Sunday, March 16, 2008
HAND RELIEF 2
The Sport Relief weekend continues, and is set to carry on into the next decade.
Today, BBC1 featured Sport Relief Mile, a programme based on countrywide mile long fundraising runs.
The programme lasted for three and a half hours.
Even a centenarian one legged tortoise could complete a mile race in less than three and a half hours.
In fact, Pinta Island tortoise Lonesome George (the last survivor of his species, and estimated to be at least sixty years old) completed the mile today on one of the Galapagos Islands in a personal best time of 17:32 minutes.
George: fast off the marks
Later, BBC 1 continued with the interminable charideethon coverage in the form of Antique Roadshow Sport Relief Special (if you don't believe me, look it up in your TV guide). The highlight of this was Dishy Michael Aspel attempting to complete an It's A Knockout style obstacle course carrying a Victorian tureen in one hand and a Ming vase in the other, while balancing a miniature of a Turner seascape on his head. Commentary was provided by Stuart Hall and there were *hilarious* consequences.
Today, BBC1 featured Sport Relief Mile, a programme based on countrywide mile long fundraising runs.
The programme lasted for three and a half hours.
Even a centenarian one legged tortoise could complete a mile race in less than three and a half hours.
In fact, Pinta Island tortoise Lonesome George (the last survivor of his species, and estimated to be at least sixty years old) completed the mile today on one of the Galapagos Islands in a personal best time of 17:32 minutes.
George: fast off the marks
Later, BBC 1 continued with the interminable charideethon coverage in the form of Antique Roadshow Sport Relief Special (if you don't believe me, look it up in your TV guide). The highlight of this was Dishy Michael Aspel attempting to complete an It's A Knockout style obstacle course carrying a Victorian tureen in one hand and a Ming vase in the other, while balancing a miniature of a Turner seascape on his head. Commentary was provided by Stuart Hall and there were *hilarious* consequences.
Labels: Alan Shearer grew a beard or something, charidee, Stuart Hall, tortoises
Saturday, March 15, 2008
HAND RELIEF
Three aspects of the weekend's charidee marathon ...
On Radio One yesterday, Edith Bowman praised everyone who had "GOT OFF THEIR BACKSIDES TO DO SOMETHING FOR SPORT RELIEF". Fair warms the cockles of the heart. I hope Edith GOT OFF HER BACKSIDE TO DO SOMETHING FOR SPORT RELIEF even if she is up the duff.
From one of the West Ham United forums: "What's this rubbish Sport Relief? Alan Shearer grew a beard or something." "Alan Shearer grew a beard or something" sums up Sport Relief as well as anything, and is one of the best lines I've seen in print for some time.
Finally, this morning the Sport Relief fundraisers were out in force at the entrance of Sainsbury's. They were accompanied by a Sainsbury's employee chugging along on an exercise bike to This Old House by Shakin' Stevens. Unless this was BBC 3 filming a zany new sketch series.
Labels: Alan Shearer grew a beard or something, charidee, Shakin' Stevens
