But I was probably in one of those moods when the pressure of so much to do ends with nothing being done. I'm sure I'm not alone in that. Occasionally the pressure becomes so great that you end up putting everything off and just vegetating which is probably exactly the wrong thing to do. Best to just wade in and get things done.
Anyway I watched the final of Britain's Got Talent. I enjoyed the entertainment. Can't say I enjoyed the banal comments of the judges though. You just know they are going to say nice over-the- top things about every act. David Walliams also seemed to want to dominate the show and make it about him.
That aside, the final was rather top heavy with magicians. Mind you what they did was pretty mind-blowing. Magic has come a long way from the days of David Nixon and even Paul Daniels. Many years ago I watched a show where the masked magician gave away many of the secrets of the more elaborate tricks. It heightened my respect for what they were doing rather than destroying it because performing the tricks was an extremely elaborate affair and took huge amounts of skill.
On Saturday, I was expecting the comedian/juggler Steve Royle to win with his zany routine that seemed to hark back to the days of slapstick comedy and the likes of Tommy Cooper and Eric Morecambe. I was wrong. The show was stolen by Jon Courtenay - a kind of male Victoria Wood with an amusing but somehow moving song.
My problem with the winner is can he sustain his act over an hour or remain relevant over months and years? I would suggest he will need to diversify into maybe writing sketch shows and will need to come up with something original whereas Steve Royle will be able to comfortably adapt his brand of zany comedy with few problems.
After Britain's Got Talent I watched a recording of the quiz/game show The Wall. I put this in the same category as Tipping Point - fairly mindless but entertaining. It revolves around a load of balls dropping into a big machine and ending up either winning or losing money depending on whether they are green or red and what colour they are is mainly decided by whether questions are answered correctly or not. That's putting it all very simply.
The show is hosted by Danny Dyer (that's the male version) and not Dani Dyer. When I was growing up I always looked upon actors and actresses as super intelligent and well spoken people. Disillusionment soon took over when I realised that some of them weren't all that bright and some had accents that you could stir with a mallet (actually I just made that phrase up but it did seem appropriate).
I'm not sure at all about Mr Dyer. He certainly has an EastEnders accent which is just as well as he's in that Soap. Looking at the wall he regularly shouts out "Wall drop em" which is probably what he says quite a lot in EastEnders but aimed at a different subject rather than a wall.
As for EastEnders - well I can't stand the programme. Here's the plot. Phil Mitchell gets angry, Phil Mitchell shouts a lot, Phil Mitchell has an alcohol problem, Phil Mitchell shoots somebody or is shot, Phil Mitchell goes silent and morose, Phil Mitchell has mental problems... Phil Mitchell gets angry etc etc. It goes round in circles. Sub-plot - all the characters shout at each other and show a total lack of empathy and humour - laugh a minute it isn't.