Almanac Comedy: My Favourite Comedies #7 – #6

February 14, 2023 by 6 Comments

The TV series ‘Seinfeld’, and the movie ‘Withnail and I’ come in at number #7 and number #6 respectively in Ian Wilson’s #27 Favourite Comedies.

Australia, it’s not a Lie if You Believe it

August 23, 2022 by 5 Comments

Ian Wilson was struck by the similarities between the former PM and one of Seinfeld’s stars, so much so as he imagined that quotes from the latter may have been uttered by the former.

GWS: Cursed by injuries

June 8, 2017 by 5 Comments

You may have missed some of the freak accidents down at GWS. Pete gives us a laugh or two for Thursday morning.

Weekend Funnies: Seinfeld and Obama on Football

January 2, 2016 by 1 Comment

Jerry Seinfeld asks President Obama about an analogy for politics. “Is it chess? Is it liars poker?” Obama chose football. Who knew? Should we make him an honorary Almanacker?

Land of the Long (Red) White (and Black) Cloud.

April 29, 2015 by 1 Comment

Tom Greenaway labels St Kilda as “Bizarro-Hawthorn”. The George Costanza of the AFL. With the 1971 Grand Final between Hawthorn and St Kilda as the sliding doors moment, Tom urges St Kilda to put the time into making the New Zealand experiment work.