Quiz show broadcast around New Year, hosted by Jimmy Carr. 3 teams of celebrities answer questions about things which happened over the previous year. 12 rounds, one for each month. Regular celebrity contestants include Noel Fielding, Russell Brand and David Mitchell.
by Blue Jack July 05, 2008
by Blue Jack July 11, 2008
TV show that attempts to tackle an issue, but is geared up more to entertain than to make a difference.
Originally coined by Screen Wipe's Charlie Brooker.
Originally coined by Screen Wipe's Charlie Brooker.
Did you see that issuetainment last night, where they made those fat kids do sports? They weren't trying to help them, just make them look silly on TV.
"The only solution is to find a new threat, which brings us to 'Ian Wright's Unfit Kids' (C4), a weekly 'issuetainment' programme in which the former footballer and renowned enemy of grammar forces a bunch of overweight youngsters to take part in some extracurricular PE." - Charlie Brooker, Screen Burn (9/16/2006)
"The only solution is to find a new threat, which brings us to 'Ian Wright's Unfit Kids' (C4), a weekly 'issuetainment' programme in which the former footballer and renowned enemy of grammar forces a bunch of overweight youngsters to take part in some extracurricular PE." - Charlie Brooker, Screen Burn (9/16/2006)
by Blue Jack October 12, 2008
Haikus have three lines.
The first has five syllables,
Then seven, then five.
Proper haikus are about nature, especially the seasons; the structure tends to be more important than the words.
The first has five syllables,
Then seven, then five.
Proper haikus are about nature, especially the seasons; the structure tends to be more important than the words.
by Blue Jack January 03, 2009
"Dismal paparazzo whose career consists of lying in the gutter desperately pointing his camera up the skirts of celebrities exiting limousines."
Coined by Screen Wipe's Charlie Brooker.
Coined by Screen Wipe's Charlie Brooker.
The tabloids employ crotchdogs as the world has a right to see what Z-list celebs have under their miniskirts.
by Blue Jack March 29, 2009