Battlestar Galactica "Citas"
Cita: Lee Adama (Commandant of Battlestar Pegasus)
" No one has ever attempted a rescue mission from this distance, much less behind enemy lines. You'll be making history just by making the attempt. But bring these people back from Caprica...and you'll be making part of the future. Questions? "
Heroes S03E22 - Turn and Face the Strange" Promo"
No sé a donde nos llevará esta temporada, estamos más perdidos que Bernard y Rose.
24 a por la 8ª Temporada
Nuestro querido Jack Bauer volverá para una 8ª Temporada, como si son 15. El rodaje empezará en Mayo 09, es así porque esta serie no tiene parones, y ruedan todo de golpe y es de muy agradecer.
Battlestar Galactica...ibamos preparados
Íbamos avisados, no sé porque tantas desilusiones...
Six: I am an angel of God sent to protect, to guide the end of the Human race. (Battlestar Galactica - 2x07 - Home Part 2)
Up "Trailer"
Esperando como cada año la película de los maestros del 3D y este año abrirá, ni más ni menos, que el Festival de Cannes.
Estreno en EEUU: 29 Mayo 09
Estreno en España: 14 Agosto 09
The Big Bang Theory - S02E18 "Comentario"
Es que Sheldon es Sheldon y la risa siempre va con él. Gracias por renovarla por 2 temporadas más. Cada capítulo se superan más. yau yau yau yau !!
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Damages S02E12 "comentario"
¿Qué les está pasando a las series últimamente?, que lo dejan todo para el último capítulo. Todo empieza a encajar en el puzzle Damages. Vaya historia que nos han dejado en esta 2ª temporada. Ahora solo falta juntar todo en un último capítulo. Tenemos a un Tom despedido, un Purcell entre rejas, un Kendrick a la desesperada con las amenazas de Patty Hewes, una Ellen que se ha metido demasiado dentro con el caso FBI-Hewes. Tal como están los acontecimientos, estoy viendo el camino para la 3ª temporada que si no recuerdo mal, la firmaron el año pasado.
Me han dejado clavado con la escena:
Señor Kendrick.
- ¿Te has ocupado de todo?
- Aún no.
¿Por qué no?
Ella sigue viva.
En cuanto a quién dispara Ellen en su piso, lo tengo clarísimo que es o Wes o el detective Rik (el barbas), pero a Patty no.
PD: Alguien se ha dado cuenta con el ripeo de 349MB, lo veo mucho mejor que otras series.
Lost "Citas"
Cita: Benjamin Linus
" How many times do I have to tell you, John? I always have a plan. "
Battlestar Galactica "Citas"
Cita: Leoben (Number Two Cylon)
" Look at you now, I don't see Kara Thrace. I see an angel blazing with the light of god. An angel eager to lead her people home. "
The Good Die Young
10 TV Show’s Cancelled Before Their Time
The modern TV show lives in constant fear of cancellation. Like a sex offender lurking in the bushes, the maniacal networks may strike at any minute and sodomise them into oblivion. All too often networks have swung their axe and beheaded many an undeserving show, while unadulterated penile discharge like ‘Casualty’ and ‘Neighbours’ have been allowed to desecrate TV screens across the land for years.Sadly the phenomenon of cancellation isn’t as prominent in the UK, hence the 3.5 million God-awful series’ of ‘My Family’ we’ve had to endure, but in the States it’s a concept all too familiar to many TV viewers.
Occasionally shows are given a heads up on their impending doom and are allowed to give fans a proper pay-off for investing their time and emotions in them, but, more often that not, shows are cancelled quicker than a Peaches Geldof marriage and fans are left wondering what could have been.
In memoriam of some of the show’s taken from us too soon, I decided to compile a list of the Top 10 TV show’s cancelled before their time and try and highlight the criminal neglect you’d only expect from a social worker that some received from their incompetent networks.
They say the good die young and in the case of the shows listed here, as Metallica once said, it’s sad but true…
10. ‘Andy Richter Controls the Universe’ – a recurring theme that you’ll find with many of these shows is the network they belong to; Bush-loving FOX is responsible for some of the most inane cancellations in TV history, it’s almost like they get off on it. ‘Andy Richter Controls the Universe’, as you will soon see, is in good company being a victim of FOX’s itchy trigger finger.
This surprisingly good show aired between 2002 and 2003, actually managing to survive two seasons. It was the title star’s first starring role since graduating from ‘Late Night with Conan O’Brien’ and had a decent bunch of co-stars including former ‘Friends’ star Paget Brewster and the ridiculously cute Irene Molloy.
Richter played an aspiring writer, who’d been forced to take a gig writing technical manuals for a large corporation. The show was a pioneer of the day dream sequences that ‘Scrubs’ and later ‘30 Rock’ both use to great effect, it also featured the same narration technique used so effectively on ‘Scrubs’ for eight seasons.
‘Andy Richter…’ only managed a meagre nineteen episodes and Richter himself has suffered more failed sitcoms since, he has managed to carve out the impressive niche of taking on brilliant film supporting roles though – check him out as Sascha Baron Cohen’s lover in ‘Talladega Nights’ and gate-crashing the ‘Anchorman’ DVD commentary for some of his finest moments.
9. ‘God, The Devil & Bob’ – My usual measuring stick for controversial comedy is if the Catholics are offended then you’re doing something right, as I’m sure ‘South Park’ masterminds Trey Parker and Matt Stone will testify. ‘God, The Devil & Bob’ managed to court so much outrage in the space of a month that it lasted a mere four episodes on NBC during it’s 2000 run.The animated show, which really wasn’t that controversial at all, starred ‘3rd Rock From The Sun’ oddball French Stewart as the titular Bob, Alan Cumming as The Devil and James Garner as Bob. The premise of the show saw God and The Devil making a bet over the fate of the World, with The Devil getting to select one man with whom the fate of mankind will lie. As you can probably guess, the man The Devil selects is lazy slob Bob.
Despite NBC bottling it and canning the show after four weeks, ‘God, The Devil & Bob’ actually got a full run elsewhere and did especially well over here in the less-overtly religious UK.
8. ‘Rockstar:’ - Being cancelled can never be pleasant, but when you’re cancelled and then replaced by a show called ‘Pirate Master’ that’s just rubbing salt in the wounds.
‘Rockstar:’ was an ‘American Idol’-esque talent show that ran for two seasons on CBS. In the first season the task was to find a new singer for INXS, who eventually selected J.D. Fortune as their man and went on to make a pretty damn good album with him. Season 2 saw Tommy Lee led supergroup Supernova looking for a lead singer.
Rumour has it that the show may yet be resurrected for a third season, with the currently frontmanless Velvet Revolver touted as the possible band. Whether it does eventually make what could be the greatest comeback since Lazarus, reality show or not, ‘Rockstar:’ most definitely deserves it’s place on this list alongside more critically acclaimed shows, if not purely for the simple fact that it gave me the excuse to include this picture:
7. ‘Shasta McNasty’ – You may question my sanity for including on a list of show’s that were cancelled too early a show that was mauled by critics and haemorrhaged viewers faster than a well placed gastric band can shed fat from an overweight ‘This Morning’ presenter but I loved this disjointed poorly written show!
Saddled with one of the stupidest (or is that, greatest) names in the history of TV, ‘Shasta McNasty’ was never going to be a critics darling. Receiving a one season run on UPN in 1999-2000 ‘Shasta’ as it would later be renamed starred former Mickey Mouse Clubber Dale Godboldo, future ‘CSI:NY’ star Carmine Giovinazzo and son of Gary, Jake Busey as members of the titular rap-rock group.
Saddled with one of the stupidest (or is that, greatest) names in the history of TV, ‘Shasta McNasty’ was never going to be a critics darling. Receiving a one season run on UPN in 1999-2000 ‘Shasta’ as it would later be renamed starred former Mickey Mouse Clubber Dale Godboldo, future ‘CSI:NY’ star Carmine Giovinazzo and son of Gary, Jake Busey as members of the titular rap-rock group.
The show basically revolved around their exploits as they lived it up in their Venice Beach apartment and a bar owned by Mini-Me himself Verne Troyer called Captain Verne’s.
The target demographic was obviously that holy grail Male 18-30 category but there was just something likable about this show, so it’s good to at least see Giovinazzo doing well for himself nowadays and I’m still holding out hope for a DVD release one day, get on it UPN!
6. ‘The Job’ – I’m conflicted on this one, because if ‘The Job’ hadn’t been cancelled we’d never have had the awesome ‘Rescue Me’ which has been one of the most consistently dynamic shows on TV in recent years making for compulsive viewing. That said, it doesn’t change the fact that ‘The Job’ was a very funny, brilliantly written show that didn’t deserve to be cancelled.
Arguably a better written show than ‘Rescue Me’, ‘The Job’ followed the complex life of NYPD cop Mike McNeil played with aplomb by Denis Leary, an alcoholic, pill-popping, rule breaker who is cheating on his wife with Hillary from ‘The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air’.
For whatever reason, ‘The Job’ didn’t connect with viewers as ‘Rescue Me’ seems to have done, which is odd because although both have very black humour in them, ‘Rescue Me’ is certainly darker. Leary has been good to the cast of ‘The Job’ with most of the principal cast turning up in ‘Rescue Me’ in some capacity over the years.
Lenny Clarke deserves special praise for his role in ‘The Job’, Clarke who is an uproariously funny man in real life – check out ‘Comedy Central’s Roast of Denis Leary’ if you’re a non-believer - is note-perfect as the oafish Frank.
As ‘The Job’ led to the birth of ‘Rescue Me’, this is probably the cancellation I’m least bitter about, but it doesn’t change the fact that this offbeat gem’s cancellation was nothing short of criminal (excuse the pun).
5. ‘Good Vs. Evil’ – It may have had a convoluted plot, but man could this show have gone places. In the hands of the right people, I honestly believe this show could have been as big as ‘Buffy’.
The basic premise of the show was that certain people who died and hadn’t done enough during life to get into heaven got a second chance after death and were returned to earth as agents with the C.O.R.P.S. - an undead FBI if you will, whose job it was to track down demons called Morlocks and stop naïve humans
from signing Faustian contracts giving up their soul and thus becoming Morlocks when they die. Simple really.
It might sound like it has quite a mythological tone to it but the black humour and seventies look of the show, even though it was set in the present, gave it a real unique edge, not that it needed one with a plot like it had.
In what is a serious miscarriage of justice, none of the stars of the show ever went on to bigger and better things and the current lack of DVD (get on it USA!) means that my memories of this amazing show are limited to my homemade VHS, unless I over-zealously taped some porn over it that is…
The target demographic was obviously that holy grail Male 18-30 category but there was just something likable about this show, so it’s good to at least see Giovinazzo doing well for himself nowadays and I’m still holding out hope for a DVD release one day, get on it UPN!
6. ‘The Job’ – I’m conflicted on this one, because if ‘The Job’ hadn’t been cancelled we’d never have had the awesome ‘Rescue Me’ which has been one of the most consistently dynamic shows on TV in recent years making for compulsive viewing. That said, it doesn’t change the fact that ‘The Job’ was a very funny, brilliantly written show that didn’t deserve to be cancelled.
Arguably a better written show than ‘Rescue Me’, ‘The Job’ followed the complex life of NYPD cop Mike McNeil played with aplomb by Denis Leary, an alcoholic, pill-popping, rule breaker who is cheating on his wife with Hillary from ‘The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air’.
For whatever reason, ‘The Job’ didn’t connect with viewers as ‘Rescue Me’ seems to have done, which is odd because although both have very black humour in them, ‘Rescue Me’ is certainly darker. Leary has been good to the cast of ‘The Job’ with most of the principal cast turning up in ‘Rescue Me’ in some capacity over the years.
Lenny Clarke deserves special praise for his role in ‘The Job’, Clarke who is an uproariously funny man in real life – check out ‘Comedy Central’s Roast of Denis Leary’ if you’re a non-believer - is note-perfect as the oafish Frank.
As ‘The Job’ led to the birth of ‘Rescue Me’, this is probably the cancellation I’m least bitter about, but it doesn’t change the fact that this offbeat gem’s cancellation was nothing short of criminal (excuse the pun).
5. ‘Good Vs. Evil’ – It may have had a convoluted plot, but man could this show have gone places. In the hands of the right people, I honestly believe this show could have been as big as ‘Buffy’.
The basic premise of the show was that certain people who died and hadn’t done enough during life to get into heaven got a second chance after death and were returned to earth as agents with the C.O.R.P.S. - an undead FBI if you will, whose job it was to track down demons called Morlocks and stop naïve humans
from signing Faustian contracts giving up their soul and thus becoming Morlocks when they die. Simple really.It might sound like it has quite a mythological tone to it but the black humour and seventies look of the show, even though it was set in the present, gave it a real unique edge, not that it needed one with a plot like it had.
In what is a serious miscarriage of justice, none of the stars of the show ever went on to bigger and better things and the current lack of DVD (get on it USA!) means that my memories of this amazing show are limited to my homemade VHS, unless I over-zealously taped some porn over it that is…
4. ‘The Thick of It’ – Okay, so not strictly ‘cancelled’ but gone long before it should have been, this is the best comedy to come out of Britain for as long as I can remember. Armando Iannucci is a genius, we all know that, but this show really has been his finest hour.
Chris Langham’s troubles meant that beyond the sublime first series, ‘The Thick Of It’ only got two feature length specials. I doubt Iannucci would’ve gone much beyond two seasons anyway, but I can’t help but feel we were robbed of another season of greatness.
Langham wasn’t really missed from the specials, as foul-mouthed spin doctor Malcolm Tucker played by Peter Capaldi is the real star of the show, and thankfully we will get another chance to enjoy Tucker’s expletive laden rants with the release of ‘In The Loop’ next month, which, for all intents and purposes is ‘The Thick Of it’ film, which features the awesomeness that is Malcolm Tucker squaring off against none other than Tony Soprano.
For anyone who thinks politics is boring, I implore you to watch this show. More quotable than ‘Peep Show’ (it share’s writers) and doing the faux-documentary thing better than ‘The Office’ ever did, ‘The Thick of It’ isn’t just the greatest British comedy of recent years it’s the greatest British comedy period. And crucially it is available on Region 2 DVD right now – what are you fucking waiting for!?
3. ‘Tru Calling’ – It was never the best written show in the world, with at times: clunky dialogue, one dimensional characters and contrived plots but ‘Tru Calling’, upon it’s cancellation, seemed to be moving in a direction that was truly (sorry, couldn’t resist) exciting.
Ever since Jason Priestly joined the cast mid-way through the first season, the lines between good & evil, right & wrong and fate & destiny were being blurred and making for extremely compelling viewing.
The show was starting to tread down a very dark path and had it been on any other network, I may have speculated that they’d cancelled the show as they were afraid of the darker tone the show was adopting but this is FOX we’re talking about and they were probably just bored because they hadn’t cancelled anything that day.
‘Tru Calling’ revolved around Med student Tru Davies, captured perfectly by the delectable Eliza Dushku. Forced to accept a job at the morgue, Tru soon discovers that dead bodies have a nasty habit of asking for her help, at which point she is transported back through time to relive the day and save that person from death.
Chris Langham’s troubles meant that beyond the sublime first series, ‘The Thick Of It’ only got two feature length specials. I doubt Iannucci would’ve gone much beyond two seasons anyway, but I can’t help but feel we were robbed of another season of greatness.
Langham wasn’t really missed from the specials, as foul-mouthed spin doctor Malcolm Tucker played by Peter Capaldi is the real star of the show, and thankfully we will get another chance to enjoy Tucker’s expletive laden rants with the release of ‘In The Loop’ next month, which, for all intents and purposes is ‘The Thick Of it’ film, which features the awesomeness that is Malcolm Tucker squaring off against none other than Tony Soprano.
For anyone who thinks politics is boring, I implore you to watch this show. More quotable than ‘Peep Show’ (it share’s writers) and doing the faux-documentary thing better than ‘The Office’ ever did, ‘The Thick of It’ isn’t just the greatest British comedy of recent years it’s the greatest British comedy period. And crucially it is available on Region 2 DVD right now – what are you fucking waiting for!?
3. ‘Tru Calling’ – It was never the best written show in the world, with at times: clunky dialogue, one dimensional characters and contrived plots but ‘Tru Calling’, upon it’s cancellation, seemed to be moving in a direction that was truly (sorry, couldn’t resist) exciting.
Ever since Jason Priestly joined the cast mid-way through the first season, the lines between good & evil, right & wrong and fate & destiny were being blurred and making for extremely compelling viewing.
The show was starting to tread down a very dark path and had it been on any other network, I may have speculated that they’d cancelled the show as they were afraid of the darker tone the show was adopting but this is FOX we’re talking about and they were probably just bored because they hadn’t cancelled anything that day.
‘Tru Calling’ revolved around Med student Tru Davies, captured perfectly by the delectable Eliza Dushku. Forced to accept a job at the morgue, Tru soon discovers that dead bodies have a nasty habit of asking for her help, at which point she is transported back through time to relive the day and save that person from death.
Praise must be heaped on Zach Galifianakis for his role as Davis, Tru’s socially retarded boss at the morgue. A comedian by nature, Galifianakis used his impeccable comic timing to great effect adding some much needed comedic relief to a show that was regularly quite dark.
Shawn Reeves was also perfectly cast as Tru’s ne’er-do-well brother Harrison. The real star of the show though was Dushku, showing a softer side than we’ve come to expect from her, but still kicking ass when she needed to.
Beyond the excellent cast, ‘Tru Calling’ deserved better from FOX for taking a risk and shaking things up, from Priestly’s introduction onwards, the show took it’s own concept and flipped it on it’s head; and while most of the first season wasn’t exactly reinventing the wheel, given how the second season was progressing up until it’s cancellation, I firmly believe that the direction the show was heading in would not only have been great to watch but totally fascinating.
2. ‘Firefly’ – Joss Whedon’s infamous space-western and part two of what I like to call ‘the FOX three’. FOX obviously wanted Whedon to give them something that emulated the commercial success of ‘Buffy’ with his follow up; he gave them so much more though, one of the most original and brilliant pieces of television of the 21st century.
‘Firefly’ was awash with deep characterisation and rich dialogue but was never given a chance by FOX who shitcanned the show after just thirteen episodes. What could have become one of the greatest serial dramas out there, shrouded in meaty, deep mythology within a bright, expansive universe was reduced to a cult show that few people beyond those ‘in the know’ are even aware of.
‘Firefly’ as it turns out could’ve been the show that made Nathan Fillion the mega-star he deserves to be, he’s a fine actor but his luck with TV has been worse than Alicia Douvall’s with plastic surgery. Most of the cast have gone on to forge good careers for themselves in other TV shows, Adam Baldwin in ‘Chuck’ and Summer Glau in ‘Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles’ most prominently.
And of course fans did eventually get the finale they wanted in the form of ‘Serenity’, a film that managed to not only please the loyal ‘Firefly’ fans but also managed to convert a whole new army of fans through Whedon’s enviable knack of combining relatable characterisation and beautifully crafted storytelling with kick ass action.
Given it’s class and the measly episode count it amassed, I think ‘Firefly’ is the cancellation that hurts the most, yes all these shows could have gone so much further but this show got so little time yet did so much, the thought of what could have been had it been given just a couple of seasons is nothing short of heartbreaking.
Shawn Reeves was also perfectly cast as Tru’s ne’er-do-well brother Harrison. The real star of the show though was Dushku, showing a softer side than we’ve come to expect from her, but still kicking ass when she needed to.
Beyond the excellent cast, ‘Tru Calling’ deserved better from FOX for taking a risk and shaking things up, from Priestly’s introduction onwards, the show took it’s own concept and flipped it on it’s head; and while most of the first season wasn’t exactly reinventing the wheel, given how the second season was progressing up until it’s cancellation, I firmly believe that the direction the show was heading in would not only have been great to watch but totally fascinating.
2. ‘Firefly’ – Joss Whedon’s infamous space-western and part two of what I like to call ‘the FOX three’. FOX obviously wanted Whedon to give them something that emulated the commercial success of ‘Buffy’ with his follow up; he gave them so much more though, one of the most original and brilliant pieces of television of the 21st century.
‘Firefly’ was awash with deep characterisation and rich dialogue but was never given a chance by FOX who shitcanned the show after just thirteen episodes. What could have become one of the greatest serial dramas out there, shrouded in meaty, deep mythology within a bright, expansive universe was reduced to a cult show that few people beyond those ‘in the know’ are even aware of.
‘Firefly’ as it turns out could’ve been the show that made Nathan Fillion the mega-star he deserves to be, he’s a fine actor but his luck with TV has been worse than Alicia Douvall’s with plastic surgery. Most of the cast have gone on to forge good careers for themselves in other TV shows, Adam Baldwin in ‘Chuck’ and Summer Glau in ‘Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles’ most prominently.
And of course fans did eventually get the finale they wanted in the form of ‘Serenity’, a film that managed to not only please the loyal ‘Firefly’ fans but also managed to convert a whole new army of fans through Whedon’s enviable knack of combining relatable characterisation and beautifully crafted storytelling with kick ass action.
Given it’s class and the measly episode count it amassed, I think ‘Firefly’ is the cancellation that hurts the most, yes all these shows could have gone so much further but this show got so little time yet did so much, the thought of what could have been had it been given just a couple of seasons is nothing short of heartbreaking.
1. ‘Arrested Development’ – the show that took the sitcom stereotype of the dysfunctional family and made it fresh, original, unique and most importantly hilariously funny. ‘Arrested Development’ is one of the, if not THE best sitcom since ‘Seinfeld’, the fact that FOX had the unmitigated cahones to cancel it is beyond the realms of human thought.In the past I’ve singled out messrs Bateman, Cera, Cross & Arnett for praise but that’s really doing the rest of the cast an awful disservice. Everything about this show was perfect, the cast, the pace, the black humour and the reams of pop culture references and intertexuality.
In what was seemingly a golden period for U.S. sitcoms, ‘Arrested Development’ and ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ came along and completely redefined the whole genre. Gone were laugh tracks and live audiences and in was humour of the blackest nature and treating viewers with respect and intelligence.
It can be argued that ‘Arrested Development’ was ahead of it’s time, given that the altogether more ‘safe’ ‘Everybody Loves Raymond’ was such a monster hit for so long doing the dysfunctional thing a lot worse than the Bluth’s ever did it, but whatever the reason why ‘Arrested Development’ never attracted more than a rabid cult following, the show still made stars of Michael Cera and Will Arnett, two men with an impeccable comedy CV between them and resurrected the career of Jason Bateman.
Rumours the show would be picked up by another network after FOX swung it’s cancellation scythe proved to be distressingly untrue and the rumblings that a ‘Serenity’-esque film was in the offing proved to be nothing more than idle hearsay… until now.
Like manna from Heaven, executive producer and show narrator Ron Howard and creator Mitchell Hurwitz have now all but confirmed that the ‘Arrested Development’ movie is on the way, with the entire regular cast rumoured to be returning for the Bluth’s big screen jaunt.
If ‘Arrested Development: The Movie’ can achieve even half the success that ‘Serenity’ did then I’ll be a happy man, because everyone deserves to see at least one episode of this unparalleled show during their lifetime and if that just happens to be on the big screen then that’s just fine.
So here’s hoping the big screen version of ‘Arrested Development’ exposes the masses to this fabulous comedy creation and by virtue of that let’s the Bluths take their rightful place in comedy infamy.
These shows may be dead but their memory will live on. Nowadays, the likes of youtube, DVD and fan fiction mean that cancellation is never the end for a show, so although the aforementioned shows are gone from our screens they will not be forgotten.
Other TeleVisual Musings This Week:
- I wondered aloud a few weeks back if/when we’d be getting Joss Whedon’s ‘Dollhouse’ on these shores, well I can wonder no more as it’s been announced that Sci-Fi has picked it up, along with the ‘Knight Rider’ remake (which I’m less excited about).
I’m pretty happy that ‘Dollhouse’ is going to go out on Sci-Fi, thinking back to how they handled season 1 of ‘Heroes’ when they had that and the respect they gave it, this is probably the best home for a new developing series. There should be no ridiculous time slots or hiatuses, now let’s just hope FOX leaves it on the air long enough for us to actually get a full season.
- ‘Chris Moyles’ Quiz Night’ began on Sunday night and while I’m not afraid to admit that I listen to and more often than not enjoy 'The Chris Moyles Show’ on Radio 1, this man is just not cut out for TV, at all.
You’d think after his failed attempts at TV in the past that he’d be damn sure that his next venture would be solid, 24-carat gold but ‘Chris Moyles’ Quiz Night’ is nothing more than a shoddy radio feature with a few C-List Celebs peppered in. If it returns beyond this series I’ll be amazed, as it is truly awful TV that has no place on my screen let alone on prime time Sunday night.
- Over on ‘Lost’ Sawyer did what I’ve wanted to do for five seasons and put Jack firmly in his place. I love what they’re doing with Sawyer this season and I hope the strong writing for the show’s best character by a mile long continues, but do we really need to revisit the whole Sawyer-Kate thing? They’re not Ross and Rachel, I’d far rather see him stay with Juliet, who now she’s past her creepy ‘Other’ role has turned into quite a lovely character.
But where the hell’s Desmond? I know he was told the Island wasn’t finished with him yet so I’m assuming we’ll be seeing him again, but he appears to be getting the Tony-‘24’ treatment at the moment.
- Speaking of Tony and ‘24’, his return this week couldn’t have been any less bland if they’d tried and went a little something like this:
Jack: Tony, I need your help.
Tony: Okay Jack, just let me finish my candlelit dinner for one and I’ll be right with you.
- ‘The Apprentice’ returned this week and I instantly took a shine to Geordie estate agent Phil. The instant dislike category was very ably filled by Heather Mills look-alike Kate who felt the need to trot out the most clichéd line ever: “I’m not a dumb blonde” – anyone who uses that phrase invariably IS a dumb blonde.
- ‘NewsWipe With Charlie Brooker’ began this week. I’ve often wondered what it would be like if Jon Stewart brought ‘The Daily Show’ across the Atlantic and what they’d make of our news media. Yes the American 24-hour networks are all certifiably insane but the faux moral outrage and blatant scaremongering displayed by our media on a regular basis has been ripe for a lampooning for a long time.
The media in this country have been given a free pass for far too long and it’s about time someone beyond me, who is wittier, funnier and cleverer, spoke out and showed the media up for the charlatans they really are. This is the closest we may ever get to a British ‘Daily Show’ so God Bless you Charlie Brooker.
- And finally, briefly turning my attention to sonic delights again: I can‘t believe how much more dark, atmospheric and downright chilling the Skream remix of La Roux’s ‘In For The Kill’ is.
The vocals and lyrics on the original just don’t seem to mesh with the, admittedly decent, beat, yet I’ve heard countless people banging on about how great this song is. Search out this remix people; you won’t believe how much better it is.
And having heard the God awful cover of Elton John’s ‘Tiny Dancer’ all over the radio recently I was wondering if anyone else gets the urge to sing Tony Danza instead of tiny dancer during the chorus? Anyone…? Ok, just me then…
Battlestar Galactica Finale ¿Buena o mala?
Nuestros amigos americanos han votado: sci-fi
¿Qué nota le pondrías tú? La mia sería de un 10 para la serie en completo.
Friday Night Lights renueva
FNL renuea por 2 temporadas más, YES!!, una muy buena noticia. Supongo que se habrá llegado a un acuerdo con DirecTV. Entonces tendremos nuevo casting, debido a las situaciones de los personajes al finalizar la 3ª Temporada. Espero que continuen el Sr. y la Sra Taylor, que son el alma de la serie.
Fuente: VayaTele
¿Qué le pasa a Heroes?
Lunes 25 Julio 2006
1x01 Genesis: 14.30 millones de espectadores
Lunes 20 Noviembre 2006
1x09 Homecoming: 15.99 millones de espectadores
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Lunes 23 Marzo 2009
3x20 Cold Snap: 6.480.000 millones de espectadores (Heroes anota su mínimo histórico en NBC)
Y vemos esto: Chuck 2x17: 6.050.000 millones de espectadores y están negociando su continuidad, cuando Heroes ya tiene temporada 4. Por qué? Ni idea.
A que se debe el bajón de Heroes? mis opiniones serían, la huelga de guionistas fue la 1ª clave, la 2ª la huida de Bryan Fuller después de acabar la 1ª temporada hacia Pushing Daisies. 3ª viajes en el tiempo sin sentido, 4ª infinitos futuros, 5ª resurrecciones-no muertes de personajes, 6ª infinitas incoherencias, 7ª actores limitados, 8ª demasiadas expectativas, 9ª 2 perdones del director hacia la audiencia, 10ª serie de las más bajadas en Internet...
Me dejé algo en el tintero?
Fuente: FormulaTv
Battlestar Galactica "Citas"
Cita: Saul Tigh (XO of the Fleet)
" 40 years in the service. 40 years. Two wars...Combat. Locked in that dungeon on New Caprica. Ellen. My gods. What about Ellen?"
Heroes S03E20 - Cold Snap "Comentario"
Ha vuelto Bryan Fuller, pero bastante descafeinado. Otra muerte de un personaje, otro secundario, les debe temblar el pulso en matar a alguien importante. Solo me quedo con la muerte de Tracy Strauss y la escena. Por otro lado no me creo lo de Rebel, un niño de 12 años que da órdenes a personas de 30 años, no me lo creo. En cuanto a Hiro, no coments. Esperaremos los capítulos siguientes.
Dollhouse S01E07 - Echoes "Promo"
Bueno, parece que Dollhouse empieza a dar frutos, con estos nuevos giros de trama espero que acelere, porque se estaba volviendo algo monótona.Battlestar Galactica - The Plan "Teaser"
Según la web de Battlestar Galactica tendremos la TvMovie "The Plan" para Noviembre 2009 y no en Junio como pensábamos. De modo que aguantaremos con Caprica hasta entonces.
Battlestar Galactica S04E20 Daybreak (Part 2) "Comentario"
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Que se puede decir de lo que no se ha dicho ya. Maravilloso, triste, entumecedor, glorioso, impactante, explosivo...Toda historia tiene un final, pero no siempre un gran final, pero aquí nos lo han dado, un tal Ronald D. Moore, en 2004 decidió hacer un remake de la famosa Battlestar Galactica, algo nuevo, algo diferente, y e aquí el resultado, una maravilla de la Sci-fi actual.
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Si alguien te pregunta, de qué va Galactica?, lo primero sería, va de unos personajes que..., si personajes, es una historia de personajes, a cada cual mejor, interpretado por unos grandísimos actores, desde el mecánico hasta el Almirante. .avi_003965920.bmp)
Este final ha dejado muy buenas impresiones a mucha gente y muy malas para otras, yo me quedo con las buenas. Toda la serie ha estado bajo la influencia de la religión y quien diga lo contrario, habrá visto otra serie. Yo iba preparado para el final, la foto de la última cena, todas las alusiones que se han hecho en este largo camino sobre los Dioses/Dios. Mucha gente se ha sentido engañada, estafada, desilusionada, y no sé porque, final mal planteado, con prisas, etc. Falta de respuestas, para nada, lo que nos han dejado es que TÚ tomes tus propias respuestas..avi_004652147.bmp)
El tema de los Ángeles, es muy grande, las habladurías dicen que no pega con BSG, así es la ciencia ficción, esa es la buena sci-fi. .avi_004914868.bmp)
En cuanto al capítulo, impactantes flashbacks, que redondean la finale de 2 partes, como eran los personajes y como acaban. Una presidenta, que lo ha dado todo, despues del fallecimiento de su familía más cercana, un Almirante que solo pensaba en tener un nave, un XO, que ha estado a todo momento al lado su mejor amigo y esposa, un Lee, cuantos cambios que nos hado este Adama, y una Starbuck, brillante, me quito el sombrero. Un Cavil que se suicida, al ver que no puede conseguir nada. Un Sam, The elation of action and reaction. And that is the kind of perfection, that I wanna be connected to. sublime. Un chief, cansado de la compañia, una Boomer y Helo felices...En resumen, me quedo con todos los personajes, todos. Me quedo con la música de Bear McCreary, me quedo con las épicas batallas de Humanos vs Cylons, y me quedo con la historia.
La pregunta sería, ¿Nos tienen que dar toda la historia masticada/detallada para entenderla? Mi respuesta es no. Cada cual que lo interprete como quiera.
Nothing but the rain.
Grab your gun and bring in the cat.
You won't be forgotten.
Damages S02E11 - London, of Course "Comentario"
El silencio que se provoca cuando estas dos personas están cara a cara, no lo he visto en ningún lado. Sencillamente fantástico. Como se está poniendo Damages, a 2 capítulos para el final y no sabemos ni por donde nos va a salir. La persona encargada de hacer los castings, esta persona sabe mucho!!En cuanto al capítulo, giros y giros de trama, me encantan. Quien diría que Claire Maddox acabaría en el despacho de Patty dándole consejos para destronar a Walter Kendrick.
Y el final es raro, ¿a quién habrá disparado Ellen?, no me creo que haya apretado el gatillo a Patty, tiene que haber algo/alguién en esa historia. ¿Ellen arrestada? volverá a decir esa frase, Get me a lawyer?. 2 semanas de infarto.
The Island
Uno de los sueños de todo seriefilo, creo yo, sería pisar la Isla de LOST. Googleando he encontrado interesantes cosas, como estas:El centro de mando del equipo de Lost en Hawaii, Hawaii Film Studio .
YMCA Camp Erdman, DharmaVille.
Waimea Valley Falls, La cascada de Lost.
Hakipu'u Valley, Pista de aterrizaje del helicoptero.
Ka'a'awa Valley, Hurley's golf.
Ka'a'awa Valley (general), La Isla.
Papa'iloa Beach La Playa.
Judd Trail, Casa Jacob.
Paradise Park, Estación Hidra.
Renaissance Ilikai Waikiki Hotel, Hotel Sun.
The Contemporary Museum at First Hawaiian Center, Industrias Pesadas Paik.
Excursiones en un hummer, hummertours.
Localizaciones de la Isla por capítulos.
En resumen, esta TODO rodado en Hawaii, menos creo yo, las escenas en Londres. ¿Nos estrellamos con un avión?
Fuente: LostVirtualTour.
Compren sus billetes...
Compren sus billetes, que el crucero Galactica hace su último viaje.
Que envidia con los americanos que les han puesto una maratón de Battlestar Galactica en toda regla.
The Bill Buchanan Memorial '24' Mid-Season Review
‘24’s resident silver fox Bill Buchanan, played for four seasons by the brilliant James Morrison, met his maker in episode 13 of season 7 Monday night. It was the first truly shocking and emotionally resonating moment of the season so it seems like an appropriate time to take a look back at the first half of what promised to be an awesome return for ‘24’ and look forward to what the second half of the season may have in store, all in memory of Bill’s life of course.While many people seem to think that season 7 has been a return to form for Jack and co. I’ve been left a little disappointed. Maybe it’s because I put the show on such a pedestal and only expect the best from what has become the highlight of my weekly TV viewing schedule but season 7 just hasn’t reached the upper echelons that previous seasons have.
Don’t get me wrong it’s had it’s moments: Tony’s return, The White House siege and Jon Voight hamming it up as the season’s main villain, but it just feels like there’s something missing.
The decision to ‘reboot’ the show could be the reason why I’ve been having a hard time getting as excited about season 7 as some quarters have. It’s good to have ‘24’ back on our screens after last year’s void, and it’s still better than 99% of the other risible wank populating our TV screens at the moment, but this season just hasn’t fired on all cylinders… yet.
We are, after all, only half way through the season and there’s been enough flashes of brilliance thus far to suggest that eventually season 7 might find it’s feet and put on a truly dazzling performance and become more Ray Quinn rather than Donal MacIntyre.
As this is a half term report in effect, school grade-wise I’d give the first half of season 7 a ‘B’ – it’s got the skills to get an ‘A’ or even an ‘A*’ but it just needs to apply itself more.
As regular readers of this blog will know, I’m appalled at how badly the return of the show’s cult hero Tony Almeida has been handled, the way the trailers and the teasers plugged this season, we were led to believe he’d be an integral part of the show upon it’s return, but several episodes in he was written out with a bogus storyline and has only been seen in a couple of fleeting appearances since.
That could all change, and with Jack now also a wanted man, the stage seems set for Tony to make his return and for fans to get the Bauer-Almeida tag-team they always wanted.
It isn’t just my unadulterated bias towards Tony that has left me feeling cold towards this season, the new recruits to the show, mainly those who hold FBI badges haven’t added anything and in fact, every time one of them appears on screen the pace of the show drops several levels.
Agent Walker has been a terrible sidekick to Jack, and news that she has been signed up for season 8 mean that my hopes of her death will not be becoming reality any time soon. Rumours that a romance with Jack may be on the cards can only spell disaster, as Jack’s numerous love interests over the years have invariably been extremely irritating, a trait Walker already has in spades. The thought of her becoming even more annoying is truly harrowing, on the plus side though, most of Jack’s love interests seem to die or leave the show rather abruptly… here’s hoping!
The intention seems to be to turn Walker into a female Jack Bauer, but Jack defying a government is not the same as Walker defying her by-the-book boss/lover Larry Moss. Moss sees everything in black and white and he is clearly the antithesis of Jack Bauer which as you can imagine makes him incredibly boring, but the contrast does make for interesting viewing and I’m holding out hope that by the end of the day Larry will have cracked and will be torturing people more violently than a Jack Bauer wet dream.
The only really engaging character added to the cast at the FBI was Sean Hillinger, played by Rhys ‘Billy Walsh’ Coiro, but it was so blatantly obvious that he was the mole that the reveal had no shock value at all. I still maintain that if the writers had been bold and made Janeane Garofalo’s character Janis the mole that would have had a serious wow factor; because other than being Chloe-lite, Janis seems to now serve no purpose whatsoever.
Speaking of Chloe, her screen time has been seriously limited this year, which has been somewhat of a shock because she’s normally featured almost as prominently as Jack. Not that I’m complaining, her surly shtick that everyone seems to love grew really old, really quick if you ask me.
But although they brought Almeida back, the producers’ manifesto for season 7 seems to have been out with the old and in with the new.
‘24’ has always had it’s share of new cast members each season; new villains, new people to find themselves in peril and usually new White House subplot players.
There was a line in one of the recent episodes from the President that Jack had served under three Presidents, yet I count: Palmer (David), Keeler, Logan, Palmer (Wayne), Daniels and now Taylor, and in addition to the new occupant of the Oval office we also get a new influx of staff each season, some good and predictably, some bad.
Yet this year with the abolition of CTU, we’ve been treated to even more new faces and while I may not be their biggest fan, sadly it seems that they’re here to stay.
The one new addition we can all get on board with is the man I’m hoping will save the season now all this African-Mugabe subtext has seemingly played out – Mr. Jon Voight.
Voight has only appeared a handful of times so far and has really only interacted with his right hand man, played by former ‘CSI: Miami’ star Rory Cochrane but he has well and truly chewed the scenery at every opportunity. The more Voight comes in to the day’s arc, we will hopefully finally have a worthy adversary for Jack after the disappointments that were Tony ‘Candyman’ Todd – whose role in the day’s events was shockingly short-lived and Colonel Dubaku - who managed to go from bad ass genocidal maniac to lovesick puppy in about an hour.Whatever it is that Voight’s Jonas Hodges has planned with his ‘shipment’ from General Juma I think we can safely say that it’s going to make Jack say “damn it!” a lot, and Bauer’s always at his best when he’s angry.
So here’s to the remaining eleven episodes (ten if you’re reading across the Atlantic) and let’s hope that Bill Buchanan didn’t give his life for nothing.
‘24’ airs Mondays on Sky1 at 9pm. It goes out the same night in the States on FOX one episode in front of the UK also at 9pm/8pm C.
Other Tele-visual Musings This Week:
- The very lovely ‘Billy Connolly: Journey to the Edge of the World’ ended last week. I’m not usually one for travel shows but in a similar vein to ‘Long Way Round’, Connolly’s voyage through the North West Passage was more of an adventure series.
Episode two of the four was the weakest, when Connolly spent most of the episode with Inuits, but the remainder of the show that focussed on the vast landscapes of Canada far surpassed my expectations of what a feel for the great country and the quaint folk that occupy it the show would give.
So kudos Billy Connolly, that’s the second show of this ilk I have become hooked on in a matter of months after the rather brilliant ‘Stephen Fry in America’ which aired late last year.
- Hats off to BBC2 for securing all five seasons of ‘The Wire’ and having the balls to show them every night of the week, it’s a shame they’re about four years late getting on board with this hell of a show, but it’s better late than never I suppose.
Showing it every night of the week in the age of digital recorders will give viewers the opportunity to experience the more-ish sensation of watching an entire box set in one sitting, without the need to fork out money, sort of.
- Over on ‘American Idol’ last week, it was announced that they were introducing ‘the judge’s save’ which will allow the judges to veto the public’s vote once during the season, if they can reach a unanimous decision – which in itself would be a miracle.
‘X Factor’ fans will be up in arms that this procedure wasn’t in place during last year’s run, then maybe their beloved Laura White or Diana Vickers could have been spared the chop, they still wouldn’t have won though.
Cowell and the panel sprang a surprise on the thirteen hopefuls announcing two of them would be sent packing, weird Puerto Rican Jorge and bland teenager Jasmine Murray were the two unlucky ‘Idol’ contestants sent home. And for some inexplicable reason Ryan Seacrest inflicted the agony of defeat on them twice, by asking the judges after both eliminations if they were invoking the judge’s save to which they coldly, and rightly, said no. If that’s going to be the set-up every week I hope they save someone early on, because it was cringe-worthy TV.
- Monday night saw the BBC2 debut of ‘Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle’ which was very funny, given those involved though, that was hardly a surprise. The show which promises to look at a different topic each week, began with books and but for am awfully misjudged blip about rappers in the middle, the material and intercut sketches were inspired.
- And I know it’s been around a while and isn’t strictly TV, although I assume there will be a video kicking about somewhere, but I’m digging Asher Roth’s ‘I Love College’ right now.
Lost S05E09 - Namaste "Comentario"
Buaaahh!! Como se disfruta la época Dharma. Es todo como más Lostiano. Empezamos, viendo a Pierre Chang dándole la mano a Jack Shepard, esto lo dice todo. Ya tenemos a los Four Six en la Isla, en 1977. Tienen a un nuevo líder, Jim LaFleur, que les guiará en esta nueva "vida", menos a Sayid, que lo tenemos de rehén, recibido en la Isla como hostil, no antes sabiendo que el hijo de Ammy es Ethan. 
Luego tenemos a Radzinsky construyendo la maqueta de la Estación Cisne, brutal!. Por otro lado, el vuelo Ajira Arways aterriza en una pista de aterrizaje (vease 3ª Temporada), este Frank lo aterriza todo, donde tenemos a Sun, Lapidus y el indiscutible Benjamin Linus, que todo parece que esten en el 2007. De nuevo tenemos susurros (serán voces de otras épocas de la Isla?), y la figura de Christian Shepard (ahora todo el mundo lo puede ver?), enseñando a Sun la foto de su marido en Dharma en 1977. (Paréntesis, cuando Locke & Company vivieron en DharmaVille, nadie vio unas fotos de Dharma donde ellos mismos estaban?). 
Y acabamos con el 2º "Nice to meet You" de esta temporada, espero que no sea el último, a nuestro joven Benjamin (brutal!).Preguntas:
- Influirán los Losties en la infancia de Ben? Sayid tomará venganza?
- Los viajes en el tiempo no me dejan pensar con claridad, cuando se estrellan en la Isla, no saben nada de Dharma porque aún no han viajado a 1977? Lo mismo que con Juliet, al "volver" a la Isla en 2001.
- Conocía Ben a Sayid en la 2ª Temporada?, es casi la misma situación Locke-Widmore. Habrá que volver a mirar el interrogatorio de Sayid a Ben (Henry Gale) en la 2ª Temporada.
PD: Me encanta darle al coco con Lost, así es Lost.
24 S07E14 "Comentario"
What the frak is going on?Es que esta temporada de 24 no va a tener bajones? Todo en mode increcendo. Pobre Jack que se sale de una y le meten en otra. Calidad pura y dura esta temporada. Y en estos momentos se le une nuestro olvidado Almeyda.
El capítulo siguiente promete como todos los que llevamos hasta ahora. Me está encantando el tema FBI, nuevo aire después de la pérdida de la CTU.Frases del dia:
¿Pero sabe qué es lo que más lamento? Es que este mundo necesite gente como yo.
Les dije y se los digo a ustedes, que es imposible sobrevalorar a Bauer.
Tiene más entrenamiento y más experiencia que cualquiera en esta habitación y eso me incluye.
Battlestar Galactica - Images HQ
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Battlestar Galactica se acaba y que mejor, que tener en nuestro Pc, de recuerdo o de wallpaper, ni más ni menos que de 332 imágenes en HQ. (Son Impresionantes)
Download: aquí.
Fuente: NewFilmDimension
Calendario Lostiano....novedades
Lost 5x09 - Namaste 18/03/09
Lost 5x10 - He's our you 25/03/09
Lost 5x11 - Whatever Hasppened, Happened 01/04/09
Lost 5x12 - Dead is Dead 8/04/09
Lost 5x13 - Some Like It Hoth 15/04/09
Paramos 1 semana (Tanto Dharma, habrá que descansar el cerebro)
Lost 5x14 - The Variable 29/04/09
Lost 5x15 - Follow The Leader 06/05/09
Lost 5x16/17 - The Incident (Part 1 & 2) 13/05/09 (FINALE)
Damages S02E11 - London, of Course "Promo"
Final de Temporada de infarto. Ellen Parsons y Patty Hewes lo están bordando esta temporada. Solamente nos quedan 3.
Battlestar Galactica S04E19 - Daybreak (Part One) "Comentario"
PD: No tendrían que haber partido la Finale en 2.
Battlestar Galactica S04E20- Daybreak (Part Two) "Promo"
AHÍ VAMOS CON EL FINAL DE BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, A DISFRUTAR COMO NIÑOS!!
Why The Long Face...? - Cheltenham Festival 2009 Special
Friday 13th March 2009. 4.30pm – Emotionally drained, worth slightly less and reflecting on what could have been; it can only be the aftermath of another Cheltenham Festival, but what led to this point…?
Day 1 - Tuesday 10th March 2009
I awoke with the sort of feverish excitement usually only experienced by Max Clifford when he sees the opportunity to exploit the worst in humanity.
The week’s coverage of the 2009 Cheltenham Festival began with Channel 4’s ‘The Morning Line’, my excitement amplified further as I saw the legend that is Derek Thompson introduce the show.
To be honest the first ‘Morning Line’ of the week was a bit weak, although Ted Walsh’s rather festive jumper and John McCririck’s Emu face did bring back memories of last year and help build the excitement further.
After months of build up and anticipation would the Cheltenham Festival live up to the hype or turn out to be a bigger anti-climax than ‘Watchmen’.
Sadly, after the exploits of the previous 2 years there were very few bookies I haven’t already opened accounts with to claim the plethora of free bets they make available during the festival to entice gullible mugs like myself into betting with them.
There are also very few aliases left for me to use in order to get round their one free bet per customer rule… There are only so many times you can use the name ‘Robert Mugabe’ before you arouse suspicion. So it looks like any gambling this year will actually be coming off my own meagre bank balance, a worrying prospect given my luck with the sport of Kings.
So how would day one of the festival unfold…?
12.30pm – Channel 4’s excellent coverage begins. The waiting for the first race is almost unbearable – God knows how the jockeys must feel!
First on the card and on the TV coverage it’s the williamhill.com Supreme Novice’s Hurdle. I’m on the favourite Cousin Vinny and the lightly-weighted Torphichen.
1.32pm and the first race is underway, the famous Cheltenham roar is deafening. Simon Holt is calling them home, hearing his voice always makes it feel like a big race.
Go Native wins the race, an ominous start to the festival for me…
Up next is the Arkle, named after the legendary horse of the same name, I’ve gone for the Paul Nicholls’ trained pair of Tatenen and I’Msingingtheblues in this race, who’ve both done me proud in the past.
Calgary Bay’s trainer Henrietta Knight is being interviewed, she’s obviously come in fancy dress as Hyacinth Bucket.
Tatenen falls a couple of fences in… This is going to be a long week…
Is there anything worse after a loss than watching a bunch of pissed Irish dickheads celebrating? My other fancy for the race, that I neglected to back, Forpadydeplasterer wins. And I’m 0 for 2.
The William Hill Trophy’s up next and I’ve gone for Nenaphur Collonges, a horse I should have backed last year when it won at the Festival, no doubt now I have backed it, he won’t win… I’ve also had a cheeky punt on last year’s Grand National hero Comply or Die, who’s at silly odds of almost 40/1.
The race begins with another false start, that’s two of the three so far hat they’ve had to call back - what’s going on today?
Nenaphur Collonges runs a place in 3rd; unfortunately I backed it to win. Comply or Die ran a good race but didn’t place as the Glen Campbell referencing Wichita Lineman leaves it very late to snatch victory on the line under an awesome ride from Champion jockey Tony McCoy.
My big bet of the day on short-priced favourite Binocular in the Champion Hurdle is looking increasingly important and increasingly worrying given my luck so far today…
3.13pm and the Champion Hurdle is about seven minutes away, you can cut the tension, in this room, with a knife.
Punjabi wins the day’s big race in a thrilling finish, he thoroughly deserved the win but it means I’m on a complete duck… The joys of the Cheltenham Festival eh? That’s me done for the day.
The last televised race though is the most unintentionally funny race of the day – The Cross Country Chase. In which the horses negotiate what looks more like someone’s garden jumping over all kinds of shrubbery – I’m just going to sit back
and try and enjoy this one, in spite of my very empty wallet.
A fine day’s coverage comes to an end and although I’m worth slightly less than I was this morning, a good first day to the week’s proceedings I would say… but what a choice of song to close out the coverage with – 'Greatest Day' by Take That. Talk about rubbing it in.
Mug’s game this horse racing lark.
I awoke with the sort of feverish excitement usually only experienced by Max Clifford when he sees the opportunity to exploit the worst in humanity.
The week’s coverage of the 2009 Cheltenham Festival began with Channel 4’s ‘The Morning Line’, my excitement amplified further as I saw the legend that is Derek Thompson introduce the show.
To be honest the first ‘Morning Line’ of the week was a bit weak, although Ted Walsh’s rather festive jumper and John McCririck’s Emu face did bring back memories of last year and help build the excitement further.
After months of build up and anticipation would the Cheltenham Festival live up to the hype or turn out to be a bigger anti-climax than ‘Watchmen’.
Sadly, after the exploits of the previous 2 years there were very few bookies I haven’t already opened accounts with to claim the plethora of free bets they make available during the festival to entice gullible mugs like myself into betting with them.
There are also very few aliases left for me to use in order to get round their one free bet per customer rule… There are only so many times you can use the name ‘Robert Mugabe’ before you arouse suspicion. So it looks like any gambling this year will actually be coming off my own meagre bank balance, a worrying prospect given my luck with the sport of Kings.
So how would day one of the festival unfold…?
12.30pm – Channel 4’s excellent coverage begins. The waiting for the first race is almost unbearable – God knows how the jockeys must feel!
First on the card and on the TV coverage it’s the williamhill.com Supreme Novice’s Hurdle. I’m on the favourite Cousin Vinny and the lightly-weighted Torphichen.
1.32pm and the first race is underway, the famous Cheltenham roar is deafening. Simon Holt is calling them home, hearing his voice always makes it feel like a big race.
Go Native wins the race, an ominous start to the festival for me…
Up next is the Arkle, named after the legendary horse of the same name, I’ve gone for the Paul Nicholls’ trained pair of Tatenen and I’Msingingtheblues in this race, who’ve both done me proud in the past.
Calgary Bay’s trainer Henrietta Knight is being interviewed, she’s obviously come in fancy dress as Hyacinth Bucket.
Tatenen falls a couple of fences in… This is going to be a long week…
Is there anything worse after a loss than watching a bunch of pissed Irish dickheads celebrating? My other fancy for the race, that I neglected to back, Forpadydeplasterer wins. And I’m 0 for 2.
The William Hill Trophy’s up next and I’ve gone for Nenaphur Collonges, a horse I should have backed last year when it won at the Festival, no doubt now I have backed it, he won’t win… I’ve also had a cheeky punt on last year’s Grand National hero Comply or Die, who’s at silly odds of almost 40/1.
The race begins with another false start, that’s two of the three so far hat they’ve had to call back - what’s going on today?
Nenaphur Collonges runs a place in 3rd; unfortunately I backed it to win. Comply or Die ran a good race but didn’t place as the Glen Campbell referencing Wichita Lineman leaves it very late to snatch victory on the line under an awesome ride from Champion jockey Tony McCoy.
My big bet of the day on short-priced favourite Binocular in the Champion Hurdle is looking increasingly important and increasingly worrying given my luck so far today…
3.13pm and the Champion Hurdle is about seven minutes away, you can cut the tension, in this room, with a knife.
Punjabi wins the day’s big race in a thrilling finish, he thoroughly deserved the win but it means I’m on a complete duck… The joys of the Cheltenham Festival eh? That’s me done for the day.
The last televised race though is the most unintentionally funny race of the day – The Cross Country Chase. In which the horses negotiate what looks more like someone’s garden jumping over all kinds of shrubbery – I’m just going to sit back
and try and enjoy this one, in spite of my very empty wallet.A fine day’s coverage comes to an end and although I’m worth slightly less than I was this morning, a good first day to the week’s proceedings I would say… but what a choice of song to close out the coverage with – 'Greatest Day' by Take That. Talk about rubbing it in.
Mug’s game this horse racing lark.
Day 2 - Wednesday 11th March 2009
Day 2 again begins with ‘The Morning Line’.
After Ted Walsh’s clothing choice yesterday, today I’ll be launching a new feature; Walsh Watch – so we can chronicle the attire worn by this fashion icon. How will he follow up Tuesday’s Christmas jumper?
Well, how else can you follow up a Christmas jumper – by dressing like Sean Connery that’s how. Today Walsh went for a black turtle neck with a grey jacket over. He also managed to commit a TV sin when his phone went off live on air, these racing types are so professional!
Derek Thompson has really been the only thing keeping ‘The Morning Line’ entertaining thus far. The coverage so far has all been a bit serious, his links from around the course were a highlight last year and his cheeky chappy persona is a constant source of humour again this year.
John McCririck’s sleazing on Irish bookie Ellen Martin continues to make my skin crawl, his attempts at flirting with her this morning were some of the most disturbing scenes I’ve seen on TV since, well, his attempts at flirting yesterday morning.
So after yesterday’s rather awful start to the week, can day 2 of the Cheltenham Festival see my luck change?
Channel 4’s coverage begins again at 12.30pm.
Alastair Down’s recap of the previous day was typically witty and gets the coverage off to a nice start.
Up first is the National Hunt Chase, I’ve gone for Can’t Buy Time and Parson’s Pistol, although after yesterday’s finger burning session I’ve rather limped in with the bets today.
Tricky Trickster wins the first, Parson’s Pistol falls near home and Can’t Buy Time trails home a weary fourth. Another ominous start…
Karabak’s up next for me in the Ballymore Novice’s Hurdle.
Karabak’s second and I’m shit out of luck again. Ruby Walsh wins it on Mikael d’Haguenet.
Up next is the RSA Chase which Denman won two years ago on his ascension to the Gold Cup crown and I’ve gone for What A Friend which is co-owned by Sir Alex Ferguson.
I’ve also had a little nibble on Massini’s Maguire @ 10/1 who’s won for me in the past, so hopefully I’ll finally get a bit of luck and pick my first winner of the Festival…
…But I won’t bank on it!
Ruby Walsh wins again on Cooldine. My run of bad luck continues. Massini’s Maguire comes in 3rd.
Up next is the day’s big one, The Queen Mother Champion Chase. With Master Minded such a long odds on shot, there’s no way he’s backable for my meagre stakes.
I decided to sit the big race of the day out and just enjoy the exhibition that the highest rated horse will no doubt put on.
There’s a nice little ‘Master Mind’ spoof before the race.
But the two false starts to the race must be worrying for Master Minded backers.
He did it though, if I’m honest, it didn’t look quite as impressive as last year but was it really ever in doubt? My pick for second Petit Robin was beaten into third by the old warhorse Well Chief, so I’m quite glad I refrained from this one. It was kind of nice to watch a race with no financial investment.
Sadly I haven’t learnt my lesson and I’m back again for The Coral Cup which is the last televised race of the day with Channel 4, and you may find this hard to believe but I actually had the winner of this race last year.
I’ve got The Polomoche as my main hope in this one and I’ve also got little bets on Lough Derg and Pierrot Lunaire which has Ruby Walsh on board – who no doubt won’t win this clusterfuck of a race after winning the last three, especially now I’ve backed him.
Ninetieth Minute wins and my duck continues into day 3, thankfully my losses for today are less than they were yesterday so I suppose that’s an improvement! But I’ll be back again tomorrow…
Day 3 – Thursday 12th March 2009
As always, ‘The Morning Line’ begins day 3 – World Hurdle Day.
John McCririck talking about how he makes love in his wellies was enough to almost bring my cereal back up.
Walsh Watch: Today Ted Walsh partnered a nice blue suit with a light blue shirt, nothing to make fun of today unfortunately.
Thankfully McCririck with his sex wellies on the wrong feet and Ellen Martin who decided to dress as Cruella De Vil for day 3 provided the laughs in the fashion department.
There was no Derek Thompson today which meant that the laughs were at a minimum but they did have Champion Hurdle winning jockey Barry Geraghty on who was quite an impressive guest booking.
The unintentional highlight of the show was Mike Cattermole interviewing a very untalkative stable hand, an interview that redefined the term getting blood from a stone.
And I just wanted to add that I’m loving the new 118 118 advert with Ray Parker Jnr.
Day 3’s coverage begins at 12.30pm. Ugh it’s Ladies Day. Fashion ‘Expert’ Marietta Doran is on the C4 team today, bringing back nightmares from last year.
The Irish have been dominating so far at the Festival so for the first I’ve gone for Irish duo Kia Kaha and Tranquil Sea.
Alastair Down’s day 2 recap was again a very dry look at the previous day’s proceedings.
Paul Nicholls takes the day’s first with Chapoturgeon, yet another ominous start to the day for me.
When you’re seething after a loss, the last thing you need is fashion tips - am I watching Trinny and Susannah or Horse Racing?
I’ve got Ballydub & Buena Vista in the next as things get increasingly desperate for me.
A nice history lesson in between races here with Jim McGrath, as he profiles Golden Miller, a horse that achieved the unbelievable feat of winning The Gold Cup and The Grand National in the same year.
Kayf Aramis wins the second and my losing streak continues. Buena Vista comes second struggling up the Cheltenham hill.
The Ryanair’s up next and therefore, so is Voy Por Ustedes. Needs must and I’ve had a considerable sum (by my standards anyway) on him at evens. If this doesn’t lead to my first winner then there’s no hope!
My third Coral account under an alias secures me another free bet and I’ve lumped it on to Punchestowns in the big one of the day The World Hurdle which is up after the Ryanair at 3.20pm.
Imperial Commander wins impressively as Voy Por jumps like a donkey. I can’t buy a break! Another bloody second!
The big one: The World Hurdle’s up next. I’ve fancied Punchestowns for this since he won for me before Christmas, hopefully he can do me proud and hand me a much needed first winner.
Kasbah Bliss from France is the hot favourite for the race though.
Ruby Walsh wins again. Big Buck’s for Nicholls, another second for me as Punchestowns is narrowly beaten into the silver medal place. Odds on favourite Kasbah Bliss is disappointing in fourth.
I’m back on Barry Geraghty for the last televised race of the day with Fingeronthepulse, who won impressively at the festival last year. A win for me here would put me up for the day, albeit very marginally. Can the third day end on a high – I won’t hold my breath.
Something Wells wins the last of the TV races and my almighty Cheltenham duck continues into Gold Cup day when surely my luck has to change, doesn’t it?
I’ve got ante-post money on both Kauto Star and Denman so it’s a big chance to claw back some of the money I’ve bled this week. So I’ll be back soldiering in to tomorrow and the last chance saloon…
Day 2 again begins with ‘The Morning Line’.
After Ted Walsh’s clothing choice yesterday, today I’ll be launching a new feature; Walsh Watch – so we can chronicle the attire worn by this fashion icon. How will he follow up Tuesday’s Christmas jumper?
Well, how else can you follow up a Christmas jumper – by dressing like Sean Connery that’s how. Today Walsh went for a black turtle neck with a grey jacket over. He also managed to commit a TV sin when his phone went off live on air, these racing types are so professional!
Derek Thompson has really been the only thing keeping ‘The Morning Line’ entertaining thus far. The coverage so far has all been a bit serious, his links from around the course were a highlight last year and his cheeky chappy persona is a constant source of humour again this year.
John McCririck’s sleazing on Irish bookie Ellen Martin continues to make my skin crawl, his attempts at flirting with her this morning were some of the most disturbing scenes I’ve seen on TV since, well, his attempts at flirting yesterday morning.
So after yesterday’s rather awful start to the week, can day 2 of the Cheltenham Festival see my luck change?
Channel 4’s coverage begins again at 12.30pm.
Alastair Down’s recap of the previous day was typically witty and gets the coverage off to a nice start.
Up first is the National Hunt Chase, I’ve gone for Can’t Buy Time and Parson’s Pistol, although after yesterday’s finger burning session I’ve rather limped in with the bets today.
Tricky Trickster wins the first, Parson’s Pistol falls near home and Can’t Buy Time trails home a weary fourth. Another ominous start…
Karabak’s up next for me in the Ballymore Novice’s Hurdle.
Karabak’s second and I’m shit out of luck again. Ruby Walsh wins it on Mikael d’Haguenet.
Up next is the RSA Chase which Denman won two years ago on his ascension to the Gold Cup crown and I’ve gone for What A Friend which is co-owned by Sir Alex Ferguson.
I’ve also had a little nibble on Massini’s Maguire @ 10/1 who’s won for me in the past, so hopefully I’ll finally get a bit of luck and pick my first winner of the Festival…
…But I won’t bank on it!
Ruby Walsh wins again on Cooldine. My run of bad luck continues. Massini’s Maguire comes in 3rd.
Up next is the day’s big one, The Queen Mother Champion Chase. With Master Minded such a long odds on shot, there’s no way he’s backable for my meagre stakes.
I decided to sit the big race of the day out and just enjoy the exhibition that the highest rated horse will no doubt put on.
There’s a nice little ‘Master Mind’ spoof before the race.
But the two false starts to the race must be worrying for Master Minded backers.
He did it though, if I’m honest, it didn’t look quite as impressive as last year but was it really ever in doubt? My pick for second Petit Robin was beaten into third by the old warhorse Well Chief, so I’m quite glad I refrained from this one. It was kind of nice to watch a race with no financial investment.
Sadly I haven’t learnt my lesson and I’m back again for The Coral Cup which is the last televised race of the day with Channel 4, and you may find this hard to believe but I actually had the winner of this race last year.
I’ve got The Polomoche as my main hope in this one and I’ve also got little bets on Lough Derg and Pierrot Lunaire which has Ruby Walsh on board – who no doubt won’t win this clusterfuck of a race after winning the last three, especially now I’ve backed him.
Ninetieth Minute wins and my duck continues into day 3, thankfully my losses for today are less than they were yesterday so I suppose that’s an improvement! But I’ll be back again tomorrow…
Day 3 – Thursday 12th March 2009
As always, ‘The Morning Line’ begins day 3 – World Hurdle Day.
John McCririck talking about how he makes love in his wellies was enough to almost bring my cereal back up.
Walsh Watch: Today Ted Walsh partnered a nice blue suit with a light blue shirt, nothing to make fun of today unfortunately.
Thankfully McCririck with his sex wellies on the wrong feet and Ellen Martin who decided to dress as Cruella De Vil for day 3 provided the laughs in the fashion department.
There was no Derek Thompson today which meant that the laughs were at a minimum but they did have Champion Hurdle winning jockey Barry Geraghty on who was quite an impressive guest booking.
The unintentional highlight of the show was Mike Cattermole interviewing a very untalkative stable hand, an interview that redefined the term getting blood from a stone.
And I just wanted to add that I’m loving the new 118 118 advert with Ray Parker Jnr.
Day 3’s coverage begins at 12.30pm. Ugh it’s Ladies Day. Fashion ‘Expert’ Marietta Doran is on the C4 team today, bringing back nightmares from last year.
The Irish have been dominating so far at the Festival so for the first I’ve gone for Irish duo Kia Kaha and Tranquil Sea.
Alastair Down’s day 2 recap was again a very dry look at the previous day’s proceedings.
Paul Nicholls takes the day’s first with Chapoturgeon, yet another ominous start to the day for me.
When you’re seething after a loss, the last thing you need is fashion tips - am I watching Trinny and Susannah or Horse Racing?
I’ve got Ballydub & Buena Vista in the next as things get increasingly desperate for me.
A nice history lesson in between races here with Jim McGrath, as he profiles Golden Miller, a horse that achieved the unbelievable feat of winning The Gold Cup and The Grand National in the same year.
Kayf Aramis wins the second and my losing streak continues. Buena Vista comes second struggling up the Cheltenham hill.
The Ryanair’s up next and therefore, so is Voy Por Ustedes. Needs must and I’ve had a considerable sum (by my standards anyway) on him at evens. If this doesn’t lead to my first winner then there’s no hope!
My third Coral account under an alias secures me another free bet and I’ve lumped it on to Punchestowns in the big one of the day The World Hurdle which is up after the Ryanair at 3.20pm.
Imperial Commander wins impressively as Voy Por jumps like a donkey. I can’t buy a break! Another bloody second!
The big one: The World Hurdle’s up next. I’ve fancied Punchestowns for this since he won for me before Christmas, hopefully he can do me proud and hand me a much needed first winner.
Kasbah Bliss from France is the hot favourite for the race though.
Ruby Walsh wins again. Big Buck’s for Nicholls, another second for me as Punchestowns is narrowly beaten into the silver medal place. Odds on favourite Kasbah Bliss is disappointing in fourth.
I’m back on Barry Geraghty for the last televised race of the day with Fingeronthepulse, who won impressively at the festival last year. A win for me here would put me up for the day, albeit very marginally. Can the third day end on a high – I won’t hold my breath.
Something Wells wins the last of the TV races and my almighty Cheltenham duck continues into Gold Cup day when surely my luck has to change, doesn’t it?
I’ve got ante-post money on both Kauto Star and Denman so it’s a big chance to claw back some of the money I’ve bled this week. So I’ll be back soldiering in to tomorrow and the last chance saloon…
Day 4 – Friday 13th March 2009
Will Friday 13th prove to be lucky for me? Well it sure as shit can’t be anymore unlucky than Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Actually I say unlucky, the reason I’ve had a poor week isn’t anything to do with bad luck, it’s down to the canny ability I have to pick horses that don’t win!
All told it’s been a very enjoyable Festival this year, if slightly costly and this is what it’s all about: Gold Cup day. If we’re honest, the rest of Friday’s racing is pretty poor but the sheer spectacle of the Gold Cup is enough alone to make this the most thrilling day of the meeting.
The day kicked off with ‘The Morning Line’ on Channel 4, who had Christian Williams, rider of Neptune Collonges in the Gold Cup, as a guest, who looked, and acted, like he’d just come off tour with Oasis. Sadly there was no Derek Thompson again, which ended ‘The Morning Line’ in an appropriately lacklustre style. All week the show has been disappointingly dull and really hasn’t been worth getting out of bed for.
Walsh Watch: Since Walsh Watch began on Wednesday, I’ve wondered if Ted Walsh has somehow subconsciously picked up on this feature as his wardrobe choices have improved gradually as the week has gone on. Today he looked very smart pairing a suit with a shirt and hideous tie. The Connery look has still been my favourite of the week though.
John McCririck in his ridiculous Channel 4 tea cosy hat referred to Ice Cube as Cool Ice when discussing the possible omen that shitty movie ‘Barbershop’ is on ITV tonight and The Queen’s Gold Cup horse is also named Barbershop. What a prize tit John McCririck is, without him and Thomo though, Channel 4’s coverage would be almost as dull as the BBC’s.
Channel 4’s Gold Cup day coverage begins at 12.30pm and they’re already all over the fact that the Royals are at Prestbury Park today, if Barbershop wins it’s going to be unbearable.
They’ve just aired a nice interview with Paul Nicholls, who you can’t help but like, even when he manages to screw me over.
A highlight of the week has been the Paddy Power ads with Richard Dunwoody, but their new one with Carlton Palmer in the bath is even better!
A definite lowlight of the week has been Alastair Down’s ‘a la carte’ interview with Martin Pipe, Ted Walsh and Mick Fitzgerald, it’s been boring, uninteresting and self-indulgent and we’ve been exposed to an instalment each day of the Festival.
The Triumph Hurdle’s up first and I’m on Walkon, who’s been backed into favourite, that doesn’t seem to have meant much this week though!
The Cheltenham roar sets them on their way for the first race of the Festival’s last day.
Fucking second again! Walkon battles Zaynar all the way up the hill, but ultimately doesn’t get there. Zaynar had been my ante-post pick for this race, I should’ve stuck to my convictions…
For what seems like the millionth time this week, I’ve backed Champion jockey Tony McCoy in the next on Sunnyhillboy.
Ruby Walsh wins again! This time on 20-1 shot American Trilogy, I’ll forgive him if he does the business on Kauto Star later though. McCoy’s nowhere to be seen.
Perhaps a race too late, I’ve backed Ruby Walsh and Nicholls in the next with the favourite Pride of Dulcote, the horse that claimed Walsh’s spleen late last year.
The Albert Bartlett Novice’s Hurdle is up now, come on Ruby! Forty minutes and counting until the Gold Cup…
Second again as Weapon’s Amnesty wins, if I’d been backing each way this week, I’d be quids in.
My bank balance and pride is left hinging on the Gold Cup. Can Denman or Kauto Star save my Festival? We’ll soon find out…
The build-up to the race has been excellent, but the wait is agonising… This promises to be an absolute blinder of a race, regardless of financial interests.
KAUTO!
Ruby does me proud as Kauto Star makes history. Denman comes home second with a brilliant run. Finally a winner’s enclosure moment I can enjoy!
Talk about saving the best for last, I avoid a complete duck for the week with my old mate Kauto Star saving me. Even when I don’t have money on him, I cheer that horse home maniacally, there’s a serious love affair there.
I couldn’t be happier, what an end to the week!
I’m glad they gave a recap of the race, it was all a blur! Second viewing confirms that it never looked in doubt for Kauto Star.
I almost forgot there was another race on TV today but the Foxhunter Chase rounds out the Channel 4 coverage.
I’m still recovering from the excitement of the Gold Cup so I’m sitting out this one as a mere spectator!
Cappa Bleu takes the last TV race of the day.
And that’s it, another Cheltenham Festival draws to a close and what a week it’s been. All the losses and lows of the week were forgotten about when Kauto Star
pinged that last fence and made history by reclaiming his Gold Cup crown.
So as they start mopping up the spilt Guiness and sweeping up the losing betting slips down at Prestbury Park, I can get back to my normal life and reacquaint myself with fresh air and the people of the world who aren’t associated with Channel 4 Racing coverage…
…Until next year at least.
Will Friday 13th prove to be lucky for me? Well it sure as shit can’t be anymore unlucky than Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Actually I say unlucky, the reason I’ve had a poor week isn’t anything to do with bad luck, it’s down to the canny ability I have to pick horses that don’t win!
All told it’s been a very enjoyable Festival this year, if slightly costly and this is what it’s all about: Gold Cup day. If we’re honest, the rest of Friday’s racing is pretty poor but the sheer spectacle of the Gold Cup is enough alone to make this the most thrilling day of the meeting.
The day kicked off with ‘The Morning Line’ on Channel 4, who had Christian Williams, rider of Neptune Collonges in the Gold Cup, as a guest, who looked, and acted, like he’d just come off tour with Oasis. Sadly there was no Derek Thompson again, which ended ‘The Morning Line’ in an appropriately lacklustre style. All week the show has been disappointingly dull and really hasn’t been worth getting out of bed for.
Walsh Watch: Since Walsh Watch began on Wednesday, I’ve wondered if Ted Walsh has somehow subconsciously picked up on this feature as his wardrobe choices have improved gradually as the week has gone on. Today he looked very smart pairing a suit with a shirt and hideous tie. The Connery look has still been my favourite of the week though.
John McCririck in his ridiculous Channel 4 tea cosy hat referred to Ice Cube as Cool Ice when discussing the possible omen that shitty movie ‘Barbershop’ is on ITV tonight and The Queen’s Gold Cup horse is also named Barbershop. What a prize tit John McCririck is, without him and Thomo though, Channel 4’s coverage would be almost as dull as the BBC’s.
Channel 4’s Gold Cup day coverage begins at 12.30pm and they’re already all over the fact that the Royals are at Prestbury Park today, if Barbershop wins it’s going to be unbearable.
They’ve just aired a nice interview with Paul Nicholls, who you can’t help but like, even when he manages to screw me over.
A highlight of the week has been the Paddy Power ads with Richard Dunwoody, but their new one with Carlton Palmer in the bath is even better!
A definite lowlight of the week has been Alastair Down’s ‘a la carte’ interview with Martin Pipe, Ted Walsh and Mick Fitzgerald, it’s been boring, uninteresting and self-indulgent and we’ve been exposed to an instalment each day of the Festival.
The Triumph Hurdle’s up first and I’m on Walkon, who’s been backed into favourite, that doesn’t seem to have meant much this week though!
The Cheltenham roar sets them on their way for the first race of the Festival’s last day.
Fucking second again! Walkon battles Zaynar all the way up the hill, but ultimately doesn’t get there. Zaynar had been my ante-post pick for this race, I should’ve stuck to my convictions…
For what seems like the millionth time this week, I’ve backed Champion jockey Tony McCoy in the next on Sunnyhillboy.
Ruby Walsh wins again! This time on 20-1 shot American Trilogy, I’ll forgive him if he does the business on Kauto Star later though. McCoy’s nowhere to be seen.
Perhaps a race too late, I’ve backed Ruby Walsh and Nicholls in the next with the favourite Pride of Dulcote, the horse that claimed Walsh’s spleen late last year.
The Albert Bartlett Novice’s Hurdle is up now, come on Ruby! Forty minutes and counting until the Gold Cup…
Second again as Weapon’s Amnesty wins, if I’d been backing each way this week, I’d be quids in.
My bank balance and pride is left hinging on the Gold Cup. Can Denman or Kauto Star save my Festival? We’ll soon find out…
The build-up to the race has been excellent, but the wait is agonising… This promises to be an absolute blinder of a race, regardless of financial interests.
KAUTO!
Ruby does me proud as Kauto Star makes history. Denman comes home second with a brilliant run. Finally a winner’s enclosure moment I can enjoy!
Talk about saving the best for last, I avoid a complete duck for the week with my old mate Kauto Star saving me. Even when I don’t have money on him, I cheer that horse home maniacally, there’s a serious love affair there.
I couldn’t be happier, what an end to the week!
I’m glad they gave a recap of the race, it was all a blur! Second viewing confirms that it never looked in doubt for Kauto Star.
I almost forgot there was another race on TV today but the Foxhunter Chase rounds out the Channel 4 coverage.
I’m still recovering from the excitement of the Gold Cup so I’m sitting out this one as a mere spectator!
Cappa Bleu takes the last TV race of the day.
And that’s it, another Cheltenham Festival draws to a close and what a week it’s been. All the losses and lows of the week were forgotten about when Kauto Star
pinged that last fence and made history by reclaiming his Gold Cup crown.So as they start mopping up the spilt Guiness and sweeping up the losing betting slips down at Prestbury Park, I can get back to my normal life and reacquaint myself with fresh air and the people of the world who aren’t associated with Channel 4 Racing coverage…
…Until next year at least.
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