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Camberwick Green

If you loved Life on Mars, and can remember Camberwick Green, you'll like this:

Going Bananas!

Good news! It's Tuesday and it's not raining!

Actually, that's not the good news: The good news is that The Banana Splits are making a comeback. Now that's probably not news to people in the US, but the fact that BBC news are running the story makes you wonder if it will be appearing on the BBC soon – they used to show it all those years ago. It had that psychedelic logo which was "stolen" by Ben & Jerry's (includes interview with Bingo). 

The classic children's tv show had the memorable theme tune, The Tra La La Song, which always used to echo around the corridors at school. Although it seems a bit tame compared with the better version by the Dickies – see below and play loud!

Monkey Magic

If you remember the series on BBC tv back in the ’80s called Monkey, then you'll love the BBC sports trailer for the Beijing Olympics. Illustrated by Jamie Hewlett, the co-creator (with Alan Martin) of Tank Girl and the illustrator of the Gorillaz. The music is by Damon Albarn, also of Gorillaz fame.

There's more at the BBC’s Monkey Olympics site.

Via CR blog.

The stars of New York

I've been in the office for the past couple of days. Back down to earth.

I went to see the live recording of the Daily Show with Jon Stewart last night with a colleague from work. He had managed to procure a couple of VIP passes for the show. We managed to get to the studio in time only to wait for about 50 minutes in the anteroom of the tv studio. Once in, we were entertained by a comedian named Q. Very funny. Typically, when he asked if there were any international visitors in the studio, half a dozen people put their hands up. He picked on one. He was from Buffalo. Then another, she was from Pennsylvania. Don't they know about the rest of the world?

Then they told us who the guest on the show was that evening. Uma Thurman!

She was there to promote her new film The Life Before Her Eye, but ended up talking about soft hands and cooking. She was taller than I expected and very down to earth. No pretensions, no airs and graces. Just a normal person who happens to be a major film star!

I forgot to mention, the previous evening I had seen Orlando Bloom filming in a pub I used to frequent on Bleecker Street. Two film stars in two days. Not bad.

After, we managed to sample some of the delights of an ale house down in Soho.

This morning I went to buy a copy of New York Magazine. The vendor put it in a bag for me. On the bag was the I love New York logo. I wonder if New Yorkers realise that these two iconic New York items are connected. The magazine masthead and the heart logo were designed by Milton Glaser.

I'm off to the airport soon to fly home.