When Greece last played Germany

Wagner and Israel

I see the music of Wagner is still prohibited - not legally, but rather through social taboo - in Israel. It reminded me of something ...

The All-Time Winner of course ...

... could only be Father Ted's 'My Lovely Horse'.

Queer Folk

I can never remember what I've posted before and what I haven't, but using the criterion of something still being funny, here's Bob Fleming's Folkin Classics from the Fast Show:

Police State Fun

My chum passes my way an amusing clip of Stephen Colbert on Bill O'Reilly, which I can't embed, but I found this instead, which is sadly more relevant with every passing week.

Morality abstracted

Led on from the solution to a deontological riddle, I came to this clip from the masterly 'Dr Strangelove'. An interesting, not to say the ultimate, 'life-boat dilemma'.

All good things...

John Belushi and Joe Flaherty (pic by Mike Thomas)

I have long searched for this skit to turn up on YouTube: "Brest Litovsk" with John Belushi and Joe Flaherty from Chicago's Second City. The setting is a student trying to get a credit from his history master, after having missed virtually the whole course, this in context of the Vietnam draft.

For history buffs, you can read about the treaty here.

The Tory Eurosceptic Committee exposed

More confirmation of the growing Eurosceptic tendency within the ranks of the Parliamentary Tory Party has come to light, with the release of a recording of a recent top secret meeting. So reluctant are they to expose their true position, that during the meeting, code words are employed ("Roman Empire" for the EU, "Brian" for national sovereignty, etc).

Still, with such valient souls as these, working on the inside, it's only a matter of time...

Jon Stewart on Mark Halperin

Content from Jon Stewart's show seems to get blocked on the internet over here, so I'll pass on this little clip which is worth watching, about that 'serious' journalist calling Bazza a dick.

BTW I came to it via this news from the Business Insider regarding Dominique Strauss-Kahn and the apparently collapsing case against him.

Advertising targeting explained

Excellent satire of advertising from Mitchell and Webb (as usual I was looking for something else).

UPDATE: the sketch starting at 6:09 on the clip below was what I was thinking of, due to Ned Miliband's lame interview (try to avoid the first sketch, which is pretty crap).

BTW it's a clip from their radio show, I haven't cocked up the coding.

How to win arguments

Something in the comment thread at Murphy's place (see post below) reminded me of Alan Partridge's "victory" over an irate farmer.

Browsing on I come to this scene: Alan's attempt to present the Dante's Fires corporate awards, after having punctured his foot on a fence.

A long time ago

Rest in Peace, Bill

Amusant

John Oliver's 'Literature Rodeo', reviewing apocalyptic literature.

Billy Casper

Staggering onward

I thought I would try to raise the standard from the immediate post below, but this is as far as I got.

Mutated sea bass

In case Dick misses the reference:

I stand convicted

I decided to check my stars according to Psychic Bob at The Daily Mash:

Libra (23 SEP-23 OCT)
In eight years, Hitler managed to gain and lose an empire that stretched the breadth of Europe, while in the same amount of time you've just about managed to paint your bathroom. Even taking into account all the bad Nazi stuff he's still better than you.

Harsh, but not far off the truth with regard to my 'Glorious Five Year DIY Plan' (year 6 and counting).

Pride

Via the Index on Censorship blog, I come across comedian Paul Sinha's reasoned comments on the current attacks on freedom of speech with regard to Twitter, so decide to check him out via YouTube. This is worth watching ...

Shamelessly nicked...

... from Tim Worstall, who got it from here, but doesn't it make your eyes go funny?

The art of misdirection

I can't remember if I've ever posted this before, but it's still funny, so never mind. For those of you who don't know, it is a piss-take of the trial and acquittal of Jeremy Thorpe, erstwhile leader of the Liberal Party.