Sunday, January 07, 2007

Celebrity weather channel

The other day my dad was bemoaning the state of TV weather reports, particularly the unstinting perkiness of the people giving them. So my idea was to add a bit of variety by hiring actors who could either be chosen on the basis of, or who could tailor their delivery to, the types of weather they were talking about.

Say, Alan Rickman:

"It's going to rain later today. Buckets and buckets of rain. Big dark clouds. You might as well just stay in and keep the blinds up, because it'll be so fucking miserable out there that there's no point going out."