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Posted by Sam 4 Feet (Member # 2222) on :

Heres a question to you guys who are from america.
Do British TV programmes like "eastenders" and "The Bill"(my favourite programme) get show on american TV and if so do you watch them?

Posted by Calico Jack (Member # 2299) on :

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Originally posted by Sam 4 Feet:
Do British TV programmes like "eastenders" and "The Bill"(my favourite programme) get show on american TV and if so do you watch them?

I've never heard of The Bill, but Eastenders used to be carried on public television stations regularly a number of years back and I did indeed watch it back then. Those same public stations also carried a variety of other British imports which I've watched religiously during the course of my life, amongst which were the likes of Monty Python, Mr. Bean, Black Adder, Benny Hill, Are You Being Served, Thin Blue Line, Keeping Up Appearances, Red Dwarf, Dr. Who, Blakes 7, and many more. Those shows all account for a huge part of my childhood & adolescence, and I love 'em all. Hell, I didn't even miss an episode of Teletubbies!

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Calico Jack

Posted by Lou Gojira (Member # 983) on :

You forgot to mention Tripods! [Big Grin]

Posted by Calico Jack (Member # 2299) on :

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Originally posted by Lou Gojira:
You forgot to mention Tripods!

Good catch, Lou! Not only did I watch Tripods, but the opening theme music even influenced one of my own songs in '92!

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Calico Jack

Posted by Lou Gojira (Member # 983) on :

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Originally posted by Calico Jack:

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Originally posted by Lou Gojira:
You forgot to mention Tripods!
Good catch, Lou! Not only did I watch Tripods, but the opening theme music even influenced one of my own songs in '92!

Calico Jack

Cool! I used to love that theme music of the show...really stands out in my memory of it.

Speaking of Tripods, I thought the effects on there were pretty awesome too. Granted the Tripods themselves looked like guys in green costumes, but when the giant mechanized Tripods got called out, the effects looked pretty sweet! I used to like the red ones in particular, fitted with the guns.

Hey Brother CJ, how can I go about hearing some of your work? I'd be interested in checking it out. [Cool]

Posted by Calico Jack (Member # 2299) on :

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Originally posted by Lou Gojira:
Hey Brother CJ, how can I go about hearing some of your work?

Good question. Most of my original stuff isn't stuff that I've really made available as my day job is basically playing guitar or keys on other people's recordings. hehe I generally reserve my own original material exclusively for performing live rather than recordings since I always play them a little differently each time I do them, and thus I don't really feel they have any definitive versions. Got any requests? hehe

[Big Grin]

Calico Jack

Posted by Lou Gojira (Member # 983) on :

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Got any requests?

Yeah! Play "We Are 138" by The Misfits! [Big Grin]

Posted by Calico Jack (Member # 2299) on :

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Originally posted by Lou Gojira:
Yeah! Play "We Are 138" by The Misfits!

I'll see what I can do. hehe

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Calico Jack

Posted by hott3028 (Member # 3839) on :

Remember a real funny show called "Dave Allen At Large"? He was a comic that sat in a leather chair and would sip whiskey and smoke. He had some pretty funny jokes, and the skits in between were real funny too!

Posted by Sam 4 Feet (Member # 2222) on :

I didnt realise that so many british TV programmes are broadcasted in america.
I know its not right but alot of people that i know think that americans lifestyals are way different from english.
From TV people get impressions, so my impression was that amercans watched stuff like the pleaentville programme in the movie pleasentville, you know the kind where they say everything is "swell".
From amercans that ive actually talked to they had impressions of the english also, that we sit around drinking tea and eating scones whilst watching croquet or cricket.

I went to florida once and I was at the beach, I had just finished a go fo a jet sky, and an amercan boy only about 7 of 8 asked me if we have jet skys in england and eventhought we had hourse and cart instead of cars.
i know i ramble on about unrelated things but just wanted to let you guys know and wanted to ask if you have similar opinions to that little boy

Posted by Calico Jack (Member # 2299) on :

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Originally posted by Sam 4 Feet:
From TV people get impressions, so my impression was that amercans watched stuff like the pleaentville programme in the movie pleasentville, you know the kind where they say everything is "swell".

As an American living in contemporary America, I'd have to say that it's just the opposite if anything. Pleasantville was poking fun at the 1950s American television subculture in which the programming was indeed overwhelmingly sanitized and dare I say peachy. However, today's American programming has seemingly done a complete 180º turn from that. I just turned my TV on right this minute and flipped around the dial to the different stations. Here's some of what I saw: somebody getting shot at, somebody being given a paternity test, somebody jumping from an airplane, somebody failing a lie detector test after having cheated on their lover, somebody in divorce court, somebody having sex, and all accompanied by plenty of commercial advertising. Pleasantville it definitely isn't. hehe

[Cheers]

Calico Jack

P.S. - For what it's worth, I've never wondered if a person in England might have a jet ski. I'm not totally surprised that a child of 7 or 8 might wonder about that, but when you find people in their 30s & 40s who honestly expect to find horse-drawn carriages lining the streets of London, I can see where that might be problematic. hehe

Posted by hott3028 (Member # 3839) on :

Wait, they don't ride horse and buggys in England?

Posted by ledaemon (Member # 198) on :

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Originally posted by hott3028:
Remember a real funny show called "Dave Allen At Large"? He was a comic that sat in a leather chair and would sip whiskey and smoke. He had some pretty funny jokes, and the skits in between were real funny too!

Gawd! I loved Dave Allen! I used to watch "The Goodies" as well when I first discovered British comedies on PBS back in '76 when I was a wee pup. They were showing those right after Monty Python if I remember correctly. I still watch the comedies on PBS on Sunday night, but all I catch is Keeping Up Appearances before I doze off.

Posted by Lou Gojira (Member # 983) on :

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wanted to ask if you have similar opinions to that little boy

No, I've never tried to draw conclusions about the people, I've just drawn conclusions (and they may be inaccurate) about the types of programming you good folks like to watch. For instance, I've always been a big fan of The Tripods, Doctor Who, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and Red Dwarf, and when I see shows like that, shows that need to rely on special effects to an extent, then compare them to sci-fi shows filmed here in the States, it seems to me that the British are less occupied with flashy effects and more determined to get a good story told.

I for one tend to respect that approach, because to me it seems like Hollywood will either crank out a turd of a script and try to let the multi-million dollar effects try to save it, or they'll do yet another hum-drum predictable kind of movie or show, but nobody raises hell because the effects are so much candy to the eye.

I kind of compare British programming to Japanese programming, of which I'm a huge fan of too. Again, the goal seems to be getting the story told, rather than wowing people with big-budget effects and allowing the story to suffer or just not caring about it at all. In-turn, this kind of leads me to think more highly of the people these shows are geared toward originally. It's like they seem to have a higher standard for a quality storyline and character development rather than how "real" something can be made to look.

BTW, I used to go out of my way to watch Danger Mouse back in the day on Nickelodeon. [Wink]

Posted by ledaemon (Member # 198) on :

Hit the head on the nail Lou! I friggen HATE big Hollywood movies that spend all the time with CGI special effects and then run out of money for a good script. I love being able to see a movie every once in a while that has good dialogue and lacks in the gratuitous explosions and action department.

One thing I especially love about the British programming is the people that are cast in their television shows (hell and many of their movies) are people that you actually see in real life and not the "cosmetically or surgically" altered folks in most of our programming here. Age doesn't seem to be a factor either. There seems to be lots of programming geared towards the over 60 age group starring a cast over 60.

Posted by Elzbennet (Member # 1234) on :

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Originally posted by Calico Jack:

quote:
Originally posted by Sam 4 Feet:
Do British TV programmes like "eastenders" and "The Bill"(my favourite programme) get show on american TV and if so do you watch them?
I've never heard of The Bill, but Eastenders used to be carried on public television stations regularly a number of years back and I did indeed watch it back then. Those same public stations also carried a variety of other British imports which I've watched religiously during the course of my life, amongst which were the likes of Monty Python, Mr. Bean, Black Adder, Benny Hill, Are You Being Served, Thin Blue Line, Keeping Up Appearances, Red Dwarf, Dr. Who, Blakes 7, and many more. Those shows all account for a huge part of my childhood & adolescence, and I love 'em all. Hell, I didn't even miss an episode of Teletubbies!

Calico Jack

Calico, you like Teletubbies? [Thud]

Everytime i see them i feel the urge to trample them to death! lol [Big Grin]

But i do agree with Benny Hill, Black Adder and even Mr Bean.
KISS [Kiss]

Posted by Calico Jack (Member # 2299) on :

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Originally posted by Elzbennet:
Calico, you like Teletubbies? Everytime i see them i feel the urge to trample them to death! lol

LOL Elz, you're certainly not alone as that seems to be a pretty popular feeling shared by most of the people I talk to. hehe Yes I admit it, I do like Teletubbies very much. I remember just before it first came to American television back in 1998 I had heard all sorts of weird rumors about it, so the intrigue got the better of me and I waited impatiently for that 1st episode to air. That one episode was all it took to get me hooked. Generally speaking I enjoy most educational children's television programming anyway, but there was something special about this one; a certain surreal & ambiguous quality that really spoke to me on some deeper level. The show was almost Orwellian in some regards, which I found fascinating considering that it's a program aimed at the youngest & most impressionable audience. Oh well, I guess I'll just enjoy the show and leave the rest for the psychologists to sort out. hehe

[Big Grin]

Calico Jack

Posted by ledaemon (Member # 198) on :

My daughter was one of those kids back in '98 that watched Telletubbies. As soon as she learned how to talk she told me to "TURN THAT SHIT OFF!!!" [Laugh]