Channel 4: Late Changes Posted Sun Oct 8 22:41:29 BST 2000 by Justin

This Week's Late Changes To the Channel 4 Programme Schedule:

The Priory Live From The Priory In Roehampton (Channel 4, Tuesday 6pm)
Brilliant idea thought up in the pub by Will MacDonald and Jamie Theakston, which they now regard with dread and fear. Expect bizarre banter with a succession of depressive and frightened guests, alcoholism news, a few live suicide attempts, and music from Melanie B.

T4 presents The Sopranos (Channel 4, Sundays 1.25pm)
New 12-minute edit of Thursday's Sopranos episode, with all the extremities taken out for younger viewers, but scheduled earlier because of its attractiveness to advertisers. Completely unwatchable, but never mind - at least people will make money out of it.

The 11.35 Show (TalkBack for Channel 4, Wednesday 11.35, C4)
New series in which the writers and staff on the current series of the 11 O'Clock Show talk wistfully about the pet projects they're working on, and even though they say they are proud to be working on the best thrice-weekly topical comedy show on Channel 4 (geddit? you mean there's only one anyway? What a great gag!), they would drop it like the hottest fucking potato the instant they got the green light for their not-much-better new project. In the first show, the writers behind the third joke on Thursday night's show reveal their ironic sitcom pilot for Rick Parfitt, while the 3rd assistant to the assistant script editor talks excitedly about an ironic series called "Poofs". Meanwhile, Assistant Executive Deputy Production Producer (Tuesdays) unveils her plans for a brilliant new twice-weekly topical news comedy show called "The Day Today".

Heroes Of Comedy (Series 6)
(Saturdays 9pm, Channel 4)
Series producer John Fisher suddenly realises he's fast running out of dead, and good, comedians, and so spends this series examining the careers of alive, rubbish ones. First programme: Eric Sykes, John Cleese and Stephen Fry talk about the life and career of Phill Jupitus, although they don't know that's who they're talking about at the time.

FHM-TV (Friday night, late, who cares? Jez and I are just so drunk we puked our lungs up, Channel 4)
Former FHM editor James Brown and a half-naked Donna Air present the first in a new series featuring all of your favourite bits from the magazine that shows you how to be a real, real bloke. Yes! This week's comedy catchphrase that people will be using in an irrelevant and clueless way will be "Are you local?". There'll be some stylised footage of the Thai model from the new Ronseal advert, plus a monologue from Kevin Sampson about cufflinks, the best Ibiza "arse" photos sent in by our carrrrrazy viewers, how NOT to perform cunnilingus, and at least eight songs taken from the new Reef album. Also, a reminder that you can now like Robbie Williams even though he was in that boy band because he picks fights and pretends he was best mates with Ian Dury. And a botched attempt at journalism, which as usual, will be about the murderous drug barons of Colombia. Again. Perfect TV for cunts - enjoy.




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Posted By george on Sun Oct 8 23:04:51 BST 2000:

I was going to start a new thread for this, but......

Just to lighten things up a little, and as a brief interlude between all the debate on the current shows.....


I'm getting concerned that those thirty-second sources of pleasure, the adverts (not what you're all thinking) aren't as good as they used to be, (they were better as cave paintings y'know), so I've written (well, typed) this as a riposte:

>>>>Second-rate performer on clip show, laughing at ten second clips funnier than their entire output:
During the break you will see the following consumer items on display in original and creative forms, as thought up by people who prop-up the economy of Columbia (hint: it's not coffee).


Live Forum Budweiser advert.
>Find out *wasssupp* in the forum. Crazeeee! (TV Quick mad-ad of the year award nominee)

Recyclable newspaper supplement with recycled items that is constantly recycled.
>Oh, you know, the bit that always gets thrown in the bin first. Usually astrology, animals, gardens, homes, etc; (Daily Mail award for best Daily Mail commerical 1992, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99....)

BT
>ET advertises BT! geddit? and he phones home! Yes we do get it, and get it, and get it. Could either NASA dissect the little squit, or someone send him into outer space on a nuclear missile. (Whoops, my finger hit the self-destruct button) - oh, and musn't forget to give that family work at the dairy product marketing board as they're so cheesey they stink, (just like the adverts).

Pischead Lager
>Another witty and hilarious commercial showing two men being totally stupid and made to look like total arses in front of women! (As seen in nearly every other commercial on UK television)

Washedup Liquid
>Out of work actor from the past that everyone seems to think has snuffed it, talks in a voice as smooth as Draylon plugging some over-priced domestic cleaning detergent that not only kills all germs, but all marine life within a thirty mile radius of the sewage outlet pipe.

Fogey Insurance Plans
>Out of work actor from the past who is about to snuff it tries to scare the crap out of everyone over the age of fifty telling them that for twenty pence a week they'll have a lovely coffin with flowers at no extra cost,
<SMALL PRINT> ...and that they will complete the claim forms for you, once it is proved that you are six foot under, terms and conditions apply, must visit claim office in Brazil on moment of death, paperwork to be signed by yourself in mortuary, etc; etc; you've been screwed, but you'll be dead, ha ha ha.

Crapcos Supermarket
>Silliness ensuses, as those daft and wacky folks get into unfunny scenarios (i.e., shopping) just to tell us that beans are one penny cheaper than in March 1997. Nearly as effective as going to the supermarket and comparing prices for yourself.

Marks & Sparks Latest We're Desperate Campaign
>Deranged woman in the buff runs up a hill then shouts *I'm Normal!* into the fog, fields and sheep. Later is carted away for hypothermia and mental disorder. Viewers wonder what the hell that was about as the caption *Exclusively for Everyone Because We're in Deep Trouble and Desperate for Anyone to buy our Products* fills the screen. C5 viewers get an extended version with full frontal nudity. C4 viewers get some nudity, some pixellation, and someone saying *it's not porn, it's artisitic*.

Daily Haemorroids
>Self-exhibitionist from Big Brother or any other z-celeb paid lots of money to tell us that we have a chance of winning lots of money with the Haemorroids Lucky Vomit Bags Game. *Just open it up,and if your sick patch matches the one printed...* *..three diced carrots wins you a fiver...* *.....Lots of vomit every day in the Daily Haemorroids*

Leighton Buzzard Stairlifts
>The Queen Mother (aka Thora Hird) tells us that since she's had a Leighton Buzzard Stairlift fitted, she can now go up and down stairs, and it's very useful if you want to go up and down stairs because we all have to go up and down stairs, even if we live in a bungalow.


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Posted By subbes on Sun Oct 8 23:17:06 BST 2000:

Do you enjoy "living"? do you hate "firey mangled death"? Then you need the best-engineered car in the world!

Mercedes - it's us, or _death_.




(sinfest)


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Posted By 'Jon' on Mon Oct 9 09:54:56 BST 2000:

Further changes...

BURMESE BIG BROTHER
Inspired revamping of the fly-on-the-wall documentary that gets closer to the spirit of George Orwell's original novel '1984'. We follow the fortunes of a group of political prisoners kept under house arrest by the oppressive Burmese government. Who will get interrogated this week? You decide!


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Posted By 'Pint Of Mild' on Mon Oct 9 18:47:04 BST 2000:

I quite liked that car ad from a while ago, don't remember what brand. The tagline was "Stay Beautiful", which was kind of threatening you with facial disfigurement if you don't buy their car.


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Posted By Suiii on Mon Oct 9 20:42:48 BST 2000:

Ahhh yes the Renault Megane ad. Oddly enough though, my brother wrote off my Dads Megane in an horrific crash which completely crushed the car, yet he escaped without a blemish.
Pity that, his face could do with a bit of scarring to detract from the general ugliness!


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Posted By Arma on Mon Oct 9 21:40:28 BST 2000:

Shacks! When I was a yongster siblings had love and respect for each other. Although not too much love, kwim?


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Posted By Suiii on Mon Oct 9 21:53:46 BST 2000:

Aaaah I love and ...well...I don't respect Mr Boyy, that would be lying, but he's gone up in my estimations since he dumped that slag, she with the twat like a wizards sleeve!


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Posted By Ewar Woowar on Tue Oct 10 12:31:58 BST 2000:

>Marks & Sparks Latest We're Desperate Campaign
>>Deranged woman in the buff runs up a hill then shouts *I'm Normal!* into the fog, fields and sheep.


See, if she did that every day then she wouldn't have such a fat arse.


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Posted By 'kinder surprise' on Tue Oct 10 19:36:52 BST 2000:

>she with the twat like a wizards sleeve!

Where can one of these be purchased?


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Posted By Suiii on Tue Oct 10 19:41:28 BST 2000:

It can only be got by whoring about, and giving birth to many bastard offspring in a short space of time. Uuuugh, she's repellent!


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Posted By 'kinder surprise' on Tue Oct 10 20:02:31 BST 2000:

Suii I just love the description of it being like 'a wizards sleeve'. How do you come up with them? And it sounds more enchanting than disease ridden.


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Posted By 'paul twist' on Tue Oct 10 20:08:05 BST 2000:

That's the second time someone's praised a phrase used a lot by Viz on this forum. Why not buy the Profanisaurus, stuffed full of such phrases? I think it's also online at http://www.viz.co.uk too.

Incidentally, I only really buy Viz out of habit these days. The last few issues haven't made me laugh once.


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Posted By Suiii on Tue Oct 10 20:10:43 BST 2000:

I mostly steal my phrases from obscure TV programmes (often unknowingly!) much to Johns disgust. But when it comes to that pox-bottle of a bruvs ex-gf there are no end of obscenities available to describe her. That night when she asked me to get into bed with her was the scariest of my life!!


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