Saturday 14 August 2010

Look Around You!


Look around you. Look around you! Sorry, didn't mean to extend the histrionics. But. Look around you. Do you know what you're looking for?

If you're at all like me, you might be saying something like, Uh - gee, Thomas; where's the Gary Numan or Depeche Mode or Kajagoogoo? And that would, my friends, be a very good question. (On the QT: a small essay on a-ha's "Take On Me" is in the works, and will be followed up by "The Sun Always Shines On TV." Heads up!)

But we here at SDUFTL do quite like the British comedies as of late, and the new(ish) series Look Around You is our new favorite. Remember the scientific films you had to endur during your chemistry, life sciences, social studies, and *gasp* sex ed classes? These kindly gentlemen, Robert Popper and Peter Serafinowicz are here to remind you that they were just as creepy, boring, and stultifyingly awful as you remember!

Season #1 was just made available here in the US; maybe you'd like to buy it. But don't take my word for it - I'm sure you've always wished to know the finer points about, say, SULPHUR. In the following video, we learn a few things:

1. Its magnetic qualities.
2. What happens if you mix it with Champagne.
3. I'M COUNTING THE FUCKING MATCHES!

So there you go. Enjoy. Write the results down in your copy book.


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