Sunday, November 5th 2006
Fun In Johnny’s Hotel Suite
There are a great many things I can come up with to pass time in a hotel room with Johnny Hazzard. Since most of those activities are not available to me I have to settle for things like this. Yes, that’s right, it’s the Ab Fab Series One Trivia Quiz! Johnny’s and my adoration for Absolutely Fabulous can only be rivaled by the cult-like devotion of spotty-faced Trekkies that live in urban basements and recite scenes from Monty Python sketches for no apparent reason. So I thought it might be fun to have a trivia quiz to showcase just how sick we really are when it comes to all things Patsy and Eddie. We didn’t really keep score, but I included all of the relevant clips so you can be the judge. Enjoy*!
* Let’s be honest: Only complete freaks will enjoy this.
Ok, maybe I am living underneath a rock, but I have never heard of this show before. Perhaps I could use some enlightening. Boy Wonder, I must admit, you have great tastes where television is concerned (look no further than the Gilmore Girls). At your suggestion, I did check out Bones this week and it was most entertaining. My jaw just about dropped because the Zach character is myself in a nutshell! On another note, I may have to give this Absolutely Fabulous show a chance. After all, your Bones suggestion proved more than worthwhile.
Johnny looked so serious during the trivia quiz. Well, up until the point where he flashed you (did you give him any beads?). I could not keep the laughter under wraps!
OH… MY… GOD… Ab Fab is the very cornerstone of the modern, urban queer. OK, that is purely opinion on my part, but I simply can’t believe that there is any place in the western world so isolated!! Your rock must be beneath an even bigger rock. You must splurge and order at least series one from Amazon immediately. If you trust my judgment, get the box set. I have been watching this program on repeat for twelve years.
So happy to hear you liked Bones. And seriously, how could a molecular biologist not? Wait, am I dreaming that’s your major or is it a legitimate memory? In any case, any chemistry freak would love that show. Once more, it has heart, so your human side is also satisfied.
You should work that Zach angle, Robert. He is the type that makes you want to rip off his clothes and lose a weekend with… even if he won’t do your homework for you!
Well Jerrod, my major happens to be old-fashioned non-descript Biology. However, I will allow you to insert whatever prefix you want in front of the Biology part. Although practicing psychiatric medicine has been a dream of mine, I am considering Pharmacy school as an alternative. Two additional years of education sounds far better than four!
On another note, Absolutely Fabulous is available at Netflix. This means I can watch the show without spending additional money! Yes, I can be a cheap skate at times.
By the Way, the beefy guy David Boreanaz found himself fighting during this week’s episode of Bones was gorgeous! Every now and again, I like the idea of a man with a vocabulary limited to grunting.
OK? David Boreanaz is a FINE specimen of manliness! And cut him some slack, he is quite intelligent and has a huge heart – you’ll see. Keep watching, you won’t be disappointed!
As for Ab Fab, make sure to watch in sequence! The show is not a serial; however, the character development is best experienced in natural order.
If you do happen to delve deeply into psychology I would make for prime research subject fodder and would willingly submit myself as such. Just something to keep in mind…
Robert, Robert, Robert… It’s a good thing you haven’t received your official GayCard yet cos we would have had to ask you to turn it in, darling. My Aunt Denise and I are Absolutely Flabbergasted that you never heard of Absolutetly Fabulous. Where did you think we knew that mixed babies were the “it” thing? Auntie Denise still blames the show for what happened to her good friend Germaine, who blew up when she tried to imitate Joanna Lumley’s Patsy by lighting three cigarettes at once.
Personally I didn’t really get into it until the 2nd season, which has some of my fave episodes – Miranda Richardson as a sixties Yoko-like ‘Queen Of Minimalism’ (”We think it’s the New Millenium.”) and the one starring Britt Ekland and british singer Lulu (”Champagne for Lulu!”). 4th season is brillant too, especially the episode with Minnie Driver (”Minnie, this is…” “No names, I don’t do names.”) and the hilarious “lost Beatles tapes” with Elton John (Patsy to Elton: “I knew you when you had real hair.” Elton to Patsy: “I knew you when you were a man.”)
At least tell us you have heard of Six Feet Under. No: tell us you’ve seen it.
(And if you haven’t, you know what to do for the next month. On second thought, wait after your exams. We wouldn’t want you to fail because of us.)
SUPER! ABSOLUTELY GREAT!! The best post EVER (but I still might be missing some) …
Thank’s for reminding me how a faboulous life should be lived… thought I had chosen to be gay and I find out that must be gay because of my genes (jumping happy for every shot of AB FAB)!!