I’m Ken Plume, and soon you’ll be listening to “A Bit Of A Chat” with me, Ken Plume.
In this episode, I pull a vintage 2008 interview with UK comedian and presenter Russell Howard from the vaults.
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The weekend’s here. You’ve just been paid, and it’s burning a hole in your pocket. What’s a pop culture geek to do? In hopes of steering you in the right direction to blow some of that hard-earned cash, it’s time for the FRED Weekend Shopping Guide – your spotlight on the things you didn’t even know you wanted…
(Please support FRED by using the links below to make any impulse purchases – it helps to keep us going…)
As sketch comedy series go – and it’s not an easy form to be consistently good in – there’s more gold than dross to be sound in the first season of Key & Peele (Comedy Central, Not Rated, Blu-Ray-$22.98 SRP). The set sports audio commentaries, outtakes, an interview, and more.
Ever had the urge to play old school vinyl records in the middle of nowhere, without having to worry about lugging a bulky turntable with you? Well, the Crosley Portable USB Turntable ($14.95) is the answer. Essentially, it’s boiled down the turntable to just the arm and holding the album in place, with battery power and an FM transmitter to really free you up.
Kenneth Branagh returns as the Nordic detective who tackles the toughest of cases in Wallander 3 (BBC, Not Rated, DVD-$34.98 SRP), which features a trio of new feature-length mysteries. It remains a beautifully shot series and more Branagh is always welcome.
I don’t think Frank Miller’s heralded tale has aged terribly well, but the first part of the animated adaptation Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Warner Bros., Rated PG-13, Blu-Ray-$24.98 SRP) is an enjoyable take on the material, and is mostly successful in updating the more dated elements of the very 1980’s tale of an aged and battered Bruce Wayne’s last hurrah. Bonus materials include featurettes, a digital comic, and bonus cartoons.
It’s an amiable series and it’s a shame that rights issues make it unlikely we’ll ever see full-series releases, but there is still plenty of fun to be had in Russell Howard’s Good News: The Best Of Series 2 (Channel 4, Not Rated, Region 2 DVD-£12.99 SRP). Bonus materials include unseen bits & pieces, and an unseen mystery guest.
Not only does Family Guy: Volume 10 (Fox, Not Rated, DVD-$39.98 SRP) contain another 14 episodes, but many are uncensored, as well. Bonus materials include audio commentaries, featurettes, deleted scenes, animatics, and more.
Composer Nathan Johnson has certainly crafted the perfect sound for a hard-boiled mind trip like Looper (La-La Land Records, $19.98 SRP), and it’s one of those lovely scores that hold up well as a listening experience outside the theater.
Guest-star-studded and still bizarre, the second season of Portlandia (VSC, Not Rated, Blu-Ray-$24.95 SRP) has arrived with 10 episodes of Fred Armisen & Carrie Brownstein’s skewed view of Portland. Bonus materials include audio commentary, featurettes, a deleted scene, and an excerpt from their new book.
You know it’s time for a series to come to an end when the storylines have finally arrived at the point where your main characters have crossed over to murder, and so it is that after 8 seasons, Desperate Housewives (ABC Studios, Not Rated, DVD-$45.99 SRP) ends with the fallout over the housewives’ involvement in the offing of Gaby’s stepfather. Bonus materials include an audio commentary on the finale, deleted scenes, a featurette, and a gag reel.
It’s unfortunate that the show incorporates elements of the awful feature film, because there’s a lot to like about GI Joe Renegades (Shout Factory, Not Rated, Blu-Ray-$49.97 SRP), which find a Joe team on the run after a spy mission against Cobra goes awry. Bonus materials include audio commentaries and a behind-the-scenes featurette.
Every so often, the Brits will export an affable, low-key dramedy filled with top-flight actors that can’t help but win you over. The latest booster shot is The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (Fox, Rated PG-13, Blu-Ray-$39.99 SRP) that finds a group of seniors deciding to make their limited retirement funds stretch by relocating to an Indian resort. Bonus materials include interviews and featurettes.
If spending your weekend investigating dead bodies for clues is your cuppa, then pull up a chair and dig into the 12th season of the original CSI (Paramount, Not Rated, DVD-$63.98 SRP), the 8th season of CSI: New York (Paramount, Not Rated, DVD-$55.98 SRP), and the final season of CSI: Miami (Paramount, Not Rated, DVD-$55.98 SRP). All 3 are packed with commentaries, featurettes, deleted scenes, gag reels, and more.
While you’re marking time until the next live action feature, the CG Resident Evil: Damnation (Sony, Rated R, Blu-Ray-$30.99 SRP) fills the gap with a European tale of Bio Organic Weapons being used in war and a bit of a cover up. Bonus materials include featurettes and a gag reel.
So there you have it… my humble suggestions for what to watch, listen to, play with, or waste money on this coming weekend. See ya next week…
-Ken Plume
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The weekend’s here. You’ve just been paid, and it’s burning a hole in your pocket. What’s a pop culture geek to do? In hopes of steering you in the right direction to blow some of that hard-earned cash, it’s time for the FRED Weekend Shopping Guide – your spotlight on the things you didn’t even know you wanted…
(Please support FRED by using the links below to make any impulse purchases – it helps to keep us going…)
Louis CK proves yet again why he’s one of the finest practitioners of stand-up today with Hilarious (Comedy Central, Not Rated, DVD-$16.99 SRP), a feature-length exploration of life after 40, newly-divorced with a pair of young daughters, in a world of increasing frustration. Get this disc. Get it now.
I love desktop gadgets, if only because they provide a welcome – and inherently evil – distraction from actually getting down to the mounds of work at hand. So imagine my delight when I learned I could get a desktop item that not only provides a visual lure, but also a geeky one? That’s what you get with the Doctor Who Levitating TARDIS ($34.99), which features a tiny floating TARDIS (the magic being the battery powered magnets in the stand). Spin it and watch it go round and round and round and round, and realize that you’re traveling forward in time… with no work getting done whatsoever.
I don’t think it’s his best, but there’s no denying the brutal power of Martin Scorsese’s Raging Bull (MGM/UA, Rated R, Blu-Ray-$29.99 SRP), a lot of which is conveyed by its amazing cinematography. That’s what benefits the most from the new high definition special edition, with every spot of black blood brutally crisp. New bonus materials include audio commentaries, a clutch of featurettes, a feature-length documentary, newsreel footage, a shot-by-shot comparison of the real fight to the film’s version, and Cathy Moriarty’s appearance on The Tonight Show.
Whoever thought to assemble a Rat Pack of female television comedy greats – Valerie Bertinelli, Jane Leeves, Wendie Malick & Betty White – into a sitcom of their own should be given a promotion. In the meantime, you can pick up the complete first season of Hot In Cleveland (Paramount, Not Rated, DVD-$26.98 SRP) and see for yourself. Bonus materials include the original pilot, featurettes, and bloopers.
Sergio Leone’s epic Once Upon A Time In America (Warner Bros., Rated R, Blu-Ray-$24.98 SRP) makes its long-awaited high definition debut, and the wait will vanish from your mind as soon as you lay eyes on this truly stunning transfer of a film that has to be seen by anyone in the least bit interested in cinema. Bonus materials include an audio commentary, the theatrical trailer, and an excerpt from the documentary Once Upon A Time: Sergio Leone.
Some doubted it would ever happen, but they were all proven wrong when Futurama (Fox, Not Rated, Blu-Ray-$39.99 SRP) returned to the airwaves with 13 brand new episodes, all of which are contained in this 5th Volume set, complete with audio commentaries, featurettes, deleted scenes, and more.
The new year brings a pair of new classic Doctor Who releases from the seemingly bottomless catalogue, this time reaching all the way back to Patrick Troughton’s Doctor for The Dominators (BBC, Not Rated, DVD-$24.98 SRP) and then on to Tom Baker for Meglos (BBC, Not Rated, DVD-$24.98 SRP). Bonus features are the usual complement of commentaries, featurettes, interviews, and more.
Of all the companies with deep TV catalogues, Paramount/CBS has been the most consistent in releasing their titles, often sticking by and finishing runs while other companies left theirs by the wayside. All this is to say they’ve released another clutch of deep catalogue titles, including Vegas: The Second Season Volume 1 (Paramount, Not Rated, DVD-$36.98 SRP), Hawaii Five-O: Season 10 (Paramount, Not Rated, DVD-$54.99 SRP), Gunsmoke: Season 4 Volume 2 (Paramount, Not Rated, DVD-$39.99 SRP), The Lucy Show: Season 3 (Paramount, Not Rated, DVD-$39.98 SRP) – which is loaded with a bonus documentary, clips & commercials – and The Andy Griffith Show: 50th Anniversary (Paramount, Not Rated, DVD-$24.99 SRP), which includes 17 classic episodes plus the Danny Thomas Show episode that acted as a pilot and the TV movie Return To Mayberry.
Continuing to fulfill its remit to release deep catalogue titles sure to make cinephiles happy, the Warner Archive just dropped Two-Faced Woman (Warner Bros., Not Rated, DVD-$19.95), a romantic comedy which is also the last film of the great Greta Garbo.
The further we get away from it and the more I try and revisit it over the years, I find myself less and less impressed with Kevin Costner’s Oscar-winning Dances With Wolves (MGM/UA, Rated PG-13, Blu-Ray-$29.99 SRP), which plays as being far too impressed with itself and its own perceived greatness. Still, it looks nice, and it looks even better in high definition. The new special edition contains audio commentaries, deleted scenes, featurettes, and a retrospective documentary.
As cringeworthy as both the original Office and Curb Your Enthusiasm could be, the comedic situations of Peep Show (Channel 4, Not Rated, DVD-£19.99 SRP) easily trump them both in sheer awkwardness. Don’t believe me? Watch the Christmas dinner episode of series 7. So delightfully sour.
Another in The History Channel’s long line of “historical” series that have only the slightest of historical content to justify their claim that there’s historical content, Top Shot (History Channel, Not Rated, DVD-$34.95 SRP) drops a team of marksmen into challenges based on “historical” feats, from gunfights to sniper missions. The 4-disc set contains the entire first season, plus additional footage and interviews.
I admit, after the departure of the original cast, my interest has declined from season to season of Skins (BBC, Not Rated, DVD-$39.98 SRP), as the current batch of actors and storylines in season 4 just don’t seem to have the same freshness. Shame, really, as the show continues to use great guest stars. The 3-disc set contains audio commentaries, featurettes, interviews, and trailers.
Ostensibly launched as a way of highlighting positive news stories, Russell Howard’s Good News (Channel 4, Not Rated, DVD-£19.99 SRP) is really just a nice excuse to collect funny clips from the news and the internet and provide a pleasant vehicle for comedian Russell Howard. This best-of collection also sports the unaired pilot, deleted scenes, audio commentary, and a featurette.
Sadly, the massive Looney Tunes: Golden Collections are a thing of the past, which leaves us with single disc releases Looney Tunes Super Stars: Foghorn Leghorn & Friends & Looney Tunes Super Stars: Tweety & Sylvester (Warner Bros., Not Rated, DVD-$19.98 SRP each) the only releases of classic Warner cartoons, but at least we can take solace that these contain cartoons previously unavailable.
We’re nearly at the end with the release of the penultimate fourteenth season of ER (Warner Bros., Not Rated, DVD-$49.98 SRP), in which the staff of County General starts to remember some of the ghosts – of both patients and staff – that are still lingering around in a place which has had such a long history. Bonus materials include deleted scenes, a Paley Q&A for the 300th episode, and a gag reel.
The comedy talent may be plentiful, but the quality of the sketches are just as scattershot as your average episode of Saturday Night Live in the first season of Funny Or Die Presents (HBO, Not Rated, DVD-$29.98 SRP), which plays as the collection of web shorts it really is.
Originally released on DVD nearly a decade ago, the epic TV miniseries Shogun (Paramount, Not Rated, DVD-$79.99 SRP) – starring Richard Chamberlain as a stranded English navigator who finds himself swept up into feudal conflict in 17th century Japan – has been fully refreshed both visually and aurally, and loaded with a select scene commentary by director Jerry London, a multi-part making-of documentary, and a trio of historical featurettes.
If you can get past some of their garbage shows about aliens and the end of the world, History does still manages to put out some real gems that should be seen, including the 5th season of their astronomical wonderfest, The Universe (History Channel, Not Rated, Blu-Ray-$39.95 SRP), which is best seen in high-def.
As it stars both Patrick Warburton and David Spade, I always hope that Rules Of Engagement (Sony, Not Rated, DVD-$29.95 SRP) will be a better sitcom than it actually is – Which, granted, is my problem, not theirs. I just wish the material lived up to the performer’s ability. The fourth season set contains all 13 episodes.
While The Comedy Central Roast of David Hasselhoff (Comedy Central, Not Rated, DVD-$16.99 SRP) is exactly the kind of mildly entertaining ranch fest we’ve come to expect from these outings, it’s a bittersweet affair as it features the last recorded appearance of a great comic (and truly nice guy), Greg Giraldo. Bonus materials include featurettes and interviews.
Sadly, Yogi’s Great Escape (Warner Bros., Not Rated, DVD-$14.95) was one of the low-budget, haphazard TV movies that Hanna-Barbera produced starring their classic characters, and looks and feels every bit its cheapness. But hey, at least The Warner Archive has allowed completists and the curious to get it.
Ben 10 has moved beyond Alien Force with the first volume of Ben 10: Ultimate Alien – Escape From Aggregor (Cartoon Network, Not Rated, DVD-$19.98 SRP), which sports 10 episodes plus a look at the making of the video game.
I’ve long been a fan of the animated maquettes being produced by the fine folks at Electric Tiki, which are distributed by the equally fine folks at Sideshow Collectibles. When they got the Disney license a few years back, I was quite excited to see exactly whet characters they’d tackle, and so far I haven’t been disappointed. Case in point is their beautifully sculpted Roger Rabbit ($124.99), which features a swappable hand holding either a balloon or a hot dog on a stick. You know you want to get this.
So there you have it… my humble suggestions for what to watch, listen to, play with, or waste money on this coming weekend. See ya next week…
-Ken Plume
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The weekend’s here. You’ve just been paid, and it’s burning a hole in your pocket. What’s a pop culture geek to do? In hopes of steering you in the right direction to blow some of that hard-earned cash, it’s time for the Quick Stop Weekend Shopping Guide – your spotlight on the things you didn’t even know you wanted…
(Please support Quick Stop by using the links below to make any impulse purchases – it helps to keep us going…)
As dense as a diamond and just as exquisite, the second volume of world knowledge written by the world’s FOREMOST EXPERT on ALL THAT IS KNOWABLE (if not factual) and the possessor of soft hands and a baby’s face (the former per our handshake, the latter per Ricky Gervais), John Hodgman, is now available for purchase from your favorite book emporium IN SOFTCOVER. More Information Than You Require (Riverhead Books, $15.00 SRP) picks up where The Areas Of My Expertise left off – literally – and presents the reader (us) with learned knowings rare, surreal, useful, and useless, as well as 700 Mole Men (one of which bears a familiar name) and CHARTS! Lots and lots of CHARTS! How can you not want this book? THERE ARE CHARTS! “But what if I’m too lazy to read, and the clarion call of CHARTS is no attraction to me?” I hear some of you cry. Well, there is now More Information Than You Require: The Audio Book (Penguin Audio, $34.95 SRP), which finds Hodgman joined by his scruffy troubadourial sidekick, Jonathan Coulton, and a galaxy of guest stars (including DICK CAVETT!). Did you hear that parenthetical, people?!? DICK CAVETT! Get the audio book. And the book. And some candles. You can never have enough candles.
I admit it – I was skeptical of Up (Walt Disney, Rated PG, Blu-Ray-$45.99 SRP) when I saw the first teaser, ages ago. How would Pixar pull of what seemed to be a film starring an old man living in a house held aloft by balloons? Well, I should really learn to doubt Pixar less, because once again they pull off an unorthodox premise with style, wit, and a breathtaking amount of real, genuine emotion as we follow the story of elderly Carl Fredrickson as his plans to fulfil a lifelong dream get turned upside down by an unlikely stowaway in the form of an 8-year-old Wilderness Explorer, Russell. Just see the film, particularly in high definition, which comes bundled with a standard DVD as well. Bonus features include a brand new short starring Dug the dog, behind-the-scenes documentaries, an integrated making-of, and more.
It’s been a long wait, but another classic Pixar flick makes it into the realm of high-definition with the arrival of Monsters, Inc. (Walt Disney, Rated G, Blu-Ray-$40.99 SRP). The 4-disc set contains both Blu-Ray & standard discs, while the Blu-Ray side of the fence ports over all of the bonus materials from the original DVD release, plus a new behind-the-scenes look at the building of the Monsters, Inc. ride at Tokyo Disneyland, a filmmaker’s roundtable, and audio commentary, banished concepts, a Pixar Fun Factory tour, and more.
I was a fan of the Timm/Dini animated adventures of Batman, Superman, and even Batman Beyond, and while it doesn’t have the brilliant noir of the Dark Knight’s series or the rah-rah of the Man of Steel, I greatly enjoyed Timm’s take on the Justice League. What could have been a mess of too many characters, evolved into a brilliantly executed multi-season arc that puts shows like Lost and Heroes to shame. If you haven’t seen it, you can partake of the entire run via Justice League: The Complete Series (Warner Bros., Not Rated, DVD-$99.98 SRP). The 15-disc set contains all 91 episodes comprising both Justice League and Justice League Unlimited, with the 15th disc being a brand new exclusive documentary Unlimited Reserve: Exploring The Depths Of The DC Universe.
It’s the holiday season, and what that means in the UK (and for comedy fans around the globe) is that comics are dropping their stand-up DVDs just in time to help audiences pass the long winter with a bit of a laugh. First up is the latest from Russell Brand, Scandalous: Live At The O2 (Channel 4, Not Rated, DVD-£19.99 SRP), which finds him largely building a show around the fallout from the Andrew Sachs debacle and the MTV VMAs. Jimmy Carr: Telling Jokes (Channel 4, Not Rated, DVD-£19.99 SRP) is Carr at his most comfortable and offensive, pushing the limits of the joke form in an almost clinical – but still funny – fashion. Last up is the sophomore effort from Mock The Week regular Russell Howard, Dingledodies (Channel 4, Not Rated, DVD-£19.99 SRP). All are packed with bonus material, and all are worth picking up.
The folks at Rifftrax have stepped in – just when we all feared there would be a comedy lull – with a new pair of ace DVD releases that are as equally must-have as all of the previous ones (which SHOULD all be on your shelf). So what should you be picking up? Well, there’s the baffling astronauts on pathetic dinosaur planet named, appropriately, Planet of Dinosaurs and one of the many low-rent, sad entries in John Carradine’s career, Voodoo Man (Legend Films, Not Rated, DVD-$9.95 each). Go. Get ’em.
If you haven’t been able to find your way there in four decades, you might want to refresh your memory with the celebratory Sesame Street: 40 Years Of Sunny Days (Genius, Not Rated, DVD-$29.93 SRP), a 4-disc overview of the show’s long and storied history. Granted, the last 15 years are a bit of a dud compared to the original genius, but hey – no reason to avoid the good stuff contained within the set.
And while you’re at it, pick up Sesame Street: A Celebration Of 40 Years Of Life On The Street (Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, $40.00 SRP) – a lavishly illustrated, truly massive tome that gives a wonderful, highly visual look at the folks behind the show and the production of the show itself – from both an entertainment and educational perspective. It’s loving walk down memory lane that’s a perfect companion to the recent Street Gang: The Complete History Of Sesame Street.
Warner’s wonderful Archive Collection strikes again, delivering unto comedy fans the long-requested Gilda Live (Warner Bros., Rated R, DVD-$14.96) – the theatrically released recording of Gilda Radner’s post-SNL Broadway show. It’ll make you miss her even more. Get this.
I love a premise that is instantly brilliant and then brilliantly realized, and such is the case with Charlie Brooker’s Dead Set (Channel 4, Not Rated, DVD-£19.99 SRP), which explores the question, “What would happen to the sequestered housemates of Big Brother if a zombie outbreak swept over Britain?” And the resultant story is a fun bit of pop culture smash up. The special edition features interviews, behind-the-scenes featurettes, and deleted/extended scenes.
Time marches on, which means a brand new release starring everyone’s favorite sqaurepanted sponge, Spongebob Squarepants: Truth Or Square (Nickelodeon, Not Rated, DVD-$16.99 SRP). The titular episode is presented in expanded form with celebrity appearances, along with 4 additional episodes, a behind-the-scenes featurette on the show’s opening, and karaoke music videos.
What started off as a gimmicky show has evolved into one of the few procedurals I’ll actually watch, and I attribute it almost entirely to the onscreen chemistry of David Krumholtz, Rob Morrow, and the always wonderful Judd Hirsch (oh, and Peter MacNicol). See for yourself in the 5th season of Numbers (Paramount, Not Rated, DVD-$60.90 SRP). The 6-disc set features all 23 episodes, plus audio commentaries, deleted scenes, featurettes, and a gag reel.
Ah, Peep Show. If you’re a fan of The Office – or just offbeat British comedy in general (you know, the smart people) – you’ll probably dig Peep Show (Channel 4, Not Rated, DVD-£19.99 SRP). Gosh, how do I describe such a unique premise… In the show, you see the lives of roommates Jeremy & Mark through their eyes – and inner monologues. Jeremy is a wannabe pop star, Mark is an obsessive loser, and their thoughts and actions are truly hilarious. Think of it as a small-screen take on Being John Malkovich, without all the arty pretension. Series 6 is now available in Region 2, containing featurettes, bonus scenes, outtakes, and more. Check it out. Now. NOW!
Warner has opened up the vaults to release a trio of high-def catalogue releases – two if which are decent flicks, but the third of which is a genre classic. The first two are Heat & The Negotiator (Warner Bros., Rated R, Blu-Ray-$28.99 SRP each), with Negotiator featuring a pair of featurettes and Heat being loaded with documentaries, additional scenes, and an audio commentary. The third flick is Logan’s Run (Warner Bros., Rated PG, Blu-Ray-$28.99 SRP), looking quite good and featuring an audio commentary, a vintage featurette, and the theatrical trailer.
Long before Spenser could be hired, Robert Urich starred as private eye Dan Tanna in the TV series Vegas (Paramount, Not Rated, DVD-$36.98 SRP) – and the first volume of the premiere season is now on DVD. Urich knew how to hold a frame, even if the series is your standard edition 70’s drama. The 3-disc set features the first 11 episodes., plus episode promos.
Gah! Has it really been 20 years since Cameron Crowe’s now legendary tale of awkward teenage love and proper boombox woo-ery? Well, it must be, since there’s now a 20th anniversary edition of Say Anything (Fox, Rated PG-13, Blu-Ray-$34.99 SRP). Bonus materials include a new audio commentary, retrospective featurettes, and interview with Crowe, alternate/deleted/extended scenes, TV spots, trailers, and more.
Timed to capitalize on the release of Say Anything in that kind of “Do we have anything else vaguely similar we can drop on the same date?” kind of way comes a pair of Fox catalogue releases new-to-Blu-Ray – James Toback’s Two Girls And A Guy (Fox, Rated R/NC-17, Blu-Ray-$29.99 SRP), starring Robert Downey, Jr. as a man stuck in an apartment, and Hayden Pantierre in I Love You, Beth Cooper (Fox, Rated PG-13, Blu-Ray-$39.99 SRP).
Can’t get enough of Pierce Brosnan’s golden throat? Or ABBA? Know someone who can’t get enough of either? Well, perhaps the Mamma Mia!: Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! More Giftset (Universal, Rated PG, Blu-Ray-$49.98 SRP) is for you, as it contains not only the high-def special edition of the film, but also a CD full of ABBA tunes and a collectible book.
Oh, Hawaii Five-O (Paramount, Not Rated, DVD-$49.99 SRP) – even after all the years since watching reruns, you’re still a nice load of fun, right down to Danno booking the perps. The seventh season contains all 24 episodes and episode promos, but not a single bonus bubble.
Have an 80’s flashback (kind of like an ice cream headache) with a pair of releases from old school MTV staples Duran Duran. First up is a deluxe special edition of their hit album Rio (EMI, $26.98 SRP), featuring demos, b-sides, singles, alternate takes, and more. Also getting kicked out the gate is Duran Duran: Hammersmith ’82 (EMI, Not Rated, DVD-$ SRP), which contains a DVD of the concert plus an audio CD.
Mike Conners is back in the 3rd cooler-than-cool season of Mannix (Paramount, Not Rated, DVD-$49.99 SRP), starring as the titular SoCal gumshoe whose cases always prompt action aplenty. The 6-disc set contains all 25 episodes.
Yeah, Xavier: Renegade Angel (Adult Swim, Not Rated, DVD-$19.98 SRP) is another one of those Adult Swim shows that just leaves me cold. I’m not sure how well its bizarre, graphically violent, new age, CG mishmash was, but it must have been popular enough to warrant this DVD release of seasons 1 & 2.
So there you have it… my humble suggestions for what to watch, listen to, play with, or waste money on this coming weekend. See ya next week…
-Ken Plume
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Some people hang the holly, others decorate the tree, and a few even terrorize the neighborhood with off-key caroling.
Not us.
Here at Quick Stop Entertainment, we’re celebrating the holiday season by giving a little something back to you, our readers (you know who you are).
Every weekday leading up to the holiday break, we’ve got uber-exclusive gifts provided by a whole range of artists, actors, comedians, and studios. One a day, straight from them to you (and you can check out last year’s fun here).
Ain’t that cool?
Today, we’ve got an in-depth audio interview with UK Comedian, Mock The Week regular, and all around funny guy, Russell Howard.
If you’ve never heard of Russell Howard, do yourself a big favor and get your ass over to YouTube and look him up – there are plenty if stand-up and Mock The Week clips to be had. Then, be sure to pick up his new stand-up DVD, Russell Howard Live (It’s Region 2, but it’s about time you picked up an all-region DVD player or learned how easy it is to play them on your computer, anyway). You can visit Russell on the web at www.russell-howard.co.uk.
This conversation with Russell is presented as an audio podcast between Russell and myself (Ken Plume), and is dedicated to all of you readers who have been clambering for me to present more of these interviews in audio form.
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