Good Morning Directors Of The Bored!
You’re in the right place if you need a laugh today, or any day. I’m here until we’re through the other side of Coronavirus. I don’t know when that’ll be exactly, but when it feels normal again, and you don’t need me.
Loads of good stuff coming up, after a small, quick, brief vent.
Perhaps you’ve been in the garden this past while, fixing things up for the Summer in the steady realisation you probably won’t be going anywhere.
Us too.
If that involves painting walls outdoors, beware anything with a harling finish.
All day yesterday. 5 litres of paint to get exactly this far.
I wouldn’t mind, but not even that stretch is finished.
Never mind. The paint’s finished, for now. We’re waiting on more arriving. I point blank refuse to queue for B and Q. Costco’s different. They have alcohol as a reward inside.
Today I move on to painting iron work, which, hopefully, is more rewarding.
Remember this friend, there ain’t no point in garden makeovers if you’ll need a mausoleum for you down the other end once it’s finished.
Onwards.
People Are Amazing
Everywhere you look during this pandemic, ordinary people are doing amazing things to make the lives of others better. And for that simple, noble, selfless reason, we give them a nod here.
Today, a few faces you may recognise. Before you do – two things.
- I think it’s great they’ve done this.
- I don’t think they should’ve had to.
The Useful
If you’re one of those people who believes effort equals reward, I may have found just the thing – Prosecco Pilates.
Kelly’s been teaching her usual Pilates classes via video since Lockdown started and thought it would be fun to include an end of the week Prosecco Pilates class where the idea is to perform various exercises without spilling a drop, in the full knowledge that if something does go wrong, you’re now supple enough to catch it before it hits the ground anyway.
Glass and contents.
Here’s something to keep the kids entertained for another short period of Lockdown. More and more families are turning to camping in the garden, given the likelihood that may be their best option for a holiday this year.
And there are loads of ideas to make it a little more luxurious, so you can go Garden GLAMping.
Then again, if the weather turns….well….British, and you have to head indoors, there’s a new series of Celeb Masterchef coming.
You know the game. How many?
I got 7, and one of those I (think I) only recognise because of Strictly, another celebrity(?!) reality vehicle.
I’ll guess John Barnes makes things spicy, but isn’t that good. Phil Daniels will be a dark horse who’ll go far. Gethin will be technically very good because he wouldn’t dare throw himself into anything he was remotely bad at. And Judi….I can’t quite decide. I’m going to guess her Mum still made all the food when Judi was out coaching, and she’s coming onto the show for the fee, (why wouldn’t you) to keep her profile high, in the hope of learning something and with that competitive sporting spirit that makes you believe there’s a chance even when the smoke’s billowing out of your oven and the emergency fire crew (who’ve so far just hung out in a tent at the side of the set for the first 15 seasons of the celebrity edition) are suddenly deployed to avert disaster.
World Of The Weird
The bin people of Norfolk Road in Aberdeen just went national.
‘Bin People’ is possibly a harsh term, but you know what I mean.
They’re still not of John Krasinski’s standard though.
Yeah, that John Krasinski from Some Good News, which he sold to CBS this week, to a furious backlash.
I kind of see both sides. I think he genuinely launched that with a compulsion to make people feel better in Lockdown. I think that, because that’s how I felt when I started this. I also don’t think he realised just how massive it would become, and I don’t think he went into the project with any thought of having something tangible to sell at the end of it, or guessing it would become the source of a bidding war.
Equally, I believe that viewers thought they were part of something special. That John hadn’t created a show, but a movement of people who sought comfort in each other’s stories and struggles, and now feel that entire bond has been shattered, the movement crushed and sold out from beneath them.
I get both sides. Let’s say for instance someone came along out of the blue and offered you a bucket-load of cash, a life-changing amount of money for this thing you’d created.
What would you do?
I think, if I answer honestly, I’d sell, and convince myself that the show would continue along similar lines so far as possible covered by the agreement of sale.
John won’t host the new show, but will retain the title of ‘Executive Producer’ and will occasionally appear.
I bet you now, it’ll be canned after one, maybe two seasons.
It was a product of simplistic beauty which came along specifically at a time when it was needed in the world.
Alter any of those factors and the formula doesn’t work.
When life gets back closer to normal, people will return to their fast-moving lives with so many distractions the TV version of Some Good News will simply be bypassed, and as CBS struggles to rally against that, they’ll make the mistake of further deciding the surprises and treats they’re offering have to be shinier, slicker and more expensive, completely missing the subtle magic of why it all worked in the first place.
It’d still take a bold TV exec to take a hard pass on bidding for the rights though.
Things That Make You Go Awwwwww
You might not have been able to get a haircut in this Lockdown world, but these dogs have.
They’re the new Hipsters of the canine land.
It’s time for The Funnies
Today’s News In Brief
Let’s end on some music.
I almost hate myself for posting this, but look, they’re helping. Even if you play it on mute and just watch the dancing…..
Thanks for reading.
Stay safe x
#LaughterSpreadsFaster
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