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Sorry to butt in on your bakery chat, but I have things to say about something. I recently watched The Royle Family series 1 to 3 having not seen it since it first aired. I'd wanted to watch it for quite a while since I saw goons rubbishing the show. I liked the show when I watched it, but I was very young and as such had no taste in anything. Series one in particular was quite well done. The second wasn't bad either, but by the third I felt they were straying much too far from what was believable for the show to still be enjoyable. I mean that was what made the thing special, was that we were supposed to be just sharing a living room with these very real people. If I had to pick a moment where the show officially became "shite", it would be when they were stripping wallpaper to Lou Bega. I watched the first few minutes of the 2006 episode and it was just plain unpleasant. Ricky Tomlinson was acting as a parody of the character he'd once played. I couldn't watch any more. It didn't end that badly when they finished series 3. It would have been a nice show to remember if they'd just left it there. Why did they have to exhume it 
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DaWolfey posted:You'd be surprised, the Ofcom report shows what some people will complain about. The phone-in sex channels on Sky have repeatedly broken the rules for showing too much skin ("Showing inner labial or anal detail" is a particularly erotic descriptor) or gyrating too sexily too close to the camera.
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Sep 4, 2012 22:37
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I dunno about you but if there's one thing I like to do of an evening it's count smeg.
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Sep 4, 2012 23:11
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I watched The Bill up until the day it finished and still watch Casualty. Why? Because I love pulpy emergency service-based shite.
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Sep 5, 2012 00:12
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Irisi posted:What a sad and cheerless little individual he must be, to sit and count Smegs instead of gazing lovingly at the mountains of chocolate and pies and deliciousness on view. I just don't understand that sort of mentality. Also I remember in the run up to the last general election a big interview with Gordon Brown getting shitloads of complaints from idiots who didn't understand political broadcast rules saying it was unfair to the tories, when David Cameron had been interviewed the week before in the same timeslot to the chagrin of nobody. Although Dave Cameron is genuinely offensive though, you can't show close ups of gaping assholes at 6pm yet they let him on the news 
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Sep 5, 2012 00:31
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VogeGandire posted:I watched The Bill up until the day it finished and still watch Casualty. The Bill finished?! Christ I'm out of touch!
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Sep 5, 2012 01:39
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One Swell Foop posted:or she was trying to do some kind of weird tribute to Ken Campbell and his experimental theatre (iirc it was originally his puppet and he was a kind of mentor to her). The thing is the QI episode kind of invalidated her other tribute to Ken Campbell in which she retired the puppet to ventriloquists dummy heaven. Then of course a couple of years later it appears on QI.
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Sep 5, 2012 02:10
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad posted:Viewers are bloody weird though, they complain about everything. I've seen people complain when foreigners win money on Deal or no Deal, when news reports use metres instead of feet and inches, when Rachael Riley wears skirts that finish above the knee. I read a complaint that Terry Wogan was the secret father of a viewer's baby and was avoiding contact. I saw a complaint that Jon Snow was sending secret telepathic messages through the news and could he be asked to stop doing it. Proper mentals.
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Sep 5, 2012 09:06
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sex pervert posted:The Royle Family I always kinda hated the Royle Family and my family always insist on watching it over the holidays. I'm not sure of the background of the writers, but it always seemed a bit "lol, poor people, northerners!" and kinda mean-spirited. Plus, Ricky Tomlinson is a disgusting human being.
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Sep 5, 2012 09:40
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Fatty posted:The thing is the QI episode kind of invalidated her other tribute to Ken Campbell in which she retired the puppet to ventriloquists dummy heaven. Then of course a couple of years later it appears on QI. I thought it was the other way round? That QI episode was 2 or 3 years ago and the documentary where she goes to the puppet graveyard was only on a few months ago. When she was on the Richard Herring Fringe podcast she was talking about it as if it was recent anyway, suppose she could have filmed it years ago though. She was quite good on that podcast.
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Sep 5, 2012 10:37
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reality_groove posted:I've seen people complain when foreigners win money on Deal or no Deal, when news reports use metres instead of feet and inches, when Rachael Riley wears skirts that finish above the knee. I was expecting this post to end in some weird dying Android Blade Runner-esqe parody for a second. So is In the Loop part of The Thick Of It or a seperate thing in its own?
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Sep 5, 2012 10:43
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SeanBeansShako posted:So is In the Loop part of The Thick Of It or a seperate thing in its own? Many of the same actors are used, but they are playing different characters. The only ones who are the same are Malcome and Jamie.
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Sep 5, 2012 10:58
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DaWolfey posted:Many of the same actors are used, but they are playing different characters. So Bizzaro Thick Of It?
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Sep 5, 2012 11:01
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It's just set in another department Malcolm has to terrorize. That it's staffed with dead-ringers from DoSAC is no matter.
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Sep 5, 2012 11:23
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netally posted:I always kinda hated the Royle Family and my family always insist on watching it over the holidays. I'm not sure of the background of the writers, but it always seemed a bit "lol, poor people, northerners!" and kinda mean-spirited. Plus, Ricky Tomlinson is a disgusting human being.
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Sep 5, 2012 11:25
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Take it as a commentary that all these political types are basically the same people. 
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Sep 5, 2012 11:27
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I grew up in a family that is just as close as the on depicted in the Royle Family, and we have a similar dynamic every time we get into the same room as each other. That said, the Royle Family Christmas specials completely screw with my head. If I watch them alone, then I sit there straight faced wondering what went wrong. And if I watch it with my family, suddenly every joke seems brilliant and true and the episode becomes one of the my highlights of Christmas Day.
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Sep 5, 2012 11:32
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thebardyspoon posted:I thought it was the other way round? That QI episode was 2 or 3 years ago and the documentary where she goes to the puppet graveyard was only on a few months ago. When she was on the Richard Herring Fringe podcast she was talking about it as if it was recent anyway, suppose she could have filmed it years ago though. She was quite good on that podcast. Fairly certain I saw multiple references to I think 2009 whilst watching it, to the point where I actively wondered why it was shown so long after. Maybe she managed to spin her QI appearance into getting BBC4 to show her film?
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Sep 5, 2012 12:04
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Does anyone else watch Beaver Falls? I know it's actually not great and very unoriginal and some of the acting in it is pretty poor but for some reason I quite enjoy it. VVV - I haven't seen the American version but I've heard pretty bad things. It's one of those direct clones where a lot of the humour just doesn't seem to work. Also, the Inbetweeners movie is being released on the 7th of September in the states, so two days. It's definitely worth a watch if you like the series. Aphex- fucked around with this message at 15:25 on Sep 5, 2012 |
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First, I should probably declare that I am an American. However, having grown up on Benny Hill and whatever British comedies they were showing on PBS, my tastes for TV shows are more British than anything (Mostly because it's not American TV). Now one day I accidentally discovered The Inbetweeners, and it was probably the best show I've ever seen. However, when I had access to cable TV over the weekend I saw some ads for the US version, and it looked absolutely awful. I caught the end of "Sunshine Mountain", and I don't think I could stand an entire episode. Has anyone else seen this version, and is it as terrible as I believe? Also, I just realized they made a movie. I must find this.
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Sep 5, 2012 15:17
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Drunk Badger posted:First, I should probably declare that I am an American. However, having grown up on Benny Hill and whatever British comedies they were showing on PBS, my tastes for TV shows are more British than anything (Mostly because it's not American TV). If you want grown-up Inbetweeners try Peep Show. (It actually came first, just for the sake of argument).
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Sep 5, 2012 15:22
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Drunk Badger posted:First, I should probably declare that I am an American. However, having grown up on Benny Hill and whatever British comedies they were showing on PBS, my tastes for TV shows are more British than anything (Mostly because it's not American TV). Have you watched the US version? It's was panned straight off the bat based on the adverts, but has gotten some decent reviews. I've not seen it yet, but plan to give it a look at least. As for the movie, it's ok. More of the same, so if you like the series, I'm sure you'll find enough to like in it. It's out in the US on Friday, so shouldn't be too hard to find. As the poster above me said, you should really check out Peep Show. It's infinitely better than The Inbetweeners, which I do really like, but never quite got why it was so highly regarded.
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Mickolution posted:Have you watched the US version? It's was panned straight off the bat based on the adverts, but has gotten some decent reviews. I've not seen it yet, but plan to give it a look at least. I saw the last 5 minutes of an episode. It looked like they just used the same script, I could barely stand to watch it. Mickolution posted:As the poster above me said, you should really check out Peep Show. It's infinitely better than The Inbetweeners, which I do really like, but never quite got why it was so highly regarded. I'll have to do that. Any other good ones?
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Drunk Badger posted:Now one day I accidentally discovered The Inbetweeners, and it was probably the best show I've ever seen. However, when I had access to cable TV over the weekend I saw some ads for the US version, and it looked absolutely awful. I caught the end of "Sunshine Mountain", and I don't think I could stand an entire episode. Has anyone else seen this version, and is it as terrible as I believe? The trailer for the MTV Inbetweeners is horrendous, but the show itself is... actually really enjoyable. It's early days (3 episodes in of a 12 episode first season order), but I think it has potential to be better than the original. I always liked the British one, but I'm not the biggest fan and find that the more screentime Will gets, the more annoyed with him I am. (Although in the movie Will is a lot more tolerable, Simon is completely loving irritating to the point I would've pushed him off the aeroplane and Neil is made to be a cheat on his girlfriend for no real reason).). The writing is a bit pedestrian but for a show with mass appeal, it's a good laugh. I think the casting on the American one suits the characters a little bit better, and even though the plots are recycled, and surprisingly closely for a show I didn't think would work in the US, they don't feel forced. My flatmate is not really a big sitcom fan at all, and even he laughed a good few times during the first episode. In fairness, it's MTV. Beyond a few shows, for the past 30 years they've shown they really know how to make TV for teenagers. It's good to see they've some stuff on the air that doesn't completely outcast those of us with 10+ years out of high school.
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Drunk Badger posted:I'll have to do that. Any other good ones? Off the top of my head (and I'm sure others will add to the list): I'm Alan Partridge The Thick of It (the show Veep and In The Loop were based on, better than both for my money. not sure how well it translates outside of the UK, though) The Armando Iannucci Shows (sketch show from the guy who made the two above) Father Ted The IT Crowd (both made by Graham Linehan, the first with Arthur Matthews. good old fashioned absurd humour) Dead Set (Horror Comedy where everyone's been turned into Zombies except Big Brother contestants) Garth Marenghi's Darkplace (weird spoof action/horror series. great pisstake of 80s action TV) I assume you've seen the UK Office as it was pretty big in the US, wasn't it? If not, it's fantastic. The pHo posted:Inbetweeners US stuff Does it have swearing in it? One of the funniest things about the UK one was the putdowns and language they used. It's what made the show the most realistic, I reckon. I feared they might try this with the US one, but try and clean up the language a bit. I thought it was awful in the US Office when they introduced a Chris Finch character who just went around calling everyone a "gay nerd." Mickolution fucked around with this message at 17:40 on Sep 5, 2012 |
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I'm always going to pick the original over the remake, purely because the remake is going to be "Another US High-School Sitcom" whereas the original was "My Life At School". Its shocking how close it is to my experience at school. They even had an episode in which they crammed into the back of a poo poo car and had a total flop of a day at Thorpe Park.
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Buml0r posted:It is bothering me enormously that I don't know this, because it means my one true skill is flagging. I can sing you songs from Chips' Comic for flip's sake, I should be on top of this. s it the days of the week song, "Turn around it's Monday again"? Because that gets stuck in my head periodically. I was going to guess Henry's Cat for the music but after flicking through an episode on YouTube it has no incidental music. Though the style of music on the theme tune kinda fits. Also thanks to my brother I've sat through an entire episode of Penny Crayon.. I don't think the music was from that now.
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I said it when it aired, but in defence of the US Inbetweeners it really was much better than I expected. I scoffed and winced at the trailer like the rest of the thread but the show redeemed itself upon first airing, amazingly. I'm usually all for immediately dismissing US remakes out of hand, but this one isn't so bad.
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Hmm maybe I should watch corrie... http://uk.tv.yahoo.com/corrie-s-bil...v-round-up.html 'Coronation Street' star Bill Roache reckons that the human race is moving on to a 'higher vibration' and that after 12 December the world will 'change dramatically'. Roache, who's played Ken Barlow in the soap since 1960, made the comments about his beliefs in an interview with spiritual and metaphysical interest magazine 'Silent Voices'. He also says a homeopathic doctor once communicated with him using telepathy. Speaking about the date of 12 December, which ancient civilisation the Mayans believed would signal a cataclysm on Earth, he said: “This will be the Golden Age, when a majority will know they are love and they are spiritual beings. “The earth will continue to cleanse itself while material and negative things will collapse and cease to be.” “I am not now, nor have I ever been a spiritualist” he added. “Understand we are all pure love, made in love, living in love. It is urgent to get this over. Time is running out. “The energy and light of the Creator is love. Love is the life force, it is everything, it is the law of attraction. I have always known that there are beings around me, loving and guiding, and never more so than now."'
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Which is why I will spend the last months of my existance acting in a poo poo fantasy Northern Soap Opera. Well, I'm convinced!
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SeanBeansShako posted:Which is why I will spend the last months of my existance acting in a poo poo fantasy Northern Soap Opera. Here now, have a care. Corrie is awesome, and my favourite coffee mug has Norris and Madge on it, so unless you are prepared to fight, step off. e: gently caress, apparently Dave have gone back to a 3 episode rotation of QI again. Good for rote education of the nation, not for a five night a week show. Trickjaw fucked around with this message at 21:09 on Sep 5, 2012 |
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Plucky Brit posted:iPlayer has an absolutely fantastic Who Do You Think You Are with Patrick Stewart, looking into his father's experiences with WW2. Second this - it's not often one of these teases out something quite so deeply personal.
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Also it reveals that Jean-Luc Picard is terrible at speaking French in the only non-harrowing part of the documentary
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Tsaedje posted:Also it reveals that Jean-Luc Picard is terrible at speaking French in the only non-harrowing part of the documentary Ah shoosh at least he was trying. I loved that bit. The whole thing was amazing though, it's incredible how his perception of he father changed as he learnt why he acted the way he did.
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Tsaedje posted:Also it reveals that Jean-Luc Picard is terrible at speaking French in the only non-harrowing part of the documentary An Englishman playing a Frenchman in an American TV show.
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Trickjaw posted:Here now, have a care. Corrie is awesome, and my favourite coffee mug has Norris and Madge on it, so unless you are prepared to fight, step off. What you going to do send Tony Blair after me .
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Sion posted:An Englishman playing a Frenchman in an American TV show. You all shut your rattle. It made me cry, but I do love him. Anyway, he has done a LOT of work for Amnesty on the domestic violence front, and yes, he does repeat some experiences, but who wouldn't. Someone posted the vids in the TVIV trek thread, I'll try in find them and edit them in, but the thread moves quick. In happier news, if you want to see a new Tory chairman get a kicking from the genial Andrew Neill, watch the daily politics today e:SeanBeansShako well, proved you wrong there as we cross posted, baby e2: I meant I love Andrew Neill nearly as much as Paxo for being a loving contrarian. I took it too mean you thought I was in favour of Blair for being Labour who once, children, supported the working class, which they don't but this is about telly, not politics really. In fun news there is a new Edwardian farm about the great war leading into the thick of it tomorrow Trickjaw fucked around with this message at 21:50 on Sep 5, 2012 |
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Discussion on UK sitcoms? My specialist subject. I dunno how well The Thick of It would go over in America, just because it's so VERY British. Same with I'm Alan Partridge, they seem very British, and I'm not sure if all the cultural references would be got overseas. Peep Show is my favourite show of all time, so I have to recommend it to the nth degree. I've watched all 7 series multiple times. It's absolutely amazing. The Inbetweeners is great too. I just wish they had made more of it. Anything made by Graham Lineham is gold. The man just writes absurd beauty.
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Oh god why am I watching "The Revolution Will Be Televised" again. They're trying to make being pro-Union sound like right-wing BNP-esque opinion. Get hosed, you both clearly have no idea about the majority opinion in Scotland being pro-Union.
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