The full run of classic British sitcom Spaced (from Simon Pegg of Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz fame) is now available on Hulu. Jaimee and I Netflixed this a few months ago; it's a decade old, but I thought it held up really well.
Friday, July 24, 2009
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Labels: comedy, Hot Fuzz, Hulu, Shaun of the Dead, Simon Pegg, Spaced, the BBC
Wednesday, June 03, 2009
A second round of late night shouldn't-have-taken-that-nap links.
* Why GM failed; link roundup from Kottke.
* A.O. Scott vlogs the awesomeness of Rushmore. Via TRA. It's vlogtastic.
* Mrs. Santorum is a very lucky woman.
* The headline reads, "Secret US Nuke Site List Accidentally Published Online by US Gov." Whoops!
* Handicapping the 2012 Republican field at Open Left.
* The median number of tweets by a Twitter user is one. This and other Twitter bubble factoids via MetaFilter.
* J.D. Salinger sues to block the publication of the unauthorized Catcher in the Rye sequel. I feel torn here between my liberal attitude towards copyright and my sense that said sequel can only be an abomination.
* “It’s remarkable, what we’re unable to do as a country": Wire creator David Simon on BBC Radio 4, via Edge of the American West.
* Monkey astronauts.
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Labels: 2012, America, astronauts, cars, copyright, David Simon, Detroit, film, general election 2012, General Motors, J.D. Salinger, monkeys, nuclearity, Republicans, Rick Santorum, Rushmore, the BBC, The Wire, Twitter, Wes Anderson
Friday, December 28, 2007
The BBC has inscrutably decided to remake Bewitched, while longtime sentimental favorite Back to the Future has been added to the Library of Congress for its cultural and historical importance.
I was going to write as a sidenote that Back to the Future must never, ever be remade, but upon reflection I think I might actually like to draft the script for a Back to the Future remake. It would be Tim-Burton-dark, though. I think Biff would win.
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Labels: Back to the Future, Bewitched, film, the BBC
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
The BBC is planning on following up its thirty-year-old Shakespeare Series by refilming all 37 of Shakespeare's plays over a twelve-year period, at a projected cost of up to $100 million.
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Labels: drama, Shakespeare, television, the BBC