Month: July 2011

Monday’s Chuck vs Luke news

25 July 2011 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Film

Theatre

British TV

US TV

Sitting Tennant

Friday’s Sitting Tennant (week 27, 2011)

22 July 2011 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Hebbie's Sitting Tennant

Sister Chastity's Sitting Tennant

Three exciting pictures of you know who to pass the weekend with. Enjoy!

  1. Hebbie: 180
  2. Sister Chastity: 165
  3. Erin C: 85
  4. Rullsenberg: 55
  5. Janice: 20
  6. esgaril: 10
  7. theriverlady, Toby: 5

Don’t forget Tuesday’s caption competition!

Got a picture of David Tennant sitting, lying down or in some indeterminate state in between? Then leave a link to it below or email me and if it’s judged suitable and doesn’t obviously infringe copyright, it will appear in the “Sitting Tennant” gallery. Don’t forget to include your name in the filename so I don’t get mixed up about who sent it to me.

The best pic in the stash each week will appear on Tuesday and get ten points; the runners up will appear on Friday (one per person who sends one in) and get five points.

You can also enter the witty and amusing captions league table by commenting on Tuesday’s Sitting Tennant photo, the best caption getting 10 points, everyone who contributes getting five points.

Friday’s inadmissible news

22 July 2011 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Doctor Who

Film

British TV

Canadian TV

US TV

Classic TV

Weird old title sequences: Jake and the Fatman (1987-1992)

21 July 2011 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Jake and the Fatman

Yes, time for a show’s whose title wouldn’t get it past the approval stage these days: Jake and the Fatman. The story of an obese police officer from Honolulu who becomes an LA district attorney (that would be ‘Fatman’) and Jake, the special investigator he works with, Jake and the Fatman was one of a long slew of not especially good cop shows that dominated 80s TV (and, ahem, CBS in general to this day). It’s pretty much what you think – Jake and “the Fatman” fought crime each week, with Jake eyeing up lots of LA women along the way and the Fatman being gruff. He also brought his bulldog along with him to help.

Strangely, the show was originally set in LA, but come seasons two, three and four, it moved to Hawaii. Then it moved back again to LA midway through the fourth season and stayed there until the end. It also launched a spin-off show, Diagnosis Murder, the repeats of which still dominate daytime TV in the UK.

But have some weird old titles to confirm you that yes, William Conrad was overweight.