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Django Cat
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| Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 2:04 pm
Post subject: Re: BBC America |
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On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 16:32:08 -0800, don groves <dgroves@domain.net>
wrote:
| Quote: | In article <ubm4p0psiap4gbef287cfsd85hei77h4pr@4ax.com>, Charles
Riggs at chriggs@comcást.net exposited:
Where credit is due, credit should be given: once in a Blue Moon or
two Coop comes up with something useful. After watching CNN again for
an hour or two yesterday morning, I yearned for good old BBC news, not
that CNN is all that bad. Remembering that Coop had mentioned he
received what he called BBC America, I looked but couldn't find it
either among my TV's channels or in TV Guide. Checking with Comcast, I
found it is a $7.99/month add-on, packaged with some crap channels
except, perhaps, for Independent Films, which might prove interesting.
I got it and the 10-channel HBO add-on since the girl on the phone was
rather convincing, but I may well dump what I think may be channels
carrying mostly Grade B Hollywood movies.
Comments?
We get BBC Am. as part of our privider's digital cable package.
It's an extra tenner a month but we also get the Science Channel
which has some good stuff on now and then. I did mangage to catch
a very early Hyacinth episode on BBC-A.
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Is 'Hyacinth' a genuine US rename for the show known rightpond as
'Keeping up Appearances'? - you know "Bucket residence,lady of the
house speaking", Sheridan in his (BrE) vest, this one -
http://www.tvheaven.ca/kup.htm .
If so, any theories why the original title wouldn't have worked?
DC, with a feather duster
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Charles Riggs
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| Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 2:05 pm
Post subject: Re: BBC America |
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On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 11:25:55 -0800, "Bill Bonde ( ``And the Lamb lies
down on Broadway'' )" <stderr2@backpacker.com> wrote:
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Charles Riggs wrote:
Where credit is due, credit should be given: once in a Blue Moon or
two Coop comes up with something useful. After watching CNN again for
an hour or two yesterday morning, I yearned for good old BBC news, not
that CNN is all that bad. Remembering that Coop had mentioned he
received what he called BBC America, I looked but couldn't find it
either among my TV's channels or in TV Guide. Checking with Comcast, I
found it is a $7.99/month add-on, packaged with some crap channels
except, perhaps, for Independent Films, which might prove interesting.
I got it and the 10-channel HBO add-on since the girl on the phone was
rather convincing, but I may well dump what I think may be channels
carrying mostly Grade B Hollywood movies.
Comments?
Try Newsnight from the BBC website:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsa/n5ctrl/tvseq/newsnight/newsnight.ram
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Interesting, Bill, but with free RealPlayer the picture quality isn't
all that good.
I noticed last night I can get BBC news for an hour, I think it is, on
the PBS channel. In general though I am very disappointed in PBS. I
remembered it as having better programming. Some of the PBS stations
may still have what we got in the Boston area, I don't know. Even with
the added channels going in later this morning, I'm going to miss the
BBC documentaries, not to mention that new doctor and nurse comedy on
Channel 4. Very crazy.
--
Charles Riggs
They are no accented letters in my email address |
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Charles Riggs
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| Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 2:05 pm
Post subject: Re: BBC America |
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On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 01:28:01 GMT, Tony Cooper
<tony_cooper213@earthlink.net> wrote:
At least I'll be able to watch Absolutely Fabulous, but what an
incredible load of rubbish otherwise. Do you have the Aer Lingus
schedule of flights to Ireland?
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Charles Riggs
They are no accented letters in my email address
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Django Cat
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| Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 2:05 pm
Post subject: Re: BBC America |
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On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 02:57:46 -0800, Charles Riggs
<chriggs@comcást.net> wrote:
| Quote: | On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 11:25:55 -0800, "Bill Bonde ( ``And the Lamb lies
down on Broadway'' )" <stderr2@backpacker.com> wrote:
Charles Riggs wrote:
Where credit is due, credit should be given: once in a Blue Moon or
two Coop comes up with something useful. After watching CNN again for
an hour or two yesterday morning, I yearned for good old BBC news, not
that CNN is all that bad. Remembering that Coop had mentioned he
received what he called BBC America, I looked but couldn't find it
either among my TV's channels or in TV Guide. Checking with Comcast, I
found it is a $7.99/month add-on, packaged with some crap channels
except, perhaps, for Independent Films, which might prove interesting.
I got it and the 10-channel HBO add-on since the girl on the phone was
rather convincing, but I may well dump what I think may be channels
carrying mostly Grade B Hollywood movies.
Comments?
Try Newsnight from the BBC website:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsa/n5ctrl/tvseq/newsnight/newsnight.ram
Interesting, Bill, but with free RealPlayer the picture quality isn't
all that good.
I noticed last night I can get BBC news for an hour, I think it is, on
the PBS channel. In general though I am very disappointed in PBS. I
remembered it as having better programming. Some of the PBS stations
may still have what we got in the Boston area, I don't know. Even with
the added channels going in later this morning, I'm going to miss the
BBC documentaries, not to mention that new doctor and nurse comedy on
Channel 4. Very crazy.
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Hi Charles, nice to see you back. I take it you're thinking of the
brilliant 'Green Wing'. Mind you, last time I was in hospital the
experience was infinitely more surreal...
DC |
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Tony Cooper
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| Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 8:19 pm
Post subject: Re: BBC America |
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On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 09:14:29 +0000, Django Cat <nospam@please.com>
wrote:
| Quote: | Is 'Hyacinth' a genuine US rename for the show known rightpond as
'Keeping up Appearances'? - you know "Bucket residence,lady of the
house speaking", Sheridan in his (BrE) vest, this one -
http://www.tvheaven.ca/kup.htm .
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No. It's listed and shown as "Keeping Up Appearances". |
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Areff
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| Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 8:47 pm
Post subject: Re: BBC America |
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Django Cat wrote:
| Quote: | On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 16:32:08 -0800, don groves <dgroves@domain.net
wrote:
We get BBC Am. as part of our privider's digital cable package.
It's an extra tenner a month but we also get the Science Channel
which has some good stuff on now and then. I did mangage to catch
a very early Hyacinth episode on BBC-A.
Is 'Hyacinth' a genuine US rename for the show known rightpond as
'Keeping up Appearances'? - you know "Bucket residence,lady of the
house speaking", Sheridan in his (BrE) vest, this one -
http://www.tvheaven.ca/kup.htm .
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No, it's called _Keeping Up Appearances_ in the US. Personally, I don't
think it's a very good show, though it's better than contemporary American
sitcoms.
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Steny '08! |
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Jess Askin
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| Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 10:07 pm
Post subject: Re: BBC America |
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"Django Cat" <nospam@please.com> wrote in message
news:h4b6p0legp43d30jhl1b83omh50qu056l2@4ax.com...
| Quote: | On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 16:32:08 -0800, don groves <dgroves@domain.net
wrote:
In article <ubm4p0psiap4gbef287cfsd85hei77h4pr@4ax.com>, Charles
Riggs at chriggs@comcást.net exposited:
Where credit is due, credit should be given: once in a Blue Moon or
two Coop comes up with something useful. After watching CNN again for
an hour or two yesterday morning, I yearned for good old BBC news, not
that CNN is all that bad. Remembering that Coop had mentioned he
received what he called BBC America, I looked but couldn't find it
either among my TV's channels or in TV Guide. Checking with Comcast, I
found it is a $7.99/month add-on, packaged with some crap channels
except, perhaps, for Independent Films, which might prove interesting.
I got it and the 10-channel HBO add-on since the girl on the phone was
rather convincing, but I may well dump what I think may be channels
carrying mostly Grade B Hollywood movies.
Comments?
We get BBC Am. as part of our privider's digital cable package.
It's an extra tenner a month but we also get the Science Channel
which has some good stuff on now and then. I did mangage to catch
a very early Hyacinth episode on BBC-A.
Is 'Hyacinth' a genuine US rename for the show known rightpond as
'Keeping up Appearances'? - you know "Bucket residence,lady of the
house speaking", Sheridan in his (BrE) vest, this one -
http://www.tvheaven.ca/kup.htm .
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Sheridan, the son, never appeared on the show. Are you thinking of Richard,
the husband? |
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Tony Cooper
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| Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 10:07 pm
Post subject: Re: BBC America |
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On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 11:08:48 -0600, "Jess Askin"
<nospam@dontbother.net> wrote:
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"Django Cat" <nospam@please.com> wrote in message
news:h4b6p0legp43d30jhl1b83omh50qu056l2@4ax.com...
On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 16:32:08 -0800, don groves <dgroves@domain.net
wrote:
In article <ubm4p0psiap4gbef287cfsd85hei77h4pr@4ax.com>, Charles
Riggs at chriggs@comcást.net exposited:
Where credit is due, credit should be given: once in a Blue Moon or
two Coop comes up with something useful. After watching CNN again for
an hour or two yesterday morning, I yearned for good old BBC news, not
that CNN is all that bad. Remembering that Coop had mentioned he
received what he called BBC America, I looked but couldn't find it
either among my TV's channels or in TV Guide. Checking with Comcast, I
found it is a $7.99/month add-on, packaged with some crap channels
except, perhaps, for Independent Films, which might prove interesting.
I got it and the 10-channel HBO add-on since the girl on the phone was
rather convincing, but I may well dump what I think may be channels
carrying mostly Grade B Hollywood movies.
Comments?
We get BBC Am. as part of our privider's digital cable package.
It's an extra tenner a month but we also get the Science Channel
which has some good stuff on now and then. I did mangage to catch
a very early Hyacinth episode on BBC-A.
Is 'Hyacinth' a genuine US rename for the show known rightpond as
'Keeping up Appearances'? - you know "Bucket residence,lady of the
house speaking", Sheridan in his (BrE) vest, this one -
http://www.tvheaven.ca/kup.htm .
Sheridan, the son, never appeared on the show. Are you thinking of Richard,
the husband?
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The one in the string vest is the brother-in-law, innit. Onslow or
something like that? |
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the Omrud
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| Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 10:07 pm
Post subject: Re: BBC America |
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Areff typed thus:
| Quote: | Django Cat wrote:
On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 16:32:08 -0800, don groves <dgroves@domain.net
wrote:
We get BBC Am. as part of our privider's digital cable package.
It's an extra tenner a month but we also get the Science Channel
which has some good stuff on now and then. I did mangage to catch
a very early Hyacinth episode on BBC-A.
Is 'Hyacinth' a genuine US rename for the show known rightpond as
'Keeping up Appearances'? - you know "Bucket residence,lady of the
house speaking", Sheridan in his (BrE) vest, this one -
http://www.tvheaven.ca/kup.htm .
No, it's called _Keeping Up Appearances_ in the US. Personally, I don't
think it's a very good show, though it's better than contemporary American
sitcoms.
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It is well made but it is not to the taste of me and my kin; I don't
find it funny (which is the only criterion for success for a comedy
in my eyes).
--
David
=====
replace the first component of address
with the definite article. |
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Roland Hutchinson
Guest
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| Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 10:08 pm
Post subject: Re: BBC America |
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Tony Cooper wrote:
| Quote: | On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 11:08:48 -0600, "Jess Askin"
nospam@dontbother.net> wrote:
"Django Cat" <nospam@please.com> wrote in message
news:h4b6p0legp43d30jhl1b83omh50qu056l2@4ax.com...
On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 16:32:08 -0800, don groves <dgroves@domain.net
wrote:
We get BBC Am. as part of our privider's digital cable package.
It's an extra tenner a month but we also get the Science Channel
which has some good stuff on now and then. I did mangage to catch
a very early Hyacinth episode on BBC-A.
Is 'Hyacinth' a genuine US rename for the show known rightpond as
'Keeping up Appearances'? - you know "Bucket residence,lady of the
house speaking", Sheridan in his (BrE) vest, this one -
http://www.tvheaven.ca/kup.htm .
Sheridan, the son, never appeared on the show. Are you thinking of
Richard, the husband?
The one in the string vest is the brother-in-law, innit. Onslow or
something like that?
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Oh, nice!
--
Roland Hutchinson Will play viola da gamba for food.
NB mail to my.spamtrap [at] verizon.net is heavily filtered to
remove spam. If your message looks like spam I may not see it. |
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Laura F Spira
Guest
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| Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 10:08 pm
Post subject: Re: BBC America |
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John Dean wrote:
| Quote: | Laura F Spira wrote:
Ross Howard wrote:
On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 20:30:34 +0000, Mickwick <mickwick@use.reply.to
wrought:
In alt.usage.english, Sara Lorimer wrote:
It's just lots and lots of shows of people tearing up their
neighbors' living rooms, alternating with the same three episodes
of "Coupling." Oh, and the news.
Same as BBC One and BBC Two then. (And ITV, Channel 4, Five and
every other bloody channel in Reithland.)
We used to get Robert Robinson. Now we get Anne.
We used to get Burt Ford and Michael Fish. Now we get a blonde with a
bluescreen.
We used to get The Old Grey Whistle Test. Now we get Fame Academy.
We used to get Coronation Street. Now we get Coronation Street.
We used to get Barry Bucknell. Now we get Laurence Llewellyn Bowen.
We used to get Fanny Craddock. Now we get Nigella Lawson.
We used to get Philip Harben. Now we get Jamie Oliver.
We used to get the Flowerpot Men. Now we get the Telly Tubbies.
we used to get Dixon of Dock Green. Now we get The Bill.
We used to get Emergency Ward Ten. Now we get Casualty.
We used to get Rolf Harris. Now we get Rolf Harris.
We used to get Sylvia Peters. Now we get ?
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I can't think of any of the names of the current female news readers -
Angela Rippon and even Anna Ford are now in the "used to" category.
| Quote: | We used to get MacDonald Hobley. Now we get ?
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Eamonn Holmes? Dermot Whatsit?
| Quote: | We used to get Eamonn Andrews. Now we get Des Lynam.
We used to get Richard Dimbleby. Now we get Jonathan Dimbleby.
We used to get Muffin the Mule. Now we get Sponge Bob Squarepants.
We used to get I Love Lucy. Now we get Will and Grace.
We used to get off our arses to change channels. Now we get fat.
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We used to get Arthur Negus. Now we get David Dickinson.
We used to get Frank Muir. Now we get Stephen Fry.
We used to get Denis Norden. Now we get Denis Norden.
--
Laura
(emulate St. George for email) |
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don groves
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| Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2004 4:33 am
Post subject: Re: BBC America |
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In article <4ng6p0hrhfv19rm7u2hvb2jvl0lc25nesj@4ax.com>, Charles
Riggs at chriggs@comcást.net exposited:
| Quote: | On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 01:28:01 GMT, Tony Cooper
tony_cooper213@earthlink.net> wrote:
Note to Charles....bookmark the above since BBCA's schedule will
probably not appear in your TV guide or newspaper. I click to the
http://www.bbcamerica.com/schedule/WeeklySchedule.jsp and print it
out.
At least I'll be able to watch Absolutely Fabulous, but what an
incredible load of rubbish otherwise. Do you have the Aer Lingus
schedule of flights to Ireland?
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In general, we get better Britcoms on the local PBS channel than
BBCA. Every Sat. evening from 9-11pm beginning with _As Time Goes
By_ with the marvelous Judi Dench. We used to get the BBC News on
PBS but that stopped, much to my displeasure. We do get the UK
version of _Antiques Roadshow_, which is nice, and occasionally,
a BBC special.
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dg (domain=ccwebster) |
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Django Cat
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| Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2004 5:57 am
Post subject: Re: BBC America |
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On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 11:08:48 -0600, "Jess Askin"
<nospam@dontbother.net> wrote:
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"Django Cat" <nospam@please.com> wrote in message
news:h4b6p0legp43d30jhl1b83omh50qu056l2@4ax.com...
On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 16:32:08 -0800, don groves <dgroves@domain.net
wrote:
In article <ubm4p0psiap4gbef287cfsd85hei77h4pr@4ax.com>, Charles
Riggs at chriggs@comcást.net exposited:
Where credit is due, credit should be given: once in a Blue Moon or
two Coop comes up with something useful. After watching CNN again for
an hour or two yesterday morning, I yearned for good old BBC news, not
that CNN is all that bad. Remembering that Coop had mentioned he
received what he called BBC America, I looked but couldn't find it
either among my TV's channels or in TV Guide. Checking with Comcast, I
found it is a $7.99/month add-on, packaged with some crap channels
except, perhaps, for Independent Films, which might prove interesting.
I got it and the 10-channel HBO add-on since the girl on the phone was
rather convincing, but I may well dump what I think may be channels
carrying mostly Grade B Hollywood movies.
Comments?
We get BBC Am. as part of our privider's digital cable package.
It's an extra tenner a month but we also get the Science Channel
which has some good stuff on now and then. I did mangage to catch
a very early Hyacinth episode on BBC-A.
Is 'Hyacinth' a genuine US rename for the show known rightpond as
'Keeping up Appearances'? - you know "Bucket residence,lady of the
house speaking", Sheridan in his (BrE) vest, this one -
http://www.tvheaven.ca/kup.htm .
Sheridan, the son, never appeared on the show. Are you thinking of Richard,
the husband?
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You're right, I meant Onslow, the character played by that guy that
was in Coronation Street for years. |
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Django Cat
Guest
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| Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2004 6:01 am
Post subject: Re: BBC America |
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On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 17:56:28 -0000, the Omrud <usenet.omrud@gmail.com>
wrote:
| Quote: | Areff typed thus:
Django Cat wrote:
On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 16:32:08 -0800, don groves <dgroves@domain.net
wrote:
We get BBC Am. as part of our privider's digital cable package.
It's an extra tenner a month but we also get the Science Channel
which has some good stuff on now and then. I did mangage to catch
a very early Hyacinth episode on BBC-A.
Is 'Hyacinth' a genuine US rename for the show known rightpond as
'Keeping up Appearances'? - you know "Bucket residence,lady of the
house speaking", Sheridan in his (BrE) vest, this one -
http://www.tvheaven.ca/kup.htm .
No, it's called _Keeping Up Appearances_ in the US. Personally, I don't
think it's a very good show, though it's better than contemporary American
sitcoms.
It is well made but it is not to the taste of me and my kin; I don't
find it funny (which is the only criterion for success for a comedy
in my eyes).
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No, I don't find it funny either. It belongs to that great British
tradition of Social Comedy of class and manners that stretches back
through Steptoe and Hancock, possibly to Sheridan (playwrite, not the
unseen gay son, natch). Sociologically probably deeply significant.
Entertainment-wise, a complete yawn.
DC |
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Richard Bollard
Guest
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| Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2004 6:06 am
Post subject: Re: BBC America |
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On 10 Nov 2004 22:15:49 GMT, Ray Heindl <me@privacy.net> wrote:
| Quote: | Irwell <irwell@highstream.net> wrote:
They've also adopted the loathesomely vile habit of superimposing
commercials over the shows, assuming that more and more people have the
technology to avoid watching the regular kind. And they insist on
putting their oversized identification graphic in the upper-left corner
of the screen, instead of the lower right where it's less obtrusive.
I find the most obtrusive station logo/watermark is the one positioned |
bottom right. It often obscures written information.
--
Richard Bollard
Canberra, Australia |
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