7 days 6 nights all of which are foggy - Page 10

Ming · July 17, 2003, 00:41

Good point... a fitting tribute

War4ever · July 17, 2003, 00:44

which part?

finbar · July 17, 2003, 01:39

The part about we Australians doing the hard yards and carrying you in this thread because no one else in the world seemed to give a fig about your golf, drinking and intestinal gas expulsion exploits.

Alexander's Horse · July 17, 2003, 02:16

though it does sound suspiciously like a weekend with Hydey.....

finbar · July 17, 2003, 02:58

You're right, actually. Hydey and War4ever obviously have more in common than just a brisk Submit Reply-button finger.

Edit. Oh, and don't forget - about 3 minutes into tonight's ep of Fat Cow will see your every fantasy fulfilled.

Alexander's Horse · July 17, 2003, 07:41

Isn't Billy that Toogood fellow?

rah · July 17, 2003, 08:09

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Originally posted by finbar
Edit. Oh, and don't forget - about 3 minutes into tonight's ep of Fat Cow will see your every fantasy fulfilled.

Sorry, fat cow and fantasy should not be used in the same sentence.

But you never know with Aussies.

finbar · July 17, 2003, 08:17

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Originally posted by Alexander's Horse
Isn't Billy that Toogood fellow?

Yes.

Alexander's Horse · July 17, 2003, 08:27

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Originally posted by finbar

Edit. Oh, and don't forget - about 3 minutes into tonight's ep of Fat Cow will see your every fantasy fulfilled.

My admiration is pure.

And even if it wasn't that bloody wardrobe department killed any other feelings.

finbar · July 17, 2003, 08:40

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My admiration is pure.

Not when you see her wandering around in her low-cut nightie in ep 5.

rah · July 17, 2003, 08:42

How low?

Hydey · July 17, 2003, 08:53

not low enough

DrSpike · July 17, 2003, 08:56

Finbar's saving further exposure for the season finale.

rah · July 17, 2003, 09:12

What can they get away with down under?

Now that NYPD Blue does close to full nudity shots, it's much more fun to watch American network television. But it is still kind of prudish.

Hydey · July 17, 2003, 09:25

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What can they get away with down under?

More than finbar is prepared to write into his shows

rah · July 17, 2003, 09:27

Somebody should slap him around. I'm sure it would improve ratings.

Hydey · July 17, 2003, 09:31

His shows are on the ABC, aunty ABC does not worry about ratings

Ming · July 17, 2003, 11:10

A network that doesn't care about ratings... How do they stay in business

Must be government funded...

Another reason why commercial television is a good thing...

finbar · July 17, 2003, 23:14

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Originally posted by rah
What can they get away with down under?

Quite a bit more than you can on US Network TV. The f*** word can be used on free-to-air here as long as it's justified and it screens after 8.30pm. You can even get away with the c*** word if it's justified and after 9.30pm. One of the free-to-air networks here showed the Larry Sanders Show - absolutely uncut - at 10.30pm. Nudity isn't usually a problem either subject to the time slot. Violence - and sexually-related violence, in particular - is what they really worry about.

finbar · July 17, 2003, 23:17

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Originally posted by Ming
A network that doesn't care about ratings... How do they stay in business

Must be government funded...

Another reason why commercial television is a good thing...

There's always a place for government-funded broadcasters as alternatives to commercial mainstream. Unfortunately, the experience is that most of them head down the same commercial path, chasing viewer ratings just as fiercely as the commercial mainstream broadcasters do. Which is idiotic and self-defeating, because they never have the budgets the commercial mainstream broadcasters do, so they (a) lose out; and (b) waste an awful lot of money that should have been spent providing the alternative.

War4ever · July 17, 2003, 23:17

larry sanders was a riot

finbar · July 17, 2003, 23:22

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larry sanders was a riot

I'm re-watching it on cable for the umpteenth time. Garry Shandling is one of US TV's absolute heroes, IMHO. Did you ever see his first series? The name escapes me at the moment. I'll have to check.

Edit. D'oh! It was called "It's Garry Shandling's Show". Made in the late 1980s.

War4ever · July 17, 2003, 23:24

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Originally posted by finbar

I'm re-watching it on cable for the umpteenth time. Gary Shandling is one of US TV's absolute heroes, IMHO. Did you ever see his first series? The name escapes me at the moment. I'll have to check.

since you can't tell me the name, i can't provide an accurate answer....

but the Larry Sanders show had me in stitches forever.....

the crew was so melodramatic and neurotic...... i was sad when they cancelled it

finbar · July 17, 2003, 23:27

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Originally posted by Hydey
His shows are on the ABC, aunty ABC does not worry about ratings

They do, actually. Too much so.

Ming · July 18, 2003, 00:05

Larry Sanders was one of the funniest shows ever on TV. I still watch reruns whenever I can.

finbar · July 18, 2003, 00:14

And the nicest thing about it was that it was pretty much what really happens!

rah · July 18, 2003, 08:36

Larry Sanders had to be edited considerably for broadcasting over-the-air.

finbar · July 18, 2003, 09:39

Not on cable over there?

Alexander's Horse · July 18, 2003, 09:50

Okay, we got Larry Sanders on this thread and Benny Hill on the Australian thread.............

rah · July 18, 2003, 10:15

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Originally posted by finbar
Not on cable over there?

It was originally on cable.
It was sold into syndication for over-the-air reruns.