OCTOBER
I’m back to give you more of my favourite stuff online. The videos aren’t necessarily from the last month, but that’s when I found them so it’s good enough for me!
1) We Are Brothers
Two brothers (with the decidedly mad names Baddy Paris and Rufus Starlight) set out to give the most memorable best-man speech at a wedding and I think they gave it one hell of a shot. Here is a snippet of their description:
“At his wedding we pleaded for our brother not to leave us, in the only way we knew how to say it; through the medium of 80s music and video. We thought we’d done ok, but he left us anyway”.
It has no right to be as good as it is.
2) Political Apathy
Russell Brand recently was interviewed by Jeremy Paxman about his political beliefs. It was a slightly heated but eloquent debate about apathy in the modern political system. You can watch a large portion of it here:
It has sparked lots of conversation online with people both agreeing and disagreeing with Brand’s viewpoints. Comedian and friend of FRED Rufus Hound share’s Brand’s thoughts and even spoke about it a couple years ago on his comedy special. Check it out below, it’s pretty hilarious and scarily accurate:
3) Beetlejuice: A Minecraft Rollercoaster
I have never played Minecraft. I think I’m just too old to get it. But, those who do play it have made some excellent things. Example A: This rollercoaster created in homage to Tim Burton’s best film (that’s right, I said it). It features recreated scenes and designs based on the film and it has a great tune playing too.
4) Lip Sync Battle
Once again proving that Jimmy Fallon has stolen the life I should be living, this little video is inordinately smile inducing. Jimmy, Joseph Gordon Levitt, and Stephen Merchant play a game of lip synching to popular songs.
Who knew Stephen Merchant could move so well?
5) Hipster or a Hobo
To play us out this month, The Rubberbandits are back with their first new material since their double album “Serious About Men”. It’s a slower r’n’b song about the thin line in current fashion trends.
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And that’s it! My favourite things of the last month.
– Aaron Fever is the creator of cry-singing to “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun”. He is also more accurately an internet whore and rarely leaves the house. If you like what you read here check out his blog http://www.aaronfever.com
It’s because Warwick Davis is a brilliant actor and was such a delight in the guest role he had on Ricky Gervais & Stephen Merchant’s Extras that I looked forward to the three of them teaming up for 
The swan song of the great Douglas Adams’s tenure on Doctor Who was, for many years, never seen by the public. Due to an industrial action (strike), filming was never completed for the story, and it was shelved… Until many years later, the existing footage was resurrected with newly shot intros and context of the missing scenes provided by the story’s Doctor, Tom Baker. Now, 
While he’s certainly a more assured filmmaker by the time you get to 
If you still have friends who dismiss the ukulele as a beautiful, versatile instrument (the fools), let them have a listen to Jake Shimabukuro’s new album, 
It’s been a few months, so like the seasons and the tide, it was inevitable we’d get another release from the denizens of Bikini Bottom in 
You’d never guess by its title that 
There are plenty of documentaries about what’s wrong with the world. That’s why it’s wonderful to have a genuinely joyous documentary like 
After a routine traffic stop puts them on the wrong side of a vicious drug cartel, a pair of LAPD officers (Jake Gyllenhal & Michael Pena) do what they can to try and make sure they make it to the 
Nerdist guru Chris Hardwick gets his first solo Comedy Central stand-up special with 
The latest slickly-produced big-ticket history documentary from the reality show producers The History Channel focuses on 
Continuing to blend all kinds of stories from the comic book mythos, 
Scholastic continues to release their wonderful series of Storybook Treasures collections of fine children’s books, the latest being the collection 
It’s almost a year past the centennial of the doomed ship’s sinking, but the arrival of the Clifton Webb/Barbara Stanwyck 
Taken once, shame on you. 
Assassins, monsters, and sorcerers are no match for the threat that Morgana’s ambitions pose to Camelot in the fourth season of 
Our trio of aging pensioners age another year with 
The UK’s classy answer to CSI, 
The original, and superior, version of the monstrous roomie drama 
I was genuinely wary about how good 
Thinkgeek time! Whether it be for travel purposes or just emergencies, having battery backups able to recharge mobile devices is a plus, and one of the newer ones to consider is the 
Much has been said about the genius of 
Making the transition from TV to feature film is an often tricky proposition, and its quite a rare thing for it to be a comedy making that transition. To do it and to do it well is nearly unprecedented, which makes the success of 
It was quite a surprise to hear that Tim Burton’s nigh-legendary stop-motion short made during his brief tenure at Disney would be turned into a full-fledged feature, but then it shouldn’t have been, since 
If you’re curious about how moderate John McCain compromised his principles and ultimately threw away his chance at the Presidency, take a look at HBO’s 
If you enjoyed the first series of Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant torturing the hapless Karl Pilkington by sending him to exotic locales within which to moan, then expect more of the same with 
Though I wasn’t expecting much from it, it was a pleasant surprise to a find a fun outing in 
As long as teenage girls go crazy at the sight & sound of the latest pop sensation, much to the confusion and consternation of adults, then the musical 
It’s saccharine sweet, but there’s something in how matter-of-factly 
In the rush to dramatize the killing of Bin Laden, the first film out of the gate was 
Combining the best of Mad Men and Newsroom, the BBC period drama returns in 
I know it’s got a rapid fan following, and for those rabid fans, the arrival of 
What do Ricky Gervais & Stephen Merchant do when they’re bored? They send the decidedly reticent Karl Pilkington on tour of the wonders of the world in 
I’m always interested in products that take up less room but still accomplish a job I need, which is why the 
It’s a new year, and waiting for us in the bright and shiny are a pair of new classic Doctor Who releases – the Jon Pertwee story 
Want to know just how snowed under I’ve been for, oh, ages? I actually missed that a pair of new Rifftrax shorts collections AND a Rifftrax holiday special had been released on DVD. Rectifying that glaring oversight, I’m here to recommend you rush over and pick up your very own copies of 
I resent a sports film that makes me like it in spite of it being a sports film. Because I really do not like sports. So damn you, 
What does work, though, is HBO’s miniseries adaptation of 
Want to be depressed this holiday season with a fearsome piece of plausible disaster? Then kick back with some egg nog and candy canes and watch 
You may not remember (though fans most certainly do), but there was a massive outcry a few years back when the first couple of seasons of both Roseanne & 3rd Rock From The Sun hit DVD. The trouble? Instead of the original broadcast versions of the episodes, the DVDs featured the edited syndication cuts. Yeah, so fans were not happy. Well, thanks to the fine folks at Mill Creek, you can now get 
The kids will feel a seasonal chill from 
Though it’s produced by Martin Scorsese and one of the writers from The Sopranos, the period piece 
It’s the end of the road for Steve McGarrett as we finally arrive at the 12th and final season of 
Buoyed by still-powerful performances from Gary Oldman & Chloe Webb, 
I have to be honest in saying I’m not much for the dimensional beastie hijinks of 
I’m still not entirely sure I understand everything that happened in the 6th season of 
Having a high capacity external battery source handy is always a good thing, which is why the New Trent 
Borne of dozens of cable TV viewings in my youth, 
As the big screen feature makes its debut, I’m a little disappointed that we’re only getting the first season of the fun, and faithful, animated 
Has it really been 10 years since the debut of the original – and still far superior – version of 
I’m baffled as to why the beautiful 
It could be a lot shorter, but 
I couldn’t shake the feeling while watching JJ Abrams’ 
It’s no great shakes, but kids will probably enjoy the 4th film in director Robert Rodriguez’s Spy Kids trilogy, 
For all of the little princesses in your life, Disney has released a new special edition of the direct-to-video 
I think it largely disappeared from theaters, which is a shame, because 
Want a little bit of quick, cheap work area light with the convenience of USB? Then the 
If you enjoyed the Ricky Gervais podcast, the animated versions made from those recordings and presented as 
After a smattering of single-disc releases, the long-awaited second volume of 
When I first saw 
The fourth season of 
Like most Ron Howard films, I found 
It’s in re-watching it that I fully understood just how mannered and poor man’s Wes Anderson (which, really, should be left up to Wes Anderson) Sofia Coppola’s 
ABC Family’s 
Yeah, Family Guy‘s Star Wars parodies are largely inferior to Robot Chicken‘s, but that’s largely due to the former’s shoehorning of their characters into the roles, instead of being allowed to just play with the universe as it exists. Thankfully, they’ve come to an end with the 3rd and final installment, 
It’s a daunting proposition, revisiting a film that defined the 80’s with the simple phrase “Greed Is Good”, and I’m not entirely sure Oliver Stone succeeds with 
For fans eager for its release the wait for the complete high definition release of 
The idea of carrying on a TV series in comic book form – written by the showe’s creator and writers – is actually a pretty good idea. Sadly, 
The Warner Archive Collection certainly has been going full bore when it comes to their catalogue releases, and have ramped up things considerably on the animated side. I mean, I don’t think anyone ever expected they might one day be able to purchase a complete series set of Hanna-Barbera’s short-lived 
It’s been years – YEARS! – since fans were left in the lurch after the release of the third season, but the waiting game comes to an end with the release of 
You want not only the ultimate remote control, but also the ultimate wireless keyboard? You know, the kind of keyboard that allows you to do anything from a distance, in ridiculous comfort? Well, the 
While I didn’t dislike it, I was certainly disappointed in Ricky Gervais’s The Invention of Lying. It just never seemed to gel into the kind of transcendent piece he was capable of. Well, Gervais and co-writer/co-director Stephen Merchant have hit all the right notes with the elegant, elegiac 
I didn’t think I’d much care for it, but I was pleasantly delighted by Emma Thompson’s 
It’s the full text – a rarity in filmed form – and one can certainly say that Kenneth Branagh’s 
Claire Danes is wonderful as the lead in the biopic 
Never really watched 
Despite knowing the creators/showrunners, I’ve never been able to get into Courtney Cox’s MILF comedy 
Take a group of overweight Brits, dress them in period clothes, and make them participate in weight loss regimens commensurate with those periods. What do you have? The documentary series 
Saved from the ax by DirecTV, the 4th season of 
It’s been a slightly bumpy road the past few seasons, but everything course-corrected and ended exactly as everyone thought it would in the fourth and final season of 
