Deepbreathsigh is right as a historical matter but it’s not true any more. Few country houses are still occupied exclusively by nobility, most of them got sold off as private houses to rich plebs, converted to hotels, left to the National Trust for public visits (although in some cases the NT agreed to let the family…

Then the rock star dies of an overdose and the house gets left to the National Trust. The next series is just about the running of a National Trust tearoom and gift shop. “We’re nearly out of artisanal marmalade, Gertrude!”

IT’S REAL

I fully expect Maximum Security to be given a Presidential Medal of Freedom nominated as Secretary of Homeland Security within the next week or so.

“There are some Tories who claim to want a no deal Brexit, but I’m almost SURE that’s just posturing to try to look tough”

The lemon is in play.

Gap

Mind the

WHISKY!

Read this article and see whether it sounds like your kind thing: https://tv.avclub.com/the-middleman-died-too-soon-only-to-live-on-like-a-tr-1798234454

ART CRAWL!

As if the world didn’t have enough shitty movies already, now we’re trying to summon new shitty movies into existence like the lamest tulpa ever.

For an actual cremation calamity, rather than one to do with the ashes, look to Iain Banks’ book (and the BBC TV adaptation of it) The Crow Road. It begins with the immortal line “It was the day my grandmother exploded”. Somebody had forgotten to remove said grandmother’s pacemaker...

In the absence of Christopher Lee and Iain Richardson, I approve this casting.

It’s REAL!

3 could also be crotchety (esp with the Brig) although tended more to haughty.

Other galactic currencies are no more useful. The Altairian Dollar has recently collapsed, and the Flanian Pobble Bead is only exchangable for other Flanian Pobble Beads.

Morris Minor and the Majors may be long (and justly) forgotten, but their lead singer, the comedian Tony Hawks (not the skateboarder), is still going strong, especially for his memorable turns on Radio 4 comedy panel game I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue. Here he is singing the Smiths’ Girlfriend in a Coma to the tune of…

If you want more writing on OC from Gawkmodovision-adjacent sites, the AVClub’s short-lived gaming spinoff Gameological did a brief series on British Game Shows, concluding with a wrap-up that includes a short mention of OC, and lots of discussion of it in the comments (including from then-Question Editor David J.…