tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post4952048987563131354..comments2024-02-26T02:13:54.009-08:00Comments on Caustic Cover Critic: Another Extended Sneer, with Violent SuggestionsJRSMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-68759734453346991572008-12-14T14:28:00.000-08:002008-12-14T14:28:00.000-08:00Dan, that's a fair comment. At that point, though,...Dan, that's a fair comment. At that point, though, I was riding high on a white-hot wave of bile, and beyond being fair.JRSMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-63950482553749611822008-12-14T10:02:00.000-08:002008-12-14T10:02:00.000-08:00Although I loathe Top Gear and Clarkson, to be fai...Although I loathe Top Gear and Clarkson, to be fair to the designers, I don't think this is a particularly insightful observation,<BR/><BR/>"This thing looks like a comic crossed with a $1 scrapbook, which is fine given that it's a throwaway no-brain gift for children."<BR/><BR/>Since the obvious intention was to create a spoof redolent of the annuals of the 1970s, and was achieved well, I reckon the criticism is redundant.<BR/><BR/>Otherwise, I quite agree with you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-18130294697271174532008-12-08T15:25:00.000-08:002008-12-08T15:25:00.000-08:00"...the cover of the Dawn French book is a masterp..."...the cover of the Dawn French book is a masterpiece of photo-shopery, it's decades since she had a jawline, she has shed 10 stone and 25 years...it's probably all floating in that pool."<BR/><BR/>"Maybe that pool IS the excess Dawn French, rendered into soap or some such liquid."<BR/><BR/>Actually, it's rendered into Jeremy Clarkson.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-59679080639131953172008-12-08T13:34:00.000-08:002008-12-08T13:34:00.000-08:00You are a wise woman, Laura-eate! The ratings mete...You are a wise woman, Laura-eate! The ratings meter was odd: the ratings people just rang up one day and asked if we'd be interested when a vacancy came up on their "panel", and, seeing a chance to inflict my views on everybody else, I said YES!JRSMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-76418279156717618562008-12-08T05:57:00.000-08:002008-12-08T05:57:00.000-08:00I couldn't agree more with EVERYTHING you say in t...I couldn't agree more with EVERYTHING you say in this posting CCC and shall not be purchasing any of these illustrious titles unless Alzheimers descends at an early age.<BR/><BR/>By the way, where'd you get a TV ratings meter? Sounds like a great idea!The Poet Laura-eatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07779308486569849157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-41628111949723878122008-12-07T23:30:00.000-08:002008-12-07T23:30:00.000-08:00Maybe that pool IS the excess Dawn French, rendere...Maybe that pool IS the excess Dawn French, rendered into soap or some such liquid. Love your blog, by the way--those Hurrel photos are amazing!JRSMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-38469830232802513532008-12-07T23:19:00.000-08:002008-12-07T23:19:00.000-08:00The Julie Walters book was serialised on the radio...The Julie Walters book was serialised on the radio into five<BR/>15 min. chunks - which made it quite acceptable - editing it down to just the interesting bits, the only way to make these things palatable.<BR/><BR/>The Paul O'Grady book would have been better if they waited for the subject to have actually died first - and the cover of the Dawn French book is a masterpiece of photo-shopery, it's decades since she had a jawline, she has shed 10 stone and 25 years...it's probably all floating in that pool.Grey Areahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18240869670530738753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-19663752650460747852008-12-07T15:01:00.000-08:002008-12-07T15:01:00.000-08:00>Sigh< That is unsurprising, but still annoy...>Sigh< That is unsurprising, but still annoying.JRSMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-25685095243302624222008-12-07T14:49:00.000-08:002008-12-07T14:49:00.000-08:00Read in the paper today that the O'Grady, French a...Read in the paper today that the O'Grady, French and Walters memoirs have sold three-quarters of a million copies between them: and they've only been out for a few weeks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-25949642387647107192008-12-04T14:02:00.000-08:002008-12-04T14:02:00.000-08:00Thank you all--that Scott Pack post is spot-on. Th...Thank you all--that Scott Pack post is spot-on. The Sheila Hancock book cover ('Just Me') oozes a particularly irritating would-be winsomeness. I think the wattle-hiding theory is correct. And this Russell Brand person... someone whose fame has yet to extend beyond the UK (I think), yet his punchable-looking book is on sale everywhere in Australia. Madness, I say! MADNESS!JRSMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-22017377753806105492008-12-04T08:54:00.000-08:002008-12-04T08:54:00.000-08:00You started my day with a lot of laughter. Thank y...You started my day with a lot of laughter. Thank you for that. Wonderful post. Please continue slicing your way through the NYTimes Bestseller list, please. I think you should make this a regular series of posts..."congealed pus"...OMG...Ricky Lee Grovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03588565441793716202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-8809614131114131742008-12-04T08:49:00.000-08:002008-12-04T08:49:00.000-08:00Brilliant, just brilliant.And John, it's the pose ...Brilliant, just brilliant.<BR/><BR/>And John, it's the pose that hides the wattle.JonathanMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14282373784021642208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-41315594640204164012008-12-04T05:29:00.001-08:002008-12-04T05:29:00.001-08:00pose! not post!pose! not post!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-57530952615370615802008-12-04T05:29:00.000-08:002008-12-04T05:29:00.000-08:00Scott Pack recently pointed out just how many cele...Scott Pack recently <A HREF="http://meandmybigmouth.typepad.com/scottpack/2008/10/some-people-are.html" REL="nofollow">pointed out</A> just how many celebrities rely on their hands to keep their chins from hitting the floor. They must think that post just oozes affability.<BR/><BR/>And I hate to say it but O'Grady and Walters are probably two of the most acceptable celebrity memoirs this Xmas.<BR/><BR/>Jeremy Clarkson, on the other hand, no fate is too worse than death for.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-20572428967999230352008-12-04T04:52:00.000-08:002008-12-04T04:52:00.000-08:00**hands over eyes screaming in a jerky, hysterical...**hands over eyes screaming in a jerky, hysterical, Japanese-horror-movie way**<BR/>Oh the humanity. And so much of it smirking. I used to work in a Big Chain Bookstore and was used to spending my days gazing nauseatedly at WALLS OF THE THINGS, torn between hating them in situ and hating them fior all the trouble they were going to be to return after Xmas. Luckily where I work now is independent, and we didn't even stock the Russell Brand book...Lucy Fishwifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12468092971495182126noreply@blogger.com