A Bit of Fry and Laurie - A Good Night's Sleep

The Bee Gees - I started a joke

One of my favourite singers is gone...too soon. 
R.I.P. Robin Gibb

Smack the Pony - Insensitive English teacher

Going to the Toilet

Grammar: Get it right!

The Beautiful South - Rotterdam or anywhere

Phil Lynott - Old town

A classic Dublin music video: Phil Lynott – Old Town (1982)

It’s one of those great Dublin pub quiz questions. What links the bandstand in Herbert Park and the Long Hall on South Great George’s Street?

Well, both feature heavily in the video to Phill Lynott’s classic 1982 single Old Town. The video was produced by Dave Heffernan and stars the actress Fiona McKenna.

The Dublin locations are as follows:

- Opening scene on Ha’Penny bridge

- Ringsend

- Grafton Street

- The Long Hall

- Bandstand (Herbert Park)

- Ringsend Pier

(From: Come here to me! Dublin life & culture.)

Eddie Izzard - Advertising

So anyway, advertising! Yes, that’s what I brought you here to talk about! Yes, advertising… Because I’ve been looking at it, and I’ve realized that certain people in the advertising area are being paid huge wads of cash in brown bags in order to subtly adjust our minds. Because, in the old days, before the ‘50s, I don’t know, it was much more blatant, adverts were more like, “Come on, there it is! (pointing) Come on! Haven’t got all day, there it is!” And as consumers, we were, “Oh, okay, I didn’t realize! Sorry! Don’t hit me!“ (running towards the product)

Nowadays we have choice, don’t we? We’re much more choosy, and we’re much more aware of what we can buy, so adverts are more subtle, they’re the soft sell, much more like… (humming a tune and pointing discreetly at product) “Oh, look at that! Those two people like it, and they’re shagging…” That’s what happens, isn’t it? Shagging sells everything! That’s it, there’s an advert for coffee- You come around, “Cup of coffee?” “Ooh, let’s shag!” Yes! Adverts for chocolate bars, two bits of chocolate bar, one eats one, one eats the other, “Oh, let’s have a shag!” That stuff for cleaning the floor, clean the floor clean, and then you shag on the floor… Dog food, dog eats dog food… anyway… So… not sure what happens there, but…

Now, the washing area- the washing powder, washing clothes, laundry- all that kind of stuff is a very advertising-laid area, with a huge amount of adverts saying, “Wash your clothes! Wash your clothes! Oh, no, I’m gonna shag you…!” And I think if it wasn’t for the advertising, we’d probably just spray our clothes, and (smells it), “Oh, that smells okay now that I’ve sprayed it…”

What on Earth!

This animated short proposes what many earthlings have long feared – that the automobile has inherited the planet. When life on Earth is portrayed as one long, unending conga-line of cars, a crew of extra-terrestrial visitors understandably assume they are the dominant race. While humans, on the other hand, are merely parasites. An Oscar® nominee, this film serves as an entertaining case study.

Robin Gibb - Don't cry alone (Titanic Requiem)

LYRICS

If your heart is breaking 

I’m yours whatever 

I will not forsake you ever 

Don’t cry alone 

Through the autumn rainfalls 

I will be your shoulder 

If the winds of love grow colder 

Don’t cry alone

Surely as the sun sets 

New suns are rising 

As winter heralds spring’s horizon 

Don’t cry alone 

Don’t you ever doubt me 

You lead I will follow 

Sweep away all pain and sorrow 

Don’t cry alone 

No, don’t cry alone 

No, don’t you ever doubt me 

I’ll be there for you forever 

Don’t you ever cry 

I’ll sweep away your tears and sorrow 

And I’ll be with you close tomorrow 

I’ll be with you 

Don’t cry alone 

I’m yours 

Don’t cry alone