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Something about Seinfeld and a Punch and Judy show or something from Ancient Greece, whichever makes me cooler.
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The Merchant of Venice is a direct ripoff of that episode with the Soup Nazi.
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Nov 24, 2010 19:03
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See, it's not that I dislike American comedy. I like It's Always Sunny..., Frasier, The Office (before it got poo poo), and stuff like Wonder Showzen. It's just that Seinfeld and Curb aren't funny. They are just endless repetitions of "I don't understand social foible X" and that just isn't my thing. EDIT: to be fair, I had better like American comedy because God knows we don't make decent comedy anymore (The Thick of It aside) TomWaitsForNoMan fucked around with this message at 19:24 on Nov 24, 2010 |
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Nov 24, 2010 19:20
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fuf posted:Use the key two keys over from the L key, not the key above the tab key. Itjs not looking quite right to me but if you guys are happier with it then i ainjt got no problem using it! TomWaitsForNoMan posted:EDIT: to be fair, I had better like American comedy because God knows we don't make decent comedy anymore (The Thick of It aside) ^^^ Go watch some Peep show. Seinfeld influenced nothing but poo poo like Will and Grace.
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Nov 24, 2010 19:29
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fuf posted:You guys are really terrible posters and I don't even know what you are trying to argue anymore, if anything, but I'm gonna respond anyway. and there you have it gentlemen. Scientific proof of why you can't possibly dislike Seinfeld. At least not without becoming... a pretty small minority.
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Nov 24, 2010 19:30
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Meltdown321 posted:Itjs not looking quite right to me but if you guys are happier with it then i ainjt got no problem using it! Oh I like Peep Show, but the most recent episode just didn't do anything for me 
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Nov 24, 2010 19:30
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fuf posted:You guys are really terrible posters and I don't even know what you are trying to argue anymore, if anything, but I'm gonna respond anyway. See, this sounds exactly like "Always Sunny" which I love, but I've tried watching the first few eps of Seinfeld and I didn't laugh at all
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Nov 24, 2010 19:31
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Tonight's the Fry & Laurie reunion show, you loving dopey goonsquote:Fry And Laurie Reunited
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Nov 24, 2010 19:32
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Shut the gently caress up about Seinfeld. Fry and Laurie Reunited is on tonight at 9pm on Gold. Edit Beaten.
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Nov 24, 2010 19:36
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Muppetjedi posted:Shut the gently caress up about Seinfeld. I guess we can clearly see what influenced YOUR post. Might watch that. Hugh Laurie appeared on QI. First episode. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MY-z63sJT5M Meltdown321 fucked around with this message at 19:41 on Nov 24, 2010 |
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Nov 24, 2010 19:39
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Was a bit gassed last night. I can only apologise for my poo poo patter.
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Nov 24, 2010 19:49
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Best Fry and Laurie sketch? "Your Name, Sir?" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNoS2BU6bbQ or "Mr. Burmie" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znZuH2BU0FE are my favorites
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Nov 24, 2010 19:54
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My personal favourite has to be "Judge Not" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVRODdXVI3Q
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Nov 24, 2010 19:56
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFD01r6ersw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6T2zUEiVQU4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHtjl8V483A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1aZcsY-O8Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4Sw4z8YXmg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NHlA2wJ02Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMRYry_MzAw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzBQjBvFQVw TomWaitsForNoMan fucked around with this message at 20:21 on Nov 24, 2010 |
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Nov 24, 2010 20:09
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TomWaitsForNoMan posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1aZcsY-O8Q haha, I forgot the Rupert Murdoch one, that's awesome.
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Nov 24, 2010 20:13
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TomWaitsForNoMan posted:See, this sounds exactly like "Always Sunny" which I love, but I've tried watching the first few eps of Seinfeld and I didn't laugh at all Always Sunny is basically Seinfeld taken to the extreme. And like most American sitcoms, you have to watch a fair few episodes to get into it.
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Nov 24, 2010 20:32
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Quote/edit error.
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Nov 24, 2010 20:33
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Urgh
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Nov 24, 2010 20:34
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I see all my favourites save one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUKOebCbINc
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Nov 24, 2010 20:46
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I'm trying to remember the name of a British TV show. It was a documentary type of thing that would occasionally air on discovery (though it might have aired on other channels as well, I dunno) and it was about a sort of unkempt looking guy trying to become a self sufficient farmer in the British countryside. I remember bits about him trying to raise (and eventually eat) sheep and making his own food and presenting it to a panel of aristocratic judges. It was an innocuous, probably unsuccesful thing but for some reason I loved watching it, but I have no idea what the name was. It aired somewhere in the early 2000s. Can anyone help me out?
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Nov 24, 2010 21:06
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alby mangels posted:I'm trying to remember the name of a British TV show. It was a documentary type of thing that would occasionally air on discovery (though it might have aired on other channels as well, I dunno) and it was about a sort of unkempt looking guy trying to become a self sufficient farmer in the British countryside. I remember bits about him trying to raise (and eventually eat) sheep and making his own food and presenting it to a panel of aristocratic judges. It was an innocuous, probably unsuccesful thing but for some reason I loved watching it, but I have no idea what the name was. It aired somewhere in the early 2000s. Can anyone help me out? Is this the guy? 
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Nov 24, 2010 21:13
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keep punching joe posted:Is this the guy? That does look like it might be him, honestly i have no clear memory of his face or attire but he did have hair like that. Was he in a show like that?
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Nov 24, 2010 21:35
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alby mangels posted:That does look like it might be him, honestly i have no clear memory of his face or attire but he did have hair like that. Was he in a show like that? Yeah, he's Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, and he is most famous for the River Cottage programmes, which sound like what you're tihnking of.
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Nov 24, 2010 21:44
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Pretty successful show and generally entertaining. I used some of his mushroom recipes before, especially the giant puff-balls. I don`t know if you can watch this but here`s a link: http://www.channel4.com/programmes/river-cottage/4od
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Nov 24, 2010 21:50
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hahaha YES that's it, thank you very much! My garden is actually full of puffballs in spring, i should try his recipe...
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Nov 24, 2010 21:54
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I know this isn't the 'do you know what this show was' thread, but I was reading China Mieville's Kraken and was reminded about an urban fantasy on children's TV from the late 80's/early 90's that I think was on ITV. It featured a magical underground/hidden London that was split into four(?) kingdoms, one of which was some sort of 'rubbish' kingdom based in the sewers and that. It may also have featured personifications of London boroughs and/or landmarks. Very Neverwhere-esque. Any ideas?
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Nov 24, 2010 22:33
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Junkenstein posted:I know this isn't the 'do you know what this show was' thread, but I was reading China Mieville's Kraken and was reminded about an urban fantasy on children's TV from the late 80's/early 90's that I think was on ITV. It featured a magical underground/hidden London that was split into four(?) kingdoms, one of which was some sort of 'rubbish' kingdom based in the sewers and that. It may also have featured personifications of London boroughs and/or landmarks. Very Neverwhere-esque. Any ideas? Archer's Goon
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Nov 24, 2010 22:42
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Okay since we're doing the anyone remember thing this will be a tricky one for you, channel four I think kids weird oddly brutual wild life puppet show. Lots of ditches and refuse come to mind.
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Nov 24, 2010 22:44
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Flatscan posted:Archer's Goon Thank you. Had a lot of things confused, but that's the one alright.
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Nov 24, 2010 22:45
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SeanBeansShako posted:Okay since we're doing the anyone remember thing this will be a tricky one for you, channel four I think kids weird oddly brutual wild life puppet show. Lots of ditches and refuse come to mind. Sounds vaguely familiar but i can`t quite remember it. Any more details? Edit: Actually, are you talking about Fraggle Rock? Did anyone watch an odd little show on CITV called Roger and the Rottentrolls? It was a bit past my time on children`s TV but a friend had it on once and it`s a work of genius. Meltdown321 fucked around with this message at 23:08 on Nov 24, 2010 |
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Nov 24, 2010 22:53
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Nah, wasn't Fraggle Rock. These animal puppets were more of the horrific realistic kind.
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Nov 24, 2010 23:13
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SeanBeansShako posted:Nah, wasn't Fraggle Rock. These animal puppets were more of the horrific realistic kind. Only thing i can think of now is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Grady_Greenspace
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Meltdown321 posted:Only thing i can think of now is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Grady_Greenspace Could possibly be it actually.
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Nov 24, 2010 23:25
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Speaking of sitcoms... as a non-Brit I just wanna say that it's a shame that not a single one of the Brits I know remember 15 storeys high
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Nov 24, 2010 23:41
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15 Storeys High was immense - but yes, I only know of one other person offline who's ever heard of it. The pony wearing moon boots was just spectacular.
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Nov 24, 2010 23:43
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Sorry to drag the whole Seinfeld thing back up, but I think it's pretty good from season four onwards. You need to watch a few before getting into it, which sounds sort of counter-intuitive for a tv programme to be, although it pays off. I hated a lot of shows after watching one or two episodes (mad men, 30 rock, deadwood), then went back to them later and got them. There's a lot of good stuff about. Part of what I like about british tv though is it rewards general, almost random watching. Traditionally there have been fewer channels therefore more of a chance other people watched oddities that make you bite your fist. Part of what I liked a lot about that children in need retrospective was showing the youtube style clips of rolf harris doing peg the leg or whatever the gently caress.  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/8127247/Student-tuition-fees-protests-BBC-criticised-over-f-protester.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paFNPWekUYM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItQH7kTFiNE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1vIjN_1074 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wr-oAL958M and pretty much all of these http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgplTgol0ts etc.
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Nov 25, 2010 00:13
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So this seemed like the best thread to ask this in... Does anyone know why there's a 1 hour delayed repeat channel for ITV2 but not for ITV1?
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Nov 25, 2010 00:33
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Adrianics posted:Yeah Dappy's appearances on Buzzcocks were amusing and everything but then it turned out he's an utter oval office as well as a loving coward because he copied a woman's phone number during a radio one appearance in order to send her text messages saying he was going to kill her. So he has a bit of an "edge" about him? Who remembers that kid who won Xfactor last year that all the grannies loved? NO ONE, even his family dont remember him.
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Nov 25, 2010 01:39
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a pwn cocktail posted:So this seemed like the best thread to ask this in... This is one of the oddest things at the moment in british TV, none of my housemates have an idea either?
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LE0N posted:This is one of the oddest things at the moment in british TV, none of my housemates have an idea either? Simple! It takes time for ITV Executives to set up another sacrifice for Satan to keep the broadcasts running.
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