Everyone’s a critic
If you put “wanton self-indulgence” into Google it’ll probably come up with this post. So if you have anything better to do, please carry on…
That said… (more…)
WHSmith tease
This is a teaser for a sitcom I’ve written about a man who loses his memory in a car crash outside WHSmith. Not sure what’s happening with it yet but if it does get picked up you can be sure I’ll bang on about it endlessly on this site…
My Yiddishe Mother Tongue
Sholem-aleykhem! Which is Yiddish for hello…
Not really a video this, but a couple of extracts from a documentary I did for Radio 4 about my mother’s parents – a Yiddish playwright and actress – and my general obsession with the language and culture of Yiddish.
First extract is where I take my mother back to the site of the Grand Palais Yiddish theatre in the East End of London where my grandmother was an actress and my grandfather a playwright.
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The second is part of an interview about Yiddish with former head of ITV Michael Grade, sharing a couple of his favourite insults.
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Want a bit more Yiddish? Well, here’s a link to an article I wrote for the Jewish Chronicle…
And, whilst we’re at it, here’s a nice review from the Guardian that I’m posting here so my family can kvell, which means glow with pride. In a Jewish way…
Mr Bean judo class
Some dodgy German posted some of the Mr Bean I did on youtube, taking care not to leave in the punchline or the bit at the start where I showed off my top judo skills throwing a couple of blokes about. Still, you get to learn the German for “One deep bow and then the throw”…
Armando Iannucci Shows: Dinner Party
Not strictly a video of me but something I directed for The Armando Iannucci Shows that were on Channel 4 back in the day. He’s a funny guy. Could go places…
