Oseph's VHS Club #2

Is this a special festive edition of Oseph's VHS Club? No!!!

Airplane II: The Sequel

The new Naked Gun film came out recently, but as a contrarian, I chose a more retro chucklefest, and chuckle I did! I'm a firm believer that any comedy film or show should have as many jokes as possible - I'm here to laugh, not to have a good time. So naturally I love all those Z.A.Z. produced films and anything like it. This film is similar to the first Airplane but IN SPAAAAACE and without LESLIE NIELSEEEENNN. That's a minor setback. But what are the upsides to this video release by C.I.C? Visual gags (un-ruined by the 4:3 frame), William Shatner and jokes about Iran - three things I know you guys love. And if you don't like that sort of comedy, you had better start enjoying it because in 2026 Smack Dead is gonna be a lot less "Chris Morris via The Mighty Boosh" and a lot more GCSE drama revue with clown horns and farting. Oseph sez - "Explosive. Dynamite. Brilliant. A Must See."

Riverdance: The Show

It was the mid 90s, a time when people were thinking "Ireland? Yeah fair play to them actually." After his revolutionary performance at Eurovision, Michael Flatley (a seppo of Irish descent) pranced off with some producers and came back with Riverdance: The Show. Shortly after, everyone in my family bought the VHS which we would watch whenever we met up and me and my cousins would do terrible Irish dancing in the living room. After a recent trip to the charity shop, I was able to re-live some of this experience. Yes Riverdance is thought of as Irish, but it also features Spanish, American and Russian styles of dance too. Why? Because it's a whole thing about immigration to the US and back in the 90s, we didn't mind shows about immigration because they weren't 80% of what's on. Jokes aside, I loved watching this and following along with the programme that's printed on the inside cover of the case. Highlights for me were "The Countess Cathleen" "The Russian Dervish" "Distant Thunder" and Bill Whelan's foot tapping music (cheers). Is there anything like this now? Do we celebrate dance as the high art that it is? No. No we ruddy don't.

The Vicar of Dibley Seasonal Specials

Honestly, I never liked the Vicar of Dibley or, for that matter, The Church of England. I just wanted to feature something Christmas-y for this blog. I fast-forwarded through the Autumn - oh look she's jumped in the big puddle - special and started watching the "Winter" special before realising I was too tired and couldn't be arsed. JUST CAN NOT BE ARSED. Just wanna put my feet up and pretend Dawn French doesn't exist for 5 fucking seconds if that's alright with you???

Wishing all readers a warm, healthy and merry Christmas. The blog post has ended, go in peace!