Monday, 1 June 2015

The Monday List

Ten TV Shows That Surprisingly Have Their Own Board Game
Home And Away
Battlestar Galactica
Deadliest Catch
Colditz
Saturday Night Live
The Fall Guy
On The Buses
Desperate Housewives
Murder, She Wrote
Cheers

Monday, 25 May 2015

The Monday List

A Mad, Mad Cannonball Rat Race In Their Flying Machines: Aerial Edition

Look to the skies! The Planet Sad Bank Holiday movie chase sequence returns yet again - only this time the action (such as it is) is taking place in the air. Sinking swiftly to earth are:
Some magnificent men in their flying machines, obviously
The Millenium Falcon
Concorde, which is of course much smaller in real life than people expect
A couple joining the Mile High Club in the first class toilets
Dumbo, holding a mouse in military jacket in his trunk
The Red Arrows, dispensing red, white and blue smoke as they go
Airwolf
George Clooney and Sandra Bullock, stranded somewhere above the earth because their spaceship's floated away, crying
The Montgolfier Brothers in their hot air balloon
Jimbo out of Jimbo and the Jet SetHarry Potter on his broomstick, doing something involving quidditch, probably
The Spruce Goose, piloted by fat-faced manchild Leonardo diCaprio
An air stewardess who's taken over at the controls because the flight crew have all got food poisoning
Scooch, dressed unamusingly as flight attendants and getting nul points in the Eurovision Song Contest, crying
The Red Max in the Crimson Haybailer
A flying saucer which could just be a hubcap dangling from a piece of string
Thunderbird 2
Sabrina the Teenage Witch on her flying vacuum cleaner
A Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin on their private jet, then
Bruce Dickinson out of Iron Maiden, showing off the fact he's got a pilot's licence, while fencing and writing a novel at the same time, probably
Everyone who's ever tried to fly via Ryanair, waiting in the departure lounge because the plane never turned up, crying

Monday, 18 May 2015

The Monday List

Ten More Bands Named After Fictional Characters
T'Pau
Fall Out Boy
Billy Talent
Artful Dodger
Mallory Knox
Aiden
The Fratellis
Rolo Tomassi
McFly
Huggy Bear

Monday, 11 May 2015

The Monday List

Ten More Animated Music Videos (That Still Aren't Take On Me or Sledgehammer)
Wordy Rappinghood - Tom Tom Club
Crazy - Gnarls Barkley
Land of Confusion - Genesis
The Masterplan - Oasis
Make Luv - Room 5 Featuring Oliver Cheatham
Accidents Will Happen - Elvis Costello
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me - U2
Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand
Love Rollercoaster - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Wag The Dog - George Michael

Monday, 4 May 2015

The Monday List

Ten Game Shows You've Probably Completely Forgotten About
Interceptor
Divided
Shafted
Man O Man
Friends Like These
Memory Bank
Bognor or Bust
That's Showbusiness
Catchword
100% Sex

Monday, 27 April 2015

The Monday List

Ten More Bands That Are Named After Films
Fine Young Cannibals
Dirty Pretty Things
The Mission
My Bloody Valentine
BMX Bandits
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
The Damned
Vixen
Black Sabbath
Killdozer

Monday, 20 April 2015

The Monday List

Ten Surprisingly Famous Film Directors Who've Made TV Ads
Wim Wenders (Stella Artois)
Darren Aronovfky (Yves Saint Laurent)
Spike Jonze (Adidas)
Nicolas Winding Refn (H&M)
David Lynch (Sony Playstation)
Wes Anderson (American Express)
Baz Lurhman (Chanel No 5)
David Fincher (Apple)
Tom Hooper (Jaguar)
Martin Scorsese (Dolce & Gabbana)