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Populist: Items of interest this week

Chris Pratt
Paint painter paint… Chris Pratt

Paint and recreation

If ever you’re in Omega Pizza & Pasta in Great Falls, Washington, check out the Roman-themed mural. It was painted by Chris Pratt when he was a teen. The most valuable wall in America? See it here.

Is it me you’re running from?

Ever wondered what Lionel Richie’s Hello video would look like without music? Like a fly-on-the-wall mini-documentary about a creepy yet oddly plaintive stalker, of course. Check it out here.

Up with this sort of thing!

Artist Shota Kotake has been celebrating Father Ted’s 20th anniversary by producing a daily drawing of Ted. He’ll continue until he’s in the Guinness Book Of Records or “until I get fed up”. Check out his Ted-art here.

Quiet is the new loud

The latest casting news from Gutterdämmerung, the forthcoming “loudest silent movie on earth”? Lemmy as “a crazed angel” and Slayer’s Tom Araya as “a mysterious messenger of darkness”. Sounds about right.

Streuth, mate

Neighbours’ Toadfish has been shot, jilted and financially ruined. But life isn’t getting easier for the Ian Beale of Erinsborough. He’s about to be paralysed from the waist down in a freak accident. Give him a break will you?

Last night a comedy saved my life

A joke about “checking your balls” in an episode of The Mighty Boosh prompted Joe Melarky from Bristol to do just that. As a result, his testicular cancer was caught early and he’s now fine. Thanks, comedy.

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