[136] Bob Mortimer July 25th, 2002 – 9:26pm Posted in Good Things, People No comments

The latest series of Shooting Stars has surprised me by being pretty much just as good as the previous series’. I was expecting it to be a bit crappy in the way that all programmes go when they go on too long. But Shooting Stars has been different. It’s every bit as mental as it always was, and Bob Mortimer is still superb. The bit where he dances while Vic plays the keyboard always cracks me up.

[79] Pencil cases July 11th, 2002 – 12:13pm Posted in Bad Things No comments

Pencil cases at primary school are alright. Pencil cases at secondary school are OK… and even pencil cases at college, I guess you can get away with. But pencil cases at fucking university? They really annoy me. It’s more a statement about the person than the pencil case itself. The kind of person who goes to a lecture and brings out a pencil case and a full pad of A4 also tends to be the same person who carries a rucksack with them everywhere they go, as if they’re still fifth years on their way to period two. There’s no need for a fucking pencil case! For 99% of lectures all you ever need is a pen, and that fits compact and bijou in your pocket. Nice and cool, no great big pencil cases with cartoon characters across them or stupidly big bags you have to cart everywhere. You just …read more.

[80] Peter Kay July 2nd, 2002 – 9:47pm Posted in Bad Things No comments

I don’t actually dislike Peter Kay; he’s a funny guy. But he’s a one trick pony, and it can’t be long before people realise that. There are only so many jokes about being a thick Northerner you can make, before life starts imitating art and he ends up being a parody of himself. I hope he disappears while people still have the good memories of him he deserves and not when the papers start laying into him for making his millionth UK tour making the same old Northern jokes.