The ix men cometh #AsterixObelix youtu.be/PmK3hReeaMA?...

11.5 years ago I reviewed the film Asterix and the Big Fight. Today I cover Asterix & Obelix's 2nd Big Fight - this time it actually adapts the comic's "Big Fight" plot, not just it's stoned druid story youtu.be/PmK3hReeaMA?...

80 years ago today the first of Wilbert Awdry's Railway Series books was published. The series about an island of colourful sentient steam engines led to the creation of Thomas the Tank Engine (& Friends). The TV test pilot is now public for the first time in 42 years youtu.be/esi1J2Q_WVM?...

Comedy Podcast of The Day RHLSTP with Richard @herring1967.bsky.social Episode 560- #JohnKearns Covering very old tortoises, Raymond Briggs, Rich’s dad giving a talk at the BFI, the effects of the Taskmaster bounce #rhlstp #ComedyPodcast shows.acast.com/rhlstp/episo...

we watched Sky High youtu.be/eoUhdZ5rlcI?...

Noel Fielding in the Noughties (2000-2009) 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒚 𝑩𝒐𝒐𝒔𝒉 • 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙄𝙏 𝘾𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙙 • 𝑩𝒊𝒈 𝑭𝒂𝒕 𝑸𝒖𝒊𝒛 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒀𝒆𝒂𝒓 • 𝑵𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝑴𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒖𝒛𝒛𝒄𝒐𝒄𝒌𝒔 youtu.be/6Q7LXWk_ZOA

Katherine Parkinson in the Noughties (2000s) Pauline in 𝑫𝒐𝒄 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒏 • Jen in 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑰𝑻 𝑪𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒅 youtu.be/7jhY5xjC_10

The Daltons are on a treasure hunt, but after escaping from prison they must break into a prison to find their fortune! youtu.be/SROl0370xFE?...

A compilation of Richard Ayoade's TV and film appearances from 2000 to 2009 He starred in The IT Crowd as Moss, Garth Marenghi's Darkplace as Dean Learner/Thornton Reed and Saboo in The Mighty Boosh youtu.be/eatb9D5HCvg

A compilation of TV and film appearances of Arthur Lowe, one of the most prolific British actors of the 1970s, best known as Captain Mainwaring in Dad's Army youtube.com/watch?v=HvG_...

The makers of this Pat bubble bath container apparently only had a reference photo of Marty Feldman available...

Trip out to the Lakes with my favourite ballerina

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Finding squarepants... I mean spongebob nemo... I mean...

On the 23rd of February 1965 Stan Laurel passed away. Sixty years later the legacy he and Ollie left still makes us laugh. #laurelandhardy

youtu.be/IPe84K5zZBk The Sequel nobody expected

The Morecambe & Wise Show (16th February 1973). "Arsenal!"

The Dad's Army team on parade in 1975 to publicise the launch of a book containing selected scripts from the series.

Here's a stunning bit of cinematic directing from 'The Unruly Hare'. The sudden drop in pacing and dramatic shift in tone leaves a brutal impact that we rarely see with Bugs' death fake-outs. Bugs sliding along the floor is also a great use of purposefully limited animation.

The Adventures of FryFry #Futurama #TINTIN

screening at the reef

15 years before Apollo 11 and 35 years before Wallace & Gromit - Tintin walked on the moon! youtu.be/p5F6BaVuzXI?...

It was surreal to spend an hour talking to someone with a bin on their head, but Count Binface was funny& wise and a terrific guest. Listen here shows.acast.com/rhlstp/episo... Clip here www.youtube.com/shorts/kv527... RHLSTP live richardherring.com/rhlstp Ball Back richardherring.com/ballback/tour

Britt Allcroft passed away a week ago today (27 December 2024), 13 days after her 81st Birthday. She was the producer and co-creator (w/David Mitton) of 𝑻𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑻𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝑬𝒏𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑭𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔, based on Wilbert Awdry's 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑹𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝑺𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔

Ho-Ho-Hobogeddon

a reggae version of Deck the Halls sung by Sebastian www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dio...

Twelfth of the twelfth, so here's 12 Days of Bottom www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXGl...

Dad's Army - Uninvited Guests (11th December 1970). Frazer recounts another spine-chilling tale - this one all about a curse in the South Seas ...

Leslie Nielsen found Red Rock Cider wasn't red and there were no rocks in it, 1990

20 days to the big hoo-hah, so it's time to post something seasonal - even if it's currently much more of a wet and windy wonderland www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxdw...

What a delight to talk to the magnificent @michaelsheen for RHLSTP shows.acast.com/rhlstp/episo... Come and see live RHLSTPs in 2025 richardherring.com/rhlstp And live Ball-based stand up richardherring.com/ballback/tour www.youtube.com/shorts/raaES... for a clip

A couple drawings I drew

"I claim this website in the name of Mars"

Dad's Army - Gorilla Warfare (29th November 1974). Frazer has a tale to tell - all about the auld empty barn ....

Who shall be crowned the biggest Simpsons fanatic mighty enough to survive 40 obscenely obscure questions? youtu.be/LURsnLPd1y0

I'm sure we all regret not using the Covid Lockdown as an excuse to recording ourselves impersonating Arthur Lowe singing Perfect Day. Luckily someone did: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSab...

“Uh, Sir, why don't you just use real cows?” “Cows don't look like cows on film. You gotta use horses.” “What do you do if you want something that looks like a horse?” “Ehh, usually we just tape a bunch of cats together.”

Don't panic! The Dad's Army platoon learn their blinking Pelican signals.

Now that the buzz of joining Bluesky has fluttered away: I don't see many improved features here other than no ads and no bots. It doesn't help that half of the Twitter accounts I enjoy haven't moved and most of the ones who did are still posting over there anyway!

I did a vid talking about the lost season of Dad's Army, focusing on Private Frazer's activities youtu.be/7yzCpG8o9Nc