BYTES AND PIECES

TERRY LAME
Thursday on The Conversation Hour and Terry Lane is slurpishly sucking up Debbie Reynolds: "When you were making Singing in the Rain, you'll always be Kathy Sheldon to me, etc". And Kathy Selden to everyone else.

IS IT ME? AM I ON YET?
Long time commenter, first time blogger.

PLANE SPEAKING
Rodney Hogg on SEN: "Hansie Cronje was assassinated, no doubt about it. The plane crash was not an accident."

WHERE WOLF?
Why does Foxtel have An American Werewolf in Paris on high rotation, were-as An American Werewolf in London is rarely, if ever, shown?

NO HARM DONE
Favourable signs for the Ashes. Steve Harmison has used up his one good day for the year.

GRIM DEPTH
Are we that buggered for talent in Strayan sports commentary? Robert Fidgeon: "Fox Footy's Clinton Grybas, one of the top three sports commentators in Australia." Or TV critics?

SUBURBAN SCRAWL
Speaking of The Conversation Hour - Ba! Dum! Early this year I was fleeing Sydney through the suburb of Engadine, listening to Minette Walters, when it occurred to me that Engadine would make a great name for poison. "I am sorry," oozed D'Sartor malevolently. "But there is no antidote to living in Sydney." So, is Engadine a nice place, then?

DEPARTHEID?
Tony Grieg gorn?

while Benaud was happy to talk publicly about the length of his contract, others were not. Tony Greig, for instance, bristled when we broached the subject of his future, a relevant inquiry we thought, given that his good friend Kerry Packer is no longer with us and also because, despite Packer's longstanding support, he invariably finishes near the bottom of popularity polls.

SLAPPER BACKED
Big call by Nick Bray and/or Sean Fewster in the Hun TV guide: "Much of [The new Dr Who] success comes from the appeal of Rose, arguably the best companion the Doctor has had."

Comments

[Tony.T]

Yes, I know. But it's Anfernee's first BLOG, as opposed to someone else's.

I think.

[Francis Xavier Holden]

I caught a bit of Deb in the car - she's certainly on the ball and sharply witty and seemed to lack the usual american movie star gush and schtick.

[13thMan]

I'd have to agree regarding Rose - the best seasons of Doc Who always had an engaging assistant, and Rose is such a lass in spades. Having watched the second (new) season in it's entirety, I'm sad to report that she leaves in the last ep. [That's not a spoiler - even the local TV guide reported that]

[Tony.T]

FX: Yeah it wasn't bad and Debbie still was able to raise a chuckle out of me. And to be perfectly honest, while Tezza was being a suck, it was excusable in the circs, DR being a bit of a legend and all.

TM: It would have been easy to take a pot shot at the claim, but thinking about it, it became apparent that none of the others sidekicks stood out as a being better.

[Scott Wickstein]

Anfernee is a fine and upstanding gentleman of long blogging heritage... but I'm not sure why he's using a telstrablog of all things.

I thought I taught him better then that :|

[ronan]

surely mark taylor is bottom of the popularity polls.
the man is a damnable fool who is a master at pointing out the obvious or repeating what other more perspicacious commenters, including greig, have already said.
ian healy isnt much better and dont get me start on simon O'Donnell.
yep yep yep yap

[nick]

Apparently Warnie has about 1000 poll votes locked up (or 999 if you count his wife).

[nick]

ps Good to see that the strongest mozz campaign of recent times - the MSM vs the Crows - has done its job.

[slatts]

Nice get with Terry Lane hoax.

[brownie]

re "Terry Lane is slurpishly sucking up Debbie Reynolds:" -

one of my favourite movie moments is (her daughter) Carrie Fisher screaming at Warren Beatty in Shampoo " I am NOT like my mother".