Celebrations for Dubbya

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In the UK most of us don't care who the US president is.

However in this case I will consider the following points.....

We can't make enough decent TV to fill half an evening here.

The TV you send us is crap (apart from the SImpsons).

Except for when it involves a war. It *does* make good TV.

Dubbya is most likely to start more wars.

So we get the best TV with Dubbya in power.

Well done for re-electing the greatest war monger the world has seen for a very
long time.

Gibbo
 
On 09 Nov 2004 01:00:43 GMT, chrisgibbogibson@aol.com
(ChrisGibboGibson) wrote:

In the UK most of us don't care who the US president is.

However in this case I will consider the following points.....

We can't make enough decent TV to fill half an evening here.

The TV you send us is crap (apart from the SImpsons).

Except for when it involves a war. It *does* make good TV.

Dubbya is most likely to start more wars.

So we get the best TV with Dubbya in power.

Well done for re-electing the greatest war monger the world has seen for a very
long time.

Gibbo
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Oh, quit whining.

John
 
John Larkin wrote:

On 09 Nov 2004 01:00:43 GMT, chrisgibbogibson@aol.com
(ChrisGibboGibson) wrote:

In the UK most of us don't care who the US president is.

However in this case I will consider the following points.....

We can't make enough decent TV to fill half an evening here.

The TV you send us is crap (apart from the SImpsons).

Except for when it involves a war. It *does* make good TV.

Dubbya is most likely to start more wars.

So we get the best TV with Dubbya in power.

Well done for re-electing the greatest war monger the world has seen for a
very
long time.

Gibbo


Oh, quit whining.
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Whining? I'm celebrating a new era in TV.

Gibbo
 
ChrisGibboGibson wrote:

We can't make enough decent TV to fill half an evening here.

The TV you send us is crap (apart from the SImpsons).
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And South Park. But we used to make great TV in the good old days...

Mr. Pastry.
The Billy Cotton Band Show.
Crackerjack.
Dixon of Dock Green.
Harry Worth.
Charlie Drake.
Compact.
Rag, Tag and Bobtail.
The White Heather Club.

Paul Burke
 
On 09 Nov 2004 01:12:32 GMT, in sci.electronics.design you wrote:

John Larkin wrote:

On 09 Nov 2004 01:00:43 GMT, chrisgibbogibson@aol.com
(ChrisGibboGibson) wrote:
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Whining? I'm celebrating a new era in TV.

Gibbo
like widescreen, similar vertical resolution to good old 405 line B+W
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set my granny had!


martin

Serious error.
All shortcuts have disappeared.
Screen. Mind. Both are blank.
 
"ChrisGibboGibson" <chrisgibbogibson@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20041108200043.07103.00000277@mb-m10.aol.com...
In the UK most of us don't care who the US president is.

However in this case I will consider the following points.....

We can't make enough decent TV to fill half an evening here.

The TV you send us is crap (apart from the SImpsons).

Except for when it involves a war. It *does* make good TV.

Dubbya is most likely to start more wars.

So we get the best TV with Dubbya in power.

Well done for re-electing the greatest war monger the world has seen for a
very
long time.

Gibbo
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You're welcome. I'm glad we could help.

Mark Walsh
 
On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 08:27:15 +0000, Paul Burke wrote:

ChrisGibboGibson wrote:

We can't make enough decent TV to fill half an evening here.

The TV you send us is crap (apart from the SImpsons).


And South Park. But we used to make great TV in the good old days...

Mr. Pastry.
The Billy Cotton Band Show.
Crackerjack.
Dixon of Dock Green.
Harry Worth.
Charlie Drake.
Compact.
Rag, Tag and Bobtail.
The White Heather Club.

Paul Burke
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"Connections", "The Day The Universe Changed" - Paul Burke ;-)

Cheers!
Rich
 
"Paul Burke" <paul@scazon.com> wrote in message
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ChrisGibboGibson wrote:

We can't make enough decent TV to fill half an evening here.

The TV you send us is crap (apart from the SImpsons).


And South Park. But we used to make great TV in the good old days...

Mr. Pastry.
The Billy Cotton Band Show.
Crackerjack.
Dixon of Dock Green.
Harry Worth.
Charlie Drake.
Compact.
Rag, Tag and Bobtail.
The White Heather Club.

Paul Burke
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The others are but trivia from that era ('cept for Crackerjack) but as a
kid I really liked Charlie Drake. Remember looking forward to his next new
series, "Sylvia" (or something). Assumed it'd be the slapstick stuff us kids
loved him for. Turned out to he'd written a serious drama out a man looking
for a lost love. His career and our support ended there and then. The
b*****d had let us down!.
Wondered if that was where the legend of clowns wanting to do Shakespeare,
emanated from.
regards
john
 
On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 08:27:15 +0000, Paul Burke wrote:

ChrisGibboGibson wrote:

We can't make enough decent TV to fill half an evening here.

The TV you send us is crap (apart from the SImpsons).


And South Park. But we used to make great TV in the good old days...

Mr. Pastry.
The Billy Cotton Band Show.
Crackerjack.
Dixon of Dock Green.
Harry Worth.
Charlie Drake.
Compact.
Rag, Tag and Bobtail.
The White Heather Club.

Paul Burke
^^^^^^^^^^ what was this show about?
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--
Best Regards,
Mike
 
Oops. Repost. I was reading ancient posts. My reply will never be
seen there.

On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 08:27:15 +0000, Paul Burke wrote:

ChrisGibboGibson wrote:

We can't make enough decent TV to fill half an evening here.

The TV you send us is crap (apart from the SImpsons).


And South Park. But we used to make great TV in the good old days...

Mr. Pastry.
The Billy Cotton Band Show.
Crackerjack.
Dixon of Dock Green.
Harry Worth.
Charlie Drake.
Compact.
Rag, Tag and Bobtail.
The White Heather Club.

Paul Burke
^^^^^^^^^^ what was this show about?
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--
Best Regards,
Mike
 
Active8 wrote:

Paul Burke

^^^^^^^^^^ what was this show about?
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A character who combined the moral integrity of Sid James, the
confidence of Tony Hancock, the poise of Harry Worth and the social
skills of Steptoe.

Paul Burke
 
On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 15:38:54 +0000, Paul Burke wrote:

Active8 wrote:

Paul Burke

^^^^^^^^^^ what was this show about?

A character who combined the moral integrity of Sid James, the
confidence of Tony Hancock, the poise of Harry Worth and the social
skills of Steptoe.

Paul Burke
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I thought he was the guy who did "Connections" and "The Day The
Universe Changed".

Seriously. So please enlighten me, if you'd be so kind.

Thanks,
Rich
 
In article <pan.2004.11.16.17.28.25.890629@example.net>,
rich@example.net says...
On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 15:38:54 +0000, Paul Burke wrote:

Active8 wrote:

Paul Burke

^^^^^^^^^^ what was this show about?

A character who combined the moral integrity of Sid James, the
confidence of Tony Hancock, the poise of Harry Worth and the social
skills of Steptoe.

Paul Burke

I thought he was the guy who did "Connections" and "The Day The
Universe Changed".
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Perhaps you mean James Burke?
http://smithsonianassociates.org/programs/burke/burke.asp

Seriously. So please enlighten me, if you'd be so kind.
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Seriously? Here?

--
Keith
 
On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 14:04:28 -0500, Keith Williams wrote:

In article <pan.2004.11.16.17.28.25.890629@example.net>,
rich@example.net says...
On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 15:38:54 +0000, Paul Burke wrote:

Active8 wrote:

Paul Burke

^^^^^^^^^^ what was this show about?

A character who combined the moral integrity of Sid James, the
confidence of Tony Hancock, the poise of Harry Worth and the social
skills of Steptoe.

Paul Burke

I thought he was the guy who did "Connections" and "The Day The
Universe Changed".

Perhaps you mean James Burke?
http://smithsonianassociates.org/programs/burke/burke.asp
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D'oh! :)

Seriously. So please enlighten me, if you'd be so kind.

Seriously? Here?
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Well, yeah - I specifically called it out just because it _is_ an
oddity. :)

Thanks!
Rich
 
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