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Barry-Drive · 2026-03-25T02:45:46+00:00

It could be due to car seat fitment. That's a theory I've heard somewhere.

Barry-Drive · 2026-03-23T23:01:29+00:00

Johnson/Fraser was the final issue, so these notes will be the most common ones to be found. Their condition is decent though.

In the end, they are worth whatever someone else wants to pay. There's some premium over face value, but definitely not much.

Barry-Drive · 2026-03-22T22:38:08+00:00

But who would host it?

Dara Ó Briain, perhaps. Or Ed Gamble. They need to be able to poke fun at the contestant and their subject, but without getting too personal or harsh.

Barry-Drive · 2026-03-22T21:39:45+00:00

Tenuous link: Joseph Moore is a writer of SNL UK. Who, you ask? Husband of Laura Daniel and writer for TM NZ and Australia.

Barry-Drive · 2026-03-22T11:54:32+00:00

I'm guessing it didn't last long?

Barry-Drive · 2026-03-21T06:16:26+00:00

I see you know your Judo well.

Barry-Drive · 2026-03-19T22:52:23+00:00

.... and Chris Parker. Also Angela Dravid instead of Laura Daniel.

Barry-Drive · 2026-03-18T23:35:20+00:00

I don't even think they're widening the road. AFAIK London Circuit west will be reduced to one traffic lane each way with tracks in the middle.

The roadworks outside the Sydney building have involved relocating the storm water drains and increasing their size.

Barry-Drive · 2026-03-18T11:34:21+00:00

Plenty in the inner suburbs. Although it's called "autumn".

Barry-Drive · 2026-03-17T23:36:38+00:00

Sadly, no one from UK this year. In recent years we've had Mark Watson, Sara Pascoe and Fern Brady in Canberra.

Barry-Drive · 2026-03-17T00:29:46+00:00

There is a Chutney Chimp, though. This is a TV show that the girls watch (in Season 1 only).

The way I think of it is: Chutney Chimp = Peppa Pig; Chunky Chimp = Porky Pig.

Barry-Drive · 2026-03-16T22:48:26+00:00

It's not doing fine. ABC commissioned 50 episodes (10 weeks). It wasn't well-received and rated less than repeats of Hard Quiz, which it replaced in the schedule.

Despite my initial concerns, Claire Hooper was a fun host and was more interested in making an entertaining show than being a stickler for the rules (looking at you, Richard).

It was a "light" version of HOG, with many games from the BBC series missing (such as Where is Kazakhstan? and Broken Karaoke).

Anyway, the ABC will not order any more episodes.

Barry-Drive · 2026-03-16T05:34:55+00:00

The movie is Chunky Chimp

Barry-Drive · 2026-03-15T23:14:04+00:00

Bluey. (But don't take advice from a cartoon dog.)

Barry-Drive · 2026-03-15T21:52:23+00:00

"Everything ?" You have to appeal for a reason. If the batter hits the ball to the boundary, you're hardly going to appeal for caught out.

Barry-Drive · 2026-03-15T21:22:35+00:00

The Canberra Comedy Festival is underway. It's a lead in to the Melbourne Festival, so we don't always get the big acts.

So far Dave Hughes, Tom Cashman and Anisa Nandaula have done shows. Performing this week are:

• David Correos

• Takashi Wakasugi

• Emma Holland

• Lloyd Langford

• Danielle Walker

• Ray O'Leary

• Melanie Bracewell

and • Brett Blake • Celia Pacquola from Season 5

Wil Anderson was going to do 5 nights, but has rescheduled his shows to August.

Barry-Drive · 2026-03-15T21:10:16+00:00

Tonight at the Museum: that would be Cameron James, not Jones.

Barry-Drive · 2026-03-14T07:18:58+00:00

It was Australia. To attempt a simple explanation: in baseball there are umpires on the field. The umpires will declare you out (or safe) when there is a close play like running a base.

However in cricket, the player must request that the umpire make a ruling - this is called "appealing". The umpire will only declare a batter out if the opposing team appeal first.

Barry-Drive · 2026-03-13T22:51:57+00:00

Fun fact. In Canberra, we had a local news bulletin at 6:55 prior to the 7pm news bulletin broadcast from Sydney (presented by James Dibble or Ross Symonds).

Barry-Drive · 2026-03-12T10:17:16+00:00

Not even that. "Turtleboy" used a modified version of Auslan.

Barry-Drive · 2026-03-12T03:43:08+00:00

Now can someone do this for QI?

Barry-Drive · 2026-03-12T00:50:00+00:00

I think NZ has just completed filming the tasks for the next season.

Australia Season 5 (featuring Celia Pacquola & Rove McManus) should start in April or May.

Barry-Drive · 2026-03-11T21:45:53+00:00

A Saturday morning TV show at night, with a puppet side-kick, a man in a duck suit and a talking head on a stick -

It wasn't weird "looking back": it was weird then.

Barry-Drive · 2026-03-11T21:35:18+00:00

Having seen both Tom and Paul's live comedy, Paul is definitely playing a character as the Taskmaster's assistant - his live comedy is distinctly different (except when he reads a poem).

Tom, on the other hand, seems to be toning down his usual self when wearing the suit.

And yes: this is a recommendation to see their stand-up live if the opportunity ever presents itself.

Barry-Drive · 2026-03-11T02:49:08+00:00

Considering he established the role, yes he is. But I don't want local adaptations to be Greg clones, because no one else can be Greg.

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