Children In Need
Schrodinger
equally false jollity, back slapping self congratulations and stars pushing
their faces in front of the camera - often to plug their own agenda (I'm
looking at *you* John Barrowman).
I think Terry Wogan can do no wrong by they way.
Is this the only way of raising this money I wonder?
allanbonnetracy
Although not bad telly, I thought that jolly around the world in 88
days was completely over the top.
Not least the flying in and out of the various presenters at each
stage (Business Class I wonder).
But the real ‘let them eat cake moment’ had to be the arrival back at
Paddington where a local handicapped kids project, that had been
featured as a recipient project, met our intrepid travellers to bus
them over to the Reform club for the celebrity bean feast reunion
party.
The handicapped kids were wished farewell and thank you, at the door
to the club.
Col
"Schrodinger" <n...@way.com> wrote in message
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> Am I totally miserable in hating this whole thing? The forced
> camaraderie, equally false jollity, back slapping self congratulations and
> stars pushing their faces in front of the camera - often to plug their own
> agenda (I'm looking at *you* John Barrowman).
I resolve never to see one second of the wretched thing, so I
can't comment on how awful this years' is, though I know it is :)
> I think Terry Wogan can do no wrong by they way.
>
> Is this the only way of raising this money I wonder?
I've heard it said that these charity extravaganzas don't even
raise additional funds for charity over the year, but merely
concentrate it at various focal points.
So it's a complete waste of time and money.
Presumably people give to CIN and then don't bother at
other times.
If a charity is worth giving to then it should be worth it on
it's own merits, rather than to go through this ridiculous
palaver every year.
Col - miserable git but fuck it.....
Jeff Lawrence
> The handicapped kids were wished farewell and thank you, at the door
> to the club.
Well, they didn't have ties on did they?
Cheers
Jeff
Jeff Lawrence
> I resolve never to see one second of the wretched thing, so I
> can't comment on how awful this years' is, though I know it is :)
I'm currently staying at my parent's house whilst back working over
here and they watch it all every year (not that they ever contribute
any towards it the tight sods!). So I'm busy trying to avoid the
living room this evening. Hopefully they'll be off to bed soon and
watch it there so I can have the big TV to myself.
Cheers
Jeff
Col
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I don't even mind giving to the charity itself to be honest,
I was at the supermarket earlier and there was a bucket
at the checkout and I put some money in that.
And this was before the programme had even strarted, so
you see, I don't need all this nonsense to get me to give
to charity :)
Col
GordonD
When Michael Palin completed his round-the-world journey the Reform Club
wouldn't let him in.
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Jeff Lawrence
> "Jeff Lawrence" <jeff.lawre...@orange.nl> wrote in message
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> > On 20 Nov, 20:26, allanbonnetracy <allanbonnetr...@ireland.com> wrote:
>
> >> The handicapped kids were wished farewell and thank you, at the door
> >> to the club.
>
> > Well, they didn't have ties on did they?
>
> When Michael Palin completed his round-the-world journey the Reform Club
> wouldn't let him in.
I didn't realise he was handicapped!
Cheers
Jeff
Enzo Matrix
> Am I totally miserable in hating this whole thing?
No!
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Sofa - Spud
Dunno didn't watch , never have.
We watched Trainspotting instead as my eldest hasn't seen it. Damn it's
a good film.
Watching Trainspotting with someone who hasn't seen it before but has
had it recommended to them beats Tezza any day!
DVDfever
I saw bits of this - Alesha singing a song that came out a year ago or
so, Peter Kay (probably telling the same jokes from 10 years ago) and
Eastenders kids singing, which just made me wish for some of those
sticky bombs from the Ballad of Gay Tony :)
Anyway, you should help and raise loads of money today for BBC In Need
2009 - Mark Thompson's 70p parking tickets don't pay themselves!
John L
>Am I totally miserable in hating this whole thing?
BBC4 had Verdi's Don Carlo from Covent Garden. Even if you loathe
opera, this was a far better bet.
John L
AC
Normally I defend this sort of thing, but I only ever watch the bits that
interest me. This year the only interesting bit was the Doctor Who bit. The
charity is fine and noble, and I fully support the BBC doing this kind of
thing, but the show is so terrible and frankly unprofessional. Why the hell
is CiN the only live show where cockups happen all over the place? Other
live shows seem able to remain professional. Worse still its still looks
like some thing trapped in a time warp.
IMHO, the whole idea needs a revamp. Its got beyond the point where one can
forgive it for being a charity.
AC
AC
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On 20 Nov, 20:04, "Schrodinger" <n...@way.com> wrote:
> Am I totally miserable in hating this whole thing? The forced camaraderie,
> equally false jollity, back slapping self congratulations and stars
> pushing
> their faces in front of the camera - often to plug their own agenda (I'm
> looking at *you* John Barrowman).
>
> I think Terry Wogan can do no wrong by they way.
>
> Is this the only way of raising this money I wonder?
>I saw bits of this - Alesha singing a song that came out a year ago or
>so, Peter Kay (probably telling the same jokes from 10 years ago)
How the hell is this guy considered funny?
I heard a bit of him on BBC R1 the other morning. His "jokes" consist of
lines like "remember Imperial leather?", at which point Moyles and co fell
about laughing. No joke, just the mention of random 70's (apparently)
domestic products. But no actual joke or even cheap sarcasm. Not even an
amusing delivery.
Usually, even if I don't personally like a given comedian, I can see why
others do. But I honestly don't get Peter Kay in any way. More over I don't
get why he is suddenly seen as an essential addition to any TV charity
event.
AC
Carl Waring
"DVDfever" <pick...@googlemail.com> wrote in message
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> 2009 - Mark Thompson's 70p parking tickets don't pay themselves!
You're going to have to connect the dots for me on this one. AFAIK there's
absolutely NO connection between CIN and legitimate expenses claims. Or
perhaps you're just trolling for the sake of it :-)
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>
> is CiN the only live show where cockups happen all over the place? Other
Well I didn't see any *major* ones in the first part. Haven't watched the
second one yet. Besides, I love cock-ups!
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Carl Waring
Carl Waring
> camaraderie, equally false jollity, back slapping self congratulations and
> stars pushing their faces in front of the camera - often to plug their own
> agenda (I'm looking at *you* John Barrowman).
I'll bite. Agenda?
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AC
"Carl Waring" <em...@carlDASHwaring.co.uk> wrote in message
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No, nothing major, lots of little ones. In many ways, you can forgive a huge
cock up and those can be very funny, but all the little ones make the whole
thing look so uncared about. Its like they cant be arsed. If they can't be
arsed, why should any one else.
AC
Fred X
Yes, he has a funny walk.
Fred X
Halmyre
..must...resist...
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Fred X
wrote:
> On 20 Nov, 20:04, "Schrodinger" <n...@way.com> wrote:
>> Am I totally miserable in hating this whole thing? The forced
>> camaraderie,
>> equally false jollity, back slapping self congratulations and stars
>> pushing
>> their faces in front of the camera - often to plug their own agenda (I'm
>> looking at *you* John Barrowman).
>>
>> I think Terry Wogan can do no wrong by they way.
>>
>> Is this the only way of raising this money I wonder?
>
> I saw bits of this - Alesha singing a song that came out a year ago or
> so, Peter Kay (probably telling the same jokes from 10 years ago) and
> Eastenders kids singing, which just made me wish for some of those
> sticky bombs from the Ballad of Gay Tony :)
I wish all artists would only play tracks that are a year old as the
one thing that pisses me off about CIN, is the way that musicians
graciously give up their free time to perform their new single in
front of millions of people. If I ran the show I'd insist that artists
could only play tracks that have been released at least a few months ago.
At least Taylor Swift had the decency to make a pretty large personal
donation.
Fred X
Carl Waring
"AC" <x...@xxx.xxx> wrote in message
You think *any* live 7-hour (ish) broadcast can be done without any, even
minor, mistakes? Seriously?
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G Bell
>I saw bits of this - Alesha singing a song that came out a year ago or
>so, Peter Kay (probably telling the same jokes from 10 years ago) and
>Eastenders kids singing, which just made me wish for some of those
>sticky bombs from the Ballad of Gay Tony :)
>Anyway, you should help and raise loads of money today for BBC In Need
>2009 - Mark Thompson's 70p parking tickets don't pay themselves!
His chauffeur's ticket. I'm sure every other chauffeur in the country
puts their hand in their own pocket. Can I have some of what you're
smoking?
Graham
G Bell
Invariably the whole Scottish opt-out bits are one long cock-up! It is
shite which consists of a procession of fat weegie closet trannies with
massive cardboard cheques for tuppence ha'penny. Also we miss any vaguely
entertaining bits on the national show as they cut away just as they are
about to come on.
Graham
Marcus Houlden
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> "Carl Waring" <em...@carlDASHwaring.co.uk> writes:
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>>"AC" <x...@xxx.xxx> wrote in message
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>>>
>>> is CiN the only live show where cockups happen all over the place? Other
>
>>Well I didn't see any *major* ones in the first part. Haven't watched the
>>second one yet. Besides, I love cock-ups!
>
> Invariably the whole Scottish opt-out bits are one long cock-up! It is
> shite which consists of a procession of fat weegie closet trannies with
> massive cardboard cheques for tuppence ha'penny.
I did wonder what Krusty was up to these days.
mh.
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Calum
> Invariably the whole Scottish opt-out bits are one long cock-up!
At least they're only opt-outs... we get BBC NI here, and they do do the
local thing for pretty much the whole evening.
AC
Not sure I said that. But hey.
AC