I think it may be because of the animated film of that name, c.1978 (?), that BBC's programme was called THE ANIMAL GAMES and not ANIMALYMPICS. Or was it ANIMOLYMPICS? Someone, preferably called Peter, should write in and clarify. 'The Nile Crocodile, not one to announce his entrance in advance' 'Let's see if the Roo is threatened by the Skipper' 'Well, really ... an *embarrassing* result for the mammals, to be honest with you' 'He did it without breaking sweat. Do kangaroos sweat?' 'Well, <heh> actually, Jonathan, there's some news on that which I'll bring you in a moment - but first the Mudskipper's going to have a jump' 'The judges are obviously in a good mood, they're going to let the King Penguin have a second attempt!' It's true, the programme was magnificent. That is, the programme was magnificent - no-one else has said it yet. I am a large fan of good parodies of John Motson, but until last night perhaps I had not fully credited that Motson parodies himself better than any of us. I don't mean that he's unwittingly, foolishly yet endearingly self-parodic, but that he very deliberately, cannily, thoughtfully, hilariously parodies himself, on THE ANIMAL GAMES. It was so astoundingly good that it will have to be Issued On DVD, preferably with Commentary By John Motson. DE YE KEN, late call: yes, Murdoch did get them to play 'Take The Skinheads Bowling'. I had never heard it before, and have not heard it since. I could see what he meant about it being indie, if that's the way he wants to play it. I cannot see, though, how the word 'Bowlie' derives from it. I listened relatively carefully and did not hear the word 'Bowlie' at all. That is like saying that the word 'Skinhead' derives from the Sundays' 'Skin & Bones'. About the rain: today, another 5-minute shower, out of nowhere, like a pushed button in the clouds, and stopping as suddenly. Later, c. 4:45: gentle light over the green suburbs making me feel momentarily in touch with momentous long waves of sweet time, as though someone in April 1990 had just handed me a cup of tea. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister@missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo@missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+