TV is RUBBISH These Days!!

[Singlesnights]

TV these days is absolute RUBBISH! For a start, too many bleedin' reality shows (please, NO MORE whingeing if you don't make it into the next round of X-Factor etc. etc.). For another thing, too many boring home improvement programs (stuff guaranteed to send me instantly to sleep!!).

Bring back PROPER variety. I am SICK TO DEATH of all this boring rubbish on TV nowadays. No wonder I am collecting all my old favourite TV shows on DVD (eg. On The Buses, Man About The House etc.). They are provide a welcome relief and blessed alternative to watching all that soporific garbage on TV.

Oh yes - and there is far too much swearing and nastiness on TV nowadays too. No wonder society is declining morally. TV needs a good clean up, and we need producers who know how to entertain people, not bore them to sleep!!

Disgusted TV Viewer

[lindylou]

I got sick of rubbish telly a long time ago. I stopped watching tv a few years back - well not entirely true as I will watch a good factual programme or the odd comedy (it has to be good though to get my interest).
Trouble with me is that my attention span is low - I don't have the patience to watch for more than an hour perhaps. Sometimes I might start to watch then can't be bothered waiting to see what happens in the end ! I walk away after half an hour.
I can't sit gawping at the goggle box - 'specially at the bland rubbish that we have now .. moving wallpaper I call it !



I much prefer to read or use the computer.

[chippie]

that,s why I gave ours to charity, now we log on and amuse ourselves, it,s more entertaining:shock:

[Chris48]

The only time you see comedians or what I would call classic variety acts is when they are being interviewed on TV after receiving the OBE/MBE. It is rubbish. I have Virgin Media, the whole package and if it wasn't for the kids, I'd dump that. I've seen each episode of Fools and Horses hundreds of time along with Dalziel and Pascoe and New Tricks. Can't take anymore and I've now lost the will to live!

[PhilipG]

Quote:
"On The Buses, Man About The House"

OMG! :PDT_Piratz_26:

[Ged]

You can't beat 'Rising damp' - (well, unless you get a dpc put in of course)

Every episode of that is cracker as are the two Ronnies.

[PhilipG]

You can't beat 'Rising damp' - (well, unless you get a dpc put in of course)

Every episode of that is cracker as are the two Ronnies.

Exactly. :PDT11
It's just that the two quoted were hardly the best of the period.

[Cadfael]

I'm SICK of TV too - it's all bloody adverts for a start!

What happened to all this 'sponsored by' lark? You'll watch the local news, 'sponsored by' then you'll get another one before the weather and then you'll get another one before the UV report!!

I watched a bit of Ken Dodd last night on youtube and nearly killed myself laughing - I'm 31 and 'should' be enjoying the likes of X-Factor and the like but give me On the Buses, Laurel and Hardy, Rising Damp, anything where people had to go away and learn their lines before coming on TV.

Entertainment? My forte now is a good play on Radio 4!

[Mark R]

Too many cookery/home improvement/reality shows. Also can't stand Goldenballs, Deal or No Deal and rubbish like that, as well as QI/Buzzcocks et al. Hate the way the celebrity (if that's the right word) contestants think they're all comic geniuses led by the 'self-appointed genius' Stephen Fry. I have to say, I have never laughed at anything Alan Davies has ever said...:rolleyes:
Jonathan Ross is another. I never watch him anymore. His persistant interruptions of guests is deplorable. As are his innuendos and insults to them. He has to lower the tone by making some sexual remark. If the Pope was on the show he'd manage to do it. God, and to think this moron gets paid staggering amounts to do it :shock:

[Ged]

Jonathan dross of the BBC. Even bad boy Billy Butler doesn't understand how Ross gets away with being able to swear when he can't :)

[John(Zappa)]

Too many reality shows,makeover shows and too much cheap crap.
You can't beat Rising Damp, The Two Ronnies & Porridge. Absolutely brilliant.:handclap:

[Cadfael]

Let's see - Big Brother or two people who can remember a fantastic script?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NT9QlBwov8Y

[John(Zappa)]

Brilliant.:handclap:

[shytalk]

My favourite sketch of theirs was "Four Candles", absolutely the best ever.:handclap:

[Ged]

'Got any hose'?

[Singlesnights]

Quote:
"On The Buses, Man About The House"

OMG! :PDT_Piratz_26:

Waddaya mean, "OMG"? These shows were the BEST.

[lindylou]

Sorry but I hated 'On The Busses' :PDT_Aliboronz_11:

All the characters in it were 'orrible. I can't remember the names of them - the gormless woman with glasses, that Pervy bus conductor (not Reg Varney - the other one .. ugh! he was slimey ! .. and as for the inspector - was it Blakey or something ? I couldn't stick him !

Man about the House was very corny and sickly but tolerable for that era.

[lindylou]

The only time you see comedians or what I would call classic variety acts is when they are being interviewed on TV after receiving the OBE/MBE. It is rubbish. I have Virgin Media, the whole package and if it wasn't for the kids, I'd dump that. I've seen each episode of Fools and Horses hundreds of time along with Dalziel and Pascoe and New Tricks. Can't take anymore and I've now lost the will to live!

Like you, we have Virgin Media 'cos our son wanted it !!

It's a lot of rubbish.


My son loves watching the old comedy series though. He has watched 'Only fools and Horses' over and over. He loves 'Rising Damp' and 'Steptoe & Son' which are all good.
I'm glad he likes the old comedy series and has learned who the actors are.
He has gone on to buy the DVD sets. It's nice to see the young ones enjoying the series we used to laugh at.

[lindylou]

I'm SICK of TV too - it's all bloody adverts for a start!

What happened to all this 'sponsored by' lark? You'll watch the local news, 'sponsored by' then you'll get another one before the weather and then you'll get another one before the UV report!!

I watched a bit of Ken Dodd last night on youtube and nearly killed myself laughing - I'm 31 and 'should' be enjoying the likes of X-Factor and the like but give me On the Buses, Laurel and Hardy, Rising Damp, anything where people had to go away and learn their lines before coming on TV.

Entertainment? My forte now is a good play on Radio 4!


The ads do my head in !!

As I said, I watch very little telly, but my husband and son have the tv on, so I can hear it in the background.
If I'm watching telly I switch over or turn down the sound when the ads come on.

[lindylou]

Jonathan Ross is another. I never watch him anymore. His persistant interruptions of guests is deplorable. As are his innuendos and insults to them. He has to lower the tone by making some sexual remark. If the Pope was on the show he'd manage to do it. God, and to think this moron gets paid staggering amounts to do it :shock:


Couldn't have put it better Mark :handclap:

I've always said that about Ross. He is another perv !! :rolleyes:

.. and you are right - - - he would make an innuendo to the Pope ! :nod:

[shytalk]

I am a Corrie addict, the commercials are removed before I get it tho.:handclap:
Something I can't figure out is why I get it from Scottish TV. Surely it is a Granada programme.

[PhilipG]

Waddaya mean, "OMG"? These shows were the BEST.

Man About the House was harmless enough, but On the Buses was awful.
Even then.
Reg Varney and that revolting bus conductor were portrayed as God's Gift to Women, when my Grandmother wouldn't have touched them with a bargepole.
And Olive and her husband...
I found it all rather depressing, and only watched it because I'd recently been a bus conductor myself, and I appreciated the on-going battle with the Inspector.

[lindylou]

On the Buses was awful.
Even then.
Reg Varney and that revolting bus conductor were portrayed as God's Gift to Women, when my Grandmother wouldn't have touched them with a bargepole.
And Olive and her husband...


Exactly !! :$ik:

[The Gardens]

I've always said that about Ross. He is another perv !! :rolleyes:

.. and you are right - - - he would make an innuendo to the Pope ! :nod:

I have a book on innuendo, if you would like a copy, I will give you one :disgust:

[disco]

I had the full package with sky, but knocked that on the head last year was paying 60 pounds a month to watch the same 20 year old programmes week after week. there must be hundreds of other shows they could put on besides only fools and horses.

[shoney]

I'm a fan of british comedy shows, the americans can't make a show without there being a moralistic theme to the show instead of just concentrating on it being funny, that is the problem i find with tv is the american shows , they are weak and just come out of a tv production mill.

[brian daley]

When there were just a few T.V. channels the quality of the programmes seemed to be higher than it is today. The plethora of channels demand more ideas, soaps and reality shows outbid each other in pushing the envelope further and further. Gratuitous violence is on open display with cage fighting, sexuality becomes more debased with the growth of pornographic shows and Big Brother is one of the most mind rotting programmes ever devised. Amongst the trash lie little gems ,they get harder to find but they are there. Franco Da Mosto and his journey around the old Venetian trade routes is proving to be engrossing ,Tribal Wives is a multi layered feast ,showing how common human love can overcome wildly different cultures. Alexie Sayles Liverpool certainly sparked discussion here, and Michael Palins programmes have never been less than interesting. Soaps,comedy shows and sitcoms are there for those who like that kind of thing ,rather like the comic strips in newspapers. I watch very few programmes,at most about 2 hours a night, my books are where I get my main source of amusement and thrills. And with books you colour in the word pictures that the author has drawn,I have never seen a film that came near to matching the book.
BrianD

[lindylou]

Franco da Mosto - I really enjoyed hid first series on Italy. I havn't caught up with the latest series but hope to see a repeat.

Tribal wives has been interesting.

Michael Palin's series have been excellent viewing over the years. I like good travellogues or documentary.

Brian, like you, I usually find that films are not always as good as the book.

[Mikeysart]

I'm sorry but On The Buses and Man About the House were classics.
On The Buses was never repeated on terrestrial telly. Reg Varney and Bob Grant would have been millionaires if it was. It was one of the most popular TV shows of the 70's. Poor old Bob (Jack) took his own life after he became depressed when work dried up :(

Other Classics were; Nearest and Dearest, Not on Your Nellie, Billy Liar, The Dustbin Men, The Lovers, Porridge, George and The Dragon, In Loving Memory, Selwyn Froggit, Sykes, Please Sir, The Fenn Street Gang, Till Death Us Do Part, Bless This House, Just Good Friends, Watching, A Fine Romance. . . The list goes on and on. TV in the 60's 70's and 80's was so much better with only 3 channels to choose from.

Now with a million channels to watch, there is literally nothing on! I really only watch my TV if I want to see a specific programme.

I usually just listen to BBC7 the DAB radio station. If there was a TV channel like this I'd start watching telly again.

[PhilipG]

Quote:
"On The Buses was never repeated on terrestrial telly."

Not surprising.

I'm sorry to hear about Bob Grant.

[Ged]

Mikeysart, oh yes, and Not in front of the children and butterflies - 2 Wendy Craig classics. Anyone remember. Never mind the quality - feel the width or the rag trade. Reggie perrin, Gilligans Island, It aint arf hot mum, Some mothers do ave em and Are you being served.

[lindylou]

Yes, I remember all of them

You have to really old to remember the Rag trade' ha,ha!!

- it's ok, I AM old enough to remember it .... '' everybody out !!'' .....

I used to love Gilligan's Island. :) :)

[shoney]

Yes, I remember all of them

You have to really old to remember the Rag trade' ha,ha!!

- it's ok, I AM old enough to remember it .... '' everybody out !!'' .....

I used to love Gilligan's Island. :) :)


olive from on the buses was in the rag trade and the boss was peter jones who narrated the original hitchikers guide to the galaxy

[Chris48]

A lot of those "classics" were heavilly reliant upon sexual innuendo or even racism (Love thy neighbour). It was cheap comedy and a by-product of the Carry on films. Most of them were considered junk in their day and very much non PC today. The true classics like Fawlty Towers, Porridge, Rising Damp, Dads Army and possibly Citizen Smith etc are a class apart. But then, I can recite them pretty much word perfect and I dont want to see any of them again for at least another 10 years. Where is the new blood? Where is the variety? What do these TV companies do all day?

[Maggie May]

There is very little I watch on TV these days.....nothing appeals to me....I enjoy the wildlife programmes and the factual ones......oh and Dr Who of course....love some of the golden oldies though...thoroughly enjoying the re runs of the Good Life and All Creatures Great and Small....

[Mark R]

Yes Ged Rising Damp...Remember the episode where they go to the Grange? (I think it is called A Night Out). Also Things That Go Bump in the Night (with the grey lady). Classic series. I also loved Sorry (with Ronnie Corbett), Open All Hours & Porridge. Fawlty Towers & Blackadder as well.

[Ged]

Yes got those on dvd Mark. That grey lady ghost one is great - Rigsby flies up the stairs when Alan gets dressed up in the gear - the face on him ha ha ha.

[Mark R]

Yeah my brother's got that box-set Ged. Yes that face on Rigsby :) excellent:handclap: Also the one with Peter Bowles as the actor. When he's sitting next to Rigsby on the couch doing the duologue...I don't know how they kept their faces straight!

[shoney]

Reg Varneys birthday today, he's 92

[disco]

Reg Varneys birthday today, he's 92

Bet his hair is still jet black

[brian daley]

How many of you remember "The Army Game" ,with Michael Medwin,Norman Rossington, Bernard Bresslaw (I think this was his debut in T.V.) and Ted Lune ? It was a rag bag of comedy but we loved it. And there was "Great Scott It's Maynard",this was in prehistoric times,Bill Maynard was slim and handsome and Terry Scott was his fat friend . There was Harry Worth ,who always kicked off his show doing the kicks with his reflection in a shop window, and then "Sykes" with Eric Sykes Hattie Jacques and Derek Guyler. Would they stand up against todays output ? I think that humour has altered so much ,debased might be more apt, that they would'nt stand a chance.
It is lovely to see them again when they come on ,and Radio 7 is fabulous when it comes to raiding the archives,we have it on during Sunday dinner and ,if we are having a roast, I am transported back down the years to when we had dinner at Grandmas.

[Singlesnights]

One of my favourite girls from the British sitcoms of the seventies was Sally Thomsett, who played the blonde girl Jo in MAN ABOUT THE HOUSE.

[wallasey]

When Granada + was still in operation, it would show "The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club" It was a great piece of 70's TV, playing host to many a unknown performer as well as those who were starting out.

I remember once when this programme was on a few years ago, Kathy Kirby came on...her lungs were on top form that night as when it came to her belting out the chorus...she blew our fuses!

[Mark R]

When Granada + was still in operation, it would show "The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club" It was a great piece of 70's TV, playing host to many a unknown performer as well as those who were starting out.

I remember once when this programme was on a few years ago, Kathy Kirby came on...her lungs were on top form that night as when it came to her belting out the chorus...she blew our fuses!

Yes - and Colin Crompton would interrupt the act clanging the bell to make an announcement :)
Remember Indoor League as well? I think it was on on a Sunday Afternoon with Fred Trueman...
The Good Old days with Leonard Sachs was another. I remember Ken Dodd being on it:handclap:

[The Gardens]

I'm sorry but On The Buses and Man About the House were classics.
On The Buses was never repeated on terrestrial telly. Reg Varney and Bob Grant would have been millionaires if it was. It was one of the most popular TV shows of the 70's. Poor old Bob (Jack) took his own life after he became depressed when work dried up :(



On The Buses is currently being shown on ITV3 early weekday mornings. I recorded a couple of episodes this week. The comedy is dated, but it is a piece of social history. The comedy now comes from the styles of the time, and their attitude. Both Stan and Jack look in their mid fortys, but are still chasing the 'birds'. Jack looks like he could eat an apple through a letterbox with his teeth :)

I have enjoyed the American version of The Office, but it is tooked away after midnight on a Thursday. I also record episodes of Frasier which is broadcast early morning on C4. I thank God for a PVR, as there is very little on during 'prime' time' that I watch.

[wallasey]

On The Buses is currently being shown on ITV3 early weekday mornings.

One of the films is also on Youtube too!
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Colin Compton was very funny..."I would Like to make an annnouncMENT!" Best said by him of course!

[Max]

This thread Is blasphemous, Tv gives me Family guy, South Park, The Simpsons, shows where people hurt themselves and It's funny and cool Anime cartoons.:PDT_Aliboronz_24:

[jack.tar]

One of the best 90 minute slots on Tv at the moment is S.A.C. 2nd GIG.

Re-runs of 'The Prisoner' on ITV4 are also worth a headsup. That series
predicted our surveillance society by more than forty years.