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Dundee, prepare to greet a beacon of democracy!
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Posted by Martin "the Robespierre de nos jours" Kelner on Sep 1, 2009 - 10:51:46 PM
Kelner and LaPaglie's semi-humorous podcast is now into its fourth free and unfettered year, as Britain's veteran podcasters resist all offers to sell out to major media organisations. Or would, if we ever got any.
But frankly we never thought of the PPP as a standard-bearer for free speech and political awareness.
Until I received the following unexpected request from the fine University of Dundee.... more - >
Just one letter from being famous
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Posted by Martin "Nick Jagger" Kelner on Aug 25, 2009 - 8:25:03 AM
My friend Simon Jose has a bizarre form of word blindness. He gets one letter wrong in virtually every famous person's name...
Last week he said to me he'd just seen a film starring Will Farrell. He then went on to say he enjoyed the old British comedies with Alex Guinness (No Simon, Alex Feguson, ALEC Guinness), and went on to his coup de grace: "I love that Welsh comedian...Rob whatsisname..." "Rob Brydon," I said..."No, not him," said an irritated Simon. "That his name," I said, "Rob Brydon." "No," said Simon, "The other guy, Rob Gilbert."
It's a game the whole family can play....
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How Manchester United can maximise their income
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Posted by Martin "Holding it in" Kelner on Aug 19, 2009 - 10:49:51 PM
I have just travelled back from Edinburgh to Wakefield on the Arriva Cross Country train from Edinburgh Waverley to Bristol Temple Meads, and it occurred to me that if United were to adopt the Arriva Cross Country business model, they could make much more money. Like this.... more - >
Lighten The F**k Up - in defence of Family Guy
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Posted by Martin "Giggety giggety" Kelner on Aug 4, 2009 - 11:15:39 PM
Family Guy was described by Sarah Hughes in The Guardian yesterday as "a show that regularly substitutes misogyny for humour when dealing with the character of Meg."
First, I am not aware that Family Guy "deals" with anything. If you want programmes that "deal" with issues, characters, and so on, there are any number you can watch. The OC, Gilmore Girls, Desperate Housewives, the list is endless, constantly "dealing" with stuff.
My advice Sarah, is that if you want relationships "dealt" with, don't watch cartoons. You will find they have a long history of failing to deal with important issues like major head injuries, and theft of picnic baskets from national parks by wild bears and their small bear sidekicks.
Now read on.... more - >
Oh joy! Kelner fails to get job!
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Posted by Martin "I'm not an expert, honest" Kelner on Jul 31, 2009 - 11:38:42 PM
A little while ago I got a call from a nice lady at BBC television asking if I was interested in appearing on a programme called Knowitalls.
I explained to her that I was not too keen. There were two powerful reasons for my reluctance; (i) I always look like a mong on TV, and (ii) they were looking for an expert on sport, which I most certainly am not. Now read on... more - >
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