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He's with Off The Kerb, like the rest of them.
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Oct 24, 2019 20:55
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The guy from the bake off extra show I've forgotten the name of (...extra slice??)?
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Taear posted:I really don't get why he came in and gave them the task at the end? Weird. "What did you actually do in the task?" "I brought myself"* *or something to that effect Has got to be one of the funniest defences anyone has ever given on the Apprentice behind "I have a field of horses"
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Slash posted:Yeah they basically got to choose the colour. And for what it's worth i liked the red wheels, maybe that's just my inner child coming through. The not-quite-mentioned collab with Raleigh drops the curtain a bit though. Aphrodite - https://www.raleigh.co.uk/rm20hur-motus-kompact E-Fit - https://www.raleigh.co.uk/25002-motus-grand-tour-open-frame Which honestly makes it dumber, because they did just literally choose their commuter bike because presumably it was the only viable (limited) option. Khablam fucked around with this message at 11:06 on Oct 25, 2019 |
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Oct 25, 2019 11:01
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Apprently Lottie Lion is a big racist who idolises Katie Hopkins. The BBC condemned something she said in a whatsapp group but the tabloids are saying she has said a lot more that has been swept under the carpet by the production company.
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Bacon Terrorist posted:Apprently Lottie Lion is a big racist who idolises Katie Hopkins. The BBC condemned something she said in a whatsapp group but the tabloids are saying she has said a lot more that has been swept under the carpet by the production company. I read that on reddit a few weeks ago - and when you know that you can also feel people kinda disliking her. In the house everyone is pally with each other but they're absolutely not pally with Lottie. Other than the guy who went out with her I guess. She called an Indian lady a "gandhi" which is a proper weird slur to me but whatever. Khablam posted:Which honestly makes it dumber, because they did just literally choose their commuter bike because presumably it was the only viable (limited) option. Too much of the show is fake now I think. Like I know it's always been quite fake but I feel like there are limits if you want it to remain "fun".
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Bacon Terrorist posted:Apprently Lottie Lion is a big racist who idolises Katie Hopkins. The BBC condemned something she said in a whatsapp group but the tabloids are saying she has said a lot more that has been swept under the carpet by the production company. The candidates are basically the same every year I've noticed. They always have one who's an extra lovely sociopath. There's the big loud cockney bloke. The really camp gay bloke. The gobby Northern woman.
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Is anyone watching Giri/Haji? A Yakuza drama set between Tokyo and London. It's airing on bbc2 on Thursdays but it's all on iplayer already. Entirely my poo poo, it's fantastic 6 episodes in. Wondering how it's going to wrap up satisfyingly though.
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Oct 25, 2019 19:07
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The Accident was quite good last night but I am anxious to see how it plays out from the opener, potential to go a bit daft I think.
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Taear posted:I read that on reddit a few weeks ago - and when you know that you can also feel people kinda disliking her. In the house everyone is pally with each other but they're absolutely not pally with Lottie. "I should be PM because [extensive experience with electric bikes]" team: eh........... nah "Then at least sub-team leader" team: I mean, also no It made me smile.
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eating only apples posted:Is anyone watching Giri/Haji? A Yakuza drama set between Tokyo and London. It's airing on bbc2 on Thursdays but it's all on iplayer already. Entirely my poo poo, it's fantastic 6 episodes in. Wondering how it's going to wrap up satisfyingly though. I remember that forums user Echoplex did the graphics work on it.
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The_Doctor posted:I remember that forums user Echoplex did the graphics work on it. They did a great job. I have no idea why the beeb commissioned the show though, let alone gave it an hour slot on primetime bbc2. No one is going to watch it. It hits Netflix next year and that'll pick up the numbers maybe. It's amazing and I won't hear a word against it but it's not exactly mainstream.
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Commissioning a thing that's neat but doesn't necessarily have mass appeal is pretty much the point of BBC2 I think.
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Oct 26, 2019 00:11
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I have all the first few seasons of Apprentice on VCD (yes they're that old) and really the gulf between even that poo poo there and the new stuff is almost as stark as that Mitchell and Webb sketch and the real show.
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Robodog posted:I have all the first few seasons of Apprentice on VCD (yes they're that old) and really the gulf between even that poo poo there and the new stuff is almost as stark as that Mitchell and Webb sketch and the real show. On what now?
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Oct 26, 2019 12:10
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Robodog posted:I have all the first few seasons of Apprentice on VCD (yes they're that old) and really the gulf between even that poo poo there and the new stuff is almost as stark as that Mitchell and Webb sketch and the real show. I genuinely don't know what VCD is. Do...you mean VHS? Or is this some forgotten weird thing.
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Oct 26, 2019 12:48
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I remember VCDs. More popular in Japan than in Europe. Mpeg2 decoding and about an hour of video on each. The discs themselves were just CDs with video rather than audio data. Not much better than VHS in terms of quality. Japan often embraces technology more readily than the west. Id like to feel the simulated warm embrace of a robot woman. Stolen moments of electronic bliss. But if I was discovered? There would be hell on.
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Oct 26, 2019 12:51
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How did Humans end up, anyway? I remember the first season got a lot of buzz but then very little for the rest (probably because Westworld blew up).
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Oct 26, 2019 13:00
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I was being facetious trying to make you feel old, thinking that VCD was another name for VHS. It being some dead forgotten format is I think a positive result too.
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Taear posted:I genuinely don't know what VCD is. Do...you mean VHS? Or is this some forgotten weird thing.
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Oct 26, 2019 13:09
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Akuma posted:Proto-DVD, with films split over two discs. Playable on PCs or things like the Philips CDi or certain consoles with addons. Very easy to make your own with a standard CD burner, so a lot of pirated movies were distributed as VCD images. Resolution was only like... 320x240, later there were SuperVCDs that were 640x480. Got really cheap once DVDs came out. "Forgotten weird format", got it.
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Taear posted:"Forgotten weird format", got it. Not entirely forgotten, or even dead. There's still movies being put out on VCD in some regions because it's so cheap, Techmoan's video on that is pretty good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7PbQTlv5ig
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eating only apples posted:Wondering how it's going to wrap up satisfyingly though. As it turns out, it loving didn't. 
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Oct 26, 2019 14:01
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Kind of weird that In the same week Aisling Bea appeared on Living With Yourself on Netflix and Kerry Godliman is a regular on Treadstone, the Jason Bourne spinoff show.
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Comrade Fakename posted:Kind of weird that In the same week Aisling Bea appeared on Living With Yourself on Netflix and Kerry Godliman is a regular on Treadstone, the Jason Bourne spinoff show. Did anyone else watch Living With Yourself? What an absolutely bizzare programme, some serious tone shifts.
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I thought it was really excellent.
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Liked it a lot too. Wouldn’t normally binge 8 episodes of something in a row but they did a good job of making you want to see the next installment straight away.
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goatface posted:He's with Off The Kerb, like the rest of them. I'd no idea what you meant so I goggled this and literally laughed out loud when I looked at their site. It explains so much, gently caress. If anyone hasn't, then have a look at their roster. It all becomes so clear. https://offthekerb.com/artists/
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Adolf Glitter posted:I'd no idea what you meant so I goggled this and literally laughed out loud when I looked at their site. Just like Taskmaster mainly features comedians signed to Avalon.
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Dell_Zincht posted:Just like Taskmaster mainly features comedians signed to Avalon. As does basically all Dave's comedy output.
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Oct 27, 2019 10:16
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It happens right across the industry. All the production companies have their own talent agencies (or at least are under the same parent company) so they're always booking from their own pool of people. I believe a few years ago the BBC said they were going to tighten up on it but I don't think much happened.
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Not only that, but (and take this with a grain of salt because my source is literally "I know a guy who knows a guy"), agents will be quite hesitant to let shows book just their most popular talent, say for instance, Dara O'Briain, but will be much more willing to let you book Dara O'Briain and Bimby Pimbles. So, if you're wondering, "Why does Tom Allen keep showing up on Cats Countdown?" it is not unlikely that the answer is, "So that Kevin Bridges will be there".
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Taear posted:Did anyone else watch Living With Yourself? What an absolutely bizzare programme, some serious tone shifts. Yeah it was weird and I feel like it could have been a lot more interesting. It’s a great idea for a story
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Bape Culture posted:Yeah it was weird and I feel like it could have been a lot more interesting. It’s a great idea for a story It felt a little bit like a black mirror concept that they'd gone all in with. My main thing about the tone shifts is the last episode. I kinda felt like they didn't really WANT to make it a comedy but they'd got two comedy actors and just....did it anyway in a weird weird way. Especially the FDA bit. Baffling. The Pointless Celebrities ('Musicals') on Saturday was the most "look at the demographics of the 100 people" episode of Pointless I've ever seen. Usually it's really clear that everyone is old and southern but that one was even more on the nose. Obscure 1960s songs all getting 40 points and people being shocked. Taear fucked around with this message at 09:58 on Oct 28, 2019 |
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Im not (that) old and yet I knew all of them. The first set were pretty obvious and will known songs. I did enjoy the American picking random letters for the postcode question and getting correct answers.
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Oct 28, 2019 15:53
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There's a new C4 series called Harry Hill's Clubnite. It's mixed-bill stand up hosted by Harry Hill. My main takeaway is that I want more Harry Hill Show and this is the closest I'm probably going to get.
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Tsietisin posted:Im not (that) old and yet I knew all of them. The first set were pretty obvious and will known songs. Come on, the flamingo one that got 33? That wasn't obvious or well known. So bake off final. Alice's parents saying they showed her "good management" then not being there because their flight from Ireland THAT DAY got cancelled was pretty funny, but also extremely posh. I dunno how I feel about David winning, it just felt like Steph somehow had a really poo poo day. Seeing everyone flub the technical in the final felt weird. I dunno - stuff was so hard this year that every single task felt like they were only pulling through by the skin of their teeth. And while I liked most of the people I'm not really sure what to say about it by the end. Steph should have won.
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