Five Cool Things and The Fantastic Four: First Steps

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I wanted the sixth cool thing to be that picture of Bob Weir and Taylor Swift at the Grammys that’s been circulating around, but I couldn’t afford the rights to it. I wonder what those two people talked about. Do you think Taylor learned some improvisational tips from Bob? Will she start performing a fifteen-minute version of “Cruel Summer?” Will Bob start wearing a onesie on stage?

Alas, we shall never know. But since I couldn’t talk about that I instead talked about a couple of movies (Lost Highway, Marty) and a few TV shows (Would I Lie To You, Arcane & The Long Shadow) and finished it off with a dumb-looking trailer for yet another attempt at a Fantastic Four movie. You can read it all right here.

5 thoughts on “Five Cool Things and The Fantastic Four: First Steps”

  1. Read with interest your recent delight in British Comedy – and assume that you are already aware of classics like “Fawlty Towers” and “Absolutely Fabulous”? Ronnie Barker as “Fletch” in the prison comedy “Porridge”? Lee Mack writes and stars in “We’re Not Going Out” – an old school Brit style sit-com (but I love it). As for Bob Mortimer you must check out “Gone Fishing” featuring his classic dialogues with another fine British comedian Paul Whitehouse. Bob Mortimer rose to fame with

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    1. Bob Mortimer rose to fame with Vic Reeves on a comedy sketch show called “Reeves And Mortimer”. Google David Mitchell’s TV series – that range from a comedy about Shakespeare to an unlikely police drama series – the titles elude me!

      And how about classic British radio? The Sounds App is wonderful and I recommend you download it. Radio Six is a favourite. Iggy Pop does a two hour show every Sunday afternoon. “New Music Fix” is another fave. I like the sound of surprise.

      As for radio comedy – try long established classics like “Just A Minute” and “I’m Sorry I Don’t Have A Clue…” If you don’t know the Goons Show check it out – it was the launching pad forhe career of Peter Sellers as well as modern style “alternative comedy” – its cultural impact cannot be over-estimated as it influenced everyone from Monty Python to the Beatles…

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      1. We’ve just started watching the David Michell Shakespeare show. It is very funny but it isn’t something I’d want to binge. I loved his Detective show, Ludwig it is called. I even wrote something about it on my Facebook. Meant to say something here and forgot. It will likely show up in a Five Cool Things soon.

        Thanks for the recommenation on the radio shows. I’ll have to check those out.

        We have become big fans of a lot of the panel shows. Not only Would I Lie To You, but Eight Out of Ten Cats, Eight out of Ten Cats Does Countdown, and of course QI. We just recently discovered Taskmaster and it is lots of fun.

        Thanks for your recomendations.

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    2. I love Fawlty Towers. My wife enjoys Absolutely Fabulous but I’ve never watched it. I’ve never heard of Porridge but I’ll give it a look. I’ve seen bits of that Lee Mack show but it didn’t appeal to me. I’m very werid when it comes to comedy and it seems way too broad for my tastes.

      I’ve seen bits of the Bob Mortimer fishing show on Youtube and enjoyed it.

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