suprised that last of the summer wine wasn't preceded or followed by a Last of the Summer wine tribute / docu / clip show in the schedule. Doubtless there will be one floating around at some point, but given it's a bank holiday weekend and all,
It's a show that has every right to continue, ideally with some of the lesser cast taking center stage, rather than introducing new fogies. The main problem with the more recent shows was the excessive canned laughter, making it more like an episode of, 'friends.' The punchlines of the jokes had become as frail as the actors, so to cover-up the lack of humour, they edited over with huge, hysterical guffawing. Shame. It's still got potential, but as usual, the BBC just don't take advantage of it. Shame for it to go like this.
It's a show that has every right to continue, ideally with some of the lesser cast taking center stage, rather than introducing new fogies. The main problem with the more recent shows was the excessive canned laughter, making it more like an episode of, 'friends.' The punchlines of the jokes had become as frail as the actors, so to cover-up the lack of humour, they edited over with huge, hysterical guffawing. Shame. It's still got potential, but as usual, the BBC just don't take advantage of it. Shame for it to go like this.
Bye Bye genteel geriatric TV :(
hopefully RTD wont come along with a revamp and turn it into brokeback mountain. :razz:
The main problem with the more recent shows was the excessive canned laughter, making it more like an episode of, 'friends.'
to be fair a lot of the shows that "supposedly" had canned laugher didn't . Years ago my dad worked for the Beeb, we used to get tickets for things. They filmed some of the inside scenes in wood lane.. things like allo allo... i'm pretty sure some of some of summer wine used to be done there (and it was an audience also)
I've been in the studio audience of Have I Got News For You. The laughter you hear on the show, is from that shows audience (the one I saw filmed, I mean) but not neccesarily the laugh for that actual joke etc..
Too true, TV has now lost its connection with the past. :( I didn't mind it, but its like the Bill, its been there ages, quite conforting to have it still there, yet you rarely watch it.
I find I'd watch last of the summer wine and come away feeliing depressed, largely due to the downbeat neature of the incidental harmonica and strings style interludes, coupled with the sad 'Eeeyuup' every now and again.
What are the folkes of the old folkes homes going to do of a Sunday night now??
You're on to something there Kaija. Perhaps more people would watch Eastenders if there were more LOTSW style hijinx in it. Phil Mitchel could be having a barney with Nick Cotton and in mid punch up they have to pause as three old geezers in a bathtub on wheels with a afterburner whizzes between them. One old codger would shout, "eh up! It' 'oward and Peggy" and point as the barmaid and her lover emerge, crimson cheeked, from behind the bar and patting their clothing down,making themselves all decent and presentable.
Yes, I think that would be better actually, it certainly couldn't make it worse.
Talk about how radio 1 has gone downhill, and anyway it was never as good as Carloine?
Well thats a funny thing. In the late 80's remeber when Harry Endfield and Paul Whitehouse sent up the entire set of radio 1's DJs with theur Smashie and Nicey characters? Because of this the nation realised that a young persons radio station had a whole host of DJ's old enough to be their target audiences' dad if not grandad. For this reason in the very early 90's they fired most of this type of old DJ and brought in a newer younger crowd of 'tallent'.
However, the same is beginning to happen again:
Chris Moyles is now 36 and firmly a more appropriate age for R2.
Scott Mills is also 36.
Tim Westood was born in 1957 which makes him 53??....53??? Fook!.
Pete Tong is 50???
Trevor Nelson is 46.
Judge Jules is 43.
Annie Nitingale is 68??? FFS seriously??
Well you get my drift its happening all over again.
Well thats a funny thing. In the late 80's remeber when Harry Endfield and Paul Whitehouse sent up the entire set of radio 1's DJs with theur Smashie and Nicey characters? Because of this the nation realised that a young persons radio station had a whole host of DJ's old enough to be their target audiences' dad if not grandad. For this reason in the very early 90's they fired most of this type of old DJ and brought in a newer younger crowd of 'tallent'.
However, the same is beginning to happen again:
Chris Moyles is now 36 and firmly a more appropriate age for R2.
Scott Mills is also 36.
Tim Westood was born in 1957 which makes him 53??....53??? Fook!.
Pete Tong is 50???
Trevor Nelson is 46.
Judge Jules is 43.
Annie Nitingale is 68??? FFS seriously??
Well you get my drift its happening all over again.
idiots like westwood should have been booted off the radio years ago..
he has done nothing for UK hip hop and music , except suck up to the yanks and do voice-overs for halfords... they got that mug on 1xtra instead of the DnB dj's.. *coughs*
suprised that last of the summer wine wasn't preceded or followed by a Last of the Summer wine tribute / docu / clip show in the schedule. Doubtless there will be one floating around at some point, but given it's a bank holiday weekend and all,
There have been other programmes doing a tribute to Last of the Summer Wine - Countryfile, Songs of Praise yesterday - by visiting Holmfirth where it is filmed.
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Bye Bye genteel geriatric TV :(
hopefully RTD wont come along with a revamp and turn it into brokeback mountain. :razz:
Simpsons has ran its course and should be put out of its misery.
to be fair a lot of the shows that "supposedly" had canned laugher didn't . Years ago my dad worked for the Beeb, we used to get tickets for things. They filmed some of the inside scenes in wood lane.. things like allo allo... i'm pretty sure some of some of summer wine used to be done there (and it was an audience also)
Too true, TV has now lost its connection with the past. :( I didn't mind it, but its like the Bill, its been there ages, quite conforting to have it still there, yet you rarely watch it.
I find I'd watch last of the summer wine and come away feeliing depressed, largely due to the downbeat neature of the incidental harmonica and strings style interludes, coupled with the sad 'Eeeyuup' every now and again.
What are the folkes of the old folkes homes going to do of a Sunday night now??
Talk about how radio 1 has gone downhill, and anyway it was never as good as Carloine?
Yes, I think that would be better actually, it certainly couldn't make it worse.
Well thats a funny thing. In the late 80's remeber when Harry Endfield and Paul Whitehouse sent up the entire set of radio 1's DJs with theur Smashie and Nicey characters? Because of this the nation realised that a young persons radio station had a whole host of DJ's old enough to be their target audiences' dad if not grandad. For this reason in the very early 90's they fired most of this type of old DJ and brought in a newer younger crowd of 'tallent'.
However, the same is beginning to happen again:
Chris Moyles is now 36 and firmly a more appropriate age for R2.
Scott Mills is also 36.
Tim Westood was born in 1957 which makes him 53??....53??? Fook!.
Pete Tong is 50???
Trevor Nelson is 46.
Judge Jules is 43.
Annie Nitingale is 68??? FFS seriously??
Well you get my drift its happening all over again.
Not half, mate...
he has done nothing for UK hip hop and music , except suck up to the yanks and do voice-overs for halfords... they got that mug on 1xtra instead of the DnB dj's.. *coughs*
where as folk like Jon Peel , ageless :)
and your just unworthy generally ... idiot
You are wrong.
There have been other programmes doing a tribute to Last of the Summer Wine - Countryfile, Songs of Praise yesterday - by visiting Holmfirth where it is filmed.