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Good Next Week (Good News Week 18/2/08: closing)

Yes, these are a week late… but you see some of them related to this week’s stories. See we often tape two episodes at a time and then replace the end jokes of the second episode with more up to date ones just before they go to air. If that sounds confusing, good, it’s probably […]

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Yes, Prime Minister (Good News Week 18/2/08: monologue)

PM Kevin Rudd is calling for a more respectful Parliament. He hopes that, if the politicians respect each other, there’s some chance that the general populace might one day respect politicians. The language of parliament will be changed: instead of referring to each other as “loathsome maggots” and “lying weasels”, they’ll have to call each […]

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Childcare, al-Qaeda style (Good News Week 18/2/08: What’s the Story?)

The US military claims children as young as 10 are being trained by al-Qaeda as killers. It’s “Jihad Trek: The Next Generation”. Their recruiting technique is to ask “Hey little boy, want to play soldiers in the world’s biggest sandpit?” Al Qaida has been recruiting boys as young as ten to use as suicide bombers […]

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Baby Brain (Good News Week 18/2/08: What’s the Story?)

A new study shows what families have known all along – that a woman about to give birth loses a significant amount of her memory. Otherwise, she’d never do it again. A new study shows what families have known all along – that a pregnant woman loses a significant amount of her memory. But this […]

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Bush Stoned again (Good News Week 18/2/08: The Usual Suspects)

Oliver Stone wants to make a film about George W Bush. It’s a tale about a guy who went from being “an alcoholic bum to the most powerful figure in the world”. And why that’s such a good idea. / And why that was such a bad idea. / And how you can’t teach an […]

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Holographic Charlie (Good News Week 18/2/08: The Usual Suspects)

Prince Charles has appeared as a hologram, addressing the World Future Energy Summit. It’s what’s known as a VR system: Virtual Royalty. In showing his commitment to reducing his carbon footprint, Prince Charles addressed the World Future Energy Summit as a hologram. In fact his holographic self had no footprints at all… He urged them, […]

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Apologies for Brendan (Good News Week 18/2/08: Strange but True)

Controversy has erupted over Brendan Nelson’s qualified support for an apology to the stolen generations. Well, he’s a doctor, he should be able to flout his qualifications. / With all the things the Liberals represent that are worth apologising for, some would say he’s overqualified. Several Liberals didn’t turn up for the apology at all. […]

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Gristing her Mills (Good News Week 18/2/08: Spot the Bull)

Apparently, for the first six months of her relationship with Paul McCartney, Heather Mills was having an affair with an Aussie. She loved having someone with an intimate knowledge of Downunder. Sydney film editor Tim Steel has revealed that Heather was “insatiable”, and that he was her “four-times-a-night-guy”. Yeah, well, let’s hear it from Heather, […]

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Self-tasting risotto (Good News Week 18/2/08: Strange but True)

A Slovenian doctor found an unusual ingredient in the hospital canteen’s chicken risotto – a piece of human tongue. Possibly the chicken bit back. A Slovenian doctor found a piece of human tongue in his chicken risotto. And, even more unusual, he found a piece of beef in his meat pie. / And a piece […]

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GNW Ep 1 and a user guide to the Empire

For those who came in late, this blog is run by a couple of the writers employed by GNW-TV, makers of The Glass House, The Sideshow and returning this year, Good News Week. I’m Warwick, I do most of the typing here, Mat’s over there – we only let him have the crayons. Makes the […]