A bit of a plug for Hollywood Residential

Some time ago, I posted about a hilarious and cleverly made piece "The old Negro space program".  It was one of those internet gems, a little like Mr. Wong or Queer Duck, that only the lack of frontiers allowed by this medium, sees aired.

I've corresponded with Andy Bobrow about his very funny NASSA film, which I highly recommend: http://negrospaceprogram.com/blog/nsp-movie

Now, it appears Andy through his hard work and originality, has hit the big time with a proper comedy show on proper telly. 

Hollywood Residential features hapless presenter Tony King (who's basically a bumbling oaf) and his "fox" of a co-presenter Lila Mann (who appears in just bra and panties in episode 1 possibly setting the scene for the series).

There are parallels to be drawn and my first one wasn't Home Improvement, though it's fair to say where Tony's character is the bumbling guy who thinks he's the lead,  Lila is the one who everyone's really watching, so it's a bit like Tim and Al.

I see more Curb Your Enthusiasm.  Tony King may be a buffoon, but he's a likeable buffoon and so the pair work well.  Annoyingly between scenes we get the bit of jazzy music and some pointless shots of a street sign, too formula by half, but that's American television for you.

Moving more into my territory, I have to take my hat off to the web designers over at Starz.  The site for the show is fun, loads quickly and I was able to watch the whole first espisode without a lock up. 

So I am told, Starz is a pay cable channel in the US, so there's the chance Hollywood Residential could disappear without trace or, it could become cult viewing prior to becoming huge, something like Little Britain did a few years ago.

As for my appearance on telly (BBC 4 the posh often cult channel), I was told it was going to be on BBC2 and it never happened.  It didn't even go straight to video.

Here's the link for Hollywood Residential and Starz: http://www.starz.com/appmanager/seg/s?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=template&template_dir=/features/hollywoodresidential/&template_file=content.html&src=starz_mktg&med=embed&content=funstuff&cmp=hollywoodresidential

Darlo Sue will be hyperventilating over Tony's bare bum on the strip tease section, she's a sucker for a man in a tool belt.  Plenty of fun on the website to give you a taste for the show.