Does that make him sexist, though? Think about all the men that die in his films too. It's a hell of a lot more than the amount of women who die.

The Lost writers knew the last scene as soon as they knew Jack was going to be the main focus. It was originally going to be Kate and Jack was going to get killed in the pilot and be played by Michael Keaton. I'm pretty sure they didn't know time travel was going to get introduced or what the smoke monster was, that got changed along the way for sure. They did always say they had an ending so I believe they had planned the following things in advance- SPOILERS FOR LOST BELOW

One season of flashbacks were not really going to be flashbacks and that some of them will get off the Island
The last season would be another misdirect and again it wouldn't be flashbacks
That last scene and some leave the Island, apparently for good.

I doubt all that Jacob/Man In Black stuff was there from the start. Or the fact that they were going to totally screw over John Locke as a character.

I think Mike just took the 'flip-flop' record off Mitt Romney

I have laughed on public transport to DiF, Katie, so you are in good company.

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I understand what you're saying Eddie and I know you're not actually defending him but I doubt the horrible death of his family made him suddenly develop a penchant for underage girls......

Fair enough. If you think we can do without them for now, we shall

Chris Brown is still a cunt, though, right? Just so we are all clear on that

Ok, I had already claimed Back to the Future, so I'll do that one.

Did that video I posted not help you with the infoboxes? Sorry.

Have people given up on this already? 

Did you guys get a show called Let Them Eat Cake? It starred French and Saunders but wasn't written by them. It was shown on BBC1 back in 1999 and only ran for one six episode series. It wasn't very good.

And here is Girls On Top, which they starred in for two series before they did their sketch show. Keep watching the other parts of this episode to see Alan Rickman before anybody knew who he was....

I share my birthday with Dawn French. I couldn't really put that info anywhere else

French And Saunders
Like Smith and Jones before them, Dawn French (the larger one) and Jennifer Saunders (the taller one) were quite well known before they got their own sketch show. Having met each other at drama school in 1977, they joined up to perform at the London comedy club The Comic Strip. It was under that name that a series of one-off comedy movies were made and shown on Channel 4. The first, the Enid Blyton spoof, Five Go Mad In Dorset aired on Channel 4’s launch night in 1982. In 1985, they got the chance to have their own sitcom on ITV called Girls On Top which co-starred Tracy Ullman before she moved to America to play her part in unleashing The Simpsons unto the World. Two years later. Dawn and Jen signed a deal with the BBC to produce exclusive content and from this they got their own sketch show called, simply, French and Saunders. The first two series were basic sketch show stuff but series 3-5 is where the pair spoofed a movie or tv show throughout the episode with unrelated sketched scattered throughout. Here is the complete collection of Exorcist sketches from series 3-

Something that sets French and Saunders apart from the other double acts so far, apart from the boobs, is the fact that they write the vast majority of their material themselves. Although, some material was co-written by Adrian Edmondson who not only starred in The Young Ones and Bottom but is also married to Jennifer Saunders in real life.  While poking fun at female life from teenage girls talking about sex (which they know nothing about) to housewives trying to one-up each other, the pair were never mean spirited.  As well as providing comedy from a female P.OV. Dawn and Jen, on occasion would appear ‘in drag’ as grotesque male characters. Chief among said characters were two balding fat men who spent their time leering over women while dry humping any nearby furniture. As horrible as these characters were, they were so steeped in caricature that they were never really offensive and the humour came from the fact that it is two women in the make up. Another regular sketch came in the form of Dawn visiting Jen at her ‘home’ of which we only see a white living room-

As one would expect from a show written and performed by two women, the guest stars were mostly female. The likes of Helen Mirren, Kate Moss, Lulu, Alison Moyet, Dusty Springfield, Anastacia and Patsy Kensit all appeared at one point. Male guests appeared as well, of course, including the duo’s husbands as well as Rik Mayall, Robbie Coltrane and The Proclaimers. During the run of the show, the pair also worked on projects alone. Saunders wrote and starred in Absolutely Fabulous, spawned from a sketch she wrote for her show with French, while Dawn starred in the popular Vicar Of Dibley written by Richard ‘co-creator of Blackadder’ Curtis. In 2008, the duo decided to call it a day on their partnership. They toured the UK with their final live show, a 'best of' of their sketches but they remain best friends.

Recent years haven’t been entirely kind to the pair. In 2009, Jennifer Saunders was diagnosed with breast Cancer, something she (rightfully) hid from the public for a while. In 2010, Dawn French split from her husband of 25 years, Lenny Henry and although the split was amicable, it didn't stop the UK media speculating as to the reason why. Both ladies bounced back, however, Saunders made a full recovery and French is apparently dating a new gentleman but again, so say the media. During their time apart, Dawn worked on dark sitcom Psychoville and starred with Alfred Molina in Roger & Val Have Just Got In. While recovering, Jen begin writing a musical based around songs of the Spice Girls called Viva Forever while bringing Absolutely Fabulous back to our screens with an Olympics special. Despite the fact that they no longer work together touring or on their sketch show, they still do the occasional radio show, specifically at Christmas and Easter, on BBC Radio 2. Also this year they each reprised their roles as two of the Famous Five for the 30th anniversary of The Comic Strip in Five Go To Rehab. I highly recommend you look up some sketches on youtube, especially their movie spoofs, there is some funny stuff in there.

The fact is, there is so much to write about these two talented ladies, it is difficult trying to whittle it down and despite personal problems, none of them show any signs of slowing down. Long may they continue......

'A tad too by the numbers'?  If you had said The World is Not Enough, then I would have agreed.

Anyway, I like Tomorrow Never Dies better than Goldeneye.....and yet the world still turns