Instead of devising new ways to come last in the Eurovision Song Contest, RTE should be getting on to the folk at www.eyebrowy.com and finding out how much moolah they need to turn their web exploits into a TV series.
Equal parts Spitting Image, Beavis & Butt-Head and Father Ted, the site excels in ripping the piss out of such Dublin scenesters as Glen Hansard, Damien Rice, Ollie Cole, Paul Noonan, Mark Geary and Paddy Casey. The impersonations are spot-on and, in The Thrills’ case, so mortifying that the only course of action left to them is to move to Tibet and spend the rest of their days as solitary yak farmers (I wonder if they’re regretting the “ooooh!” bit in ‘Corey Haim’ yet?).
Anyway, they’ve just unleashed their latest animated epic, Major Leagues, which finds O’Toole and his Phelan’s chums rocking ‘em in the Road Records aisles.
Eyebrowy don’t just do indie though, with the Geldof and OC send-ups demonstrating a breadth of satire that would sit comfortably anywhere in the schedules.
“Probably the most graphically violent TV series ever” is the Newsweek verdict on Over There and, having seen a preview tape, Caught In The Net would have to concur.
The latest televisual feast from Hill Street Blues and NYPD Blues man Steven Boncho, the series follows a bunch of US Army grunts to Iraq where, one by one, them and the local populace are dispatched to the mortuary.
Airing on FX rather than one of the major networks, there’s little in the way of right-wing jingoism or ‘sand nigger’ bashing. A term, we’re afraid, that appears on new line of ‘Support Our Boys’ t-shirts and bumper stickers.
Due in Ireland soon, you can find out more at www.fxnetworks.com/shows/originals/overthere/main.html. From there it’s but a mere mouse-click to www.milbestlight.com/swf/game/game1.swf and their appallingly sexist/wickedly funny Lust For Bust game. The object is to ogle your best friend’s hot sister without 1) Being caught and 2) Ending up in casualty with multiple fractures.Last 60 seconds and you’re a VIP (Very Impressive Perv).
Which just leaves time for quick visits to www.socialitelife.com/mt/archives/colin_farrell_joins_the_sex_tape_elite.php (spoilsport Colin doesn’t want you to see him getting jiggy with former Playboy playmate Nicole Narain);www.belindabedekovic.com/video_fl_en.htm (Far better than boring old Anastacia).