http://carolineisnotamused.wordpress.com Apparently Winston Churchill once said "A joke is a very serious thing." I think I agree with him... Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:44:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en OK, so I'm not talking about USB connections as such but it's a computer related title so you can like it or lump it!! Normally the process of researching and ordering a broadband package are not a major source of amusement to me (nor, would I imagine, to many people), and ... http://carolineisnotamused.wordpress.com/2007/12/19/any-usb-port-in-a-storm/ In the absence of a decent new sitcom to capture my attention I have been turning to repeats of the brilliant Alan Partridge on Dave . (...Incidentally can any body tell me why they chose that name? Because I just read it as a reference to The League Of Gentlemen's character ... http://carolineisnotamused.wordpress.com/2007/12/09/ooooooohhhits-a-good-programme/ A quick review really as you can't really judge a whole series on the first episode. I'm still watching and all that I said before still stands as I'm disappointed with how it's going. However, as it has progressed the use of the Nabootique isn't as shoddy as I predicted- ... http://carolineisnotamused.wordpress.com/2007/12/09/mid-series-review-the-mighty-boosh/ One of the few things that will coax me out of my insular little world of comedy is news that Radiohead are touring in the UK... Not only are they touring, but they are playing close to home in Manchester... Not only are they playing in Manchester but I have gone and ... http://carolineisnotamused.wordpress.com/2007/12/06/radiohead-tourno-i-know-its-not-about-comedy/ I was quite frankly shocked at Vic Reeves’ new solo venture, the radio show ‘Vic Reeves’ House Arrest’ which started on Radio 2 on November 17th co-starring Noel Fielding from The Mighty Boosh and Nancy Sorrell of erm... 'I'm A Celebrity' fame, also married to Vic Reeves... clockwise from top left: ... http://carolineisnotamused.wordpress.com/2007/12/01/for-crimes-against-comedy-perhaps/ After the recent of negative posts about new comedy I wanted to show that I wasn’t totally cynical and that there is still some excellent new comedy about. In the absence of decent television comedy at the moment, I feel the need to turn to new live acts to heap ... http://carolineisnotamused.wordpress.com/2007/11/18/doktor-who/ Today I'm feeling inspired to write about the latest two offerings from Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong, given the disappointing nature of both projects. I'm clearly not talking about the consistently hilarious Peep Show, whose series 4 finale was just inspired, I'm talking about their recent feature film debut with ... http://carolineisnotamused.wordpress.com/2007/11/18/magicians/ The long-awaited ‘new’ series of The Mighty Boosh was broadcast on Thurs 15th November at 10.30pm. I use the word ‘new’ loosely because a) it had already been premièred on-line prior to it’s BBC3 transmission date and b) Well, in short, I felt I’d seen it all before!   Although The Mighty ... http://carolineisnotamused.wordpress.com/2007/11/17/the-not-so-mighty-boosh/ Well, what a month for comedy that was! I am almost totally incapable of laughing at anything anymore...almost.... But here I am back home and I feel the need to make a comprehensive list first and foremost of every show I saw, so that if I never actually get round to ... http://carolineisnotamused.wordpress.com/2007/08/31/back-from-the-burgh/ ...But no...HiFi does comedy too... I went with some friends to the regular Saturday night comedy club at HiFi Club in Leeds. It’s the basic ‘2 stand ups and a compere’ type affair and the line up tonight was Dan Nightingale compèreing with Gordon Southern and Matthew Reed (can't find a ... http://carolineisnotamused.wordpress.com/2007/07/21/and-you-thought-hifi-was-all-about-jazz/