I have been watching this show on Adult Swim for the last 7 or 8 months and always get a good chuckle.

Neil Gaiman twittered about this, which meant it was worth checking out.  The description on the page itself reads, “Statistically speaking, there’s at least one person on Earth who’s a fan of Eminem and Benny Hill and Doctor Who. This video is for that freak”, so I naturally thought of Kerry.  Here’s the link.

From: http://gawker.com/5131321/the-prisoners-number-6-finally-escapes

Patrick McGoohan, the co-creator and star of the 1960’s surreal, paranoid mystery series The Prisoner, died yesterday at the age of 80.

Though born in Queens, McGoohan got his start in the theatre in England, eventually making his way to British television, where The Prisoner was created as a miniseries in 1967. It’s a strange, almost un-pin-downable kind of series—it’s simultaneously about individuality and unanimity, the dark shadows of government, penny farthing bicycles, and giant bubbles that come out of the sea and kill people (so brilliantly parodied on The Simpsons. Poor Moleman.) McGoohan played Number 6, the otherwise-unnamed ex-spy who finds himself a prisoner in a strange Village and continuously tries to buck the system and escape.

McGoohan, who had previously turned down offers to play James Bond, went on to other cultish parts—in Escape From Alcatraz, Scanners, and The Phantom—but in the end was mostly known for the seventeen episodes he spent trapped in the ominous Village. I guess he’s free now, killer bubbles be damned.

How could I have forgotten about this?  When I was young, I used to watch a Canadian TV show about a dog living life on the tracks.  It was called The Littlest Hobo.  It was like a Canadian Benji or something.  With the recent resurgence in popularity of hobos, maybe it’ll make a second comeback.

Video evidence here. For more fun, scroll down to the 5th user comment on that page.

Also- completely unrelated- some old guy buys a bunch of Indiana Jones toys.

And one more edit before I go to sleep for the night- If you haven’t seen The Life Aquatic, you may be unaware of the Buckaroo credit-sequence tribute.  Here it is, so you don’t miss out.

For those of you watching Battlestar Galactica, you know about the podcast, right?  If you sometimes like DVD commentary (some are good, some are bad.  Okay, most are bad, these days), you may be interested.  Ron Moore, executive producer of the show, has recorded podcast commentaries for most of the episodes so far.  They are on the DVDs, but as each show airs, the podcasts are posted online.  He records them in his home, generally, drinking Scotch and smoking.  You often hear trucks dive by outside, gardeners blowing leaves, the cats and dogs run around the house.  Sometimes, his wife, Mrs. Ron, joins him.

Ron Moore, by the way, was a Star Trek writer from the TNG era and worked on most of DS9.  He’s responsible for a great deal of the Klingon episodes and he co-wrote the first two TNG movies.  I find his podcasts entertaining and eductional.  He’s pretty honest about what works for a given episode and where they fail.  He’s good about avoiding spoilers, too, so you can listen to the podcasts each week and be sure that you’ll still enjoy the upcoming episodes.

You can download individual podcasts or subscribe to the iTunes feed at the official site.