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I love chatting to FRANK the anti-drugs MSN chat bot.

Andy: Open the pod bay doors FRANK
FRANK (talktofrankbot@hotmail.co.uk): I’m sorry Andy, I’m afraid I can’t do that.

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FRANK MSN Chatbot
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With little time and money spare we need the help of critics or reviewers to help us in our choices. As a single male with a cynical slant and a hatred of being “sold” anything I tend to take comfort with critics who get rather angry in their specialist area. Here are a few I really quite like.

BBC Five Live - Mark Kermode film reviews
Kermode loves film and is the BBC’s film reviewer who appears on Newsnight review and The Culture show from time to time. His reviews are, I have to say, spot on for my liking. Of cause not everybody will agree but I like this chap for his balls in lambasting a film. His famous rants against Pirates of the Carabiean and Little Man have almost become legendary.

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Kermode film page / podcast links
Wikipedia entry

4Later - Vids
Before channel four filled its nights with quiz channels or 24 hour CCTV footage of some wankers in a house 4later aired and was a gem of my pubescent years. It had odd animations and tv shows which ran on a shoe string. One of the best was Vids, a video review show which looked at the latest VHS releases. Starring Stef and Nigel as two Scottish video shop owners their reviews took place during comedy sketches which I have yet to see repeated. A classic which could make a fantastic come back on the net if somebody could track them down.

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Vids fansite, long since dead.
IMDb information
Google cache of old 4later site.
Dog-Sized-Cat. Nigel’s new site with links to Vids episodes.
4later fansite.

Internets - Angry Nintendo Nerd (aka angry video game nerd)
This chap just makes me laugh out loud. His age is about mine, his subject matter old video games and his anger is constantly at about 10.

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Angry Video Game Nerd Home page
Youtube videos

BBC Four - Screenwipe
The artsy BBC 4 hosting a program where the hosts states “an undercover camera show that filmed children in restaurants and calling them c**ts, thats a show I would watch” has to be worth a peek. I missed it up until now and have only caught up thanks to youtube and some chap pirating them. I would basically describe this show as like ITV’s TV burp, but funny. Plus any show that hires fat-pie.com and Adam Buxton has to get my vote. Classic.

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BBC Four Screenwipe page
Loads of “clips” uploaded to youtube

I am guilty of mass murder. A flying bug genocide of epic proportions. The front of my car is caked in half a summers worth of late beasties that went out with a bang and now are sticking around for ever more. All the elbow grease in the world won’t shift those blighters. Might have to tempt some sort of mammal or a collection of children to lick them off without damaging the paint work.

Or I could wash it again …

“Control Alt Chicken� is a new, download only, geek cookery show. The first episode is up for download over at revision3. Its rather scary how bad they are at cooking, but for a first episode which is free and pushing the boundaries of Internet tv its well worth a peek.

Last night I went to the pub for a few jars of orange squash and to witness some music entertainment. Fun was had by all, but whilst sporting a “Night of the Living Dead� (IMDB) T-shirt I was spotted by a fellow zombie flick lover. She not only loves Zombie flicks but has also produced a wonderfully funny short film about the living dead and killer nuns. For a student film I was actually amazed by how much I laughed at this.

If the idea of a student film about zombies puts you off, trust me its worth it just for the line “God damn pathetic catholic issue guns�. You can watch “Killer Nuns And The Zombies From Channel 6� at Studentfilms.com.

I just found this sitting in my spam box and thought it was wonderful. I have no idea what it is selling.

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