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Ep 316: Paul Verhoeven, Kids’ Gameshows
The very excited Paul Verhoeven has just spent a month hosting a children’s TV game show that he happily tells us all about. It’s fascinating. Really.…
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Ep 315: Secret Doctor Who Animation Project
We have a guest donor in the house, Danny Oz, who brings us a story of a BBC-led Doctor Who animation project. In an I Don’t…
The Pointlessness of Tweeting at the TV.
The Smug People of the Land Of Smug and their idiot cousins have broken into my lounge room through their twitter accounts. Twitter hashtags on television are just the work of marketing people trying to make more money because that’s what they do. Sorry, but getting your tweets read out on air by Larry Emdur won’t make you famous.
Ep 217: Quentin Crisp telemovie, BBC changes
In Things You May Have Missed, John introduces us to An Englishman in New York, the continuation of the story of Quentin Crisp. We discuss the…
Ep 188: Human Giant, Pink and Penguins
This week was a total mess but we did manage to talk about Human Giant, not buy Optus ads and read out some wonderful letters. Enjoy…
SBSTWO launches tonight
SBSTWO launches tonight. In case you haven’t seen it, here’s the promo they’ve been running: At least they’re not lying about what it’s going to be.…
Freeview launches new campaign: More for free but at what cost?
We’ll be discussing this new Freeview ad on this week’s Boxcutters. It launched last night. Watching it is all the homework you need to do this…
Ep 177: Alexandra Tynan, Gloria Jeans and Ingham Chicken Ads, Ladette Quotes
This week, Alexandra Tynan, the designer of the Cybermen, joins us in the studio to talk about costume design and creating a science fiction icon. Also,…