Category: Piffle
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What’s Behind Blackadder’s Mystery Door?
At the risk of running down a rabbit hole armed with nothing more than an empty brain and boredom, let’s have a look at the mystery door on the set of Blackadder The Third. That one in the back corner, behind Blackadder. Where does it lead? It might help for us to get a better…
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Let’s Go Fly A Kite
I was watching something last night that had a cutaway shot to two people in a field making a half-arsed effort to fly a kite, and it bought up a strong, but long forgotten memory. I was about eight, probably, and me and my brother were in a field next to the sailing club we…
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My Most Enthusiastic Contrafibularities
I was never sure whenever I watched Ink & Incapability if all the words Blackadder used were real, or if, as I mostly suspected, they were neologisms. You have to admire the mangling of the subtitles here, even on a made up word. Is that how it was written on the page? Because that’s not…
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Mark Gatiss And His Massive Boiled Egg
The characterisation of The Prince Regent by Mark Gatiss is Taboo is fantastic. I won’t be lazy and say ‘it’s like something out of The League of …” Because I’ve bought you here to marvel at Mark Gatiss and his massive boiled egg.
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What To Watch? Something New Or Something Old?
I live in a constant dilema as someone who watches a lot of TV and film. It’s one of my favourite things to do, other than see my friends and play board games. Oh, and cake. But there’s a constant conflict within me. A schism that’s hard to remedy. Do I watch something new, or…
