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lance_sibleyThe Leafs finally won a game tonight! W00T! Take that, Philadelphia!
This being Tuesday, I made my way up to Future Shop to see if they'd finally gotten in a shipment of season one of House - and lo and behold, there was one copy on the shelf. I snagged it, whereupon I discovered to my dismay that they were charging exactly the same price as HMV, which had dozens of copies when I went in there a couple of weeks ago.
At the checkout counter, I mentioned this to the clerk, along with my surprise because FS is almost always a little cheaper than anywhere else (especially HMV, which is almost always the most expensive place for DVDs). So she took $5 off the price and gave me the set for $51 instead of $56. W00T! (Okay, it's not much. But it's more than I expected.)
I also got Chef!, a hysterical Britcom from the mid-1980s which starred Lenny Henry (if you haven't seen his standup routine, go find a copy of The Secret Policeman's Third Ball. Now. (Would it help if I mentioned that John Cleese, Ben Elton and Hugh Laurie were also in it?)
I learned something tonight while watching House. Now, I have no idea whether this is true or not, but in the episode with the teenager who has night terrors, at one point House sees his legs twitching and comments that happens when someone is falling asleep, the brain misinterprets the slowing respiration rate as a signal that the body is dying, and it sends out an electrical impulse to keep the body alive. This happens to me about once a week; in fact, it happened last night. I was drifting off in restful slumber when all of a sudden, my legs twitched. Rather violently. I hope this doesn't mean that I also have a mutated measles virus in my eyeball.
Boston Legal was hysterical tonight. Alan Shore (James Spader) and Denny Crane (William Shatner) go to Nimmo Bay Resort, a fishing lodge in British Columbia. I laughed out loud at least twice - once when Denny woke up to find that Alan had crawled into bed with him during the night, and once when they went into a Canadian court to help out a fellow lawyer who had been at the fishing lodge with them. Let's see if I can remember this correctly... the case involved fish farms threatening the local stock of wild salmon (here is a description on a legal news website - apparently this is a real case before the B.C. courts). There's a parasite of some sort which is migrating from the farmed fish to the wild ones:
And then, later, in the court, after they've walked in wearing black robes, powdered wigs (having been forewarned that Canadian lawyers wear clothing similar to British ones), and hip waders:
I just wish that all my current shows weren't on Tuesday nights. Yes, this is going to be a constant complaint of mine.
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That last one is scary. Andthe_nita and thespian know exactly why I say that... ;)
This being Tuesday, I made my way up to Future Shop to see if they'd finally gotten in a shipment of season one of House - and lo and behold, there was one copy on the shelf. I snagged it, whereupon I discovered to my dismay that they were charging exactly the same price as HMV, which had dozens of copies when I went in there a couple of weeks ago.
At the checkout counter, I mentioned this to the clerk, along with my surprise because FS is almost always a little cheaper than anywhere else (especially HMV, which is almost always the most expensive place for DVDs). So she took $5 off the price and gave me the set for $51 instead of $56. W00T! (Okay, it's not much. But it's more than I expected.)
I also got Chef!, a hysterical Britcom from the mid-1980s which starred Lenny Henry (if you haven't seen his standup routine, go find a copy of The Secret Policeman's Third Ball. Now. (Would it help if I mentioned that John Cleese, Ben Elton and Hugh Laurie were also in it?)
I learned something tonight while watching House. Now, I have no idea whether this is true or not, but in the episode with the teenager who has night terrors, at one point House sees his legs twitching and comments that happens when someone is falling asleep, the brain misinterprets the slowing respiration rate as a signal that the body is dying, and it sends out an electrical impulse to keep the body alive. This happens to me about once a week; in fact, it happened last night. I was drifting off in restful slumber when all of a sudden, my legs twitched. Rather violently. I hope this doesn't mean that I also have a mutated measles virus in my eyeball.
Boston Legal was hysterical tonight. Alan Shore (James Spader) and Denny Crane (William Shatner) go to Nimmo Bay Resort, a fishing lodge in British Columbia. I laughed out loud at least twice - once when Denny woke up to find that Alan had crawled into bed with him during the night, and once when they went into a Canadian court to help out a fellow lawyer who had been at the fishing lodge with them. Let's see if I can remember this correctly... the case involved fish farms threatening the local stock of wild salmon (here is a description on a legal news website - apparently this is a real case before the B.C. courts). There's a parasite of some sort which is migrating from the farmed fish to the wild ones:
Shore: It seems that these parasites attach themselves to the wild salmon. They're called "cling-ons".
Crane (looking sharply at Alan): Did you say "cling-ons"?
And then, later, in the court, after they've walked in wearing black robes, powdered wigs (having been forewarned that Canadian lawyers wear clothing similar to British ones), and hip waders:
Shore: Before we leave, we would like to leave you with these two words: (points to Denny Crane)
Crane: Denny Crane, eh?
I just wish that all my current shows weren't on Tuesday nights. Yes, this is going to be a constant complaint of mine.
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That last one is scary. And
the_nita and thespian know exactly why I say that... ;)
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Date: 2005-10-12 07:11 am (UTC)Chef! rocks, except for the third season where they re-tooled the show for reasons beyond me and the show went straight downhill.
At the Neil Gaiman event last weekend, Neil was talking about Lenny. He's actually a much quieter and more studious sort than his stage persona, he'll phone Neil up with questions about English Lit. He's also doing hte audiobook of Anansi Boys.
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Date: 2005-10-13 12:32 am (UTC)Maybe some of the cast didn't want to do a third season? Who knows... but sometimes, when that happens, it's best to just pack up.
I still love Lenny Henry as Gareth, though.
At the Neil Gaiman event last weekend, Neil was talking about Lenny. He's actually a much quieter and more studious sort than his stage persona, he'll phone Neil up with questions about English Lit. He's also doing hte audiobook of Anansi Boys.
Interesting. I haven't read Anansi Boys - the only Gaiman I think I have is Good Omens, which was a collaboration with Pratchett. (I've thought about getting some of his books - in particular, American Gods looked like something I'd enjoy - but just haven't gotten to that point where I say "what the heck" and take the book to the checkout.) But now that I know that Henry is doing the audiobook, I may pick that up.