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Michael-6? That was the android presenter wasn't i...

2007-10-07T10:50:00.000+02:00

Michael-6? That was the android presenter wasn't it? I know what you mean... reminded me of Bishop from Aliens...

I really liked The Peter Serafinowicz Show and loo...

2007-10-07T10:36:00.000+02:00

I really liked The Peter Serafinowicz Show and looking forward to the rest.

I liked Kennedy St King. Micheal-6 was very eery.

Hmm... yes... just loving a woman for her mind doe...

2007-10-06T08:34:00.000+02:00

Hmm... yes... just loving a woman for her mind does sound rather suspect even though I recognize the apparent nobility of it.

And you're right about the different age that Doyle wrote his detective fiction within... logic celebrated above all, etc. It makes me realize what a huge downward evolutionary turn the genre had made when we had the likes of Magnum and Knightrider on our TV screen...!

I don't watch much telly either, Steve, despite se...

2007-10-05T19:51:00.000+02:00

I don't watch much telly either, Steve, despite seeming-evidence to the contrary!

Holmes only ever admired one woman and that was because he found her mind equal to his. So, I'm not sure he had a very high opinion of what he would've, undoubtedly, described as the "gentler" sex!!

The "Holmes" stories were written in a different day-and-age, though, and the great detective always looked for a logical mind in others, whatever their gender, age, race, religion and, even, morality.

Oh my God yes! I'd completely forgotten about that...

2007-10-05T16:47:00.000+02:00

Oh my God yes! I'd completely forgotten about that. Mind you, there's nothing unusual about trying to erase memories of Russ Abbott from one's mind I'm sure... but it seems I was wrong. Holmes and Watson together is not such a sacrilegious pairing up as I at first though! I even wonder if, in the early drafts of Conan Doyle's writings, there are early indications of literature's greatest untold love story even now waiting to be found... but as for Batman and Robin: I say again - pah! No chance. No chance at all! ;-)

I can assure everyone that the Sherlock Holmes an...

2007-10-05T15:58:00.000+02:00

I can assure everyone that the Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson 'rumours' have been a staple of comedy sketch shows for a very long time - remember Russ Abbot?

I must catch this cutting edge comedian soon though. I like to see things at list once before dismissing them out-of-hand!

Ha ha! Hi OC, I meant sacrilegious from the point ...

2007-10-05T14:24:00.000+02:00

Ha ha! Hi OC, I meant sacrilegious from the point of view of Sir Arthur C.D. - who from what I've read was rather stiff, uptight and a stickler for form - and most Sherlock Holmes fans (of which I'm not really one) who I imagine would be seriously aggrieved at any suggestion that Dr Watson and Mr Holmes were partaking of shared quantities of shag... I'm referring to their love of pipe smoking of course. Though personally, thinking about it maybe there always has been a valid undercurrent of love between the two...? I mean they always spent so much time together... like more intelligent versions of Morecambe & Wise. Maybe Mr Serafinowicz ought to consider a similar sketch for his next show with Eric giving Ernie a rumbustious tongue-sarnie? Or the Two Ronnies? Or The Krankies... ok, ok, I'm getting carried away now. Time to stop.

But as for Batman and Robin! How dare you even suggest such a thing, sir! Of what rumours do you speak?! Egad! Can't two men wear a pair of tights in the same room together without people questioning their sexuality?

Agree with you about Vivian Vyle by the way - some really funny moments but on the whole rather flat and, dare I say it, annoying...?

I really liked it too - lots of surreal humour whi...

2007-10-05T13:58:00.000+02:00

I really liked it too - lots of surreal humour which I could relate to and very well-observed. I'd never seen the guy before but he's also a great impersonator with some spot-on accents - Michael Caine and as you say Chris Tarrant, amongst others...

And naturally I had no problems with the gay Sherlock Holmes sketches! Did you really think it was sacrilegious, Stevenage, or are you pulling our legs? (I mean there were all those rumours about Batman and Robin living together...)

Better than "The Vivienne Vyle" show anyway which was on before and which I found a bit disappointing.

Hi Laura, it's funny, I've been accused of being a...

2007-10-05T13:15:00.000+02:00

Hi Laura, it's funny, I've been accused of being a TV addict a couple of times before but in actual fact I watch very little: a smidgeon over 2 hours a day... and that usually when I'm too exhausted to go and do something else. I guess I'm just very vocal about what I do watch!

Wow - what a lot of television you watch Steve - I...

2007-10-05T12:52:00.000+02:00

Wow - what a lot of television you watch Steve - I haven't even heard of this guy!

I can see I will have to find a window in my diary as he sounds worth a look.