Ahh, Brian Blessed, love him, the guy who makes everything have the same sort of context.....rather like Tomato Ketchup!!

It's less fattening than chocolate

Is Bats real name Melvyn Bragg?

Close. It's Mervyn Peake.

I saw him on QI the other day....it was very "cringeworthy"!

I nominate this "Random thread of 2013"

I'd imagine the lookalike gigs have somewhat dried up since the move over the pond.

Probably just as well, after that incident in Thailand with the lady boys...

I just googled foreigngirl and in the little strip where they show images for 'foreign girl' the first image is that of a nice looking blonde woman of about 35 with a bottle of rose-eh in one hand and a glass in the other.
Further research shows this to be a review of Foreign Girl wine from China done in 2008.

Ffs it's a shithole, isn't it?

You don't see much of Melvyn Hayes these days, which is a pity because It Ain't Half Hot, Mum was one of my favourite programmes as a kid.

Comedy programmes don't seem to have room for the funny simpery ones any more, I blame Elton John. No, I mean Ben Elton.

Isn't he dead? That might be why?

No, he's not dead, he's the economics correspondent for News Night.

Here is the excellent and informative interview he did yesterday:

I am beginning to think I imagined it all.

I've often wondered if we are just figments of your overactive imagination.