Morning Vent, 10 May 2010

Emma, the ultimate Femme Fatale

    It was a very quiet Mothers Day at the HQ. We did eventually take Mom out to a local restaurant to celebrate her special day. It was a good day, overall.
    Most people who know me know I'm a closet Anglophile. In my - ahem - youth, I watched the Marty Feldman Show; Monty Python, The Prisoner, (Did you know that Patrick McGoohan was born in Astoria, Queens, NY? Thanks for the correction, Wayne!)  The Champions, The Avengers, Captain Scarlet, and UFO. I followed that up a bit later with Doctor Who, Fawlty Towers and a continuing obsession with Sherlock Holmes, especially Jeremy Brett (The Best Sherlock Holmes Who Ever Lived™).

Return of Sherlock Holmes (Empty House)

Uploaded by 14 July 2008 by RebeccaWilde

   But it's English girls that usually captivate me, if the truth be known. The UFO series was cool not just for the usual Gerry Anderson SFX or really good stories with characters portrayed by very skilled actors; the series also had hot English babes in silver miniskirts.

UFO - TV Series - Lt Ellis Gets Undressed

Uploaded 25 March 2007 by thetormentsofhell

    And that has continued into my decrepitude with ladies like the inestimably scrummy Kate Beckinsale of Underworld. The embedded video explains why...

Kate Beckinsale: Esquire's Sexiest Woman Alive

Uploaded 13 October 2009 on EsquireMag