The Office is also out on DVD (or will be shortly in Australia).
Willow: Were there dolphins? Tara: Yes. Many dolphins at the pound. Willow: Was there a camel? Tara: There was the front of a camel. A half-camel.
'Selfless'
All Ogle, No Cash -- It's Not Just Annoying, It's Un-American
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evil jimi - Feb 11, 2003 6:32:29 am PST #1877 of 9843
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
evil jimi - Feb 11, 2003 6:47:24 am PST #1878 of 9843
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
I'm just reading through the first Buffy thread. If anyone wants to catch up on what the Yanks said, the discussion starts here: brenda m "Buffy 1: No, You're Not the Only Watcher [closed]" Sep 24, 2002 8:02:35 pm EDT
MissCreant said waaaay back then:
3. While I'm not sure I like the actor portraying him, it's nice that Sunnydale High, a school in Cali-freakin'-fornia, finally has at least one Latino student.
Actually, this might be the first Latino student who had proper lines but there was a Latino "student" extra who made numerous appearances and who I've become somewhat ... umm ... obsessed with but y'know, in a good way ... a drinking-game kinda way. I've dubbed him the Did-you-see-what-he-wrote-bloke because that's what you overhear him say to another student during the ep, "I Only Have Eyes For You". It's during the scene where "Mr Miller" writes, Don't walk away from me, bitch, on the blackboard. Ever since then I've looked out for him and he appeared in the background of quite a few eps, both at Highschool and then at Uni.
Noumenon - Feb 11, 2003 9:53:02 am PST #1879 of 9843
No other candidate is asking the hard questions, like "Did geophysicists assassinate Jim Henson?" or "Why is there hydrogen in America's water supply?" --defective yeti
If anyone wants to catch up on what the Yanks said, the discussion starts here:
Un-Americans following along at home can find links to the NAFDA reaction to each episode in Nillytown.
Allan Lang - Feb 11, 2003 2:59:34 pm PST #1880 of 9843
'And on that tragic day, an era came to its inevitable end.'
That's all there is.
jimi
No-way is Channel 7 the big frelling bad. Where is Farscape?!!! I didn't see one episode of that because when 9 had their "episodes on random days week" I didn't check in time to catch the first.
re Buffy. 1. according to my vidrec's clock, the total, including some seconds of Channel7s preshow promo, is 40 minutes 50 seconds.
2. reading the transcript, I can't find any obvious cuts.
(and re weird alternate universe fantasy shows, Channel 10 have stopped showing 7th Heaven again!)
scrappy - Feb 11, 2003 3:28:03 pm PST #1881 of 9843
Nobody
Count me in on loving The Office. Brilliant and funny and painful and unflinchingly truthful.
jengod - Feb 12, 2003 11:30:13 pm PST #1882 of 9843
Hey, ANZistas, I have a question for ya.
A friend of mine is going to be stationed overseas, or rather, more overseas than he is currently stationed, and I want to send him a care package including some books. He had the opportunity to visit the west coast of Australia this past winter and absolutely madly deeply loved it. As such, I'd like to send him something from the Australian (or Kiwi) canon, but I'm ashamed to admit I haven't the slightest idea where to begin looking.
Any reading list suggestions from Australia or New Zealand? Recommendations of novels or exciting non-fiction (biography, adventures, exploration) would be very much appreciated.
Your ignorant American cousin, jengod
billytea - Feb 12, 2003 11:40:01 pm PST #1883 of 9843
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
A friend of mine is going to be stationed overseas, or rather, more overseas than he is currently stationed, and I want to send him a care package including some books. He had the opportunity to visit the west coast of Australia this past winter and absolutely madly deeply loved it. As such, I'd like to send him something from the Australian (or Kiwi) canon, but I'm ashamed to admit I haven't the slightest idea where to begin looking.
I'd plug Peter Carey's True History of the Kelly Gang. A novel based upon Australia's last and most notorious bushranger, and a Booker Prizewinner. (I also loved Thea Astley's Drylands, but I'm not sure how well that would translate. From left field there's Randolph Stow's The Merry Go Round in the Sea. It's an older book, published in 1965, but I found it very moving (even as a teenager). It's also set in WA. But being more removed in time, it may be less accessible.
Angus G - Feb 12, 2003 11:51:15 pm PST #1884 of 9843
Roguish Laird
I agree with Billytea's suggestions, especially Randolph Stow if you can find anything by him (unlikely even in Australia), but if you're looking for some West Coast flava you really can't go past Tim Winton. I'm personally not a fan of his but practically everyone else is, so you probably can't go wrong there. And you should be able to get hold of his books relatively easily. (Actually I seem to remember one of the other US Buffistas was reading him...was it Scrappy?)
billytea - Feb 12, 2003 11:59:34 pm PST #1885 of 9843
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I agree with Billytea's suggestions, especially Randolph Stow if you can find anything by him (unlikely even in Australia)...
This is true; but it can be done. And if you do come up with a selection and are having trouble finding it, I'm sure we'd be happy to help track it down for you. (I found and bought both The Merry Go Round in the Sea and his Miles Franklin winner To the Islands while here in the States, and had them shipped over.)
jengod - Feb 13, 2003 12:48:36 am PST #1886 of 9843
I'm already in love with The Merry-Go-Round in the Sea and it looks like I can order it through Bookfinder.com or even Half.com, but I'm going to pretend I didn't hear you say anything at all, because these suggestions rock and I want you to keep 'em coming!