{"id":2139,"date":"2008-12-25T13:13:18","date_gmt":"2008-12-25T18:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.net\/?p=2139"},"modified":"2008-12-25T13:13:18","modified_gmt":"2008-12-25T18:13:18","slug":"on-watching-british-television","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/?p=2139","title":{"rendered":"On Watching British Television"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So, while viewers on the other side of the pond are watching <i>The Next Doctor<\/i> (that being the 2008 <i>Doctor Who<\/i> Christmas special for those of you who don&#8217;t keep up with all things <i>Who<\/i>vian), I have <i>Blackadder<\/i> to watch.<\/p>\n<p>I need to watch <i>Blackadder&#8217;s Christmas Carol<\/i>, obviously, but then I think I&#8217;ll watch some <i>Blackadder the Third<\/i> for good measure.  Is &#8220;Duel and Duality&#8221; the funniest half-hour of television ever made?  I can&#8217;t think of anything funnier. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Hope everyone&#8217;s had a great Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>And if you&#8217;re reading this instead of doing Christmassy, holiday-like things, do yourself a favor.  Call a friend, or a loved one, or even just someone you know, even if it&#8217;s just to say hello. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Happy Crimbo, all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, while viewers on the other side of the pond are watching The Next Doctor (that being the 2008 Doctor Who Christmas special for those of you who don&#8217;t keep up with all things Whovian), I have Blackadder to watch. I need to watch Blackadder&#8217;s Christmas Carol, obviously, but then I think I&#8217;ll watch some<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/?p=2139\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;On Watching British Television&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[114],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asides","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2139\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}