t find on YouTube ~ “Did you know bicycle seats are edible?”
I’m totally mesmerized by Masterpiece Theater’s Downton Abbey, and Dame Maggie Smith has some of the best lines. Below is a video compilation–with Rod Stewart’s Maggie May playing in the background.
Watch Craig Ferguson’s mea culpa on joking about celebrities’ troubles. In the spotlight at the time was Britney Spears (prematurely leaving rehab, shaving head, etc.). It’s a touching monologue where he talks in depth about the day he decided to stop drinking and what led to that commitment. Craig was 15 years sober at the …
Watched Game of Thrones, an HBO miniseries, and found the pilot absolutely fantastic, especially the production design (though later episodes didn’t always maintain the realism of the pilot).
Charlie Brooker figured out the formula for TV news! Let’s hope that the many and varied outlets on the internet can improve upon this overused approach. NSFW due to language.
Love that kid!
Charlie Brooker explains all that’s wrong with the world… Maybe not all, but a good bit anyway. And he’s written a book…I Can Make You Hate
