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Dr Snofeld posted:My birthday is in the middle of November, and the long standing tradition is that nobody gives a poo poo about Christmas until after that. I propose we roll that system out nationwide. Nobody give a poo poo about Christmas until next Friday at the earliest. Annoying as they often are, the thought occurs that the Americans did this the right way by inventing a late November holiday, which makes it utterly impossible to bring out any Christmas crap before then because the reaction would just be "but it's not been Thanksgiving yet!"
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Nov 8, 2011 00:31
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Dr Snofeld posted:My birthday is in the middle of November, and the long standing tradition is that nobody gives a poo poo about Christmas until after that. I propose we roll that system out nationwide. Nobody give a poo poo about Christmas until next Friday at the earliest. My cue for Christmas caring was seeing The Pogues do 'Fairytale Of New York' live in London, but they've quit touring now, so Christmas is cancelled. I can also distinctly remember seeing a couple of ads for Christmas at the start of October, but can also remember in the early 2000s the Christmas decorations going up in the centre of Brum before Halloween. But to keep it on topic, any decent Christmas specials in the works for this year? The papers have been largely quiet on that front.
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Nov 8, 2011 01:02
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Trin Tragula posted:Annoying as they often are, the thought occurs that the Americans did this the right way by inventing a late November holiday, which makes it utterly impossible to bring out any Christmas crap before then because the reaction would just be "but it's not been Thanksgiving yet!" Although I learned today that Thanksgiving was moved to that late November slot to create a longer Winter shopping season. You just can't win.
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Nov 8, 2011 01:02
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ShaneMacGowansTeeth posted:But to keep it on topic, any decent Christmas specials in the works for this year? The papers have been largely quiet on that front. I though I heard something about a Christmas Downton.
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Nov 8, 2011 01:04
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Kerbtree posted:Yep, mongrels is still good. I happily concur! Has the voice of Vince changed?
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Nov 8, 2011 02:14
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It's not officially Christmas until the Christmas Radio Times comes out.
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Nov 8, 2011 02:20
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The Guardian has details of Charlie Brooker's new programmequote:The National Anthem: the princess, the PM and bestiality on TV? It must be C4
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Nov 8, 2011 10:38
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Trin Tragula posted:Annoying as they often are, the thought occurs that the Americans did this the right way by inventing a late November holiday, which makes it utterly impossible to bring out any Christmas crap before then because the reaction would just be "but it's not been Thanksgiving yet!" I've always liked the American sitcom idea where you have a thanksgiving turkey dinner with your mates and a Christmas one with your family. That said I don't know how well your idea would work here considering Lidl were doing Christmas cakes before Halloween. Also if you don't buy all your Christmas stuff for 90% off on boxing day and stick it in a closet all year than lol
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Nov 8, 2011 10:57
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Brown Moses posted:The Guardian has details of Charlie Brooker's new programme Shall we just assume this won't be repeated?
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Nov 8, 2011 11:13
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Well it is C4 and they did repeat the Brasseye special...
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Nov 8, 2011 11:27
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Our neighbours have had their xmas tree sat outside our kitchen window for the best part of a year now. It's never quite made the last few feet to the bins. It's a little worse for wear - no needles left at all. I'm looking forward to December when I can stick some tinsel on it. Then camp out with a camera to see their reaction.
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Nov 8, 2011 11:41
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Wow, I can hardly disagree with this piece in the Independent more. Did "belly laugh, live in front of a studio audience" sitcoms even go anywhere? Wasn't My Family really popular around the time of The Office and whatnot? I doubt this kind of Miranda-esque comedy is going anywhere soon but it still seems apparent to me that we're slowly going further away from studio audiences in our comedies. They also mention Mrs Brown's Boys - my mum tried to show me some of it, and in the end of the episode the whole cast unironically burst out into a big musical number.  Can't wait for Black Mirror and 2011 Wipe, next month should be a good time for TV, though Christmas time also means I'll be going back to stay with my parents and therefore be unable to avoid our awful, awful adverts. Again: On a less complain-y note, I started re-watching the new Alan Partridge series, Mid Morning Matters - somebody put them back up on youtube. No plot, just pure Alan. Absolutely pissing myself laughing, jaw aching.
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Nov 8, 2011 12:04
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Irisi posted:Mostly to me. My family had a weird weakness for advent calendar chocolate. Bars of the stuff can sit in the house for weeks, but put a wee scrap of cheap chocolate behind a cardboard door and we'd knock down our granny to get to it first. For me its the little bags of chocolate coins, I know the are cheap chocolate scrapings but they just taste so good. But yeah advertising this early is just wasteful.
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Nov 8, 2011 12:20
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad posted:I felt really bad for a soundman I worked with because he'd bought a load of second hand radio packs only to be told by Ofcom that he couldn't use them for much longer, and he'd missed the rebate window to get some money back for his license. I had no idea they were doing rebates. We still have a ton of old gear in all of our lecture theatres and I have no idea if they've been replaced yet. It's going to cost a bomb.
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sebzilla posted:The best bit of christmas is the seasonal BBC1/BBC2 program introduction video things (can't think what the proper name is) with all the kids in reindeer costumes and whatever There won't be any new idents this year. Cutbacks I guess. They are using last years, plus some from 2006 apparently.
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Nov 8, 2011 12:29
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thehustler posted:There won't be any new idents this year. Cutbacks I guess. They are using last years, plus some from 2006 apparently. They should use the idents from the 80s and 90s. That would be a real nostalgia kick for a lot of people.
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Nov 8, 2011 12:42
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Gram-O-Phone posted:They should use the idents from the 80s and 90s. That would be a real nostalgia kick for a lot of people.
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Nov 8, 2011 12:42
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Cerv posted:Won't be in widescreen though. Maybe they could add some festive borders down the sides of the screen.
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Nov 8, 2011 12:44
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Gram-O-Phone posted:Maybe they could add some festive borders down the sides of the screen.
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Nov 8, 2011 13:51
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thehustler posted:There won't be any new idents this year. Cutbacks I guess. They are using last years, plus some from 2006 apparently. Seriously? This it is the worst cut yet. gently caress the Tories, etc
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Nov 8, 2011 14:10
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Nov 8, 2011 14:22
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Dr Snofeld posted:Aw hell, I just remembered we have the singing Iceland adverts to look forward to. I work in an Iceland. They just put out their christmas food. They're coming aren't they 
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Nov 8, 2011 15:43
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MyChemicalImbalance posted:I work in an Iceland. They just put out their christmas food. They're coming aren't they The one good thing aboue the Iceland adverts is that, at least within my family, 'prawn ring' is now shorthand for terrible food.
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Nov 8, 2011 16:15
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Idioteque Dance posted:Wow, I can hardly disagree with this piece in the Independent more. Did "belly laugh, live in front of a studio audience" sitcoms even go anywhere? Wasn't My Family really popular around the time of The Office and whatnot? I doubt this kind of Miranda-esque comedy is going anywhere soon but it still seems apparent to me that we're slowly going further away from studio audiences in our comedies. They also mention Mrs Brown's Boys - my mum tried to show me some of it, and in the end of the episode the whole cast unironically burst out into a big musical number. I'll agree with you on the other things, but give Mrs. Brown's Boys another go. It incorporates all the fun stuff from traditional laughtrack sitcoms while not taking itself at all seriously and subverting the format in a fun sort of way. I've certainly quite liked the episodes I've seen anyway.
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Nov 8, 2011 19:18
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Jonnty posted:I'll agree with you on the other things, but give Mrs. Brown's Boys another go. It incorporates all the fun stuff from traditional laughtrack sitcoms while not taking itself at all seriously and subverting the format in a fun sort of way. I've certainly quite liked the episodes I've seen anyway. I've only seen one episode of Mrs Brown's boys, and while it is very traditional, it is strangely likable in a way that I never found Miranda to be.
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Nov 8, 2011 20:10
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I'm thrilled that Mongrels is indeed still good.
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Nov 8, 2011 23:12
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SeanBeansShako posted:I'm thrilled that Mongrels is indeed still good. It is, the John Terry's dog bit was great, even if I found it terrible that I found it funny. And I love that the reaction of humans is still 'what the gently caress, why are there animals in my office' rather than accepting that talking animals exist in this world.
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Nov 8, 2011 23:20
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New series of Richard Herring's Objective started today. I was at work when it was on so I'll be having a listen to it now. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b016wzrz/Richard_Herrings_Objective_Series_2_The_Golliwog/
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Nov 9, 2011 00:41
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I really enjoyed Mrs Brown's Boys, I'm not sure whether it was genuine or not but there were parts when the guy playing Mrs Brown would just snap out of character and it didn't seem as though the supporting cast were expecting it. Cue the others actors or a cameraman or someone struggling to maintain composure. Those bits were brilliant. We don't seem to do much on food programmes in this thread. Probably because most of them are boring but I've just binged through Jamie's Britain and and I reckon it's a great return to form after Jamie at Home. Anyone else watching it?
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Nov 9, 2011 02:37
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Jamie Oliver is quite annoying but his books are full of lovely food and his Dream School thing was pretty entertaining. I can't stand his tear-filled moralising crusades on school dinners, though. Bring back turkey twizzlers!
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Nov 9, 2011 03:49
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Does anybody else get sucked in by the Great British Bake-off whenever it's on? I think it's Mel and Sue that makes it watchable.
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Nov 9, 2011 04:27
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Kraxis posted:I really enjoyed Mrs Brown's Boys, I'm not sure whether it was genuine or not but there were parts when the guy playing Mrs Brown would just snap out of character and it didn't seem as though the supporting cast were expecting it. Cue the others actors or a cameraman or someone struggling to maintain composure. Those bits were brilliant. You gotta be joking about the food thing, though. This thread might as well be called "The Great British Bake-Off programme discussion"
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Nov 9, 2011 12:11
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Kraxis posted:I really enjoyed Mrs Brown's Boys Personally I think it's one of the worst sitcoms in all of history.
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Nov 9, 2011 13:03
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Idioteque Dance posted:You gotta be joking about the food thing, though. This thread might as well be called "The Great British Bake-Off programme discussion" I started watching Masterchef after being late to the party on this video and it's probably the only cooking show I can watch. The contestants have a real skill and are earnestly and honestly trying to be the best dude, which is much more appealing than waxing poetic about basil or some poo poo. Like, I watched some of Nigel Slater's Simple Cooking and, whilst I think the guy is great, I've never seen so much jizz over eating a loving pear or whatever in my life.
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Nov 9, 2011 13:17
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gwaaargh posted:I started watching Masterchef after being late to the party on this video and it's probably the only cooking show I can watch. The contestants have a real skill and are earnestly and honestly trying to be the best dude, which is much more appealing than waxing poetic about basil or some poo poo. Like, I watched some of Nigel Slater's Simple Cooking and, whilst I think the guy is great, I've never seen so much jizz over eating a loving pear or whatever in my life. Ha, I saw that pear thing as well. Nigel Slater seems to have a different definition of the word 'simple' to the rest of us because I swear I've never seen such convoluted recipes in my life. Also everything he makes is conveniently related to some blissful childhood memory.
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Nov 9, 2011 13:47
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Nigel Slater is such a massive ponce. Watched some of the Hairy Bikers today and I'd forgotten just how loving poo poo they are as well. Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall is the man but his assistants are all cocks. I just hate almost everyone.
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Red Oktober posted:It is, the John Terry's dog bit was great, even if I found it terrible that I found it funny. The Argos vouchers! I quite enjoyed the silly little Mossad Middle Class Fox Hitman plot going on.
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Nov 9, 2011 17:21
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thehustler posted:I had no idea they were doing rebates. We still have a ton of old gear in all of our lecture theatres and I have no idea if they've been replaced yet. It's going to cost a bomb. Yeah they did (registration was last year though) http://media.ofcom.org.uk/2010/08/05/ofcom-explains-how-government-funding-package-for-wireless-microphone-users-will-work/
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God, I just watched that most recent Derren Brown murder confession thing. I felt so sorry for that guy. I'm amazed he took it so well at the end. I suppose the intense relief would overwhelm all other feelings. I think if I'd become convinced that I'd committed a murder under those circumstances I probably would have been thinking about suicide.
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