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Competition: The 7 Secrets of Awakening the Highly Effective Four-Hour Giant, Today

January 19, 2015 by Andrew 4 Comments

The 7 Secrets of Awakening the Highly Effective Four-Hour Giant, Today

The 7 Secrets of Awakening the Highly Effective Four-Hour Giant, Today is a self-help book from the characters of the TV hit It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

In the big, bold, book the gang attempt their most ill-conceived, get-rich-quick scheme: publishing a self-help guide. The results are hilarious, sometimes dangerous and often revolting.

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia is a black comedy that air the American TV channel FX and now, for the tenth season, is on FXX. The show is available on Netflix in the UK as well as BlinkBox. The popular show is also listed on iTunes.

To win a copy of the character’s ill-fated “self-help” book you simply need to log into the widget below with Facebook or an email address (so the winner can be contacted) and answer the poll. Really want to win? Once you’ve answered the poll the widget will give you extra missions to earn extra points. Each point you have is a chance to win.

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Idatedaghost.com

January 5, 2014 by Andrew 5 Comments

I dated a ghost is a sub-plot from the 2nd episode of the 3rd series of the BBC’s Sherlock. While drunk on a stag night Holmes and Watson end up speaking to a nurse who believes she’s dated a ghost.

Later on we see Sherlock on a fake website called Idatedaghost.com. Right now there’s no such site – but someone’s probably buying the domain name. In the meantime here’s some of the most popular pictures that Google images returns for a “Ghost Boyfriend” search.

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Are you a fan of Sherlock… and would you date a ghost?

This TV ad for tires will give you a fright!

December 2, 2013 by Andrew Leave a Comment

Ready for a fright? Sit back, hold on tight and watch… this Japanese ad for tires.

Whether it’s car insurance, sites that compare car insurance, broken windscreens, tire repair or the dreaded M.O.T. this is big business in the UK and across the world. That’s why you get so many annoying TV ads. They don’t mind that they’re annoying you. They just demand that you remember them.

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Will you remember this ad from Autoway? What did you think? Good or too spooky?

It’s competition time with Adventure Time

February 19, 2013 by Andrew 1 Comment

In Pure Spirit likes to share with you the great and the good of the world. We’re not alone; so do Finn and Jake and even Princess Bubblegum.

Now you have the chance to win the first volume of the Adventure Time comic book series. To enter you need to use the buttons on the widget below and be selected at random. The more points you have the more likely you are to win.

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Not a winner? You can buy the comic book from Amazon.

Prize provided by Titan Books.

Why does this demon face appear before the weather?

August 17, 2012 by Andrew Leave a Comment

This is a very strange video. For some reason as WSMV TV, Channel 4, transition to the weather a strange demonic face briefly appears on the screen.

One YouTube commentator suggests it is simply the reflection of the camera man – but that theory doesn’t work for me.

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What do you think is going on here? Is this a case of some horror movie TV teaser clip accidently running for a second? Or something else?

Will the Night Owls replace Most Haunted?

October 17, 2011 by Andrew 4 Comments

It is believed that the North Lincolnshire paranormal investigation group the Night Owls are in negotiations with Virgin Media’s Seven TV. A six-part series is in the cards.

It is true that Virgin Media ran the Living TV channel while Most Haunted and Most Haunted Live were at its height and that the Night Owls have already had some media success. Last year Selina Maycock from the Telegraph went with the investigators for an all-night study of the Skipworth Arms in Moortown. That said; is an alternative to Most Haunted really on the cards?

Steve Dinsdale, investigator and audio-video researcher, from the Night Owls, told local press;

“We want to do something completely different to Most Haunted and we’ve got a few locations in mind, including Petwood Hotel at Woodhall Spa, the Angel and Royal Hotel at Grantham and a couple of local airfields.”

However, a true replacement to Most Haunted seems unlikely at this stage. Channel 7 is a local TV station that covers regional interest stories – and although this may help raise the profile of the Night Owls they are still significantly short of the exposure Most Haunted once had.

It also looks like there is a risk that Night Owls will miss out on any Halloween broadcasts. Scunthorpe press has revealed that the group is due to brainstorm with Seven on the 18th. Unless a camera crew, filming permission and a hole in the schedule can be found quickly then this seems like too short notice to match the ghost hunters with the best night of the year for audiences.

Sky has returned the rights to the Most Haunted brand.

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What do you think? Could this be the start of a new TV-known name of ghost investigations or do you think we’re unlikely to see the Night Owls outside of local TV?

Do you want a replacement to Most Haunted or do you think a TV company should step in and pick up the rights?