I’m a big fan of most things British-with the notable exception of Little Britain which I have never found all that funny-but then, it was a long time after Monty Python came out that I fully appreciated it’s odd sense of humor. Ricky Gervais is the star of Britain’s The Office and HBO’s Extras, both of which are fun shows which have a fairly clueless hero trying to make the best of it. Ricky Gervais has a great deadpan face and does a wonderful job of looking incredulous when presented with just about anything. Ricky Gervais:Out of England The Stand-Up…
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True Blood on HBO
True Blood is based on the Southern Vampire Novels about Bill the Vampire and Sookie Stackhouse the Mind Reader, this HBO show has all the sex and violence you could want. Sookie’s brother is a horndog who seems to be the kiss of death, as two women he has sex with end up dead the next day. We get a lot of shots of people having sex in True Blood, most of them showing near perfect body builder forms without an ounce of body fat to spare. But True Blood isn’t just about sex, it’s about blood as well. True…
Bill Maher and Live TV
HBO’s Bill Maher has a live TV show, something of an endangered species, and last night’s show is why. There were a number of hecklers/protesters in the show’s audience. They seem to be of the opinion that Bill Maher should admit that Bush brought down the Twin Towers. Bill Maher laughed a couple of times and tried to carry on with the show, but the hecklers keep right on heckling. He finally stands up and asks “Is there no fucking security in this place?” and goes out to run the hecklers off in person. By the time he gets there,…