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« Bruce Lee as philosopher | Main | Black bloggers » Tuesday, April 10, 2007More fun with BrainiacThe production values of English TV shows are oddly low, to those of us raised on American TV. A soap opera set in a hospital, for example, looks like a high-school production of a play set in a hospital. And yet... English TV shows (and of course, the ads) are often better than their American counterparts. Maybe it's because most TV actors in Blighty aren't just pretty faces; they actually have talent? I'm just speculating. Anyway, here's a British show called "Brainiac: Science Abuse" that's very amusing. "Brainiac" premiered in 2003; it was going strong until hunky-witty presenter Richard Hammond sustained a serious brain injury in a car crash this fall. (He was filming another TV show, "Top Gear," at the time. Supposedly, he's back to normal now.) A spinoff, "Brainiac's Test Tube Baby," premiered this year. Posted by Joshua Glenn at 11:00 AM
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