It's been a busy month with funerals and suchlike, so this is coming in late, but it has to be done. So, let's look at last year's wild and crazy prediction, see how wrong I was, and make some more for the year ahead.
Last year I suggested Ten Things That Could Happen in 2018 For Better Or Worse:
The Republicans do well in the mid-terms, strengthening Trump's power
- WRONG, but I can see the reverse psychology I was employing there, glad to be wrong.
Theresa May clings to power and even wins a byelection
- CORRECT I guess. There were by elections but no big swings.
The new Doctor Who sees its best ratings successes of the decade
- CORRECT, I'm on a roll.
Strictly contestants include Steph off of BBC Breakfast and a former Doctor Who
- WRONG, I think I'll roll those suggestions over again.
Brexit gets softer as the year progresses, and its deadline gets moved
- Probably CORRECT, but honestly who can tell?
Flying car goes on the market
- Ha ha. WRONG.
Netflix suffers major financial blow and cuts lots of programmes
- WRONG, unless the words "Netflix is fueling its ballooning cash burn with $2 billion in new debt" has a double meaning
Price of litre of petrol goes up (from £1.20 to £1.30)
- CORRECT-ish. It bobs up and down but seems to have remained the same.
Average house price falls (from £225K to £215K)
- WRONG. They too remained flat.
Old TV show revivals: Rainbow, El Dorado, Catweazle, Quatermass
- WRONG. Not that I've seen.
So, if anything it would seem nothing happened in 2018. Let's have some wild stabs in the dark for 2019.
Eurovision winner - Portugal
Trump's wall gets built, Mexico pays for it
House prices soar
Petrol prices plummet
Second Scottish referendum happens
Frontrunner in 2020 Presidential election is Will Smith
The drones in airports story has a surprise revelation about who's behind it
I pitch a TV show to Netflix, it doesn't get made
The Beano start publishing a series of graphic novels, including my Desperate Dan book
Brexit goes ahead and the country doesn't suffer in the slightest
Marvel superhero movies prove unpopular and they stop making them
Surprise revolution in European country
New Labour leader by Christmas
There you go, let's have fun with that nonsense.
Kev F Sutherland, as well as writing and drawing for The Beano, Marvel, Doctor Who et al, runs Comic Art Masterclasses in schools, libraries & art centres. email for details. Facebook, Twitter. Promo video here.
The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre return with a brand new show in 2019. Stay tuned.
Sun Jan 27 Dumfries Fringe 4pm Big Burns Supper
Feb 15/16 - Kayal Leicester
Mar 20/21 - Dram Glasgow
Mar 22 - Britannia Panopticon Glasgow
April 5 - Chorley Little Theatre 90 min (Superheroes)
April 6 - Rondo Bath 90 mins (Superheroes)
April 12 - Ropewalk Barton 90 min (Superheroes)
April 13 - Artrix Bromsgrove 90 min (Superheroes)
May 24 - Victoria Halifax Roll Up 7pm
June 1 & 2 - Brighton Komedia
July 30 - Aug 25 - Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh Fringe
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