Closing For Business

Bad news, everybody!

The Best Bit of the Internet is to be no more, as we have been bought out by a sinister, clandestine lovely new corporation called gaup enterprises, inc., an organisation which allegedly definitely produces some of the finest comedy blogs on the internet.


As they snap up us, Lord Likely, i done a comic and The Carrotty Kid, in their eagerness to hold a monopoly on all laughter ever, we have been told that we will be closed down, to make way for their own blog here.

Obviously this is terrible news, but apparently all the old stuff you loved (or hated) will now be available through their website, so you can still be guaranteed to get yer chuckles there.

So, we're done for. We'd just like to thank you all for humouring us as we humour you, and before we go we'd just like to take a moment to say something to our new owners: you're a bunch of complete and utter (post terminated by gaup enterprises, inc.)

Movie Review: The Simpsons Movie

The Simpsons Movie, Cert. PG, 87 minutes, dir: David Silverman.

The Simpsons finally make the leap to the silver screen...or should that be the YELLOW screen (as they are yellow)?

No, you're probably right.

Anyway, The Simpsons Movie is here at last, is the general gist of what I'm trying to say, and happily I can also add to that the following: it's good. Very good.

When Lake Springfield's levels of pollution reach alarmingly dangerous heights, Springield is put on 'Code Black' . ("Code black? Oh, man. Black's the worst colour," says Lennny, before turning to Karl and adding, "...no offence.") This means that the lake is out of bounds as a dumping ground for the town's inhabitants, but of course, while the townsfolk adhere to this new rule, it only takes one certain Homer J. Simpson to shun the new rule, leaving Springfield to be ruled as an environmental danger and placed under a large dome....cue antics.

This film is a slender 87 minutes long, and rolls along at a fair old pace, never once letting up with it's barrage of visual comedy (especially Bart's nude skateboarding scene), well-written gags, satire and downright stupidity. While it is true to say that it does pretty much feel like a feature-length episode, it's a GOOD full-length episode, thanks to the writers being largely those responsible for penning the show during it's 'golden period', as opposed to those pushing the pens as it gradually declined. So, we get a more emotional story, with a strong, family theme, as opposed to a wacky 'What'll Homer do next???'- type tale that has plagued the later series'. Although, having said that, he does get up to plenty of ker-azy shenanigans.

The animation is excellent, largely eschewing fancy CGI for the rough-and-ready 2D style of the TV series, occasionally enlivened with some 3D effects in a manner similar to Futurama. It looks lovely, and is never overbearing or poorly executed.

The film is not perfect, however and some characters - such as Lisa's love interest - seem superfluous, but then again creator Matt Groening has hinted that events in the film will lead into the next season of the show, so maybe more will become of them then. Also, some of the supporting cast are rather noticeable by their absence. Mr. Burns, for example, is not used as much as I'd have liked, but with such an extensive repertoire of minor players to choose from, there's always going to be someone's favourite who has been sidelined.

Overall then, this does pretty much exactly what you'd expect from a Simpsons Movie: it's The Simpsons, in a movie, and it's top-quality Simpsons at that, with many genuine laugh-out-loud moments. If the movie is anything to go by, The Simpsons have rediscovered their mojo, which is good news for the future of the series.

Best Bit of the Internet Rate-O-Matic: 8/10.

The Best Bit of the Internet reserves the right to change our opinions after further views of the movie, or if it seems everyone else disagrees, and we decide to change our mind to fit in better with the cool kids.

The Carrotty Kid Returns With A Vengance Again

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The Life Moronic: Will the Real MandMs please stand up?

Good evening.

Something very upsetting has happened.

While recently shopping for chocolatey treats I purchased a packet of MandMs. Upon arriving home I noticed they had been labeled "Choco MandMs". Choco? Since when was a superfluous prefix needed? MandMs have always been chocolate! The colour of the packaging denoted the original or the peanut variant.

It's my belief that the Peanut addition of the MandM brand has become so popular that they have eclipsed the original to become the default MandM. This situation has to be rectified. What next? Will they rename the original KitKat "KitKat Small"?

This is entirely the fault of Wispa Gold. In the early 90s, Wispa introduced a new variety of thier bubbly bar with a caramel filling. The success of this paved the way for Wispa Mint. Aero was soon to follow with Orange and then Mint. The success of bastardising the brand led to the eventual introduction of the almighty KitKat Chunky. The king of bastardised brands.

Now you can hardly find an original brand, with variants of Dairy Milk filling the shelves so much that Dairy Milk itself has become a brand within a brand (Dairy Milk Biscuit anyone?). Curly Wurly has been broken into bits, Toffee Crisp has become a bag of gooey CoCo Pops and even the once mighty Flake has become coated in an outer layer and thus no longer... Flakes.

Smarties Ice Cream, Mars Drink, Malteasers Light, Rolo Bar, Galaxy Caramel Cadbury's Creme Egg Bar (which totally ruins the concept of being an egg), Mars Bars have become Revels and Kinder Eggs without the egg or toy. What the Hell is going on? Stop ruining sweets!

Has nothing evaded being mutated into something new? Enter the simple Finger Of Fudge. Applaud it's simplicity and loyalty to it's original form.

The irony of all this is that Wispa, the brand that put all this in motion, is no more and every other attempt to expand MandMs has subsequently failed. As Space Ghost used to say "There's a lesson here somewhere..."

And don't get me started on Diet Coke with Lemon.

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