Quote: Leevil @ November 1 2009, 12:12 PM BSTTo be fair, he thought he was going slightly mad.
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Quote: Lee Henman @ November 1 2009, 12:00 PM BSTAnd another thing...how would you describe colours to a blind man? "Well, it's sort of...greeny." ??
In Mask Rocky shows his fit blind girly, colours with hot potato=red, cold cucumber=green.
I suspect he also showed her purple=throbbing deformed trouser snake.
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Quote: Griff @ November 1 2009, 12:08 PM BSTThe new Dr.Who looks like the kid from Mask.
Or as it was called in the UK "The boy with an arse for a face."
Quote: Griff @ November 1 2009, 12:08 PM BST
Interesting! And in another bizarre twist, apparently the stuff they use in blasting caps is called Fulminate Of Mercury!
Quote: Leevil @ November 1 2009, 12:12 PM BSTTo be fair, he thought he was going slightly mad.
Here is my question to the BCG Eggheads -
What do people 'get' entertainment wise from Coronation Street and Eastenders? I've honestly never understood the allure of such programmes and can't for the life of me figure out why people find them entertaining in the first place.
Can somone please explain why these shows are on 5 days a week?
Same thing they get from any TV show. Why does anyone watch any story on TV? They enjoy what they perceive to be drama, humour, etc. They like to follow the storylines, they like some of the characters or actors, hate others, enjoy seeing them get their comeuppance, etc.
Maybe it offers some kind of comforting permanence(sp?) too. I've been watching EastEnders pretty much all my life. I quite like the reliability of it.
They are on 5 days a week because people will evidently watch them 5 days a week, in their millions. I could certainly live with it being on once a week, but I do end up watching most of the episodes.
Quote: Renegade Carpark @ November 1 2009, 1:58 PM BSTHere is my question to the BCG Eggheads -
What do people 'get' entertainment wise from Coronation Street and Eastenders? I've honestly never understood the allure of such programmes and can't for the life of me figure out why people find them entertaining in the first place.
Can somone please explain why these shows are on 5 days a week?
Soaps etc are always popular as unimaginative types enjoy watching a simulacrum of their worthless lives. By making the simulation slightly more improbable and slightly exagerated these people can pretend their sorry excistenses are not as crushingly pointless as they really are.
In short people watch soaps for the same reason Chimps watch videos of other Chimps wanking and hurling feces.
That and Coronation Street can be surprisingly well written and funny at times.
Quote: sootyj @ November 1 2009, 2:09 PM BSTSoaps etc are always popular as unimaginative types enjoy watching a simulacrum of their worthless lives. By making the simulation slightly more improbable and slightly exagerated these people can pretend their sorry excistenses are not as crushingly pointless as they really are.
Cheers, sooty. 
Quote: zooo @ November 1 2009, 2:04 PM BSTSame thing they get from any TV show. Why does anyone watch any story on TV? They enjoy what they perceive to be drama, humour, etc. They like to follow the storylines, they like some of the characters, hate others, enjoy seeing them get their comeuppance, etc.
Maybe it ofers some kind of comforting permanence(sp?) too. I've been watching EastEnders pretty much all my life. I quite like the reliability of it.They are on 5 days a week because people will evidently watch them 5 days a week, in their millions. I could certainly live with it being on once a week, but I do end up watching most of the episodes.
But the drama involved is so dull and repetitive - from the little bits I've seen over the decades, it's the same thing over and over again - people move into a street, have loads of affairs, beget bastard off spring and have a fight in the pub.
Then a decade or so later, the bastard offspring move into the street, have loads of affairs, beget bastard off spring and have a fight in the pub.
Plus there are no car chases, shoot outs, bikini clad babes, alien invasions or wise cracking robots. It's just a never ending cycle of depression, misery and unimaginative storylines.
I know women complain about football being on the telly all the time, but sheesh, it's nothing compared to the endless bombardment of bad soap operas.
Uncle Uma, the Duckworths etc are some of the best comedy creations to come out of ITV. And Shane Ritchie was quite good on Eastenders.
Quote: Renegade Carpark @ November 1 2009, 2:13 PM BSTPlus there are no car chases, shoot outs, bikini clad babes, alien invasions or wise cracking robots.
You have never watched Estenders.
Quote: Renegade Carpark @ November 1 2009, 2:13 PM BSTBut the drama involved is so dull and repetitive - from the little bits I've seen over the decades, it's the same thing over and over again - people move into a street, have loads of affairs, beget bastard off spring and have a fight in the pub.
Then a decade or so later, the bastard offspring move into the street, have loads of affairs, beget bastard off spring and have a fight in the pub.
Mm, true, in a way. But it's still watchable somehow.
If you've only ever watched little bits here and there, of course you weren't interested, you'd have to watch for say a full week or two to start to care about the characters and then actually want to carry on watching. So I suggest you don't!
I will say if I had to choose between watching soaps and sport, it would be a very easy choice.
Quote: zooo @ November 1 2009, 2:22 PM BSTI will say if I had to choose between watching soaps and sport, it would be a very easy choice.
Yeh turn the tele off.
I am more and more starting to believe that media aimed at; women and gay men are universally bad.
We should only allow male writers, producers and directors. With attractive women being allowed poorly clothed, aesthetic roles only.
Sorry but; soap operas, non coms, rom coms, musicals, f**king Mama Mia, Ms Jocelyn.
Ladies and queers you've had your chance and failed.
Oh and Loose Women. Would only be funny if they added the word bowel.
Ooh, Sooty has turned into Renegade Carpark!
What a joy.