I've not been here for a while, must be getting soft in my old age. Anyway, I've finally hit safety valve pressure on this one!
It's TV shows injecting a competitive element into an otherwise mundane (or niche) subject, doubling the program length.
I don't mean the Sochi Curling Championship, interspersed with occasional shots of high speed meat trays behaving under gravity.
Yes, my multiple orgasms were limited, but it was only a fortnight, and punctuated by wellie clad busybodies in the Somerset Lakes.
Nor do I mean the Discovery channels where you check every decade, or so, for program change.
I mean things like DiY, decorating, cooking, antiques, singing, dancing, music, etc, sometimes with bizarre crossovers.
Nothing wrong with any of these, if you have that particular interest, but there's little, or no content, just competitive "hype",
to "appeal to a broader" audience, or give a relative non entity something to present. Shove a few adverts in, reprise for goldfish, and there's nothing left!:Angryfire
I'm generally exasperated, but here's an example:-
Barry Bucknall (doesn't matter if you can't remember) used to present a DiY show. It was 30mins of compacted information, admittedly
presented in robotic fashion. You watched if interested in the subject, he wasn't a "star". If no interest, no watch, simple as that.
The modern equivalent, presented by Nick Knowles (seems pleasant enough, no problem), is twice as long, but with fractional information.
It's "race against time" stuff, packed with miraculously fast drying plaster and paint, against a background of "professionals" clowning around.:Angryfire
Then, the two team "makeover" shows where "designers" screw up unfortunate's houses, in a competition against some alleged clock.
Who will win ? Will they make it on time ? More to the point, who the f*ck cares ?:Angryfire
Or the dumb blonde ( who probably isn't either) that persuades chain stores to donate anything from curtain rings to fitted kitchens,
on some charity pretext or other. Try that without a camera crew, and tell me that's not pure fantasy!:Angryfire
Not to mention (alright I will) the bizarre spillover across niches. The Hairy Bikers challenge the Brighouse and Rastrick Band to a charity
sewing contest in Africa?......... Mustn't miss that! ........... Why do we put up with this American inspired sh*t ! :Angryfire
Ahh, that's better, my blood pressure monitor says I can go now!:Biggrin2:
It's TV shows injecting a competitive element into an otherwise mundane (or niche) subject, doubling the program length.
I don't mean the Sochi Curling Championship, interspersed with occasional shots of high speed meat trays behaving under gravity.
Yes, my multiple orgasms were limited, but it was only a fortnight, and punctuated by wellie clad busybodies in the Somerset Lakes.
Nor do I mean the Discovery channels where you check every decade, or so, for program change.
I mean things like DiY, decorating, cooking, antiques, singing, dancing, music, etc, sometimes with bizarre crossovers.
Nothing wrong with any of these, if you have that particular interest, but there's little, or no content, just competitive "hype",
to "appeal to a broader" audience, or give a relative non entity something to present. Shove a few adverts in, reprise for goldfish, and there's nothing left!:Angryfire
I'm generally exasperated, but here's an example:-
Barry Bucknall (doesn't matter if you can't remember) used to present a DiY show. It was 30mins of compacted information, admittedly
presented in robotic fashion. You watched if interested in the subject, he wasn't a "star". If no interest, no watch, simple as that.
The modern equivalent, presented by Nick Knowles (seems pleasant enough, no problem), is twice as long, but with fractional information.
It's "race against time" stuff, packed with miraculously fast drying plaster and paint, against a background of "professionals" clowning around.:Angryfire
Then, the two team "makeover" shows where "designers" screw up unfortunate's houses, in a competition against some alleged clock.
Who will win ? Will they make it on time ? More to the point, who the f*ck cares ?:Angryfire
Or the dumb blonde ( who probably isn't either) that persuades chain stores to donate anything from curtain rings to fitted kitchens,
on some charity pretext or other. Try that without a camera crew, and tell me that's not pure fantasy!:Angryfire
Not to mention (alright I will) the bizarre spillover across niches. The Hairy Bikers challenge the Brighouse and Rastrick Band to a charity
sewing contest in Africa?......... Mustn't miss that! ........... Why do we put up with this American inspired sh*t ! :Angryfire
Ahh, that's better, my blood pressure monitor says I can go now!:Biggrin2:
