Million Dollar Island is plagued with asbestos, there's a right wing invite only dating app with a supreme lack of women, there's a pill coming to stop environmentally dangerous cow farts and can someone inject a bit of Spartacus into the latest series of Game of Thrones please??
GAME OF WEST WING THRONES
Ugh, I hate to say it but my bosses thoughts on latest series of Game of Thrones certainly seems to be ringing true - it's more West Wing now than the GOT of old that was captivating viewing and water cooler talk back in the day.
I had to stop halfway through the latest episode last night for a birthday celebration (happy birthday Dad!) and came back today after what I considered a minor highlight...only to discover that that highlight seemed to be the only one in the entire episode!
It's got the right tools in terms of fine actors (Paddy Considine is well and truly making his mark on this one), it's got locations, it's got dragons and the occasional bloody moment. But the lead up to get anywhere is agonisingly long for one brief moment of action before we get back to the brooding and lusting for family members. In fact if you chopped out all the drama bits and just saved the action, it may add up to half an episode. At a stretch.
But I will finish it, even if it kills me puts me to sleep with all the kingdom intrigue.
IN NEWS OVERNIGHT
-They're getting set to film Million Dollar Island in Malaysia. Well channel 7 here in Australia was, up until they detected asbestos in the buildings on the island they'd booked, making the game of survival more of one in the literal sense. But once they find a spare (asbestos free) island replacement, the game can commence! Anyone know of such a place that's free for a few weeks of shooting?
-Once upon a time 'The Right Stuff' was a film about Chuck Yeager breaking the sound barrier. Nowadays it's the name of a Right Wing dating app bolted together by Donald Trump staffers, one that really has struggled to reach the lofty heights of Tinder, Bumble, Match and the like. The invite only part hasn't helped, neither has the supreme lack of female users (maybe someone forgot to invite them?). But now we read that depending on how you answer a particular question about Jan 6 2021, well you may just get a friendly phone call from the FBI. And here you were thinking the hardest thing about dating was coming up with things to say on the first date..
REMEMBER ME?
Now just on that last story, anytime I talk about something Donald Trump related, I can't help but think back to the time in my first breakfast radio shift that a listener blasted us for not getting behind him. Apparently we were idiots for talking more about Hilary and not realising Trump was going to change the world and he just had to ring up and vent his spleen about it.
I do wonder on occasion if that guy whoever he was is still defending his man to the hilt or if he's changed his tune over the years. Food for thought.
For the record: I'm not a Trump supporter but each to their own.
COWS WITH GUNS PILLS
Finally we move onto cow farts. And burps. Both hazardous to the environment apparently because of the methane that they produce (more than performance artist Mr Methane did during a typical show). Catching up with newsman James Lake, apparently there's a pill coming which is made from seaweed which will slow these fart machines right down and therefore make the air a little bit cleaner.
(Sadly there's no pill yet for steel foundries or car exhausts.) We're still unclear on how many they need, dosage rates and such or whether you could just teach your farting cows to munch on some tasty seaweed and bypass the vet completely. If that's the case, I know an island in Malaysia that's not currently in use - if the cows steer clear of the buildings, they should be fine!
Chat tomorrow!
-Almigo
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