Fan-video competitions? We wouldn’t know anything about that. But there’s a new one on the horizon, anyway, with BBC Worldwide turning to Youtube - and YOU, the fans - to celebrate the release of Back to Earth on iTunes.
“Seb, do you know what schadenfreude is?”
“(sigh) No, I do not know what shaden-frawde is. Please tell me, because I’m dying to know.”
“It’s a German term for ‘shameful joy’, taking pleasure in the suffering of others.”
“Oh, come on. I’m just glad to see them fall flat on their butts!”
So, yes. The unofficial convention Better Than Life 2 (Manchester United 0) is no more. But I have to give them this - why go out with dignity, when you can bitch and moan and whinge instead?
A: Fuck knows, but it doesn’t hurt to pick up on unfounded rumours, does it?
It barely seems any time since last year’s most excellent DJ and now things are ramping up for XVI, which will be held once again at Birmingham City Centre Holiday Inn, from the 23rd to the 25th of July. So, you want confirmed guests? Well, you’ve got them so quit whining.
Hattie did a belting version of the Beatles’ “Oh Darling” at Karaoke Circus, London’s very best night out. But don’t take it from me: here’s video proof!
As headed up by Dave on the forum… lovely stuff. Six (judging by the number of buttons) random Dwarf sound clips on a daft little keyring type device. The phrases are apparently (TBC), but will be chosen from a conveniently-included list. I hope they include the Princess Bonjela one, that’s one of the few good lines from VII. These things are of course completely daft and pointless, but they’re also (judging by how many different franchises now have them) pretty popular, so it’s nice to see Dwarf get one.
Just in case you’re thinking about it, though, I still wouldn’t trust FPI with my card details. The other Forbidden Planet should be fine, though.
Doctor Who and Red Dwarf mashups are nothing new, nor are they that surprising - there’s a lot of crossover between the fandoms (as evidenced by our forum) and ever since the revived series began we’ve been pointing out “amusing” connections, be they casting coincidences, dialogue similarities or simply just us taking the piss. And there are a slew of videos on Youtube that consist of people setting Who clips to the Dwarf opening theme. Most of them aren’t very good.
No direct Red Dwarf connection here, but as the co-writer of Alien and, perhaps more pertinently, Dark Star, it’s safe to say that Dan O’Bannon - who has passed away at the age of 63 - should be counted as one of the most influential figures in late ’70s/early ’80s sci-fi, and consequently can be said to be one of those people without whom the show might not actually even exist. RIP.
The children of Lady Manners School in Bakewell, possibly at the whim of an heroic music teacher called Mr Steadman, perform a ten minute medley of Red Dwarf music, taking in various versions of the theme tune, Tongue Tied, Rimmer Munchkin Song and Ace Rimmer Theme. And it’s superb. Quite possibly the second best video ever to be recorded in a school sports hall.
Some of you may have noticed recent, ahem, ‘issues’ we’ve been having with the site. This is due to a frankly obscene amount of spam users creating new accounts every few minutes and clogging the shit out of the database.
As a result, we’ve now closed all new registrations until we roll out the upgraded site during the Christmas holidays. If there’s anyone out there who wants a new account then give me a bell via cappsy at gmail and I’ll sort you out good and propah.
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DwarfCast 23 - Dimension Jump XV / 20.10.09
Combat those post-DJ blues by reminding yourself how much fun you had last week contrasted with how miserable you are now
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DwarfCasts: because it’s easier to do one of these than write something.
Here at G&T, we like to talk a lot. We also like to pretend we know what we’re talking about. Often, we don’t.
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Welcome to the special 21st edition of DwarfCasts! In this episode… well, nothing much, really…
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Hello, and welcome to another edition of TyrellCast
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Well, fuck us sideways
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