 More car-crash, sorry cheap, 'unreality' TV.....
Where will it all end???
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 I'm seriously thinking of chucking out my telly. Pretty soon we'll have nothing more than Reality, Cooking, House Selling/Buying/DIY and effin' Soaps! There was a time when British TV was the best in the world!!
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 Was that before or after thundercats, trap door and Ivor the Engine?
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 JJ I think this from the beeb website might just take the biscuit last word in reality showsCan't remember if I applied for those shows or not ;-)
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They want a pregnant Big Bro contestant to give birth live on air????
WD - surely you didn't apply for THAT!
<does kate know I wonder???>
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Hehe... BBC Scotland are showing 'The Truman Show' tonight. How apt is that?
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JJ I feel like I could audition for that tho', my tummy is large enough :-))
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 "deranged mountain freak aged between 20 and 35". That doesn't include me then.
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 You're too old then ;-)
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And VERY deranged...that's the disclaimer *I'm* claiming...
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Not if you add 20 and 35 together :-)
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 To quote Pink Floyd..?
"Got thirteen channels of shit on my T.V. to choose from...??"
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 If you know the words to that one John you MUST be over 35!
As I will have to admit that too, sadly, I wonder if it will all come to an aprupt halt one day, a la Noel Edmunds, when somebody dies on live TV? Maybe at the hands of a deranged Big Brother contestant or even worse a catatonic license payer?
TV people eh? Paid too much, think too little, contribute nothing, infuriate loads, patronise every time and have helped make us the TV nation we are.
Pass me the remote control somebody .....
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 I never see the telly, always on here...
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 Ahh back in contact again! Without reality tv we wouldn't have so many threads to mock the afflicted, or is that flick the amockted? Have had to watch the telly as all other technology around seemed to be in a permanent state of virus attack.
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Sadly Bob we are witnessing the death throws of british mainstream culture of which the BBC was the shining torch bearer.
Never mind reality progs it's the Americanisation of or airways that concerns, me-every time i turn the TV on there's Captain america reaching for his pistol (for that read penis)and even the so called British productions are American sylised i'm afraid it's all going to end in tears..
Thank god for Ray mears...?
PS. sadly they don't write lyrics like that any more..??
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 Have you seen the new virtual reality outdoor group, there are some strange characters that line up for auditions online every night of the week, contestants come and go and contribute to a multitude of chats and forum threads. and at the end of the day everyone wins.
they are even making a special edition of Lost, about tents and other gear that mysteriously got whisked away during a new year trip.
who needs (lack of) reality TV
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 How about surreality TV........
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JJ Ninja Starfish
My wife got rid of our telly 14 years ago - I was stunned at first but can honestly say that I do not miss it.
Only TV that I have seen in this time is some footy/Grand Prix/Tour de France coverage at my mates + the odd bit when we tuned in at a couple of holiday cottages in the last year or so.
All I can say is that I was staggered by how crass TV is nowadays.
I saw Big Brother for the first time - how anyone can get off on this is beyond me.
Plus Celebrity in the Jungle (?) - presented by two dopey guys who tried desparately to spin out 30 seconds of activity into a 1 hour show!
+ some holiday prog' where there was a lot of shouting, stupid wisecracks and running the picture stream back and forth really fast - incredibly informative!
Bizarre and beyond me.
Chuck 'em out but make sure you have a mate who has one!!!!!
Cheers
Nick
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