Comments on: “Nudge, nudge, wink, wink. Know what I mean?” http://sparrowchat.com/2008/11/%e2%80%9cnudge-nudge-wink-wink-know-what-i-mean%e2%80%9d/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:17:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: R J Adams http://sparrowchat.com/2008/11/%e2%80%9cnudge-nudge-wink-wink-know-what-i-mean%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-16558 R J Adams Wed, 26 Nov 2008 03:17:46 +0000 http://sparrowchat.com/?p=2921#comment-16558 <b>WWW</b> - a wise decision, though it begs the question: if you don't have a TV, on what do you watch them? <b>Jo</b> - if your husband pays for the TV license, then suffers your constant criticism of his program choices, I'm surprised he allows you to watch Dr Who, Torchwood, or Oceans. ;-) <b>Flimsy</b> - not sure I'd agree about the commercials. Having Tivo it's so long since I saw one they may have improved. (Naw! Shouldn't think so!). <b>Twilight</b> - the sound clip is reputed to be early Monty Python (hence the usage in this post!) but there's some doubt about that. Others say, George Carlin - though I agree with you, it isn't his voice - or even Jack Wagner of Walt Disney Pictures fame (Can't see it.) Personally, I have a vague recollection of hearing this years ago, and I'm fairly certain its one of the many voices of Michael Palin, but again, research has drawn a blank, so we may never know for sure. <b>Gaye</b> - I can only agree with your every word. As for your last sentence, the answer is simple: what works for America is seen by America as good enough for the rest of the planet. That's why it keeps invading everybody. It wants to spread its 'goodness'. WWW – a wise decision, though it begs the question: if you don’t have a TV, on what do you watch them?

Jo – if your husband pays for the TV license, then suffers your constant criticism of his program choices, I’m surprised he allows you to watch Dr Who, Torchwood, or Oceans. ;-)

Flimsy – not sure I’d agree about the commercials. Having Tivo it’s so long since I saw one they may have improved. (Naw! Shouldn’t think so!).

Twilight – the sound clip is reputed to be early Monty Python (hence the usage in this post!) but there’s some doubt about that. Others say, George Carlin – though I agree with you, it isn’t his voice – or even Jack Wagner of Walt Disney Pictures fame (Can’t see it.) Personally, I have a vague recollection of hearing this years ago, and I’m fairly certain its one of the many voices of Michael Palin, but again, research has drawn a blank, so we may never know for sure.

Gaye – I can only agree with your every word. As for your last sentence, the answer is simple: what works for America is seen by America as good enough for the rest of the planet. That’s why it keeps invading everybody. It wants to spread its ‘goodness’.

]]> By: gaye http://sparrowchat.com/2008/11/%e2%80%9cnudge-nudge-wink-wink-know-what-i-mean%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-16556 gaye Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:48:56 +0000 http://sparrowchat.com/?p=2921#comment-16556 I forgot to add, TV these days is like nudity, leaves nothing to imagination. What made Monty Python the best was the innuendo, the stuff that was left out and implied as well as the brilliant jokes. I don't know why but it is all assumed that if the public is served everything, like a liquid breakfast, then they will love it more. It's like an American movie, where they have to explain everything and you have nothing to do with your brain. What I don't understand is, why do they assume what works for America should be good enough for everyone else on the planet. I forgot to add, TV these days is like nudity, leaves nothing to imagination. What made Monty Python the best was the innuendo, the stuff that was left out and implied as well as the brilliant jokes. I don’t know why but it is all assumed that if the public is served everything, like a liquid breakfast, then they will love it more. It’s like an American movie, where they have to explain everything and you have nothing to do with your brain. What I don’t understand is, why do they assume what works for America should be good enough for everyone else on the planet.

]]> By: gaye http://sparrowchat.com/2008/11/%e2%80%9cnudge-nudge-wink-wink-know-what-i-mean%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-16555 gaye Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:44:25 +0000 http://sparrowchat.com/?p=2921#comment-16555 When I was living in Ireland (for the brief 10 months) I was looking forward to Stephen Fry's QI show. Other than that all I watched was the documentaries. In Australia it is a similar thing; I watch the documentaries on SBS (I am so glad we have SBS here, you can watch old comedy, good new comedy and world cinema). Regular TV channels are full of what you are describing above. I have always believed that the broadcasting institutions have a duty of care to provide people with a level of education, for the better, for the improvement of language and culturally speaking: general knowledge on various subjects. It's a pity that this duty of care is being grossly neglected in the line of fire of the ratings war. I don't want to watch low lives on TV, I don't want to watch people getting abused by a celebrity chef, I don't want to see wife swapping, celebrity dancing, big or small brother, or any other "reality" crap. If it weren't for SBS and ABC I wouldn't watch any TV at all. When I was living in Ireland (for the brief 10 months) I was looking forward to Stephen Fry’s QI show. Other than that all I watched was the documentaries.
In Australia it is a similar thing; I watch the documentaries on SBS (I am so glad we have SBS here, you can watch old comedy, good new comedy and world cinema). Regular TV channels are full of what you are describing above. I have always believed that the broadcasting institutions have a duty of care to provide people with a level of education, for the better, for the improvement of language and culturally speaking: general knowledge on various subjects. It’s a pity that this duty of care is being grossly neglected in the line of fire of the ratings war. I don’t want to watch low lives on TV, I don’t want to watch people getting abused by a celebrity chef, I don’t want to see wife swapping, celebrity dancing, big or small brother, or any other “reality” crap. If it weren’t for SBS and ABC I wouldn’t watch any TV at all.

]]> By: Twilight http://sparrowchat.com/2008/11/%e2%80%9cnudge-nudge-wink-wink-know-what-i-mean%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-16554 Twilight Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:31:58 +0000 http://sparrowchat.com/?p=2921#comment-16554 LOL at the sound clip RJ - it was very Carlin-esque, but don't think it was his voice. We have a big stock of VCRs and DVDs to watch for entertainment when the cry goes up (nearly every night) "There's nothing on worth watching!" Sunday evenings, after 11pm on the public TV channel we get repeats of BBC's "Vicar of Dibley" and "As Time Goes By", on a loop - when the series end they just start at the beginning again! We sit and watch 'em over and over....they are so good! Quality new comedy seems to have disappeared from TV on both sides of the pond in the last decade. Maybe, like plants, it has a dormant period, then it'll spring into new life.....but when? LOL at the sound clip RJ – it was very Carlin-esque, but don’t think it was his voice.

We have a big stock of VCRs and DVDs to watch for entertainment when the cry goes up (nearly every night) “There’s nothing on worth watching!”

Sunday evenings, after 11pm on the public TV channel we get repeats of BBC’s “Vicar of Dibley” and “As Time Goes By”, on a loop – when the series end they just start at the beginning again! We sit and watch ‘em over and over….they are so good!

Quality new comedy seems to have disappeared from TV on both sides of the pond in the last decade. Maybe, like plants, it has a dormant period, then it’ll spring into new life…..but when?

]]> By: Flimsy Sanity http://sparrowchat.com/2008/11/%e2%80%9cnudge-nudge-wink-wink-know-what-i-mean%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-16553 Flimsy Sanity Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:03:53 +0000 http://sparrowchat.com/?p=2921#comment-16553 Me again. Sometimes I think people's sense of humor ages as well as the rest of them. A joke or phrase is usually only funny the first time we hear it and by the time people reach 50 or so, nothing much surprises them anymore. I think people still laugh at the f word because it is still slightly unexpected but at the rate it is sprinkled into conversation, it too will be blase soon. Me again. Sometimes I think people’s sense of humor ages as well as the rest of them. A joke or phrase is usually only funny the first time we hear it and by the time people reach 50 or so, nothing much surprises them anymore. I think people still laugh at the f word because it is still slightly unexpected but at the rate it is sprinkled into conversation, it too will be blase soon.

]]> By: Flimsy Sanity http://sparrowchat.com/2008/11/%e2%80%9cnudge-nudge-wink-wink-know-what-i-mean%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-16552 Flimsy Sanity Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:55:11 +0000 http://sparrowchat.com/?p=2921#comment-16552 TV is a fucking waste of time designed to be so boring that the commercials (that pay for its production) are more interesting than the program. TV is a fucking waste of time designed to be so boring that the commercials (that pay for its production) are more interesting than the program.

]]> By: Jo http://sparrowchat.com/2008/11/%e2%80%9cnudge-nudge-wink-wink-know-what-i-mean%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-16551 Jo Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:06:40 +0000 http://sparrowchat.com/?p=2921#comment-16551 I do regret the amount of money my husband spends on our TV licence. The only things I watch are: Dr Who (not currently on), Torchwood (not currently on) and the new Oceans documentary (only 2 eps left). My husband watched the first episode of Survivors on Sunday, but I had to go away as I was "spoiling it" by pointing out a few realities (people, even if they die in their sleep, don't die cleanly and nicely, particularly if it is from some form of plague. If it is a disease that people drop dead from, then they don't carefully park up before slumping over their wheels...) I do regret the amount of money my husband spends on our TV licence. The only things I watch are: Dr Who (not currently on), Torchwood (not currently on) and the new Oceans documentary (only 2 eps left). My husband watched the first episode of Survivors on Sunday, but I had to go away as I was “spoiling it” by pointing out a few realities (people, even if they die in their sleep, don’t die cleanly and nicely, particularly if it is from some form of plague. If it is a disease that people drop dead from, then they don’t carefully park up before slumping over their wheels…)

]]> By: wisewebwoman http://sparrowchat.com/2008/11/%e2%80%9cnudge-nudge-wink-wink-know-what-i-mean%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-16548 wisewebwoman Tue, 25 Nov 2008 04:52:29 +0000 http://sparrowchat.com/?p=2921#comment-16548 One of the reasons I don't have a television, RJA. if there is anything good out there I get it from the library or buy and watch at my leisure. I have a treasure trove of Masterpiece Theatres et al and love to re-watch the good stuff... XO WWW One of the reasons I don’t have a television, RJA.
if there is anything good out there I get it from the library or buy and watch at my leisure. I have a treasure trove of Masterpiece Theatres et al and love to re-watch the good stuff…
XO
WWW

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