Sanford And Son

Sanford and Son is a USA sitcom about a father and son who run a junk business together. The son goes off in the truck doing all the actual work of collecting other peoples unwanted items which they either sell for scrap or sell on from their junk yard.

Sound familiar? It should do as it is heavily based on the hit UK Television Series written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson, Steptoe and Son!

So far I have Series 1 & 2 (or should that be 'season' not series?) Series/season 3 is on its way in the post.

Don't get me wrong, Sanford and Son is good, but Steptoe & Son is much, much better. If you have seen both shows you will see that the acting in Sanford & Son is not as strong as in Steptoe & Son.

Redd Foxx, who played Fred G (S.A.N.F.O.R.D. period) Sanford, is a much stronger actor than that of Demond Wilson who played his son Lamont.

Redd Foxx looks quite natural as if we are a fly on the wall peering in to their lives, but with Demond Wilson you can see him avoiding looking in to the camera and pauses quite a lot waiting for a reaction from the audience.

That aside, it is still a nice accompanyment to your Steptoe & Son DVD collection.

Gibbs' Rules

Special Agent Leroy Gibbs has a list of rules that he and his fellow agents should work by. It was recently revealed by Gibbs himself that there are in fact 50 rules.

The rules I have found so far are as follows:

1) Never let suspects stay together.

1) Never screw over your partner.

2) Always wear gloves at a crime scene.

3) Don't believe what you're told. Double check. 3) Never be unreachable.

4) The best way to keep a secret? Keep it to yourself. Second best? Tell one other person - if you must. There is no third best.

7) Always be specific when you lie.

8) Never take anything for granted.

9) Never go anywhere without a knife.

12) Never date a coworker.

18) It's better to seek forgiveness than ask permission.

22) Never, ever bother Gibbs in interrogation.

23) Never mess with a Marine's coffee if you want to live.

Now, you will have noticed that there are a couple of conflicting rules such as there appear to be 2 rule 1's. This is because the rules seem to be quite fluid as opposed to being set in a specific order.

I'm sure as the seasons go on more of the rules will be revealed until all 50 are known!

I've Found Out Where All The Bees Have Gone!

Apparently, one of the reasons we have not been seeing many Bees in the last

few years is down to mobile phones!

I can see it now, all the Bees have their own mobile and get the pollen delivered via mail order instead of having to buzz around!!! lol

Seriously thought, it is believed that mobile phone signals cause the Bees navigation to get messed up which is why we have not seen any for some time...

Check this out if you do not believe me:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/04/16/nbees16.xml