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Telly

TamTam Registered User regular
edited May 2011 in Social Entropy++
i.e. British Television

I have watched a bit of British television over the past couple of years, and I find it immensely enjoyable.

There are shows about charmingly miserable people

Peep Show is about two dudes who live together and are miserable
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePejwCWPwwg

Black Books is about three miserable people one of whom is Irish
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaeeCV8eRr4

Spaced is a show about several miserable people
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHc0VDdhXVQ

There are sketch comedy shows made by the people who play miserable people
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMGIbOGu8q0

There are social commentary shows with miserable, angry, sarcastic people
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHun58mz3vI

There are panel shows
I like these because of the back and forth between people

obscure knowledge quiz shows
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsWX8JtQrPU

shows where the panelists attempt to lie convincingly to win points
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=op0pfSiQp88&feature=related

news panel shows
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOujvWAEOkM

and news shows that are less panelly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLM4-_HS6bo

I don't really watch any British drama shows, so I don't know about those
except Doctor Who, but that's got its own thread

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  • KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
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  • Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Telly

    the forgotten muppet

    his exploits were legendary, at one time

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  • TheySlashThemTheySlashThem Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    god damn it kal I was just coming in here to do that

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  • TamTam Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    yes indeed

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  • jippeejippee Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    No Mock the week and not a bit of Fry and Laurie.
    I deduct all the points you weren't given anyway.

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  • jippeejippee Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Let's talk about Hugh singin' the blues:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4tDP-yMwXI

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  • TamTam Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Here you go you fat whiny baby
    I didn't put absolutely everything in there because I expected other people would talk about more shows

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4A8EBZn543M&feature=relmfu

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwo8qxUit00

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  • mensch-o-maticmensch-o-matic Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Tam I love you

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  • tynictynic PICNIC BADASS Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited May 2011
    Tam, I like you quite a bit.

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  • BeastehBeasteh THAT WOULD NOT KILL DRACULARegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    this is my thread

    it was made for me

    hmhmhm

    brass eye, big train, the day today, not the 9 o clock news, jam

    garth merenghi's darkplace

    Q.I.

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  • miscellaneousinsanitymiscellaneousinsanity grass grows, birds fly, sun shines, and brother, i hurt peopleRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Hey let's talk about cartoons because that is an aspect of British television I have more familiarity with
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDzEkNqXlUk
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZnnD9IeeAA
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VthsQVsXwEg

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  • ThreadbareSockThreadbareSock Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTXWtUkYJkk

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  • Mr FuzzbuttMr Fuzzbutt Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    BOOSH

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  • BeastehBeasteh THAT WOULD NOT KILL DRACULARegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krsj2bcnRlM

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nvfQw8UCDE

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drE5cHe6c3s

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  • tynictynic PICNIC BADASS Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited May 2011
    Oh thank god you posted Danger Mouse.

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  • FoolproofFoolproof thats what my hearts become in that place you dare not look staring back at youRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    I watched the british eco-apocalypse movie "No blade of grass" today. It was not terrible but it was bad. Thinking about watching the two seasons of "The Tripods" now.

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  • BeastehBeasteh THAT WOULD NOT KILL DRACULARegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    chris morris is my idol

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  • BeastehBeasteh THAT WOULD NOT KILL DRACULARegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vt_mfQ2YFOA&feature=related

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  • tynictynic PICNIC BADASS Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited May 2011
    You know what's great? Spooks.

    that weird pilot spinoff they did kind of sucked, but the main show is consistently awesome.

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  • jippeejippee Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    We need more University Challenge damnish itsh ish.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxA0a5G6ccg

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  • TamTam Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    mensch-o-matic wrote: »
    Tam I love you

    I was going to post the hug picture, but you took it down :C
    tynic wrote: »
    Tam, I like you quite a bit.

    I think it's time I told you: I fell in like with you ages ago

    also I realized I have watched two important British drama shows

    Poirot
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3xqwmRdfAk&feature=feedrec_grec_index

    and Sherlock Holmes
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=th-szfFtwys

    and the new modern day Sherlock
    which was unexpectedly good
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSQq_bC5kIw

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  • YukiraYukira Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    I watched the first episode of Doc Martin on Netflix and enjoyed it. I should probably get around to watching more.

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  • TamTam Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    oh yeah
    Doc Martin
    that's also pretty good

    also, I think a lot of comedians working in Britain shine brighter as panelists than they do as stand-ups

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  • Clint EastwoodClint Eastwood My baby's in there someplace She crawled right inRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    doctor who blows

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  • PoorochondriacPoorochondriac Ah, man Ah, jeezRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    What was that show that was later spun off into the movie In the Loop?

    The Thick of It, maybe?

    I need to see that. Because In the Loop owns hard

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  • TamTam Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    cloudman no one likes you
    get the fuck out

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  • Clint EastwoodClint Eastwood My baby's in there someplace She crawled right inRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    i like other british shows though. i'm going to start watching some top gear actually

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  • ArtreusArtreus I'm a wizard And that looks fucked upRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    I could see not liking old Dr Who. Because.. I'm not really interested in watching it at all. But new doctor who is pretty great. I quite enjoy it.

    Also BBC Sherlock is fucking fantastic. such a great show.

    BBC nature documentaries are also the best and I own a ton of them on blu-ray.

    Also QI is a really fun show.

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  • gazamcgazamc Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Brass eyyyyyeeeeeeee

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  • Clint EastwoodClint Eastwood My baby's in there someplace She crawled right inRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Tam wrote: »
    cloudman no one likes you
    get the fuck out

    ok

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  • TamTam Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    finally
    man that guy

    also
    is Top Gear the only BBC show with a flashy production/budget
    this isn't an example of that, but it's funny

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJfSS0ZXYdo

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  • Donovan PuppyfuckerDonovan Puppyfucker A dagger in the dark is worth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Good thread, even if I was a little disappointed it wasn't about Telly Savalas.

    Kojak, The Dirty Dozen, Blofeld in On Her Majestys Secret Service, Cape Fear, Battle of the Bulge...

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  • jippeejippee Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    This is a Utube video reconstructing the intro to awesomeness (Ihave all of it on video), but somehow the rest of the world has this:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnkF-qOmxro

    It's shocking that there's no footage on the first page in a Utube search, Nor -on the first page- any knowledge of the origin of the tune whatsoever.

    The TV series was fucking awesome and our mothers bought the LP's, because of the main theme composed by Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975)

    just wiki this guys life and/or series played by Sam Neill

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    off she rode with a trumpety trump
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  • BerkBerk THE BUDGIE SMUGGLER Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eqce1jGrlLk

    Berk on
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  • SnitSnit Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G811lptNS0s

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  • BerkBerk THE BUDGIE SMUGGLER Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJBF5F2h8-U&feature=related

    Berk on
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  • TamTam Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    I can't understand a lot of what that man is saying

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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    hey berk my folks are heading to Edinburgh next month for a few days

    makes sure they don't get stabbed tia

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  • BerkBerk THE BUDGIE SMUGGLER Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    pfft its edinburgh nothing to worry about

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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    berk I am depending on you to keep the rabble out

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