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Why ‘Total Wipeout’ Series 2 is Peak Light Entertainment

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Why ‘Total Wipeout’ Series 2 is Peak Light Entertainment We all have those nostalgic TV shows. Those shows that define our formative years, and were maybe some of the first media properties we ever got “into”. If you're a cartoon fan maybe it was ‘Ed, Edd, and Eddy’, ‘Ren and Stimpy’, ‘Courage’, or for my friends, things like ‘Ben 10’, ‘Chowder’, ‘Regular Show’, or ‘Fosters Home…’. If live action is more your thing, maybe you watched classic CBBC shows like ‘Tracy Beaker’, ‘The 4 O’Clock Club’, ‘Sam and Mark’, ‘Trapped!’ or many others. For me though, the apex of entertainment TV for me from about the ages of 6 to 10, was the Saturday night, BBC type gameshow. Think 6pm, prime family entertainment. They might have been absolutely preposterous in some cases with their premises, but I gravitated to them like a moth to a flame. It’s a love I’m actually proud to say I still hold to this day, with my enjoyment of the joyfully ridiculous ‘First and Last’ presented by comedian Jason Manfo...

A Guide to Great Live Albums (Part 4 of 4)

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Hello Everyone! It's me again, back to deliver you a mammoth diatribe on something music or comically related, as is customary with me. I know what you're thinking though "where the fuck are the first 3 parts?" Good question. Well, as you may have seen in my update post last September, I started posting my articles on Soundsphere.com with the kind permission of the editor. However, I recently decided I'd start posting on my personal channels again, whether it's on here, or finally uploading to my YouTube channel again, in a much more casual and fun way. So, if you'd like to read parts 1 through 3, you can do so here . I the meantime, join me as I give you some of my last, most recent examples of utterly brilliant live recordings. Believe me, these are absolutely deserving of the biblical word vomit coming your way. Gathered in Their Masses - Rod Laver Arena, Australia, 2013 (Black Sabbath) It should be relatively uncontroversial, I think, to say that Blac...