Big Bang Theory (the show not the theory!) snares Hawking and Nimoy

That great geek comedy Big Bang Theory seems to be gathering momentum at last after a period of endless re-runs here in Australia.

It's been a bit like the Simpsons, with the show on virtually every night, and difficult to pick out the new content. Enough to drive a person to illegal downloads even...When will TV stations understand this basic idea?

But stepping down off that particular soapbox, there's news today that Stephen Hawking has made a cameo appearance on the show during - you guessed it - a run-in with Sheldon.

And this just a week after filming with Leonard Nimoy reprising the role he'll never escape - Spock. And Neil Tyson too. 

It's starting to become the show to be seen on. Brian Cox - you're next.

Clijsters and Wozniacki send a message about squealing tennis players - funny as video!

Some tennis is just too hard to watch. The squealing and screaming makes it impossible unless you turn the sound off altogether. Channel 7's Summer of Never-ending Tennis therefore is often a no-go zone..

So this moment when Kim Clijsters and Caroline Wozniacki - in the middle of a game - decide to take the mickey out of it is pure gold!

You know that three-eyed fish near the nuclear reactor in the Simpsons?

In Argentina, fiction meets reality...

From Inhabitat:

Fishermen in Argentina are claiming that they have caught a three-eyed fish in a reservoir in the Córdoba province, and it just so happens that a nearby nuclear facility pumps its hot water directly into this body of water.

Unsurprisingly, the discovery of the three-eyed wolffish has prompted concerns about the levels of radiation in the reservoir and to what degree the local wildlife are affected. We’re no experts, but if they’re growing extra eyes – we’d say quite a bit.

Speaking to local press, fisherman Julián Zmutt said of his discovery: “We were fishing and we got the surprise of getting this rare specimen. As it was dark at that time we did not notice, but then you looked at him with a flashlight and saw that he had a third eye.”

They didn’t eat the fish, but instead gave it to local scientists to see if the mutation is natural or caused (as many think) by the nuclear power plant.

Is there such a thing as too much sport?

Sunday 16 October is shaping as a crazy TV sports day.

At 3:30 the league test between Australia and New Zealand starts. You'd have to think the Kangaroos are a real chance with Darren Lockyer back on deck. And at the same time, the MotoGP starts, with Aussie Casey Stoner riding for the World Championship.

At 5:00 Queanbeyan's Mark Webber starts from third in the Korean F1 Grand Prix. Last week he finally got his starts figured out. The dastardly team mate whose name will not be mentioned here has the World Championship in the bag - gained largely at Webber's expense, so perhaps the team will give Mark some overdue attention and give him a real chance. As long as he gets off the line quickly...

And if the channel button on the remote isn't buggered from flicking between those three events, then there's the Rugby Union World Cup semi between the Aussies and Kiwis (again!) starting at 6:30. Sheesh...

From France's performance yesterday, today's game is clearly the de facto final. Shame about the draw putting two top performers against each other in a semi. Smart money is on the Wallabies due to the no shows among the Kiwis. We'll see.

Better go get ready...