Room 101 with Janet Street Porter Posted Fri Sep 8 23:04:48 BST 2000 by PJ

I'm am wrong to call her a stupid cow?


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Posted By John! on Sat Sep 9 00:00:19 BST 2000:

I didn't see it, but you can call her what you like.

Really.


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Posted By Jase on Sat Sep 9 00:50:55 BST 2000:

I thought it was pretty bland. I was expecting more reasons to throw bricks at the telly.

The one thing that stood out for me was that a significant proportion of the audience wanted to see a small furry animal dropped into a box. Is that really comedy?


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Posted By PJ on Sat Sep 9 01:09:27 BST 2000:

I liked the way she said "fashion is a middle-class invention to keep the working class down" then saying "i drive a car and have a big house, and you just make buildings."
Words to that effect.


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Posted By Mr Griffiths on Sat Sep 9 08:50:23 BST 2000:

>I liked the way she said "fashion is a middle-class invention to keep the working class down" then saying "i drive a car and have a big house, and you just make buildings."

Indeed. She can sometimes be refreshingly anti-establishment but last night she just acted like a tiresome London-centric bore.


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Posted By Jon on Sat Sep 9 10:07:10 BST 2000:

She didn't act like it. That's what she is.


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Posted By Bent Halo on Sat Sep 9 15:16:53 BST 2000:

Any chance of bombing Canary Wharf again?


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Posted By Bent Halo on Sat Sep 9 15:20:03 BST 2000:

Well,mmm...it was just a thought.

Shouldn't we be slagging JSP and the show itself. ROOM 101 has gone spectacularly off the boil. The cat incident was revolting television - Merton playing to the gallery because he only seems to be there for money in his pocket and ratings for Hat Trick. You can also spot his own material (when there is any) from miles off - y'now, crap surrealism.

However Will Self may just salvage something for it's reputation in a couple of weeks.


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Posted By Al on Sat Sep 9 15:34:35 BST 2000:

The Bailey one was good. I think the problem is the guests. On the radio (oh dear I 've used 'that phrase' again) they used to have people on because they were amusing raconteurs not just people who might be a bit 'controversial' - JSP is a classic example of this - someone whose tedious condescending cynicism obliterates anything useful she might potentially be saying.


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Posted By Ben H on Sat Sep 9 16:31:24 BST 2000:

Didn't see it, 'cos BBC "we can do whatever we want" Wales decided to replace it with some dreary topical stuff. Nevertheless, R101 under Merton's presentership is a markedly different and less funny beast than in the Hancock days. Maybe we're just all getting bored of him...? Nice to see that Bon Jovi doing the hoovering type theme tune was ditched anyway. As has been pointed out however, a good guest can pull the show back vis. BB (but then I've never seen him in anything being unfunny really)...


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Posted By PJ on Sat Sep 9 17:08:47 BST 2000:

Yes, definitly a case of merton not as good as Hancock - and i don't even like him. This week was a case of 'presenter better that guest'm which shows how mediocre it was.


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Posted By Dan F on Sat Sep 9 18:25:51 BST 2000:

>I'm am wrong to call her a stupid cow?
>
Yes, completely. I thought it was on of the funniest things on telly for a long time.


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Posted By Peter Ohanraohanrahan on Sat Sep 9 21:39:58 BST 2000:

>Yes, definitly a case of merton not as good as Hancock

For the second time in Merton's career.


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Posted By joe on Mon Sep 11 00:37:25 BST 2000:

Ho ho.
(this isn't sarcasm)


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Posted By BH on Mon Sep 11 22:54:27 BST 2000:

I'm 5 minutes into the repeat. Ooooh dear...


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