The real anti -Friends With its Tom Waits style theme tune, Surrealist lunacy and cast of three who were like a late nineties, UK based version of Jules et Jim, Black Books remains one of my favourite TV shows of all time. Written by Dylan Moran alongside Graham Linehan, it was cut from a differentContinue reading “The Joy of Black Books”
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That Time MES Played A Christlike Vision…
Ideal, written by Graham Duff, was an odd little sitcom. It focused on Moz, a drug dealer in Manchester, played by comedian Johnny Vegas. A lifelong Fall fan, Duff got lead vocalist and legendary curmudgeon Mark E Smith to appear in a vision as an unlikely Christ like figure, muttering expletives as only be could,Continue reading “That Time MES Played A Christlike Vision…”
” The Idiots Are Winning “: Part Two
Watching Nathan Barley again, there’s an episode (episode 5: Vice) where Barley reveals his true colours. He’s a scumbag, like Tate, Mizzy, or any manosphere jerk -off. This is the dark side of Nathan, and one of the darkest sitcom episodes ever made. Is it even a sitcom? Probably more of a satire, really, andContinue reading “” The Idiots Are Winning “: Part Two”
Hit The North 