Oh, hi.
How're you doing?
It's nearly one o'clock and I'm studiously avoiding writing the blog (yet again). Only I'm having such a good time watching clips of Craig Ferguson's American chat show on You Tube and eating toast that I'm not as worried about not doing what I'm supposed to be doing as I usually am. I'm mainly looking at interviews with the cast of The Big Bang Theory (I've just watched three episodes in a row from The Backlog - the digital pile of stuff that needs to be watched on my Humax PVR as mentioned in this entry (incidentally, I still haven't watched any of the stuff from The Backlog that I mention there - I keep meaning to have a Dollhouse-a-thon. Might do that the next Sunday I have off (not this Sunday, then)). Towards the end of the fourth series it seems to have hit a particularly rich seam of comedy gold so I have no hesitation in nominating it as my Fifteenth Telly Recommendation)
It's just I'm in a particularly good mood at the mo. No particular reason - Jim Parsons who plays Big Bang's Sheldon has been giving good value in his interviews on Craig Ferguson. That's been making me smile. (Stating The Obvious Alert!) It's funny how different the cast members are in real life. Yes, I know they're actors, I'm not stupid. It's not like I address the fan letters I send to Coronation Street to Ken Barlow - that would be silly, I know he's a character. No, I address them to "Ken Barlow", my use of quotation marks showing Ken I'm aware of the metatextual conundrum of his existence. What I mean is, the characters in The Big Bang Theory are so exaggerated (expertly so, mind) - perhaps even more so than the heightened performance you normally associate with sitcom - that it taken aback a little to see them as normal human beings.
Hmm, analysing comedy's such a dry biscuit, isn't it? Sorry about that. I'll quickly move on and get back to my toast.
Man City began their opening campaign of the European Champions' League with a 1-1 home draw against Napoli tonight. Hit the woodwork a few times, could have been better. Could have been worse too. A good night's work, I guess.
What I will mention is that the producer of The Big Bang Theory, Chuck Lorre, is also producer of Two and a Half Men - the show that Charlie Sheen left so spectacularly earlier this year. For a number of years he has written down his thoughts on the vanity cards - usually the production company's logo or trademark that appears at the end of a TV programme - that bear his name. You can read them if you freeze frame the credits, or you can check out the archive of them all here. The ones around #329 are the most interesting ones - they relate directly to the Sheen kerfuffle.
Anyway. Craig Ferguson. I was in New York in February and saw the show on the 17th that had Sarah Chalke in (you know, off of Scrubs). She was really good, but here's William Shatner instead:
Right, off to bed and then I've got a day's work in Hull tomorrow (later today... sheesh) Might tell you how that goes for the next blog.
More soonliest.
Cheers for the Chuck Lorre link. Been meaning to have a peek for them. I always forget they're there until it's too late and I'd have to sift through the 4oD adverts all over again. Yawn.
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