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Dean
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Posted: October 29 2008 at 08:15 |
Bloody Telegraph readers'
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Jim Garten
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Posted: October 29 2008 at 08:46 |
Jim Garten wrote:
Thing is, they've also (rightly, I guess) suspended Jonathan Ross... but I quite like him - I suppose this means no 'Film 2008' this week, then - Jonathon - I like you, but you're an idiot on this occasion. |
funny that...I tried looking up Jonathon Ross in Wiki, but couldn't find him anywhere...
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Dean
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Posted: October 29 2008 at 08:49 |
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Jared
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Posted: October 29 2008 at 08:49 |
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if any head's going to roll, who're the BBC going to look at? Ross or Brand? I know where my money's going... |
I personally think that the Beeb should cut JR loose from his present £18m contract...and make some more cozzy dramas with the spare change....
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Dean
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Posted: October 29 2008 at 08:58 |
Oh, right, you were picking me up on the itinerant apostrophe... I can happily split infinitives too - I'm a grammar anarchist
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Wilcey
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Posted: October 29 2008 at 09:15 |
I do think it was very wrong to ring a sweet old man and leave rude messages.
I also think RB is a waste of space, and JR is going the same way (maybe he thinks he' invincible) But I also think that the sweet grandaughter is a bit suspect, poor girl, so distraught at this obscenity she had to cut short her tour with the "Satanic Sluts" as a gothic burlesque dancer! It seems she's played a dangerous game and it's come back and bit her on the bum! I also think she's using this to her FULL advantage!
Her and RB seem a suitable pair!
The longer this gets protracted out I should imagine the worse poor old Andrew Sachs will feel.
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Posted: October 29 2008 at 09:20 |
fandango wrote:
I tried looking up Jonathon Ross in Wiki, but couldn't find him anywhere...
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Oh go and boil your bottom!
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Dean wrote:
I can happily split infinitives too - I'm a grammar anarchist |
The last time I split an infinitive, I was in bed for a week
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Posted: October 29 2008 at 09:24 |
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Oh great - another bodice & wimple fest |
oooh yes...
Mansfield Park hasn't had a decent run out since about 1981, and Barnaby Rudge, Agnes Grey and much of George Elliot's output have yet to be adapted by auntie beeb.....
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Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson
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Posted: October 29 2008 at 09:51 |
Wilcey wrote:
I do think it was very wrong to ring a sweet old man and leave rude messages.
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also think RB is a waste of space, and JR is going the same way (maybe
he thinks he' invincible) But I also think that the sweet grandaughter
is a bit suspect, poor girl, so distraught at this obscenity she had to
cut short her tour with the "Satanic Sluts" as a gothic burlesque
dancer! It seems she's played a dangerous game and it's come
back and bit her on the bum! I also think she's using this to her
FULL advantage!
Her and RB seem a suitable pair!
The longer this gets protracted out I should imagine the worse poor old Andrew Sachs will feel.
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It certainly seems that way. Such is the nature of celebrity I guess.
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Posted: October 29 2008 at 09:53 |
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Dean
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Posted: October 29 2008 at 09:55 |
fandango wrote:
Jim Garten wrote:
Oh great - another bodice & wimple fest |
oooh yes...
Mansfield Park hasn't had a decent run out since about 1981, and Barnaby Rudge, Agnes Grey and much of George Elliot's output have yet to be adapted by auntie beeb..... |
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo...
24hr Top Gear and Top Gear spin-offs on all four BBC channels - the Stig vs Hamilton race-off, taking the piss out of caravan owners, raving over cars none of us can even dream of owning, May telling us how clever the Japs are, Clarkeson ranting over speed cameras and congestion charges, and that other one looking like a rabbit caught in the headlights...
£139.50 well spent
Wilcey wrote:
It seems she's played a dangerous game and it's come back and bit her on the bum! I also think she's using this to her FULL advantage!
Her and RB seem a suitable pair!
The longer this gets protracted out I should imagine the worse poor old Andrew Sachs will feel.
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...by chance I happened to hear the Ross/Grant show Saturday before last (one of the few that did I would imagine ) - equal parts funny and cringe-worthy. I feel sorry for Sachs, but I agree with you about his granddaughter ... I should think being bitten on the bum is an occupational hazard in the Satanic Sluts.
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Padraic
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Posted: October 29 2008 at 10:02 |
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Jared
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Posted: October 29 2008 at 10:09 |
Jim Garten wrote:
The last time I split an infinitive, I was in bed for a week |
now, how many 'Health & Safety At Work' videos have you been shown, which demonstrate that you must only attempt to split an infinitive while bending your legs and keeping your back straight...
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Posted: October 29 2008 at 10:34 |
fandango wrote:
Jim Garten wrote:
Oh great - another bodice & wimple fest |
oooh yes...
Mansfield Park hasn't had a decent run out since about 1981, and Barnaby Rudge, Agnes Grey and much of George Elliot's output have yet to be adapted by auntie beeb..... |
...also having greatly enjoyed watching "Tess of the Darbeyvills" in next to no time they come right up with "Little Dorrit" - what next - they always seem to find unspoilt olde worlde locations for these things (stonehenge was a bit of an error, as in the 1800's it was a ruin, not propped up , neat and tidy like it is now) , how do they do it...Little Dorrit trotting across old London Bridge with no buses, cycle lanes or taxis -maybe a little digital manipulation transporting us to Dickens' London?
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Posted: October 29 2008 at 10:41 |
mystic fred wrote:
...also having greatly enjoyed watching "Tess of the Darbeyvills" in next to no time they come right up with "Little Dorrit" - what next - they always seem to find unspoilt olde worlde locations for these things
Oh indeed...its autumn, therefore its cozzy drama season...love it... although I studied LD for A level, and its 1100 pages left me emotionally scarred for quite a while...
(stonehenge was a bit of an error, as in the 1800's it was a ruin, not propped up , neat and tidy like it is now) , how do they do it...
whilst you have a point, its one of those occasions where you have to 'suspend' disbelief...as English Heritage wouldn't let the beeb rearrange them for a photo shoot... however they did make a great gaff in one of the episodes...by singing a hymn which wasn't written until the 1920's...
Little Dorrit trotting across old London Bridge with no buses, cycle lanes or taxis -maybe a little digital manipulation transporting us to Dickens' London?
I was quite impressed with that image too...no doubt they blocked the street off, one summer Sunday at 5am....
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Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson
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Dean
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Posted: October 29 2008 at 11:02 |
fandango wrote:
Little Dorrit trotting across old London Bridge with no buses, cycle lanes or taxis -maybe a little digital manipulation transporting us to Dickens' London?
I was quite impressed with that image too...no doubt they blocked the street off, one summer Sunday at 5am....
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A neat trick I will admit - painting out the Arizona desert and replacing the lake with a fake River Thames too would qualify as more than "a little"
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Jim Garten
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Posted: October 29 2008 at 13:33 |
fandango wrote:
Little Dorrit trotting across old London Bridge with no buses, cycle lanes or taxis -maybe a little digital manipulation transporting us to Dickens' London?
I was quite impressed with that image too...no doubt they blocked the street off, one summer Sunday at 5am....
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They did that when filming the opening scene of '28 Days Later', leading to a very spooky scene with the main character walking the deserted streets of London in broad daylight; the only give-away was the long shadows.
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Aaaanyway, I am reliably informed that the Gartens are now back in the 21st century with heat & light having been restored, the problem apparently having been caused by "snow bringing down power lines..."
...yeah right! If Peter reads that, he'll bust a gut laughing.
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