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LiteratureRIP Geoffrey Perkins of Hitchhikers' Guide and Father Ted
Graham Linehan sez, "Geoffrey Perkins died yesterday. Terrible loss, but I think of interest to Boing Boing readers because of his importance in the 'Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' story...he produced the radio series, and after working with him on 'Father Ted', I feel confident in saying that he was probably one of the reasons it became such a huge success. He was an incredibly influential figure in British television comedy--something his skeletal Wikipedia entry doesn't quite communicate--and I just thought people should know that we lost someone very important yesterday." Geoffrey was the man who found our early ?Ted? script, (at that time, written as a mock-documentary) and suggested we turn it into a sitcom. He was the man who chose the house that became our iconic central location (poring over a pile of location photographs, stabbing it with his finger and saying ?That?s the one?). He also persuaded us to use Neil Hannon?s ?Songs of Love? as our theme music. This last one was a sticking point for a while. Arthur and I preferred a song by Neil that would later become ?A Woman of the World? off the ?Casanova? album. That song was jaunty and silly and to us perfect in that it seemed to be subtly making fun of the form we were working in. Geoffrey Perkins (Thanks, Graham!)...
Published: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 15:19:19 GMT - Source: Boingboing.Net - Read the articleLiteratureHelp dress the set for the next season of The IT Crowd
Graham Linehan just delivered the season three scripts for The IT Crowd, the hilarious, ultra-geeky Channel 4 sitcom about sysadmins. He's shaved the script-delivery a little close and is looking for your help in coming up with set-dressing ideas: How would you like to help in designing the look of series 3? Specifically, you?d be helping us choose the stuff that litters the main set. I?m talking about posters, comics, fanzines, T-shirts? anything you?ve seen in the last few months that you think is pretty cool or captures the spirit of the show or a particular character. By now, most of you know the kind of things I like?weird toys, indie comics, sci-fi, geek references, internet memes, boardgames?normally I?d delight in tracking down the stuff myself, but as I say, it?s just not going to happen this time round. In the very first draft of the show I described the set as looking like ?a cross between a comics shop and the batcave?. I wanted it to feel like a geek Shangri-La, and in each series I?ve felt we nearly got there. Maybe this time, with you guys involved, we?ll finally nail it. Please send your suggestions to ben.catel@talkbackthames.tv ben.capel@talkbackthames.tv I vote for the XKCD Map. Be my hive brain!...
Published: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:35:46 GMT - Source: Boingboing.Net - Read the articleSee Also:
