How dare they become old and not as good as they were when they were in their prime?
While I don't disagree that the tone of the article gets a bit shrill when talking about recent developments, he nails why Monty Python were brilliant in the first place, and the frustration is clearly genuine, so I will give him kudos. All that said, maybe something surprising will happen.
How dare they become old and not as good as they were when they were in their prime?
While I don't disagree that the tone of the article gets a bit shrill when talking about recent developments, he nails why Monty Python were brilliant in the first place, and the frustration is clearly genuine, so I will give him kudos. All that said, maybe something surprising will happen.
I just wanted to say that I think it's funny how boring I find dissections of comedy.
Obscurus Lupa's analysis of Baywatch episodes is weirdly addictive.
The third or second episode has David Hasselhoff doing a flying tackle off a boat to take out a murderer trying to get away on a power ski. Other episodes involve pirates and bumbling inventor thieves. And apparently the show just gets dumber as it goes on.
@Comedy analysis: But he's right. What made that show amazing was how truly strange, unpredictable and disarming it was. Monty Python can be very unsettling and legitimately surreal when they want to be. I mean, they did an episode-length mockumentary about a parody version of the Kray brothers.
FremantleMedia owns Baywatch these days, but they've never had much clout here in the US. It's probably the biggest show they have, and it seems to have zero rewatch value. (And the stuff people did remember fondly, like Kate & Allie and Gimme a Break!, is distributed in the US by either NBCUniversal or The Program Exchange, depending on how grumpy the NBCU people are feeling about it.)
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
You know what always felt a little "because we can" to me?
Multi-touch trackpads.
I don't really have any desire to pinch-zoom on my laptop, guys...
FremantleMedia owns Baywatch these days, but they've never had much clout here in the US. It's probably the biggest show they have, and it seems to have zero rewatch value. (And the stuff people did remember fondly, like Kate & Allie and Gimme a Break!, is distributed in the US by either NBCUniversal or The Program Exchange, depending on how grumpy the NBCU people are feeling about it.)
They also own The Price is Right (well, they own the format, at least, but the U.S. distro rights seem to be held by them and CBS Television Distribution), Family Feud (the syndication rights are held by Debmar-Mercury, but I don't know if GSN has to go through them or Fremantle), and, of course, American Idol (which has seen better days), but the market for reruns of game shows and reality shows isn't very big. GSN seems like the sort of channel that would, if not for some weird, dogged persistence, have just given up on its niche and started running reruns of Cold Case all day by now, and of course reality shows have no rerun value.
Well, I guess it's more that people think it's not rewatchable. Either way, Fremantle owns it outright (unlike with the ALP/REG shows, which it inherited from Thames along with the NBCU contracts), so I have to wonder what their excuse is.
I got an ACT composite of 30, but my writing score- which I was really hoping would be good- was a six. On a scale of 2-12. Putting me in the bottom 37%.
FremantleMedia owns Baywatch these days, but they've never had much clout here in the US. It's probably the biggest show they have, and it seems to have zero rewatch value. (And the stuff people did remember fondly, like Kate & Allie and Gimme a Break!, is distributed in the US by either NBCUniversal or The Program Exchange, depending on how grumpy the NBCU people are feeling about it.)
They also own The Price is Right (well, they own the format, at least, but the U.S. distro rights seem to be held by them and CBS Television Distribution), Family Feud (the syndication rights are held by Debmar-Mercury, but I don't know if GSN has to go through them or Fremantle), and, of course, American Idol (which has seen better days), but the market for reruns of game shows and reality shows isn't very big. GSN seems like the sort of channel that would, if not for some weird, dogged persistence, have just given up on its niche and started running reruns of Cold Case all day by now, and of course reality shows have no rerun value.
Lee's First Law of Network Decay: No matter what niche they originally filled, all non-premium cable networks will tend towards being USA Network, circa 1989.
I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
In any case, with my imaginary TV Guide Network revamp, I've made it a point to get in some reruns of shows that never get reran...
Speaking of which, what the hell is with L.A. Law's complete disappearance from the face of the Earth? ER ended up taking over its slot, ran for a longer period of time, and ALSO fell off the face of the Earth...
If it makes you feel better I got a 0% the first time I took the PSSA writing portion because none of the test-checkers could read cursive.
Well, that's not your fault.
I think the idea of giving someone thirty minutes to organize a coherent essay on a topic is pretty asinine, but, well, it's an asinine standard that most people held themselves to better than me.
In any case, with my imaginary TV Guide Network revamp, I've made it a point to get in some reruns of shows that never get reran...
Speaking of which, what the hell is with L.A. Law's complete disappearance from the face of the Earth? ER ended up taking over its slot, ran for a longer period of time, and ALSO fell off the face of the Earth...
It's a Fox show, and Fox is almost as bad as Disney when it comes to old TV shows...about the only reason TheMary Tyler Moore Show got released beyond the first couple of seasons is that Shout! Factory intervened.
In any case, with my imaginary TV Guide Network revamp, I've made it a point to get in some reruns of shows that never get reran...
Speaking of which, what the hell is with L.A. Law's complete disappearance from the face of the Earth? ER ended up taking over its slot, ran for a longer period of time, and ALSO fell off the face of the Earth...
It's a Fox show, and Fox is almost as bad as Disney when it comes to old TV shows...
It is on DVD...(admittedly, the show wouldn't stick in my mind as much if not for "La La Law")
I never thought of Fox as just sitting on old TV shows until they feel them to be useful (else M*A*S*H and The Mary Tyler Moore Show would be gone)
Yeah, Fox won't ever pull M*A*S*H orthe MTM library from syndication. It's home video they've mostly been stingy about. That said, it is odd that one of the best-regarded dramas from the 1980s isn't being shown anywhere on broadcast or cable.
If it makes you feel better I got a 0% the first time I took the PSSA writing portion because none of the test-checkers could read cursive.
Well, that's not your fault.
I think the idea of giving someone thirty minutes to organize a coherent essay on a topic is pretty asinine, but, well, it's an asinine standard that most people held themselves to better than me.
no, but it's not your fault that standardized testing is stupid either
I had to actually have my mom appeal to a "testing official" so I could retake that part of the test.
I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
When The Reckoning comes for linear television, M*A*S*H and Seinfeld will merge into one show, and the resulting program will be the very last thing broadcast before linear television ends forever.
I'm really torn. Because if I do get good scores, hooray, I managed to get good at working a crappy system. If I fail, it's still on me, but the crappy system didn't help, AND it won't look good to colleges.
And as good as I've always been at taking tests, and as much as precocious as I was when I was younger, and as much as everyone told me I was gifted, the second I step into any non-school setting I feel like a fucking idiot. Because I'm not smart. I'm good at sounding smart to the kinds of people who would validate me.
I'm really torn. Because if I do get good scores, hooray, I managed to get good at working a crappy system. If I fail, it's still on me, but the crappy system didn't help, AND it won't look good to colleges.
And as good as I've always been at taking tests, and as much as precocious as I was when I was younger, and as much as everyone told me I was gifted, the second I step into any non-school setting I feel like a fucking idiot. Because I'm not smart. I'm good at sounding smart to the kinds of people who would validate me.
I think you're pretty smart. You just lack self-confidence to the point that it actively sabotages you. Which is unfortunate. But you are not dumb.
Believe it or not, I tend to sort of defer to other people's opinions most of the time. I argue so vehemently because on some subconscious level I believe another person winning means I have to adopt their opinion.
Believe it or not, I tend to sort of defer to other people's opinions most of the time. I argue so vehemently because on some subconscious level I believe another person winning means I have to adopt their opinion.
I'm really torn. Because if I do get good scores, hooray, I managed to get good at working a crappy system. If I fail, it's still on me, but the crappy system didn't help, AND it won't look good to colleges.
And as good as I've always been at taking tests, and as much as precocious as I was when I was younger, and as much as everyone told me I was gifted, the second I step into any non-school setting I feel like a fucking idiot. Because I'm not smart. I'm good at sounding smart to the kinds of people who would validate me.
I still feel like I only test well and I'm 24 and in grad school so sorry the impostor syndrome never ends
Remember back in the 50s when they'd record like Elvis singing YOU AIN'T NOTHIN BUT A HOUND DOG and then they'd turn the record over and reverse it and it was all NYERP NYERP NYERP NYERP NYERP and people were all like, "That is actually the voice of Satan coming from that song."
I'm really torn. Because if I do get good scores, hooray, I managed to get good at working a crappy system. If I fail, it's still on me, but the crappy system didn't help, AND it won't look good to colleges.
And as good as I've always been at taking tests, and as much as precocious as I was when I was younger, and as much as everyone told me I was gifted, the second I step into any non-school setting I feel like a fucking idiot. Because I'm not smart. I'm good at sounding smart to the kinds of people who would validate me.
If it makes you feel better, I did shitty on the ACT writing exam as well. The school I just graduated from still thought I was good enough to be invited to their big scholarship competition. So don't lose all hope just because of that. Especially since the ACT writing portion is indeed stupid as all hell.
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I had to actually have my mom appeal to a "testing official" so I could retake that part of the test.
I actually heard some lady call it "rabbit scribbles", whatever that means.