Instead of knuckling down to a
post mortem on Jonah as promised, or gloating in print (or whatever
medium this is) over Jonathan Ross directing a little of his boundless
enthusiasm my way last Saturday (in an interview with Mitchell and Webb
about the new TV series - http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/podcasts/ross/...
listen to the last fifteen minutes if you must - he lightheatedly
bemoaned the non-transfer of a radio sketch I wrote called "Asbo
Zapruder". By me. And then he went on about "Padlockigami". Which I
wrote. Which was nice. Bracket brackets: for the record I don't see the
logistical problem being Rob dressing up like a baby seal so much as
James Bachman having to pass himself off as a French heron. Also, once
you've got over the initial visual gag the sketch is basically just five
minutes of watching a man text...) yeah so instead of gloating over
that, which you'll see I haven't, I have it appears posted the following
comment on David Cairns' fine movie blog "Shadowplay" -
http://dcairns.wordpress.com/ - still sat here in my coat (I meant to
get some eggs). When not bigging up Fritz Lang's tedious, horribly acted
Die Nibelungen Mr. Cairn has been asking for people's personal moments
of cinematic "euphoria" and then charmingly and intelligently
broadcasting them. Mine's not a particularly remarkable choice but I've
made it now and it's all I have to show. So here. Enjoy. (If you have
broadband obviously. If you don't, here's an old flyer:)
"1. the opening credits of Do The Right Thing:
Both these clips are completely unconcerned with any tradition that I'm aware of. They just go: Hey we can do whatever we like! And then they do it... To which should be added, now I think of it: 3. The pan over to Christina Ricci's tap-dance in Buffalo 66."
Of which I could find no clip. So here instead is Danny Kaye declaiming "Giacomo hides not behind drapes!" Happy Valentine's, you all.
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