Bob The Badger

I had tickets for the Manchester gig, but when somebody offered me £450 for the two, I bit their hand off. I also sold them the tickets. I think it's always funnier at the event because you're in a room with like-minded people all there to laugh. And laughter is contagious.

Watched the new Ricky Gervais special last night on Netflix. If I listed my top 20 comedy specials of all time, I think possibly all of his previous ones would be in there. And Animals and Politics would be in the top 3, but this felt like it was rushed at best and a cash grab at worst. The material felt old and rehashed, and the constant need to explain himself (Jimmy Carr has started doing this, so maybe on a deeper level they are fearful of being taken literally) was a bit tiring. There were some funny bits with the cultural appropriation joke very funny and clever, but I'm not sure I need to see him use the handjob action in any more specials. It was very funny the first time and pretty funny the second time, but now it feels/looks more like a metaphor for him milking the Netflix coffers. I still love the guy and will watch his next one because even comedians have bad days at the office.

Clearly you're not married to a woman who responds with every question about what do you want for dinner with 'I don't know what do you want?'

If we don't many will suggest Warne needs to get the sack.

They. have Rupert the Bear all over them, so I think a red was called for.

Started it last night and it looks promising one episode in.

Watched the first 4 episodes of Suburraeterna the follow up to the excellent Italian crime drama, Suburra. Crap. Horrible and distracting soundtrack. Odious characters all over acting and clumsy, convoluted script. Very disappointing, made worse by the fact we went from The Sopranos into that steaming pile.

I've done 18 or 19 and I love them tbh! Having said that, not done one since I quit drinking so I'm not sure they quite have the same appeal!

New Year's Day, a potential top-two place on offer; I imagine and hope PP will be rockin'!

How long have you been a fan of cruising?

Finally gone through the entire 7 (8 really, as the last one was 21 episodes) season of The Sopranos. Never seen any before, and I have no earthly clue why not. It may be the best thing I have ever seen on TV, and I can see why it was the most watched non-network drama in US TV history. Outstanding acting with brilliant, insightful and at times, hilarious, scriptwriting. Such depth to it and a real commentary not just on the mafia, but life in general, as they all deal with the same crap we all deal with. I doubt many of you good folk haven't seen it, but if you haven't, you need to. CahrlieGeorge/10 with some Colin Todd thrown in.

I watched that a few weeks ago. Pretty good. Not convinced by Timberlakes acting but Del Toro was outstanding.

Groundhog Day

Is that what Cloughie thought of McGovern or what many of the fans did? What channel is it on?

Yeah, it's not even close. The standard of drama the BBC turns out compared to ITV is insane. We can always find something great on iPlayer, but we rarely watch ITVX. It's utter pants. Having said that, after moving back from the US I looked forward to starting to watch QoS and boy, was I disappointed. Drivel. I watched a couple and don't think I made it through either before giving up.

On the way to Florida I decded to rewatch The Godfather trilogy. My goodness those first two that I'd not seen in 20 years were sooooo good. Almost flawless acting, direction and script. I watched the 3rd on the way home, in as mentioned above, a horrible mood and feeling sick because I presumed that I'd overreacted with Part 3. So maybe I'm overreacting. But, jeez, it was an utter trainwreck of biblical proportions. Sofia Copella would have been laughed off the set of Crossroads, Eli Walch was almost as bad, and Al Pacino was hamming it up too. Even the ending was laughingly bad. It's incomprehensible to me that it was Coppola and Puzo involved and that it scored 7.6 in IMDb.

Inside with Willem Defoe - not sure when it came out. High end art thief gets trapped inside a penthouse apartment without food, water (kinda) or any communication method. Even the TV is on the fritz. Weird af and I have no clue what the ending meant. Then again, I was flying home from Florida feeling sick as a dog with the flu that had kept me in bed all week and wanting to die. The film just made me want to die faster. BillyCaskey/10

That is either Steven Wright or Mitch Hedberg joke methinks