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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.
BB
Hi,
On the subject of Telstra/foxtel cable being laid down in the street. I’m not sure how they used to lay it down, but when they are putting the cable down these days they put it through a tube. Our area was a broadband blackspot and Telstra decided to fix this by laying down Telstra cable (according to the bigpond website its active, though some Telstra employees say its not!) so I saw what they did. They put down a white tube first then laid the cable down that, so if they really want to replace it they can.
BTW: For me one of the things that would get me to take up digital TV would be a nice free Electronic Program guide. Only problem with this is it would always be incorrect because they stations cant keep to a guide!
Thanks
Nigel
Taking up the challenge from Ross, I looked into the history of the 555 prefix for telephone numbers in movies and TV shows. Turns out it goes all the way back to the 1950s. Here’s part of an entry from Wikipedia:
The phone company began encouraging the producers of television shows and movies to use the 555 prefix for fictional telephone numbers. In older television shows from the 1950s or 1960s, “KLondike 5” or “KLamath 5” was used, as at the time the telephone exchanges used letters. The Simpsons used a variation of this in some of their earlier seasons by having the phone number start out with KL5 (for example, Homer’s Mr. Plow business used both KL5-3223 as the home number and KL5-3226 as the business number. Barney’s Plow King phone number was KL5-4796 in the commercial sung by Linda Ronstadt). On American telephone dial pads, K and L are found on the number 5 button.
BB
After Comedy Central pulled the plug on a re-run of the “Trapped in the Closet” episode of South Park, Matt Parker and Trey Stone‘s attorney issued the following statement:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
So, Scientology, you may have won THIS battle, but the million-year war for earth has just begun! Temporarily anozinizing our episode will NOT stop us from keeping Thetans forever trapped in your pitiful man-bodies. Curses and drat! You have obstructed us for now, but your feeble bid to save humanity will fail! Hail Xenu!!!
-Trey Parker and Matt Stone, servants of the dark lord Xenu
Comedy Central‘s official explanation of the event:
“In light of the events of earlier this week, we wanted to give Chef an appropriate tribute by airing two episodes he is most known for.”
and mentioned nothing about Viacom – Comedy Central‘s parent company – being Tom Cruise‘s corporate bitch.
Check out Defamer for more.
And while I’m here – if you hadn’t caught the news already – Katie Holmes has allegedly given birth to a 7lb 7oz, 20inch girl which has been named Suri Holmes-Cruise. Having had a wander around the interweb for reactions and come across these pics: Continue reading “Official Parker/Stone Statement + TomKitten” »
I’ve found it – the first promo pic from the SuperModel Reality Show from today’s breaking news.
It’s a little adult, if you know what I mean, so I’m gonna put it down there below the fold.
Hi there, love the show.
Just a quick note regarding the recent comments about the Survivor recap show comming up on channel 9. The Survivor recap show this season actually shows ‘some’ new content and gives away a few hints at what is happening in future episodes. While watching this episode isn’t necessary to keep up to date with the competition it is good to see channel 9 actually show something that might interest the fans… even if it is about a month late.
Well, if you were in Sydney, you’d have seen this on 7:
Thank freak I didn’t have to sit through that! But that must have been the TV premiere of The Passion, yeah? I wonder when we’ll get to see that here in Melbourne… and I wonder if they’ll tout it as the premiere.
BB
After our report a couple of weeks ago on the Britney Spears sculpture, I’ve been on the lookout for more pictures of the piece and I’ve got some good news for those completists out there.
Here’s the sculptor, Daniel Edwards, with the piece.
And here’s the money shot. Continue reading “More Britney Sculture” »
In last week’s show I also mentioned the Fugly Awards and then subsequently forgot to put up the link.
You can check them out and find out about how to vote etc. at www.fugly.com.au.
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