British television is far,far superior and better written and paced then American IMHO |
I don't know, I don't think the UK has ever produced something as brilliantly paced or written as The Wire for example, or at least not for the past twenty years. UK TV was the envy of the world at one point, those days have long gone. I've not long finished Treme, the UK wouldn't dream of producing something so vibrant, the funding isn't there to be able to take the risk. HBO completely changed the game. |
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'Punchlines' was a Saturday night memory game, hosted by Lennie Bennett. It was a 'Celebrity Squares' type thing where the contestant was given the first part of a joke, and they had to choose a comedian to read the answer from a card s/he was holding, leading to much hilarity and innuendo So, if the contestant was asked "A fisherman said to the seven-foot man...", the contestant would try to remember which of the eight boxes on the set would contain the punchline "...with legs like yours, you don't need a rod" but inevitably they would pick something like "...where do you keep your big tackle?" instead! I think that the show that you are thinking of, where a comedian stood in front of a contest and tried to make them laugh within a minute, was actually called...'Make Me Laugh', although in all honesty, I don't remember Duncan Norvelle being on that. He was more of a '3-2-1' or 'Live At The Palladium' comedian! |
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There are some amazing shows being done in North America but I feel that when you take it as the larger expanse that the UK wins. HBO and Showcase are both channels that produce some quality television but thats not what the usual regular channels get, the regular tv channels here can produce some pretty painful stuff. lol |
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We only get the best of the best from the States. It's easy to fall into the trap of thinking every tv show America makes is the equivalent of The Walking Dead, West Wing Arrow or Game of Thrones. Just as in a way you will think the British channels only produce the likes of Doctor Who, Sherlock, Downton Abbey and The Night Manager. Both countries make great television and both countries make garbage, we only get to see the very best from each. Understandably the US produces more as you have more channels that actually make quality television such as HBO whereas we only have the BBC and occasionally ITV, Channel 4 and Sky. |
There's no need for all this arguing. They both suck now. ;):pop2::wise: |
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We only get Home and Away and Neighbours. Used to get The Flying Doctors as well. There must be something decent. |
Not really. :lol: I quite liked the Aussie soaps back in the 80s. These days... not so much. :nono::whip::tongue1: |
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