A brilliant episode of Dream Team on Sky One last night. Disturbed footballer Clyde Connelly had been having a hard time of it since is club Harchester United were relegated. His new boss was bullying him, he was falling out with team mates and turning to drinks and drugs. It all got too much for him and he dramatically killed himself by jumping from the top of the stadium after a fabulous performance for his club.
The thing that surprised me about the episode last night was that it was very graphic. It showed Connelly lying dead on the concrete floor in a massive pile of blood with bits of brain next to his mangled head! This was shown at 8pm justafter The Simpsons and before the watershed.
Now I wasn’t shocked or offended by this, but young children could easily have been watching and I don’t think this kind of material would be suitable for them. The Sky One announcer didn’t even give a warning before the start. I’m sure somebody with too much time on their hands will write a complaint although I think it should just be left alone. If you took things too seriously, you would always be complaining about stuff you see or hear on TV or radio.
Anyway, the episode was well produced and performed by all parties in which is a very good series. One of the few things on Sky One actually worth watching now that new Simpsons has become sh*t and Oliver Beene has ended.
I haven’t watched the series for too long (its been around since 1997), but what I have seen so far has been greatly entertaining and is miles better than the other popular Football Drama “Footballers’ Wives” (a fourth series starts in the New Year BTW!).
Moving on, a very annoying thing happened this evening. My TV which had recently been repaired and returned less than 2 weeks ago broke again! The same problem as before – On/Off switch is broken. I’ll have to give the repair shop a ring tomorrow, but I refuse to pay out again for the same works.
Televisions similar to mine are a lot cheaper now, so instead of paying another repair fee (if charged) I think I will go for a new, budget model in the January Sales. At least that will be brand new and come with a 1 year manufacturer’s warranty.
Its one major expense I really could do without. Maybe I should do what some sites do and have a “Paypal Donation” section so I can cheekily ask visitors to send me their hard earned cash!
Well as expected it was another dismal performance from Leeds United yesterday. The 2-0 defeat against Leicester now leaves Leeds just five points above the relegation zone.
The frustrating aspect about Leeds is that the team should be doing a lot better. While the players have to take a large part of the blame, some of it must be given to manager Kevin Blackwell. I’ve been fully behind him until this weekend, but now I think it is time for a change.
Blackwell doesn’t seem to know how to improve the performance and when asked what went wrong makes up pathetic excuses and blames luck. In football you make your own luck and besides which Leeds have been lucky. A 6-1 win over QPR the other week as well as remarkably fast recoveries from both Brian Deane and Clark Carlisle.
I’ve uploaded Blackwell’s latest post-match interview here, to me he doesn’t seem to have a clue!
Sticking with Leeds United, the always eagerly awaited FA Cup 3rd Round draw was made this afternoon. With so many non-league clubs still in the competition, I was hoping for an easy tie.
Sadly Leeds got Premiership side Birmingham City away. It could have been a lot worse, Birmingham are struggling this season so a win won’t be impossible. Hinckley United or Exeter would have been better though!
Today I was also doing a bit of site building for Sparkster.net. Long time visitors will remember when I was making updates throughout the summer covering such topics as Euro 2004 and Big Brother 5. These were made on an old site layout and once this new design was created were taken offline. The content has now been added to the Blog Archives into the new site design so you can relive those summer blogs.
I ended up going to the late show of Churchill: The Hollywood Years at midnight last night. The cinema was really quite, only me and my friend watching – nice having a private screening!
The film plays on the issue that Americans played such a major part in World War II, when in fact they probably didn’t. This is done by casting Christian Slater as Winston Churchill, an all action American hero who saves Britain, defeats the Nazis and wins the heart of Princess Elizabeth who he than marries.
A nice idea, but even with Vic & Bob, Rik Mayall, Harry Enfield and other British comedians does not work.
The film was very disappointing, the trailer made it look so much better than it actually was. Even if you like the British comedians who star in the film I wouldn’t recommend going to see this movie and I don’t say that very often.
Anyway moving on, Super Leeds United are in action against the crisp eating Leicester City. Both teams have arguably under achieved this season so it’ll be an interesting game.
I really don’t know what to expect from Leeds week to week. One week they are beating high flying QPR 6-1 and then losing to a team without a win all season. I have a bad feeling about today so am going for a 2-0 win to Leicester. :o(
Also in action today is my local team Bath City. They are playing Peterborough United in the FA Cup. If Bath win they could potentially play a Premiership side (or Leeds) in the 3rd round of the cup. I would love it if Leeds got them, so good luck to Bath as well.
Last night I went to see Bad Santa at the cinema. I had never really planned on seeing this but as it was December, bored on a midweek evening, I thought I would watch a funny Christmas film.
It was certainly no classic but I am glad I went to see it. In the film, Billy Bob Thornton plays Willie, a drunken, abusive and crooked Santa Clause with his sidekick in crime Marcus a midget or “small person” (played by Tony Cox).
Willie goes to department stores dressed as Santa where he must put up with drooling, sneezing, smelly fat children asking him awkward questions about reindeer, elves and Mrs. Santa (she kicked him out for shagging Mrs. Santa’s sister). He survives by drinking himself stupid which then leads to bladder accidents. A funny film, one for the festive season but NOT for the kids!
One of the funniest moments of my trip to the cinema yesterday was not actually the film. It was a trailer for the British Comedy, Churchill: The Hollywood Years, which to my surprise was released today (I’ll be off again to see it this weekend).
It is a comedy based around World War 2, Winston Churchill and Hitler (yes, this subject can be funny!) and stars big names like Jon Culshaw, Harry Enfield, Rik Mayall, Vic & Bob to name a few, oh and a little known actor called Christian Slater.
Finally, I have been introduced by a friend into the new drama series Lost which is currently showing on ABC in America. It isn’t overhere on television until the New Year (Channel 4 and E4 are said to have the rights). I’ve only seen the Pilot so far but that is very, very good and it is receiving rave reviews overseas.
The series follows a group of people whose aeroplane has crash-landed miles off course onto a strange island. They assume the island is deserted but some mysterious, large creatures live there and see the new residents as lunch…
If you can’t wait to see it, there are ways of obtaining it if you like outside the US. I wouldn’t want to say how here but anybody who has ever downloaded an MP3 from the net (about 99% of Internet users!) should have some idea.
Hope you like the new festive layout for the December month! I thought I would make the effort to give the website a bit of a change for Christmas.
Just to let you know, like with previous months all of November’s blog entries has been moved to the News Archive Page. I notice some of you have been downloading the SL65 mobile phone advert. That’s still up there.
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