tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36939759.post5309671477239960893..comments2024-01-17T07:03:57.842+00:00Comments on The Mad Ranter: Ben Fogle's Extreme Dreams.FlipChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09449939046593105926noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36939759.post-85191364164722127022008-02-27T15:16:00.000+00:002008-02-27T15:16:00.000+00:00Ah The Sun; home to so many readers who can't quit...Ah The Sun; home to so many readers who can't quite lower themselves to buy the Daily Sport, but still want a good dose of boobies with their 'news'.FlipChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09449939046593105926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36939759.post-88239117626864431172008-02-27T11:25:00.000+00:002008-02-27T11:25:00.000+00:00The Sun is a newspaper? I thought it was a comic b...The Sun is a <EM>newspaper</EM>? I thought it was a comic book… oh, wait…Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36939759.post-53944750222383856232008-02-27T09:52:00.000+00:002008-02-27T09:52:00.000+00:00@Invisible - Thanks, I think it's important to det...@Invisible - Thanks, I think it's important to detail such things lest I turn into The Sun newspaper. As to Sky I know my aunt and uncle are considering moving away from it and just getting a Freeview box, exactly the same shite without the excess monthly bill.<BR/><BR/>@Dan H - No I haven't, but I've just watched the video clip on the BBC website, shame you can't listen to the old shows from the site it looks like I've have enjoyed it.FlipChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09449939046593105926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36939759.post-11765842500146746032008-02-26T17:27:00.000+00:002008-02-26T17:27:00.000+00:00FlipC: Have you listened to 'Recorded for Training...FlipC: Have you listened to 'Recorded for Training Purposes' on Radio 4? It is a sketch show about "modern communication", primarily focusing on the internet, blogs, podcasts, and such. It has a regular "Attention Deficit News" sketch, which is exactly what you describe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36939759.post-10156298827152123012008-02-26T13:40:00.000+00:002008-02-26T13:40:00.000+00:00Ah yes… Anybody can say that something suck...Ah yes… Anybody can say that something sucks, but only FlipC can come up with a carefully-reasoned, articulate and thorough analysis of precisely <EM>why</EM> it sucks! ;-)<BR/><BR/>I think QI is probably the one show on TV that truly lives up to it's name. It's really quite interesting…<BR/><BR/>My dad has Sky. My mum now has Freeview. Over 400 channels, and <B>still nothing freakin' good!</B> The secret? Well, the extra channels just show repeats of old stuff — usually stuff nobody wanted the first time around. Sure, cheap way to run a channel. But really not very entertaining…Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36939759.post-26890820494126809232008-02-26T10:32:00.000+00:002008-02-26T10:32:00.000+00:00Well as I said at the first once upon a time we us...Well as I said at the first once upon a time we used to have presenters who knew what they were talking about and were employed on that basis.<BR/><BR/>Now we get footballers' wives, reality show 'stars', models and newsreaders. Bring back Alan Whicker.<BR/><BR/>Okay in all fairness it's the rose-tinted memories, we remember the good and forget the bad; the teens of today will be remembering Life on Mars, Never Mind the Buzzcocks, and QI; and forgetting Holiday Reps, and Fat Teens etc.<BR/><BR/>That said it really is getting worse oops hold one this is the fifth paragraph and you might stop reading so Coming Up in this comment I discuss the annoyance of interrupting every programme with either a preview or review.<BR/><BR/>It's getting worse I've made fun of the fact that this 30-minute show has two "Coming up" features, but now we're even getting the national ITN news interrupting the local ITN news with a preview followed by a "still to come" on the local.<BR/><BR/>Just stop it, stop treating us as it we all have ADHD.FlipChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09449939046593105926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36939759.post-64758045384726244542008-02-26T09:23:00.000+00:002008-02-26T09:23:00.000+00:00“Still, we shouldn't laugh, we're paying for...“Still, we shouldn't laugh, we're paying for all this rubbish.”<BR/><BR/>Hahahhaahaha…GAH! >_<<BR/><BR/>I may be a delusional old hack, but I <EM>swear</EM> there used to be <EM>good stuff</EM> on TV sometimes…Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36939759.post-79251274903557526002008-02-25T14:11:00.000+00:002008-02-25T14:11:00.000+00:00Oo deadly swamps eh? Ah dear Ben does like to latc...Oo deadly swamps eh? Ah dear Ben does like to latch onto a word and flog it to death.<BR/><BR/>So why have these inexperienced explorers... because if we had a bunch of experienced people they might be able to, you know, educate and inform us about what's around them. Besides how could we plebs relate to the team if they were all like Ben?<BR/><BR/>All on our own, ah yes I forgot that bit though I do recall Ben in VO having a whine that if Yona couldn't keep up they'd all have to go back and they'd fail this "ultimate trek" [ultimate being one of the words du jour]. I did feel sorry for the cameraman [Luke Hallam as the first name in the credits] he did seem to be treated solely as an ambulatory system for the camera and got to go up all the "treacherous" routes first.<BR/><BR/>Still we shouldn't laugh, we're paying for all this rubbish.FlipChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09449939046593105926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36939759.post-31228292074592806362008-02-25T13:43:00.000+00:002008-02-25T13:43:00.000+00:00Ah yes, you didn't see them cross the "deadly" swa...Ah yes, you didn't see them cross the "deadly" swamp with the "deadly" snakes. Apparently every swamp or forest these guys have ever crossed is "home to the deadliest snake in the world". Interesting…<BR/><BR/>Also gotta love how the "non-swimmer" on the team has so far swun unaided across several very large rivers. I mean, sure, she's clearly terrified of deep water. But she can swim a damn site better than me!<BR/><BR/>I just love the number of times the word "deadly" appears. I mean, Jesus, if it's so damn deadly, why do you have a bunch of inexperienced n00bs wandering across it?<BR/><BR/>Also, at the start of this uber-adventure, Ben tells the people "but this time, we're going to be <EM>completely</EM> on our own". Oh yes, we're not talking a guide with us this time. Everybody looks sucked and afraid. Oh well, I guess the 25 camera technitions, sound recordists and dubbing editors standing next to you just out of shot don't count, eh?<BR/><BR/>Seriously, this is a freaking joke… but I must say, you explained it way better than me. ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com