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Goodbye to Michael Parkinson

The cheeky northern TV chat show presenter Michael Parkinson is hanging up his microphone after a long career interviewing just about everyone who matters in politics and showbiz. He seems to have been on TV for ever, I certainly can’t remember a time when he wasn’t laughing his head off at some half funny tale by Jimmy Tarbuck or some other TV veteran.

So now what for the drinking Yorkshireman? A celebrity appearance on Midsummer Murders perhaps? Parkinson, being so instantly recognisable, could cameo on any UK TV show at will. Having been fired by BBC some while back, he resurrected his celebrity career at ITV without problem. He is the UK chat show king, it was the BBC’s loss, not Michael Parkinson.

His last show was comprised of a montage of celebrities including David Beckham, who smiled his way tragically through England’s latest debacle in football. The Brits are just not good at sport, for us sport is a hobby to enjoy, it should not be taken to extreme lengths like foreigners do.

So bye bye Michael Parkinson, and good luck in your retirement. But don’t be surprised if you’re hoicked back on TV for the occasional chat show special. Why not?

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English football - FA board must go

Well this has been a crisis waiting to happen, and finally Steve McClaren has been sacked as England football manager. The FA board are too old, and incompetent.

This won’t worry the girls at all, who wonder why guys get so upset when their national team gets beaten. It just means that you girls have to be a little more understanding your man over the next few days..ah didums!

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Guns in movies making crime worse

You’ve seen all the recent Hollywood films, guns everywhere, bang bang bang all over the place, actors falling to the floor in mock death. Teenagers from rough areas copy what they see in the movies, they have no intellect to disseminate good from bad, and what do we get, the impression that guns are cool, that top Hollywood stars pack a gun and that’s what I should do.

Hollywood has to get real over the guns and violence issue. They are directly responsible, along with the prohibition laws, for the increase in gun and knife violence by making it cool to use lethal weapons. It is ridiculous to have laws prohibiting pornography in movies and on the reverse side allowing gun toting youngsters to view hollywood epics showing extreme and barbarous violence, Scorcese is one prime culprit, as a reason to belong to violent gangs.

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Watch The Illusionist

A lovely film, The Illusionist, loosely based on the life of Eisenheim the magician. Carefully thought out with good photography. How nice not to see so many extreme closeups of actors faces including nostril hair, do most film producers and directors not realise that most people these days have quite large TVs and do not watch DVDs on 8 inch grainy black and white sets?

A nice twist at the end of The Illusionist which isn’t related to the short story on which this film is based gives a satisfying ending. The illusions are well choreographed and fascinating to see. A little artistic licence with special effects does not disturb the balance between ‘is it an illusion or does Eisenheim have special powers’. Recommended viewing.

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Britpop on the decline - why?

Once a year the most embarrassing show on TV is aired. The eurovision song contest in all its glory gets an outing, hosted by some unlucky european country on which the most absymal music is inflicted.

The worst part is when the UK entry begins its song. For some unknown reason it’s always some aggressive hip hop style song which makes no connection with the public. the result? UK null points.

Why can’t the songwriters understand that music is about emotion, if they could just write something that connects, the UK would do far better in the eurovision song contest. Ah well, I suppose it will be the same again next year, no points for the UK again. Do you think it will ever happen that we win this song contest again?

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Ronan Keating rejoins Boyzone

The Golden boys of Boyzone, who haven’t played a gig in years are reuniting to play the O2 arena in London along with several other dates culminating in a performance in Glasgow Scotland.

Whereas they played to screaming teens in their earlier incarnation, Boyzone are likely to play to mums and dads, maybe with some grandmas mixed in. Pass the roses chocolates please.

The news that Ronan Keating will leave his solo career to be singing with Boyzone will lift ticket sales, so will you be getting online to buy the tickets soon?

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