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I really hate panel quizzes, and dislike the new Room 101, which used to be some decent inoffensive fluff with occasional brilliance. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6ep_d_LrMY
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Howards Bellend posted:I don't think it really worked as nothing of substance was really said about any of the topics. Modern television in a nutshell.
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Jan 23, 2012 17:06
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I watched 30 seconds of some woman talking about how she hated homework and turned it off in disgust.
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Jan 23, 2012 17:08
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Howards Bellend posted:I didn't like the new Room 101. Much prefered the old format where the guests were given time to actually have a discussion about what they chose and why with the presenter, and you maybe learnt some interesting things about them and heard some interesting opinions. Making it into a competition meant it was basically sound bite followed by Frank Skinner commenting followed by another sound bite, then on to the next person. I don't think it really worked as nothing of substance was really said about any of the topics. Fern Britton bombed as well. Although on the positive side I thought the sky planner had said Fearne Cotton so I was about to turn it over
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Jan 23, 2012 17:10
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Leyburn posted:I watched 30 seconds of some woman talking about how she hated homework and turned it off in disgust. She also tried to get the entirety of the Science Fiction genre in, by stating that 'It's not real! It's just silly!'.
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Jan 23, 2012 17:18
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NaDy posted:She also tried to get the entirety of the Science Fiction genre in, by stating that 'It's not real! It's just silly!'. Stephen Fry did call her a 'fatuous bint'. Looks like he was right again.
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Jan 23, 2012 18:09
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The new Room 101 felt really obviously staged and scripted. Maybe it was just what I saw, I ended up turning it off. Not that it wasn't scripted before, but the old format felt much more like an informal chat between funny people, the new way of doing it was just stilted and cold.
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Jan 23, 2012 19:34
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The Nick Hancock version of Room 101 was my favourite one (does that make me really old?), it was much better than Paul Mertons run. I haven't watched the new one yet but I'm not holding out much hope.
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Jan 23, 2012 20:57
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Anything with Frank Skinner is terrible.
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Jan 23, 2012 21:03
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lazyjane posted:The Nick Hancock version of Room 101 was my favourite one (does that make me really old?), it was much better than Paul Mertons run. I haven't watched the new one yet but I'm not holding out much hope. Didn't Dara O'Brien do it for a while too? Love Like Blood posted:Anything with Frank Skinner is terrible. This is just wrong.
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Jan 23, 2012 21:08
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Don't really know why they had to shake up the format. Frank Skinner's had his own interview shows, so the original 'interview with a gimmick' style would have probably worked quite well.
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Jan 23, 2012 21:13
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lazyjane posted:The Nick Hancock version of Room 101 was my favourite one (does that make me really old?), it was much better than Paul Mertons run. I entirely agree. With Nick it was a comedy chat about some stuff that got on peoples nerves, with Paul Merton Room 101 became a gimmick with him as the custodian.
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Jan 23, 2012 21:24
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Why was Room 101 ended in the first place? It was quite an abrupt one if I recall correctly.
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Jan 23, 2012 21:58
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DaWolfey posted:I entirely agree. With Nick it was a comedy chat about some stuff that got on peoples nerves, with Paul Merton Room 101 became a gimmick with him as the custodian. I agree, but Johnny Vegas was my second favourite guest ever (after Peter Cook).
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Jan 24, 2012 00:44
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Love Like Blood posted:Anything with Frank Skinner is terrible. His stand-up comedy isn't very good but I actually think he's pretty decent as a television presenter/host. He clearly knows how to deal with this kind of format at the very least.
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Jan 24, 2012 02:18
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Maybe five years ago, but now he's just weird and old. Like the older he gets the more awkward it is to move his face and force out jokes. His most recent chat show is kind of embarrassing to sit through.
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Jan 24, 2012 08:29
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Just saw a minute long advert for the Beeb's natural history side which was visually a greatest hits compilation of all their footage (good) and was audually David Attenborough doing a spoken word version of "It's a Wonderful World", William Shatner style (terrible).
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Mr. Squishy posted:Just saw a minute long advert for the Beeb's natural history side which was visually a greatest hits compilation of all their footage (good) and was audually David Attenborough doing a spoken word version of "It's a Wonderful World", William Shatner style (terrible). That was great though 
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Jan 24, 2012 23:07
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2nd series of White Van Man is happening, saw the promo trailer on YouTube.
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Jan 25, 2012 00:23
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Yeah, they were filming some scenes literally around the corner from where I live. Seemed like a whole lot of malarky was going down and I even managed to see that guy from two pints of lager or whatever, a regular brush with fame.
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Jan 25, 2012 00:38
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SeanBeansShako posted:2nd series of White Van Man is happening, saw the promo trailer on YouTube. Saw this too, looked awful. Was the first series good? I ain't seen much new Frank Skinner stuff but he's always seemed like a nice guy. This is great.
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Jan 25, 2012 17:26
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gently caress, Everybody Loves Raymond is back on again during my toast and tea 20 minutes at 8 am. I hate that show so much, everyone is just horrible. Frasier was awsome in the morning and would sometimes make me late because I wanted to see the end of the episode, and I could more or less tolerate 'According to Jim'. Raymond though, I hate you and your whole family.
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Jan 25, 2012 18:11
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henpod posted:gently caress, Everybody Loves Raymond is back on again during my toast and tea 20 minutes at 8 am. I hate that show so much, everyone is just horrible. Even Peter Boyle?
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Jan 25, 2012 19:34
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henpod posted:Raymond though, I hate you and your whole family.
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Jan 25, 2012 20:41
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Is anyone watching Borgen on BBC 4? Quite surprised that I've not seen it mentioned on here yet. If you haven't then you might be interested to know that it's a political drama from the same stable as The Killing, and the first six episodes are still on iPlayer for the next fortnight.
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Jan 25, 2012 23:14
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All I've heard about Borgen is that HEY GUYS IT'S GOT PEOPLE FROM THE KILLING IN IT. Which is great, only I haven't got around to watching The Killing yet, and I haven't actually heard anyone, yourself included, actually say that it's brilliant TV that must be watched. Everyone just keeps saying "Oh hey Borgen is on." yeah great, so's Jamie's Ice Skating Cafeteria. Sell it to us.
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Jan 25, 2012 23:21
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Mr. Squishy posted:Just saw a minute long advert for the Beeb's natural history side which was visually a greatest hits compilation of all their footage (good) and was audually David Attenborough doing a spoken word version of "It's a Wonderful World", William Shatner style (terrible). God, yeah, that Attenborough spoken word thing was dreadful. I sort of wonder how he felt about doing it, because it was just so unbelievably crass.
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Jan 25, 2012 23:32
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Pablo Bluth posted:Even worse, they've stopped showing the Gilmore Girls on rotation. Channel 4 axes Gilmore Girls and then gives New Girl a prime time Friday night slot. Justice! Where are you?
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Jan 26, 2012 00:11
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Al2001 posted:Saw this too, looked awful. Was the first series good? 1st series was actually well done.
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Jan 26, 2012 01:11
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Pablo Bluth posted:Even worse, they've stopped showing the Gilmore Girls on rotation. gently caress, really?  I liked having it around, love that show
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Jan 26, 2012 01:13
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Gilmore Girls is one of those shows I used to hate because when it was on in the background it just seemed to be 'pretty girls talk really fast'. Then I started watching it out of spite to myself for some reason and now I love it
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Jan 26, 2012 01:16
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it's very witty but you don't get that unless you actually watch it properly, I can imagine how people who have only seen bits and pieces or had it in the background would find it really annoying.
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Jan 26, 2012 02:03
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Al2001 posted:I ain't seen much new Frank Skinner stuff but he's always seemed like a nice guy. This is great. He's a smug wanker and I hate him. 
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Jan 26, 2012 04:23
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bobkatt013 posted:Even Peter Boyle? Yep, his character is horrible too. I don't know why I have such a hatred for this show, it must be the early morning and prospect of work.
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Jan 26, 2012 10:22
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Cerv posted:
I watched Skins on dvd (and only on dvd) and this bit was definitely there.
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Jan 26, 2012 13:43
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Love Like Blood posted:Every time I see him I only think of this. I dunno. I don't think you can discredit his entire body of work just because of his religious views. Frank Skinner's always amused me in a relatively clean way. I read the whole interview out of curiosity and I didn't think he came off as that smug. Just as someone who wants his views to be more widely accepted. He definitely didn't come off as smug as Dawkins does in his interviews. And I say that as an atheist.
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Jan 26, 2012 14:36
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He also doesn't really talk about his faith in his material. I can definitely understand why people wouldn't like him based on his 90's stand up sets which seemed to be comprised entirely of sex jokes, but as a presenter/interviewer he is incredibly witty and engaging.
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Jan 26, 2012 16:16
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Yeah, Frank Skinner has always come across as the ideal religious person. Doesn't force his views on anyone or bring it up for no reason, but never shies away from it and is totally honest about his beliefs when asked. It was in a talk on religion with the archbishop of canterbury, I don't have a problem with a religious man talking about how he believes atheists are wrong in a situation like that.
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Jan 26, 2012 16:37
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Oh my God, three people on Perfection just agreed that the Earth is the centre of the Solar Sytem.
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cloudchamber posted:Oh my God, three people on Pointless just agreed that the Earth is the centre of the Solar Sytem. Perfection.  I saw it too. And I thought the Million Pound Drop had the stupidest contestants 
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