2009-04-26
Last of the Summer Wine is on in the background.
Don't worry, the sound is down, I am in no danger.
I was musing on the fact that hardly any of the original cast are still extant. I think Roy Clarke is still writing it but he's 79 now and it suddenly occurred to me that, the whole show has become PG Wodehouse's typewriter!
PGW owned the same typewriter from 1912 until his death in 1975 but by that time, every single part of it had been, at some time replaced, leading to the deep and philosophical conundrum; was it still, in actual fact, the same typewriter? ::cue spooky music::
Will Last of the Summer Wine, like Pelham Grenville's beloved Royal, go on and on and on until every actor in the English-speaking world has died? It's a frightening thought.
I was musing on the fact that hardly any of the original cast are still extant. I think Roy Clarke is still writing it but he's 79 now and it suddenly occurred to me that, the whole show has become PG Wodehouse's typewriter!
PGW owned the same typewriter from 1912 until his death in 1975 but by that time, every single part of it had been, at some time replaced, leading to the deep and philosophical conundrum; was it still, in actual fact, the same typewriter? ::cue spooky music::
Will Last of the Summer Wine, like Pelham Grenville's beloved Royal, go on and on and on until every actor in the English-speaking world has died? It's a frightening thought.
I see the BAFTAs are on tonight
I know this because Jonathan Ross is twittering about it from his iphone, Jane, his wife is doing likewise from her Blackberry as they sit in the car together, queueing to get on the red carpet.
Meanwhile David Baddiel has just got back from visiting his wife's sister in Folkestone and Paul Daniels has a swan's nest in his back garden. Oh the glamorous lives of the rich and famous. *g*
ETA: LOL! Twitter is full of nominees Twittering and posting pix from the Baftas. I love it when successful people show they're every bit as sad and fannish as the rest of us poor plebs. *G*
Meanwhile David Baddiel has just got back from visiting his wife's sister in Folkestone and Paul Daniels has a swan's nest in his back garden. Oh the glamorous lives of the rich and famous. *g*
ETA: LOL! Twitter is full of nominees Twittering and posting pix from the Baftas. I love it when successful people show they're every bit as sad and fannish as the rest of us poor plebs. *G*
Well, I'm watching the BAFTAS
It's not going well. Graham Norton's bitch-fest is going down like a mug of cold baby sick and the winners? Dear blessed baby Jesus on a hovercraft. ::shakes head in sorrow and horror:: The Entertainment nominations = Friday Night Project, TV Burp, QI and X FACTOR wins? What the merry fuck are the judges on!? Blimey!
( I'm informed some people not watching live don't wanna be spoiled, so here be the cut )
( I'm informed some people not watching live don't wanna be spoiled, so here be the cut )