Looking back on last year’s posts, you see American shows, British shows, singers from France or the Netherlands, commercials from all corners of the Earth…
CIPC #357: Washington Post Christmas search 2023
Just half a month ago, ’twas the season to be jolly. But now ’tis the season to acrimoniously — and sanctimoniously — bemoan the varied…
CIPC #356: Randall and Hopkirk (deceased) E8, Whoever heard of a ghost dying?
A new year, a new British detective series. Well, new isn’t exactly the right word, seeing that it aired in 1969. It features, as title…
CIPC Extra: The best and worst of 2023
Compiling the usual end-of-year list has been harder than usual this time. I’ve been more consistent, it seems. That means that this year’s bests are…
CIPC #355: Univis ad
Glasses! Glasses are brilliant. They’re one of humanity’s greatest victories over nature. Instead of stumbling around in an eternal blur, millions of people can now…
CIPC #354: Slaughterhouse rulez
The British have always reserved a rather prominent place in their fiction for boarding schools. From Dickens’ Nicholas Nickleby all the way to Rowling’s Harry…
CIPC #353: Existential comics No.467
A long, long time ago, we discussed an issue of Existential comics in which Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir were seen playing a game…
CIPC #352: Union Investment ad
This is going to be a rather boring post, I’m afraid. You see, when the people at Union Investment decided to make a chess themed…
CIPC #351: Faerie tale theatre S3 E4, Thumbelina
Have we had a fairytale yet? I don’t think we have. Let’s have a fairytale. Our subject comes from an American anthology series of fairytales…
CIPC #350: Becker S4 E1, Tell me lies
I’ve never been able to get on with sitcoms. I suspect the reason is that, if you have characters in a normal environment and you…