What's on the end of the stick?

After saying goodbye to Flight of the Conchords, we now have to prepare ourselves to wave bon-voyage next week to the sublime Psychoville. Two comedy shows that have constantly hit the mark, and ones that will leave a huge hole in the BBC's summer schedules. So what do we have to look forward to over the next couple of months before we move into autumn and the brand new series of Peep Show and a welcome return to Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer's Shooting Stars? In a nutshell? Sweet FA! Before you start kicking in your television set and going off to do something less boring instead, let me draw your attention to Channel 4's 4OD website, where you can find a host of classic comedy shows from the past 20 years. From one-off shows such as Ricky Gervais' Golden Years to whole series of Peep Show and The Inbetweeners , the website offers a veritable feast of classic comedy that should sate the appetite for anyone unable to wait until the autumn. For those of you moist with anticipation for the return of messrs Mortimer and Reeves, here's where it all began, with the peerless Big Night Out

Twats in the Park

This Saturday's Guardian reported the BBC had sent over 400 members of staff to cover the recent Glastonbury Festival, and just over 300 to cover this weekend's T in the Park held at Balado, Kinross-shire. Now you would think with all this personnel - along with the multi-channel options now available through digital TV - the Beeb could offer the viewer an opportunity to check out some of the smaller stages that host bands who have yet to make it onto the Radio One playlist or the front cover of Q magazine. Alas, BBC Three's coverage of this weekend's T in the Park concentrated on the two main stages and therefore brought us the likes of Blur, Franz Ferdinand, The Specials and Lily Allen, all of whom featured as part of the Glastonbury highlights only a fortnight ago. As suggested in a previous post, a quick money saving win for the BBC, would be to ditch the presenters who bring fuck all to the proceedings with their inane ramblings and sychophantic love-ins with their celebrity chums, and with the money saved from leaving Zane Lowe and Jo Whiley behind, they could increase their coverage of some of the smaller stages and introduce the armchair viewer to the likes of the fabulously named Danananakroyd and We Were Promised Jetpacks.

C'mon BBC, let the music play!

Let the Wild Rumpus Start!

One of this year's most anticipated movie releases has to be Spike Jonze's adaptation of Maurice Sendak's classic children's story 'Where the Wild Things Are' Starring Catherine Keener and featuring the voices of James Gandolfini and Mark Ruffalo, the film follows the fortunes of Max - played by the fabulously named, Max Records - and his adventures amongst the mythical 'Wild Things'
Released in the autumn, the movie's trailer alone, should bring joy to even the hardest of hearts.

Also out this year, John Woo's interpretation of 'The Tiger Who Came to Tea' and Russell Crowe as 'The Gruffalo'

Obviously these two are just figments of my over-active imagination, but feel free to pitch them as your own ideas the next time you bump into a Hollywood movie mogul down at your local Tesco Express.