Sadvent Calendar 2015 – The Thothening! 1 December

It's…

Sir Christopher Lee!

Yes, it's that time of year again, and having exhausted our supply of festive ADGE and Vs (well, for now, at least…) we've turned our hands to the throwing of horns – or, as we know it, THOTHING. (Don't ask…)

To kick things off, we're paying tribute to a film (and music) legend in the truest sense of the word. Sod Star Wars, LOTR and The Wicker Man, and even his heavy metal album about Charlemagne – we love him because he once sang about GIRL DRINKS. Farewell, Sir Christopher – Planet Sad misses you lots, like whisky tots.

Name Your Poison

The Monday List

Ten More Authors Who Are Namechecked In Song Lyrics
Charles Dickens (Every Picture Tells A Story, Rod Stewart)
Virginia Woolf (Virginia Woolf, Indigo Girls)
Jack Kerouac (Hey, Jack Kerouac, 10,000 Maniacs)
Stephen King (Shamrocks and Shenanigans, House of Pain)
Barbara Cartland (The Day Before You Came, Blancmange)
John Donne (Rave On, John Donne, Van Morrison)
Oscar Wilde (Oscar Wilde, Company Of Thieves)
John Keats (Cemetery Gates, The Smiths)
Harold Pinter (Faster, Manic Street Preachers)
Graham Greene (Graham Greene, John Cale)

The Monday List

Ten Hand-tools That Sound Like Nu-Metal Bands
Jabsaw
Combination Shavehook
Impact Drill
Brad Nailer
G Clamp
Pushpin
Hex Breaker
Jack Plane
Glue Gun
Basin Wrench

The Monday List

Ten People You Completely Forgot Were On I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here
Catalina Guirado
John Burton Race
Diane Modahl
Scott Henshall
Chris Bisson
Brian Paddick
Limahl
Kayla Collins
Darren Day
Crissy ROck

The Monday List

Ten Pairs of Music Videos That Share A Common Location


Like A Virgin (Madonna) and Dear Prudence (Siouxsie and the Banshees) - Venice
I'm Already Gone (A Day To Remember) and Midnight Memories (One Direction) - River Thames
Mrs Robinson (Lemonheads) and Lightning Bolt (Jake Bugg) - Amsterdam
A View To A Kill (Duran Duran) and Someone Like You (Adele) - Paris
Big Time Sensuality (Bjork) and What's Love Got To Do With It? (Tina Turner) - New York
Never Tear Us Apart (INXS) and Numb (Linkin Park) - Prague
Motorcycle Emptiness (Manic Street Preachers) and Panic Station (Muse) - Tokyo
Stay (Faraway, So Close!) (U2) and Prayer In C (Lilly Wood) - Berlin
Soak Up The Sun (Sheryl Crow) and I'm Yours (Jason Mraz) - Oahu
My Immortal (Evanescence) and Slow (Kylie Minogue) - Barcelona

The Monday List

Ten Cookery Programmes You've Probably Completely Forgotten AboutChefs: Put Your Menu Where Your Mouth Is
Take On The Takeaway
Get Stuffed
The Delicious Miss Dahl
Cook Me The Money
Neneh & Andi Dish It Up
Farmhouse Kitchen
More Rhodes Around Britain
Eggs 'n' Baker
Hot Chefs

Planet Sad's Ridiculously Manly Film Still Of The Day

Here's Vin 'My Middle Names Are Ridiculous And Manly' Diesel trying not to let his hay fever get the better of him in a still from The Last Witch Hunter. Personally, we'd like to see him in The Last Which? Hunter, where he rampages through every newsagents' shop in the Home Counties in search of Britain's favourite consumer advice magazine...