sorry i know these kind of tweets are really annoying but i’m rewatching the Newsroom and it’s so damn fucking goddamn good and then you go online and there are all these snipey articles about why it didn’t work and 100% the only failing component of that show was its audience

we’re all stupid for not appreciating it more

after 9 years of researching for QI the one fact I can't get my head around is that this symbol DOES NOT MEAN THE PRODUCT IS RECYCLABLE

it's some greenwashing bullshit that companies can pay to put on their packaging and say they contributed to european recycling efforts i have never ONCE seen that explained on any packaging and it's so painfully obvious that companies use it as a loophole knowing that people will glance at it and not know any better.

HOW IS THAT ALLOWED

should I pay £15.99 to rent SCOOB!, the latest venture in the Scooby Doo franchise yes this is a cry for help

why does this look like a rom com i would absolutely watch Notting ill

my masterpiece unveiled:

“Painting”
or
“The Agony Of Inspiration In The Confines Of A Godless Infinity”

Oil on Canvas, 2020

https://twitter.com/alexbell/status/1264207981312462850

This piece uses natural light and warped perspective to throw the human creative instinct into harsh relief, forcing introspection into the metaphysical nature of its subjects, the viewer and art itself.

they should do an Extra Slice type after show for the queens speeches and show us the bloopers and stuff

call it The More-narchy or something

https://twitter.com/alexbell/status/1258865687260549121

get some ladies in waiting on as guests maybe

and they all show off a special skill like juggling or something

AMAZON DEMO VIDEO DIRECTOR: ok so we're showcasing the laundry baskets we sell, we just need to film you filling one with clothe-

TALENT: aha i *think* i know how laundry baskets work thank you very much, let's go for a take shall we? EXECS: ok so the video was a disaster but at least we've got the graphics team making some pictures of the laundry baskets in situ, very natural and normal places that people would put them

holy sweet jesus mary mother of god jack just caught the BIGGEST spider i have ever seen outside of a zoo swear to god it looks like something out of the jim henson character workshop

he’s gone to release it outside but don’t worry it won’t fit in your house unless you’ve got double doors

hey question twitter

can you think of a fictional protagonist, comedy or otherwise, who is as universally disliked in their universe as Hyacinth Bucket ie, their number one character trait is that they’re UNBEARABLE

the perfect fictional universe doesn’t exis-

saw @coopdloop on the way into work today and as I said HI JAME- I full on slapstick walked into a metal pole and started bleeding heavily from my face

how’s everyone else’s morning going it’s ok though I don’t think I’m concussed or anything

we are staying in a Winchester Mystery Ski Lodge

features inc. a toilet against a door, a shower bath for headless people and this baffling arrangement of doubling-back corridors that’s not a photo mashup btw

that is one continuous panorama o.O

it takes Tower Bridge 90 seconds to get fully erect, to 87 degrees

the record is 64 times in one day

but it doesn’t get it up as much as it used to :( MORE TOWER BRIDGE FACTS

the bastules only open as much as is needed to let each boat through, to preserve the mechanisms

except for when the Queen sails through, it always opens up fully because she is a 𝒸𝓁𝒶𝓈𝓈𝓎 𝓁𝒶𝒹𝓎 and needs her space

script idea: a How It’s Made video for ‘How It’s Made’ videos

***

NARRATOR: Everybody watches ‘How It’s Made’ videos - but how are those ‘How It’s Made’ videos made?

First, a production assistant approaches a product manufacturer with a request to film in their factory Requests that do cannot be fitted into the filming schedule are removed from the roster and kept for later series

#sexyfacttime

Netflix (obviously) weren’t allowed to film The Two Popes inside the real Sistine Chapel so the set designers built a replica in a sound stage - exactly the same in every way, except 2 inches bigger.

latimes.com/entertainment-… imagine being a set painter and getting landed with that commission lol

Christmas dinner 2019 finally achieved dream of a gravy train making stops down the table and from gravy’s POV

hi question for @theJeremyVine
if you die in virtual reality swingometer do you die in real life or do you just get respawned back into central lobby also i heard if you run really hard at the wall in the virtual commons chamber you can get through to the weather map is that true

*Neil Buchanan rips his television off the wall and screams with fury. Hands shaking, he pours himself a drink: one part whiskey, two parts PVA glue.

in a darkened corner, The Head cowers silently, in terror and apprehension of the rage to come*

https://twitter.com/BBC/status/1197802154947420160

hours later, haggard and drunk, Buchanan pulls up in his rusty van outside his dark abandoned studio

he makes his way across the dusty set, stumbling through the oversized set pieces that still lurk in the gloom, once so gaudy and cheerful, now grimy and dilapidated

wow The Mandalorian really is classic Star Wars in as much as I’m 20 minutes in and have yet to see a single woman onscreen OH NEVER MIND

apparently THIS is a female

guess who made a friend at Paramount this is where they filmed the episode of F•R•I•E•N•D•S where joey and chandler lose the baby

can confirm it’s pretty damn big these are the sound effects buttons you press to make the rocket noises