I dreamed a dream

Some people have mysterious dreams. Some people have prophetic dreams. Me? Well. Last night I dreamt that I was watching "Spicks and Specks" (a music quiz show here in Australia (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yh2Uw_7XMQU&feature=related) on tv and the contestants on it were Alex (Gedeon Burkhard) and Christian (Heinz Weixelbraun) from "Kommissar Rex" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQP8-2r_MbQ) No, I don't know why either. I am not an especial fan of "Spicks and Specks" and while I love the show "Kommissar Rex", I have no particular feeling for those characters. Mysteries of the sub-conscious...!

Friday Fuzzies

Yesterday one of the Age newspaper's columnists published a light-hearted but nonetheless fairly cutting review of one of my favourite shows, Inspector Rex: http://www.theage.com.au/news/entertainment/tv--radio/canine-cop-has-the-chops-for-comedy/2009/06/24/1245522871409.html. One thing the writer really didn't seem to get about the show is that it's because of the sometimes slightly falling-flat jokes, the just-too-complicated-to really-happen tricks with the dog and the overall improbabilty of the situations the characters sometimes find themselves in, that make this show is such a heartwarming and satisfying way to spend an hour. Also, of course, the stories are simply often really good but the Age managed to overlook that too!

I know it's not fashionable but...part III

I love the tv show Inspector Rex. Never seen it? Perhaps you know it as Kommissar Rex. I've been watching it for quite a few years now on our multicultural TV station here, SBS. It's filmed in Vienna and tells the story of an unusually clever police dog called Rex. Some amazing things have happened on Rex - too amazing to relate here, you've gotta watch it! - but it all always works out in the end and that's more that half the reason I love it so. Maybe I'm a big softie, maybe I'm a bit of a dork but I love a neat, all-strings-tied-up, heartwarming ending to a story and Rex does this very, very well every week. I also watch it because it's filmed in Vienna and this is a city I love, love, love. I've been there twice over the last ten years and hopefully I'll be going back there soon. If you're wondering why I love Vienna, check out this site http://merisi.blogspot.com/ and if you want a very good and detailed low-down on all things Rex, go here http://wurst-semmel.blogspot.com/