From the Hard Drive

Our freeview box has a harddrive, and it is incredibly easy to set it to record things. I set it to record alot of things, most of which I will eventually delete three months later because I am clearly never going to watch it.

Anyway, this weekend I saw two things that my housemate had recorded. First we saw Samantha Who? For those who don't watch as much E4 as I do (oh endless Friends repeats, how easily sucked in I am,) and therefore haven't seen the ads, this is a comedy show about a woman who has just come out of a coma and has amnesia. (I initally thought she would have short term memory loss, but no, just ordinary amnesia.) I didn't expect too much, but I was completely suprised; lots of laugh out loud moments, very few cringe-worthy moments. I really enjoyed it and will defiantely try to catch it again.

Then we saw Beautiful People. Again, I've seen this advertised lots and quite fancied seeing it, but sort of forgot about it. It was very good, again, very funny and interesting. Often comedies make camp characters very one-dimensional, just for the laughs, but this is a much than just that. I really liked the two main character and his simillarly-camp best friend; I liked that his parents didn't want to force him to be something he wasn't, but at the same time they didn't want him to suffer.

So two shows to watch, if I remember.