Well Riddley.... a while back I wasted some time needling him over at Kiwiblog to see if I could lure him to my site to see where he came from.

No bite – however, a little bird came by…

But he's donated both his kidneys twice, and fought in 4 world wars, in fact, he was killed in 2 of them.

oh i hate it when the enemy appear human. bastards

Redbaiter delivers Meals on Wheels...

Somehow I can't see this thread thriving on Kiwiblog

Maybe there, but some kiwiblog regulars are big cat fans.

http://hittingmetalwithahammer.wordpress.com/tag/the-furball-follies/

This'd be a really bad time to find out my partner was reading...

Somehow I can't see this thread thriving on Kiwiblog...

When I got up this morning, one of my cats (Wooster, not Jeeves) had partially eviscerated a rat and dragged the remains merrily through the back garden before dumping them right where I'd stumble over them. Sounds a lot like Kiwiblog…

I might have to begin a campaign for colin to have his own public address blog.

Check out:

http://www.throng.co.nz/celebrity-treasure-island/i-have-faith-in-the-nz-tv-viewing-public

http://www.throng.co.nz/mitre-10-dream-home/mitre-10-dream-home-episode-1

with linking to colin the kitten, some of us will now demand weekly kitten updates

How's daily?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4hOXLl3CZA

Anyone else noticing YouTube behaving weirdly at the moment though? The new vid's still not showing up on Leo's channel, but it's there if you go through his account page. And the…

None of the shows that received that sort of financial support and publicity were Charter ones to my knowledge Robyn, that is the difference.

There are many examples Michael of "private" companies being "featured" in this way and this show certainly does not set any kind of a precedent -…

http://www.mat.upm.es/~jcm/michelangelo.html

I couldn't for the life of me source the original quote, but the above links to a Monty Python skit.

None of the shows that received that sort of financial support and publicity were Charter ones to my knowledge

Charter shows are hard to recognise / measure at the best of times.

Not only do we not know how much is spent on Charter programming, but we don't know how…

It's a matter of ethical use of taxpayer funding. But then, this is TVNZ, so maybe that's a silly idea on my part.

Midland, Texas: Six months ago, and having a pretty dreadful life lesson. Poor puppy.

Is express getting paid any money for its role in this? How does TVNZ, or NZOA, justify putting taxpayer dollars into promoting a private business at the expense of other gay centred media?

As Robyn has poinnted out, this is not the first time a reality TV show has given…

How does TVNZ, or NZOA, justify putting taxpayer dollars into promoting a private business at the expense of other gay centred media?

For what it's worth, this isn't the first time that a private business has been the subject of a New Zealand reality TV show.

A few questions that could have been answered a while ago would help in this discussion.

Is express getting paid any money for its role in this?

How does TVNZ, or NZOA, justify putting taxpayer dollars into promoting a private business at the expense of other gay centred…

Or you could read NZ Idol slash instead...

Tragically it's a protected post, but here's a teaser for:

__"Jesse," Steve(n) whispered, "are you awake?"
"What's up little buddy?" asked Jesse
"Jesse, you know that website that we're not allowed to read? Why do they call you a merkin? What's a…

I wish it were possible to go back in time about five minutes and to have not read that sentence and to not have thought the things the sentence conjured up.

Where's Hiro when you need him?

Can I make a small plea for Mathew Ridge/Marc Ellis "slash" fiction? That is, if it hasn't been done already.

I wish it were possible to go back in time about five minutes and to have not read that sentence and to not have thought the things the sentence conjured…

And the guinea pig's name was ... Fluffy ....

Years of stalking RB secretly ends when I accidentally let the guinea pig's name slip. Dammit.

Do you have any idea how difficult it is to put little leather chaps, harnass and false eyelashes on a guineapig?

It's got to be easier than getting a three year old, up, dressed, through the bathroom, fed and watered, reunited with 'Golly (don't ask) and person-handled…

You have seen A Game of Two Halves I take it?...
Actually, scratch that – there's a decidedly Brokeback Mountain subtext going on there.

No there isn't. Quite the opposite. Read this.

Really depends on who makes the programme though. If that's not on, we'd have to weed out all the gays involved in straight programming and where would we be then?

You have seen A Game of Two Halves I take it?

some older viewers are much keener on the morning slot than they were on staying up late on Sundays. Matter of fact, I used to struggle with that sometimes ...

Oh yes indeed so did I.

You can also download episodes from the TVNZ web site after they've been broadcast.…

It's got to be easier than getting a three year old, up, dressed, through the bathroom, fed and watered, reunited with 'Golly (don't ask) and person-handled into a car…

My guess is that each time a series was commisioned the white PC hetero males at TVNZ who commissioned it were then brow beaten by others claiming the show was a joke and they should be given the chance to make NZ's definitive gay show.

It really isn't anyone's business…

How about number 9? This is 10% of the Charter's mission, and I don't know of ANY NZ arts programmes... except Frontseat of course which was recently demoted to some ridiculously inaccessible timeslot.

Doesn't matter if you've got a PVR, of course. We tend to make Frontseat mid-evening viewing some…

1. Programming across all genres that informs, educates and entertains.

2. Programming that serves varied interests and informational needs and age groups within New Zealand society, including tastes and interests not generally catered for by other national television broadcasters.

3. Programming…

Do you have any idea how difficult it is to put little leather chaps, harnass and false eyelashes on a guineapig? And then heard them en masse like lemmings down Queen St, AND THEN throw a massive dance party?

In my experience, guinea pigs are rubbish at dance parties. Show…

Yeah, I can actually, and also a programme on the…

Do you have any idea how difficult it is to put little leather chaps, harnass and false eyelashes on a guineapig?

Um... no! (Smiles politely).

Anyway, Kiwifruits was to NZ Gaydom what Frontseat is to NZ art – an utter bloody disgrace.

(There should be some, for a start.)

Ah... for the good old pre-charter days...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tales_of_the_Riverbank

Heh... Now here's a new essay question.

1) Guinea-pig-friendly programming on TV should be much better. (There should be some, for a start.)

2) You can't call a gay male 'Princess' – at least not if you want a second date, and he's already told you to call him…

But not so flush they could could afford to sustain too many debacles like 'The Point' or that awful Water Rats clone that got balled up from one end to the other, I suspect.…

1. Gay-friendly programming on TV should be much better.

2. You can't call a male guinea pig "Princess"

But can he drink in pubs?

No, but I daresay that given sufficient provocation he'd be willing to fight you.

Leo's profile on YouTube says he's 35...

Young Ones mode on

But can he drink in pubs?

Young Ones mode off

Also helps if you can choose the pet gender first

Agree, I myself was on the receiving end of: "Sorry Honey, she's a girl, so you can't call her Buster Crabbe".

Bummer.

Oh, and make sure the two guinea-pigs are separate gender, or you'll soon have lots and lots of…

Well, dare I say it, but could it be that MTS aren't exactly awash in production money...

When I dealt with them "awash in production money" is exactly what they were.

It really is a stunning situation that genuinely brilliant creative artists in Auckland (and elsewhere, no…

Paul – an interesting topic. In my experience,…

Leo's profile on YouTube says he's 35... :-)

He has learned that stating your real age when signing up for stuff can mean someone spoiling the fun. He's also quite good at entering random gibberish when prompted for unwarranted address and phone number details.

If they're guinea pigs, then they're little fluffy things that'll die within a year, and it probably doesn't matter if they're named 'Fluffy 1' and 'Fluffy 2'.

That is so spooky. The motivation for getting the cat was the traumatic disappearance (possibly at the hands of an enterprising dog in…

I most certainly did not learn my trade from Julie Christie – she brought me to New Zealand from the UK where I'd enjoyed a successful career both as a producer and developer and as the editor of two ABC accredited gay publications.

My apologies, Glen. I have just updated…

How can I combat this? What have other parents done?

I vetoed the "Naming it after the other dog that I used to own that got run over by a truck" first off. That was going to be way too much.

I went for a "we both have to agree…

I see... named after some wacky artist or other...

Naming conventions for pets is a tricky beast – I am about to become the proud posessor of two guinea pigs and I'm concerned that a: they'll die quickly and leave me with two bereft blubbering children…

But I'll also say this: I am never surprised to Maori TV doing something well. Ever since they started I've impressed by their scheduling decisions and content.