The Osbournes is so much fun that it almost makes me like MTV for a moment. I was never a metal chick at all, but I love Ozzy. He's so *endearingly* maniacal. And Kelly has some truly awesome shit. Her clothes are great, her furniture is great, her handbags are great... it's quite depressing really.

Speaking of TV, Alex sent me this link ages ago and it deserves worldwide acclaim. Do you want the theme song to Catweazle (funniest line in The Filth and the Fury: John Lydon saying that during the Sex Pistols' river cruise jubilee concert, Richard Branson popped up 'looking like Catweazle'. Thought I would die laughing), or Rainbow, or even Charles in Charge? Go to it, then! Commentary is also hilarious. Example from the Rainbow summary: .... GEOFFREY HAYES was the amiable stooge in a three-way personality clash between Bungle the sappy bear (with mysteriously changing head), docile one-armed hippo puppet George [Jill Phythian comments: "The way George was obliged to take on the female role is particularly pertinent. Wearing curlers while in bed (with Zippy and Bungle, of course), fluttering his lashes to get attention, harbouring ambitions to be a hairdresser and occasionally disappearing just as there was a surprise visit from his "cousin" Georgina, who looked strangely identical to him, only with a curly wig on. It's all deeply suspect..."] and stroppy, one-armed thing puppet Zippy (and, originally, weird sub-puppets Sunshine and Mooney). Cosgrove Hall clunky animated intervals, ROD, JANE and FREDDY in musical interlude (again, a replacement for original six-man group and Rainbow theme writers Telltale), Playschool-style "real life" film, story at the end from guest "celeb" etc. Survived to the mid-'80s with minimal changes - George and Zippy moved from hiding behind window to hiding behind desk, Bungle getting through several different heads (see this site for a frankly terrifying photo of an early one with brief pre-Geoff presenter David Cox), switching of "third Man" in Rod/Jane triangle - originally Roger, then Mathew (Corbett, of bear pupperty fame), then your actual Freddy, then Roger, back again in the '80s (see this site for more on that), or Geoffrey getting minor haircut about 1982. Then it all went wrong... "Up above the streets and houses," etc... And we'd love to believe the rumour that the closing guitar-led theme was a toned-down version of a Frank Zappa composition, but unless anyone has proof, we remain unconvinced...