Juan Carlos Frasnadillo’s 2001 Spanish thriller Intacto. (Note: trailer contains peril) It’s about a man who can steal luck by touching them, and a man who wants his luck back by finding the luckiest man alive and challenging him to Russian Roulette. Quite interesting.
Here’s a fun thing I came across, it’s an episode of Australian Wheel of Fortune from 1984. I like Aussie Wheel, despite everything (odd scoring system, wheel that carries on spinning forever), it’s got spunk. The host is Ernie Sigley who these days would come across as a slightly dodgy uncle I think and probably… Read More »
I saw this linked to elsewhere and it’s very funny. The most successful new comedy quiz in recent years in Australia is a show called Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Generation, the main reason it’s the most successful is the awe inspiring Shaun Micallef. It’s actually made by Granada’s Aussie division, so it’s possibly surprising a version… Read More »
Well with all the rioting going on in London, what better clip to put up (look, it’s a really quiet week) than Fathers for Justice invading the National Lottery Jet Set with Eamonn Holmes in 2006? Alan Dedicoat filling like a pro, here: In other news, a repeat of the Series 3 vs Series 4… Read More »
We’ve briefly mentioned Run the Gauntlet before, the action packed challenge show with Martin Shaw from the 80s with things like Supercats and The Hill in, and somebody had posted a clip from the 1988 celebrity special. Well someone else has uploaded that entire episode, rather brilliantly:
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