tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post5992552736864941849..comments2024-02-06T16:17:25.826+00:00Comments on THE GRĂNMARK BLOG: 98% of all films and TV programmes can safely be skippedScott Gronmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-10791460763044842582011-11-30T23:29:06.952+00:002011-11-30T23:29:06.952+00:00Bercow Fan (it must get lonely in your club), than...Bercow Fan (it must get lonely in your club), thank you for that tid-bit about Tory MPs - no, I didn't know that. I wonder if these are the same hooligans who used to shout "Large Gin & Tonic!" whenever former ship's purser John Prescott used to get up to speak in the Commons.<br /><br />The quote from Macbeth is perfect - he really should have incorporated the image of a "giant's robe/Upon a dawarfish thief" in his coat of arms. Lordy, what a prat!Scott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-10742143021304754972011-11-30T23:23:20.475+00:002011-11-30T23:23:20.475+00:00The BBC has certainly not dispensed with the servi...The BBC has certainly not dispensed with the services of the beautiful and talented Lorraine Pascale! Her first series attracted an average of 2 million viewers on BBC 2, and her second series, "Home Cooking Made Easy" only finished last month. Keep your eyes peeled for a repeat of the series. I'm sure she has become a regular fixture on the BBC - especially as Harry Hill has taken to featuring her on "TV Burp". I would never have believed that the sight of someone kneading dough or fondling cheese straws could be quite so stimulating!<br /><br />TV Critic, when I read your remarks about Lembit Opik being in government now if only he hadn't lost his seat, a genuine thrill of fear ran down my spine. What a terrifying thought!<br /><br />But not, oddly, as terrifying as the fact that someone even more farcical and revolting is actuall the Speaker of the House!!! I was of course touched to see that Bercow's Coat of Arms featured references to his unstinting support for the gay, lesbian and trans-gender communities (or whatever they insist on being called these days). I forget what the four balls are supposed to refer to - and don't really like to ask. Still, at least he's married to a good, sensible wife.<br /><br />And to think we thought we'd reached a nadir with Gorbals Mick - who now seems positively statesman-like in comparison.<br /><br />I have never quite worked up the courage to watch Celebrity Coach Trip - although I'm sure it is a very fine programme. Maybe their set crashed. Oh please, God, please!!!Scott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-34583119828582028292011-11-30T16:45:38.858+00:002011-11-30T16:45:38.858+00:00The reference to Speaker Bercow made me recall som...The reference to Speaker Bercow made me recall some lines [well, there's a lot of poetry about]:<br /><br />1. Apparantly, when he hauls himself into the Speaker' Chair, a small group of Tories always breaks into Randy Newman's verse from "Short People":<br /><br />"They got little baby legs<br /> They stand so low<br /> You've got to pick 'em up<br /> Just to say hello."<br /><br />2. And as far as his ridiculous academic gown is concerned there is the line from Macbeth:<br /><br />"Now does he feel his title<br /> Hang loose about him, like a giant's robe<br /> Upon a dwarfish thief." [Angus]Bercow Fannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-50460198015766124562011-11-30T09:43:24.643+00:002011-11-30T09:43:24.643+00:00I personally think Speaker Bercow is much funnier ...I personally think Speaker Bercow is much funnier than Warwick Davies and available endlessly on the BBC Parliamentary channel.<br /><br />Thank you for exempting my two favourite television programmes - Lorraine Pascal [which the BBC seems to have cancelled?] and Celebrity Coach Trip [again, I can't find this anywhere - has this been cancelled?]. The list of participants was supposed to include hilarious funny man and swimming pool enthusiast Michael Barrymore and the Estonian ex-MP with the bent face, Lembit Opek, who the BBC house magazine Radio Times described as "professionally desperate". If it wasn't for the good sense of his former Welsh constituents Mr. Opek would probably be in the Government right now and appearing endlessly on "Question Time" and "Any Questions?" in order to give Simon Hughes a breather.TV Criticnoreply@blogger.com