Has anyone seen Welcome to Woop Woop? It's a fabulous bizarre Aussie film starring Jonathan Schaech, who's a major hottie. My TiVo found it for me because I have it set to search for anything with Barry Humphries in the hopes that it will catch any Dame Edna appearances, should they happen to grace the cable airwaves. I do so love her Dameness.
And speaking of her Dameness, does anyone out there think that Mrs. Slocum, from the BBC's Are You Being Served may have been one of the many sources of inspiration for Dame Edna? She has interestingly colored hair and in more than one episode of AYBS, has appeared with fabulous Ednaish eyewear.
Anyhow, the other thing I really love about TiVo is all the fabulous "cameos" you catch from older sitcoms. For example, I really love the show "Wings," and frequently envision myself in a love triangle including the two Hackett Brothers, played by Tim Daly and Steven Weber. And Thomas Haden Church ain't half bad neither. Anyhow, back to the subject... I was watching "Wings," and was pleasantly suprised by guest appearnces from Megan Mullaly in an episode called "There once was a girl from Nantucket" where she played the town slut, and a guest appearance where Craig Bierko played an actor who, after being hired for all the wrong reasons, becomes the centerpiece of a plot to get back at the person responsible for his hiring. Totally silly, totally "Wings," and quite fun.
I occassionally watch sensible programming, like the National Geographic Channel but they show some weird shit, too...
Anyhow, I have to go to the airport now, as I'm going back to Ohio for a couple days to hang with the 'rents. I'll see you all soon, though, my beloved readers.
Posted by Jon at April 13, 2004 04:13 AM | TrackBackI've been trying to think of the name of that movie for months! I was trying to remember the context of the "You cunt" joke in The Sound Of Music. Thanks. It's a strange movie if I'm remembering correctly.
Posted by: Tom at April 15, 2004 03:24 PMAlso, in the style of "Are You Being Served," try finding "The Vicar of Dibbly," with Dawn French, if you haven't seen it already.
Tom
Posted by: Tom at April 15, 2004 03:26 PMThe joke, my dear Tom, is that Mother Abbess says "What is it you can't face," but with her melodramatic accent, it sounds like "What is it you cunt face?" I also heard this joke at the Sing-a-Long Sound of Music when I saw it (last summer?)
Posted by: Jon at April 15, 2004 11:22 PM