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The engine is primed and ready to fire – it’s time to rev up this week’s Boxcutters.

Josie Parelli and Jeff Jenkins from Chartbusting 80s are our very special guests this week. We get loaded and have a good time in the studio and we’ve got some spectacular results for the viewers of our video podcast.

Along with that: we take a look at the controversial Big Brother nominations show with the stoush between Gretel and Michael; we’ve got a review of 10‘s new comedy, The Wedge; Ross has a new bank ad he doesn’t buy; we dip into the Boxcutters letter bag; and there’s heaps of news to cover in a very big week in television.

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I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that Mr T is to begin presenting a self-help show called I Pity The Fool.

“The ‘T’ stands for talking,” Mr T said. “I’m going to talk it up. It’s what I’ve been doing all my life.”

But Mr T will not simply be a carbon copy of self-help guru, Dr Phil McGraw. “My show ain’t no Dr Phil, with people sitting around crying,” he said. “You’re a fool – that’s what’s wrong with you. You’re a fool if you don’t take my advice.”

It was with this in mind that I came across this picture of Mr T. Perhaps not the most recent – given the distinct sheen on that suit he’s wearing – but I think you can get the idea.

Click the thumbnail, then click it again to see it full size.

When Josh mentioned this on the show, he wasn’t aware it involved the worker sacked for smirking in a meeting. Here’s the full article from the SMH:

TV program drawn into firm dispute

A Nine Network current affairs program has been drawn into a bitter dispute between a Melbourne engineering firm and its workers.

Finlay Engineering hit the headlines last month when boss Jim Sutton reportedly sacked a worker for smirking, his mate for backing him up and another worker for being absent. Continue reading “More on that ACA news” »

Number 36… that’s a quarter gross of Boxcutters. Jump in before we go all the way!

This week on Boxcutters we:

Take a swipe at a couple of TV commercials in I Don’t Buy It;
Get a rundown on the biggest ratings winners so far in 2006;
Talk about money and what was left out of The Great Escape;
Have a chat about how surprisingly good All Saints has become in recent times;
Check out the latest in Crap TV;
Give a quick overview of My Name Is Earl – the comedy series from the US that 7 have been promising us for some time now;
Chat about Survivor‘s apparent policy, this series, of stacking the deck with lunatics; and
Cover off on all the TV news you need to know.

We’ve got RSS, we’ve got iTunes, we’ve got direct downloads – they’re all at CRAZY prices and they’ve ALL got to go by midnight this Wednesday.

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Middle age has treated us well, or so it would seem from listening to our latest episode including:

All the news you can handle;
Jess McGuire is back with Big Brother updates;
Ross tries to get the name of Things You May Have Missed changed while we talk about Deadwood;
Letters to Boxcutters returns thanks to your help;
also Ross talks about a few things that annoy him and Josh watches boxing.

It’s a lot to fit into one episode but we do it… and with style.

Listen to Ep 35 any way you want to. RSS, iTunes or direct download?

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This media release just came through from Channel 9.

Nine Network chief executive Eddie McGuire tonight announced that the Nine Network had secured the Australian television exclusive interviews with Beaconsfield Mine survivors Todd Russell and Brant Webb.

Nine will on Sunday night at 8.30pm broadcast a special two-hour presentation featuring the rescued miners to be hosted by Tracy Grimshaw.

The Great Escape will see Russell and Webb talk for the first time of their remarkable two-week underground ordeal.

Todd Russell and Brant Webb – a television exclusive. Sunday 8.30pm on Nine.

So that answers that question.

The phone number for the Hanso Foundation in Australia is 1800 22 77 17.

Also, check out their website. You will need the latest Flash plugin but it’s worth it.

Amazon have added a link on the page for Bad Twin, by Gary Troup (which, incidentally, is an anagram of purgatory), that has a snippet of a TV interview that the author did. So now we know what he looks like – better be watching the Others to see if he turns up there…

Stay tuned for Josh’s info about the online game.

Live from Beaconsfield, Tasmania, it’s Boxcutters!

On the show this week:

We take a look at the second least representative audience poll on TV’s night of nights – the Logies;
Raywatch dissects the goings-on with The Great Escape at that gold mine in Beaconsflied, Tasmania, along with speculation of how much the boys are going to score to tell their story to a nation, nay, world that’s been on the edge of its seat for two weeks;
I Don’t Buy It explores used car lots and slow fast-food;
Josh is right on top of The Lost Experience – the new online companion to the TV series – and tells us about what he’s discovered so far;
And we’ve got an irresponsible amount of news.

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We promise, we’ll have a Letters to Boxcutters segment next week, as long as you send us and email at: send us email

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The Fates have sniffed the winds of change and three minds and voices combine to announce the dawn of an era. Buildings crumble and networks prostrate themselves before the feet of three individuals, collectively known as Boxcutters.

This week we bring you:

All the news we can fit in 30 minutes;
Extended discussion of the miners tragedy/miracle in Raywatch;
A fanclub dedicated to Brett reveals itself in Letters to Boxcutters;
Things You May Have Missed but Might Not Have Missed if You Managed to See Them sticks its head in;
and some new shows to keep an eye out for.

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