Itinerant web-monkey and wordsmith who still plays with toy soldiers and watches movies both space operatic and fantastical.
Ngati Pakeha and Tangata Tiriti living in Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland), Aotearoa (New Zealand)
Drew(bacca)
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"I hear you're sending me a seventh prime minister"
"So ... so I said ... why not sign your treaty here, at Versailles?"
How quickly people forget.
This is positively Pythonesque.
It might not be as well-known these days, but Taxi is a fun series with a cast of lovable lunatics and misfits early in their careers.
"Gargle my piss, losers."
People are treating the Reflecting Pool like the Berlin Wall post-reunification.
Has anyone tried leaving a full pint under a box propped up by a stick?
Mucky Matua is at it again.
'"We've been sold the idea that [one-off international shows] will bring tourism, but who flies into New Zealand to see Robbie Williams?
The amount of money that's been given to some of those single events could literally save the industry."'
Say it louder for those at the back.
James Burrows was not a giant in sitcom directing. He was THE giant. The primary director of Cheers and Taxi. The only director (I believe) of Will & Grace. The director whose pilots for Friends, Third Rock, Frasier, and Big Bang Theory got them on the air. The king. RIP. people.com/james-burrow...
'If you have any information about the whereabouts of Nigel, whose mummy is very worried about him, the number is 0345 6060 973.'
After Andy Burnham's Makerfield win, James O'Brien wonders why the Reform UK leader is not doing any live interviews.
Austerity for thee BUT never for me is clearly the mantra. #nzpol
“Stuff can reveal Jones spent $63,000 on the trip, despite Cabinet only approving a spend of $33,000.”
Such is the laxness of Luxon’s leadership it just got approved retrospectively.
Quorators
James Burrows has died at the age of 85. An 11-time Emmy winner, he co-created 'Cheers' and directed episodes of 'Will & Grace', 'Friends', 'The Big Bang Theory', 'Taxi' and many other TV sitcoms.
Airfares alone cost more than $41,000, turning a $33,000 trip into a $63,000 one, and Shane Jones didn’t seek proper approval until nearly a year later.
