“Ed Truck. Yuck. Ed Truck was the manager before me. Horrible. He hated fun. It was like, “Oh, Ed Truck is walking toward us, so stop having fun. Start pretending to do work.” What a jerk! He’s You know what? I swore to myself that if I ever got to walk around the room as manager, people would laugh when they saw me coming and would applaud as I walked away.”
The inimitable Michael Scott (Steve Carell) in the critically acclaimed The Office (2005 – 2013).
Perhaps even people you like and admire immensely can make you see the World in ways you would rather not.
Taken from the much acclaimed fantasy novel Piranesi (2020) by Susanna Clarke.
“I wish there was a way to know you were in the good old days before you actually left them.”
Andy Bernard (Ed Helms) in the much acclaimed American mockumentary series The Office (2005 – 2013).
Taken in Tequila, in the Mexican state of Jalisco. While it is famous for a certain type of alcoholic drink, of course, it’s also a pretty little town too.
It’s flown by so fast, but it really has been 9 years since I set up the blog. I just wanted to thank you for being such a great readership. You are the awesome ones. And to add that I will be posting more soon. I’ve been reading plenty and have lots of travel photos too.
Another wonderful cartoon by the fantastic Liz Climo. You can find more of her cartoons on her homepage.
Rear Admiral: The end is inevitable, Maverick. Your kind is headed for extinction.
Maverick: Maybe so, sir. But not today.
Ed Harris and Tom Cruise in the sensational Top Gun: Maverick (2022), a long-awaited sequel to the hugely popular Top Gun (1986).
I’m very good at the past. It’s the present I can’t understand.
Taken from the novel High Fidelity (1995) by British writer Nick Hornby. Told in a stream of consciousness, it tells of the main character’s struggle to cope with a break up and how it relates to his life overall. I read it years ago but it was very interesting rereading it over 20 years later.
Milton Berle: Now, just a minute please. I have been a successful comedian half of my life
Statler & Waldorf: So how come we got this half?
American actor and comedian Milton Berle and the heckling muppets Statler and Waldorf. Known as ‘Mr Television’, Berle had two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and was affectionately lampooned in this memorable 1977 scene.
Jonathan Creek: I get the feeling it didn’t quite live up to expectations.
Maddie Magellan: If Steve Harrison and Martin Ford ever get out of here alive, it’ll be a miracle.
Alan Davies and Caroline Quentin in the mystery crime comedy drama Jonathan Creek (1994 – 2016).
Alex Raphael 