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I've been on a bit of an icon making kick lately and this is a real mixed bag.
( Where were you in '62? )
( Where were you in '62? )
Studio 60; The Office; The Boy from Oz
Oct. 4th, 2006 02:38 pmDue to some technical difficulties that I hope are finally resolved, I've been having trouble downloading all my shows. Haven't seen The Daily Show or The Colbert Report in aaaaages but I'm now caught up on Studio 60 and The Office (US).
( Studio 60: 1.02 )
( Studio 60: 1.03 )
( The Office: 3.02 )
And finally, on friday night I was in the same room as Hugh Jackman and it was awesome. He was, of course, performing in the musical The Boy from Oz which is the story of Australian singer/song writer Peter Allen. Hugh was fantastic - he has such a huge presence on stage. He spent two years here studying at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) so he knows Perth well and littered the show with lots of references and in-jokes, even appearing in the football jersey of one our our state's teams.
The story itself wasn't terribly good (I've seen a lot better), but Hugh more than made up for it, spending about 20 minutes amongst the audience and even dancing with one guy. Truly hilarious.
And when they sang "I still call Australia home" I must confess there were tears in my eyes. The had a huge flag and a choir - it was like a QANTAS ad ;-)
For my fellow Farscape fans, Murray Bartlett who played Crichton's best friend DK, played Peter Allen's lover Greg - no you don't get to see Hugh make out with another guy, they only ever hug ;-)
Here is the Broadway cast recording. Sadly they didn't do an Australian cast recording but this one is still a great listen.
And if you're taking any of the music, can you let me know please? I need to keep track of the bandwith. Thanks.
( Studio 60: 1.02 )
( Studio 60: 1.03 )
( The Office: 3.02 )
And finally, on friday night I was in the same room as Hugh Jackman and it was awesome. He was, of course, performing in the musical The Boy from Oz which is the story of Australian singer/song writer Peter Allen. Hugh was fantastic - he has such a huge presence on stage. He spent two years here studying at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) so he knows Perth well and littered the show with lots of references and in-jokes, even appearing in the football jersey of one our our state's teams.
The story itself wasn't terribly good (I've seen a lot better), but Hugh more than made up for it, spending about 20 minutes amongst the audience and even dancing with one guy. Truly hilarious.
And when they sang "I still call Australia home" I must confess there were tears in my eyes. The had a huge flag and a choir - it was like a QANTAS ad ;-)
For my fellow Farscape fans, Murray Bartlett who played Crichton's best friend DK, played Peter Allen's lover Greg - no you don't get to see Hugh make out with another guy, they only ever hug ;-)
Here is the Broadway cast recording. Sadly they didn't do an Australian cast recording but this one is still a great listen.
And if you're taking any of the music, can you let me know please? I need to keep track of the bandwith. Thanks.
The Office: versions 1, 2, 3 and 4
Aug. 31st, 2006 06:13 pmI have started watching the U.S. version of The Office. I adore the original version, which I know doesn't appeal to everybody, and when I heard that they were re-making it for Americans I was very much opposed.
Because seriously, why can't Americans watch the original TV shows? It is a complete mystery to me why instead of thinking "Hey let's show this to people" they think "Hey let's spend millions of dollars remaking this for people." I just do not get it.
But anyway, it turns out that the American version of The Office is actually good (it's not like the American versions of Coupling and Red Dwarf at least) so I downloaded the first season.
( More on the subject, very minor spoilers )
I've just discovered that there is a French version of The Office known as Le Bureau which is apparently very good, and there is soon to be a Quebecois version called La Job. I'm going to try and find a subtitled version of Le Bureau this weekend.
And now, for all my talk of the original version of The Office being over and done, Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant wrote, produced and starred in two hilarious training videos for Microsoft UK, with Ricky once again playing David Brent. They are hilarious and can be watched here.
Stephen, for (a) being tall, (b) wearing glasses, and (c) being incredibly funny, is my new boyfriend.
( Picture of new boyfriend )
Because seriously, why can't Americans watch the original TV shows? It is a complete mystery to me why instead of thinking "Hey let's show this to people" they think "Hey let's spend millions of dollars remaking this for people." I just do not get it.
But anyway, it turns out that the American version of The Office is actually good (it's not like the American versions of Coupling and Red Dwarf at least) so I downloaded the first season.
( More on the subject, very minor spoilers )
I've just discovered that there is a French version of The Office known as Le Bureau which is apparently very good, and there is soon to be a Quebecois version called La Job. I'm going to try and find a subtitled version of Le Bureau this weekend.
And now, for all my talk of the original version of The Office being over and done, Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant wrote, produced and starred in two hilarious training videos for Microsoft UK, with Ricky once again playing David Brent. They are hilarious and can be watched here.
Stephen, for (a) being tall, (b) wearing glasses, and (c) being incredibly funny, is my new boyfriend.
( Picture of new boyfriend )
Excitement? Not so much
Nov. 22nd, 2005 11:29 pmToday was pretty slow and uneventful. ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif){kind=small}
_tiana_ wrote a new LoVe fic which was cool. Went food shopping with mum. Finally saw the finale of 'Frasier' because Nine is stupid and made us wait this long. Made a stir fry for tea: was yum. Dad got a new vehicle for work, a ute. Found half a Star Warsy crispy M&M on my desk: score!
In other news, I love Ricky Gervais. But then who doesn't love Ricky? Well Americans don't love Ricky because they felt the need re-do 'The Office' when the original was perfection personified. Schtupid Americans. Yeah.
Can't really be bothered to write any more. Gonna go check my fanfic sites then go to bed.
