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How to avoid a heart attack.

Posted on September 24th, 2011 by . 7 Comments

Evan: What’s a heart attack?

Me: It’s when someone’s heart suddenly stops working and they get very ill.

Evan: Do you die?

Me: Sometimes.

Evan: Why do people get heart attacks?

Me: If they don’t do enough exercise or eat rubbish.

Evan: Oh No! Sometimes I eat paper!

Evan reviews the Poké Ball Twister Figure

Posted on September 20th, 2011 by . 1 Comment

Time for another of Evan’s video toy reviews. I’m not sure what accent he puts on when he’s doing these, but it’s certainly not his usual one. They say that the camera adds 10 pounds, but in his case it also appears that the camera add a private school education. I wonder if that’s why all the people on TV sound like they went to Oxford or Cambridge university (oh wait – that’s because all the people on TV did go to Oxford or Cambridge university).

Anyhow, many thanks to the nice people at Bandai for sending us a Poké Ball Twister Figure for us to take a look at. It’s been quite a hit with the big man, as usually he has a lot of trouble operating spinning top type toys as they can be a bit fiddly – but he took to this one like a duck to water.

As you can see by the video however, Evan is a bit disappointed by the fact that the Poké Ball can’t magically spin every other random toy or bit of rubbish that he crams in there. see if you can work on that guys.

According to Bandai Poké Ball Twister Figures are RRP £9.99 and are suitable for ages 4+ and available now from Argos, TRU, Tesco, Smyths, Entertainer, Toymaster and other good toy stores, and I see no reason to disbelieve them.

You can see the full range here

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All change at the Hughes household

Posted on September 7th, 2011 by . 31 Comments


If you’ve already sent your congratulations over on facebook, don’t feel obliged to do so again. But if you haven’t – CONGRATULATE ME DAMNIT!!

Wheezy Waiter and Jerry Reed nuggety goodness

Posted on September 2nd, 2011 by . 5 Comments

Hey hey! it’s nugget Friday!!

No, no it’s not. I’ve been doing this blog for six years now – I’ve learned my lesson. Never again will I set up some sort of regular post schedule where I have to post about the same thing on a certain day every week. That way lies the bitter fruit of blogging disenchantment and despair.

You’ll get what I want to write, whenever I fancy writing it goddamn it! You got that?

GOOD.

Hey hey, it’s nugget Friday the 2nd of September 2011

This is my regular feature where every Friday the 2nd of September 2011 I bring you the best of what the internet has to offer.

Lets go!

Nugget 1: Wheezy Waiter

This is a chap called Wheezy Waiter who makes comedy YouTube videos. This is the kind of stuff the internet was made for dammit, although it does make me a little jealous of people with real talent. It’s difficult to point out just one of his videos as he is exceptionally prolific – so heres a relatively random one.

Nugget 2: Jerry Reed

I’m not generally one for country music, however I absolutely love Jerry Reed. As well as being one of the finest guitar players of his generation, he’s also a exceptionally gifted comedian – and many of his songs reflect that. Reed is probably best known for playing Snowman in Smokey and the Bandit, which I still maintain is one of the finest movies ever made.

My favourite of his songs is Amos Moses, but I can’t find a decent video of that one, so here’s one of him singing the theme tune to Smokey and the Bandit: East Bound and Down.

Any nuggets of your own?

Muppets, OK Go, and the Green Album

Posted on August 24th, 2011 by . 9 Comments

I really love this video of the Muppets theme tune sung by OK Go, but unfortunately the version of the song itself is absolute bilge.

the muppets green album ok goThe same can be said of the album it came from actually – Muppets: The Green Album. the whole thing, with a few notable exceptions, is a pretty grim affair. I’d much rather hear the original versions of the songs than a load of cover versions done by a bunch of bloody hipsters. You can listen to it on Spotify if you fancy (incidentally I’m not on a commission from the or anything – I just love their service)

I’m speaking here as a man with a long love affair with Muppet Albums. We played the entire soundtrack from Muppet’s From Space at our wedding reception for example, and John Denver and the Muppets is on steady rotation here at Hughes Towers.

Still, as I say – the video itself is pretty good, and I enjoy how it pokes fun at OK Go’s previous vids. And lets face it, any new Muppets is good Muppets.

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