Amusing anecdotes & random ramblings
Progress on the portrayal of British-Chinese people in UK media!
Finally! Someone does an impression of a British-Chinese person without resorting to sticky tape or yellow-face make-up. On the other hand….
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By day a BBC/Intranet content producer. By night, mildly obsessed by web, film, comedy, pop/digital culture, people, and randomness.
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Working for the BBC….
about 2 weeks ago - No comments
means a few surprises from time to time. Like telling people that it’s not a place where they shower you with money while you hang out backstage with Matt Smith or even Huw Edwards, for instance. Although there are a few fantastic non-financial bonuses, of course – like working on election night. Really must blog
One rule for Chinese comedians, another for Iranian ones?
about 3 weeks ago - No comments
I have occasionally dreamt of being a stand-up comedian – oh, the fame! the groupies! The nights of travelling up and down the M1 at 2am before parking in a dodgy service station! – and have therefore occasionally pondered on what my opening line would be. Omid Djalili‘s opening gambit was to come on and
Can psychics see things coming?
about 2 months ago - No comments
So psychic Derek Acorah’s had to cancel a few concerts at short notice. The pun writes itself. Which hasn’t stopped me in the past. When I was flat-hunting in Cardiff, I saw an ad with a flat to rent above a psychic’s shop. So I called the number, and ended up speaking to the psychic’s
Everybody loves a lesbian…
about 2 months ago - No comments
At least according to BBC Three’s new comedy puppet show… Then again, this shouldn’t come as a complete surprise to me. When I was living in Cardiff and hanging out with Miss H (naturally, a lesbian), I’d end up chatting to an intelligent, attractive, funny and uninhibited woman, only to find out from Miss H
It's not like the Americans to claim victory prematurely…
about 2 months ago - No comments
and for a bit of context on what that headline means…
All this hot weather is like making love to a beautiful (demanding) woman…
about 3 months ago - No comments
Sure, it looks nice, but once you get into it, it’ll drive you insane with bright lights and a pounding headache afterwards. (inspired by Swiss Toni)
Diversity in the UK, late-70s style…
about 6 months ago - 1 comment
Thanks to @bloggerheads and b3ta for pointing me to this amazing late-70s UK video, celebrating the diversity of London by … having the great Derek Griffiths impersonate a Chinese man by pulling on his eyebrows and singing about Chinkies, with a popular UK song from 1969 celebrating the ‘melting’ pot’ of the UK. Derek Griffiths,
The Internet. It's full of chimpanzees.
about 7 months ago - No comments
It’s amazing what you can cut together with rushes of interviews… (The BBC documentary that was actually made partly from these rushes is The Virtual Revolution, presented by the divine Dr. Aleks Krotoski, Saturdays at 8.30pm on BBC Two) Incidentally, it’s nice to know that I have finally achieved my ambition to have my name
"How did I get into this mess?"
about 7 months ago - 1 comment
Every so often, there comes a point when you look around, and you wonder how you got into a certain situation. For instance, like driving a Ferrari on the wrong side of the road and into traffic islands across the city of Houston, at 3am on a Saturday night, a bit the worse for wear