What TV show did you last watch?

(17-07-2024 20:20 )Doddle Wrote:  Comedy Greats: Eric Idle
Oddly 50% longer than either the other two, even with the same (or reduced) cast. At least Neil Innes had worked with him. Almost as much on his pre-Python work as stuff from Python, and nothing really else, besides an SNL skit with Jeanette Charles.

The Roots of Monty Python
Same team, but with a linking presenter for once. Mainly stuff from At last the 1948 Show and Do Not Adjust Your Set, so MP type stuff but with David Jason or Tim Brooke-Taylor and Marty Feldman included.

(30-07-2024 20:34 )Doddle Wrote:  Susan Calman's Grand Day Out
7.4 Derry & Donegal
Reputedly her first foray across into Ireland, where she gets to sample crisp sandwiches for her first time ever, which begs a lot of questions. She does some Star Wars homaging at Malin Head.

Susan Calman's Grand Day Out By The Sea
7.5 Lyme Regis
A slight adjustment from previous seaside bashes, here she met superstar (!) Anita Harris, and sang sea shanties and painted pebbles.

Mark Lawson talks to... Terry Wogan
After he'd left the breakfast show. Seen it before, but still a charming reminder, even if Mark at times seems keen to show how little research he can claim to have done. A few showbiz lessons expounded.

Batman: Caped Crusader Ep 2 "...And Be a Villain" Season 1

Castles in the Air
Short film on places around the Dordogne. No Telly Savalas, but the mellifluous Valentine Dyall was pretty good.

The Man with a Penis on His Arm - Channel 4
Wasn't exactly sure what to expect from this, curiosity drove me to give it a go, perhaps I cruelly thought it would be a laugh although the man in question displayed gallows humour, what he was dealing with was far from funny. His own penis turned black & dropped off leaving a stump after an infection. The manufactured replacement was then grafted onto his arm with a view to attach it tom his groin. For one reason & another, some his own doing, it took 6 years for this to happen.
Whilst the man in question was the star turn, if you like, the programme also featured a trans man who had a successful outcome & another who was undergoing pain & a malfunctioning erection system after his transplant. The support from his family & his own strength & humour were quite markable.
After watching this I don't think I could be any more grateful for what I have between my legs.

(02-08-2024 12:24 )Doddle Wrote:  Artist to Icon: Jim Carrey
Somewhat cheap profile series, where biographers and occasionally colleagues sing a star's praises. An actual director was among those here, and one of his early successes was a sitcom alongside the still pretty Teresa Ganzel, who was happy to talk him up. They didn't mention his Batman turn, oddly.

AtI: Robin Williams
Stand-up, Telly, Movies, Drugs, Oscar Validation. Died 10 years ago this month

House of The Dragon Ep 8 "The Queen Who Ever Was" Season 2 Finale

The Daily Show w/Jon Stewart
Jon returns from a break to find Kamala Harris now anointed, and then chats to Pete Buttigieg.

Last Week Tonight, w/John Oliver
Why RFK Jr is a nut-job.