Channel 4Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace may have only run for a single, six-episode season but that hasn’t stopped it from becoming one of the most enduring cult comedies of the past two decades. Airing on U.K. broadcaster Channel 4 in 2004, its highly quotable line deliveries and schlocky horror-parody plots quickly garnered a dedicated fan base, if not much commercial success. While it was too meta to land with the mainstream, the comedy fans who fell for Darkplace still hype it up at every chance
The 400th anniversary of the publication of Shakespeare’s First Folio. San Francisco’s new “Museum of the Future AI Apocalypse.” Compostable, potato waste-based cling film. Graphene-based sportswear from Umbro. Slack adds ChatGPT because why not? The world’s most disturbing videoconferencing display. Scientists discover how bacteria convert atmospheric hydrogen to energy a potential new, clean power source. Goats are the secret to combatting California’s wildfires. Celebrating “Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace.” Four words that should never be used together: Hidden Valley Ranch Ice Cream. All that and more in WhatTheyThink’s weekly miscellany.