Angus Main

The ultimate accolade!

Ha! I remember the reviews at the time dismissing it as a Prince ripoff. But it’s a really weird and funny Prince ripoff. It definitely does its own thing as well.

I’m not fussed about most of these, but Midnight Vultures is great

We’re about three weeks away from him waking himself up with a fart during a press event and Vance having to release a statement saying it was him.

Holly Willoughby fined £1,600 for careless driving The TV presenter drove her Mini Cooper without due care and attention near her home in Richmond.

Firstly, are you ok your honour?

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I’m finding it hard to assess where wig procurement and distribution sits within the production timeline. Is this is a good thing or a bad thing?

It’s not a real chicken. It’s just an elaborate ruse to smuggle US diplomats out of the chip shop.

No Ossiffer, I’m not ssluring becauss I’m drunk. I’ve juss eaten an endire tub of clove flavoured Christmas cookiess ad I can’t feel my mousth

CHRISTMAS SPECIAL OUT NOW!

Exclusively for supporters of the Broken Veil channel.

The original “Ghost Story for Christmas” (except not): Jonathan Miller’s 1968 ‘Whistle And I’ll Come To You’ is muttering and flapping and slowly mooing its way down the beach…

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As the drop-off in physical media means less behind the scenes features and making-of documentaries, we just have to make do with these small accidental glimpses into the creative process.

Mulled Wine Man sounds like a superhero, and this looks like a scene from his Obelix-style origin story.

I just noticed the similarity between the ending of Everybody Hurts and You Can’t Always Get What You Want. Also Beck’s Lonesome Tears. All those rising chords. Pretty solid way to end a song I reckon.

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The reindeer is out.

Fred Flintstone dressed as caveman Scrooge, leaning out of a window

Henry Corden as Fred Flintstone as Scrooge in A Flintstones Christmas Carol (1994)

Yabba Dabba You there boy! What day is this?

It’s 2nd December.

“Stop spending money on lattes and avocados.

No, not like that.”

Ok. I’m going to try this, just to see if it’s possible. A different Scrooge at the window everyday during advent:

George C Scott in A Christmas Carol (1984)

You there boy! What day is this?

It’s 1st December

This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥

Don't tell me you're not jealous of my tin of Spanish Charlie Brown Christmas biscuits

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I think Gary Larson cemented the Igor look in my childhood mind.

Perhaps it’s a tiny echo of the Parrot Shop sketch. “What do you mean miss?” “I’m sorry, I have a cold”

'You Can Call Me AI', Paul Simon (1986)

To spare the mice, could they actually be puppet rodents like in The Young Ones or Fawlty Towers?

All your brother are belong to legal

To my eye the latest upscale has given things a puffy, wobbly look which I associate with generative AI. Visual features seem to run into each other where they’ve been interpolated and generated by the algorithm. But then you’ll always get weird stuff when you freeze frame digital.

“When they met it was moyder”

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: Learning from Stoppard By Mike Fitzgerald, June 13, 2016 Comparing two drafts of a script can be hugely instructive, revealing point-by-point how a writer went about improving the story. When I stumbled upon an earlier draft of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, I discovered a dazzling, glittering trove of lessons as nourishing as eternal life itself. Well, nearly so. Last Crusade was written by Jeffrey Boam, from a story by George Lucas and Menno Meyjes. So say the opening credits. Boam’s final draft, dated March 1, 1988 (ten weeks before production) differs drastically from the published script which reflects the released version of the film. Differences come as no shock, but with Last Crusade they aren’t just a few deleted scenes and some line changes. Whole sections of the Boam draft were reimagined, major set pieces were added, and the pacing and tone were markedly transformed. Whoever made these changes possessed a profound grasp of story craft. Screenshot from https://www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jones-and-the-last-crusade-learning-from-stoppard/

Nine years ago Mike Fitzgerald wrote up an extraordinarily fascinating breakdown of the differences between the Tom Stoppard shooting script and the original Jeffrey Boam draft of Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade.

It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...

Happy Birthday! Quite jealous of the Cult Pens advent calendar.

Ah yeah! That’s seems like a definite choice.

Also I’m finding it hard not to hear Stoppard quotes in Mick Jagger’s voice now I’ve seen that photo.