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presdoug

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Posted: February 17 2011 at 20:47

I like oldies-in no special order-

Bonanza
One Step Beyond
Ramar Of The Jungle
the original Star Trek
The High Chapparal
the original Outer Limits

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Posted: February 17 2011 at 19:11

^ like Tony Curtis in The Black Shield of Falworth

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Posted: February 17 2011 at 19:03

Snow Dog wrote:

If it had been American accents it would have been awful. And as it is a British programme partly who else would they pick? Damn us Brits for picking British actors in British shows.

Yo yo yo Dog, Brooklyn accents would have been da bomb.

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Posted: February 17 2011 at 05:23

Slartibartfast wrote:

sleeper wrote:

I tend to watch most TV shows on DVD, so I can get through a season in a week if I choose. My top shows would be:

Battlestar Galactica (best series ever made IMO)
Alias (still the best thing JJ Abrams has ever done)
Stargate SG-1 (at least for the first 6/7 seasons)
Rome
Band of Brothers
The Pacific
Top Gear
Prison Break
Dexter

I cant wait for the new HBO series A Game of Thrones to start, I expect it'll join the list.

I really enjoyed Rome though it didn't seem right that all the actors had British accents. I guess it's always possible that the Romans actually had British accents and gave it to the Britons.

If it had been American accents it would have been awful. And as it is a British programme partly who else would they pick? Damn us Brits for picking British actors in British shows.

Edited by Snow Dog - February 17 2011 at 05:25

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Posted: February 17 2011 at 05:21

I don't watch Mad Men for the same reason I don't watch Breaking Bad, I feel like I need a shower afterward

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Posted: February 17 2011 at 05:10

KoS wrote:

The lack of mentioning The Wire is always disappointing in these threads. It is as close to literature on TV as possible so far.

So I've heard. I very much intend to watch it at some point but it is a massive time investment, hence not getting round to it yet.

I'm similarly dismayed at the lack of love for Mad Men round these parts. It's not quite as perfect as many of its fans would claim, but at its best it is miles ahead of the competition.

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Posted: February 16 2011 at 22:22

Slartibartfast wrote:

I really enjoyed Rome though it didn't seem right that all the actors had British accents. I guess it's always possible that the Romans actually had British accents and gave it to the Britons.

Trouserpress wrote:

Would you rather they all spoke in false Italian accents? We don't exactly know what a "Latin" accent is so it made sense for the actors to speak in their native accents and just concentrate on delivering decent performances.

wouldn't Rome have inducted Britons into their ranks? I always assumed that's largely why English actors can play Romans legitimately

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Posted: February 16 2011 at 22:13

I only watch TV shows on DVD... currently I am going through Lost (no spoilers please :P) and the 1950's version of Robin Hood. Other shows I have on DVD that I watch every now and again include Futurama, Scrubs, and Meerkat Manor.

When we have TV, the wife and I like watching Holmes Inspection. But that only happens when the cable company gives it to us for free.

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Posted: February 16 2011 at 22:05

Padraic wrote:

Blue Effect wrote:

About 15 years ago I realised that every time I turned on the TV it was taking a dump on my soul so I got rid of it forever.

Are you this guy?

No. I do own a physical TV set to watch DVDs. I do not have any type of cable hook-up or antenna is what I meant. Thank God I have a wife who feels the same way.

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Posted: February 16 2011 at 21:55

Blue Effect wrote:

About 15 years ago I realised that every time I turned on the TV it was taking a dump on my soul so I got rid of it forever.

Are you this guy?

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Posted: February 16 2011 at 21:52

My favorite TV shows of all-time are House, 24 and Monty Python's Flying Circus. Currently, I'm watching House (of course), The Cape and The Event.

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Posted: February 16 2011 at 21:37

About 15 years ago I realised that every time I turned on the TV it was taking a dump on my soul so I got rid of it forever.

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Posted: February 16 2011 at 21:34

The lack of mentioning The Wire is always disappointing in these threads. It is as close to literature on TV as possible so far.

and Friday Night Lights, just because it is about Texas and football makes some people not watch it.

Edited by KoS - February 16 2011 at 21:53

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Posted: February 16 2011 at 09:18

Dean wrote:

Vibrationbaby wrote:

Python, The Goodies, The Prisoner, The Avengers, Red Dwarf . Always liked British shows because of my dad. He actually encouraged us to watch Monty Python because he thought it was educational.

...and it was: "Now the first thing to do when you're being stalked by an ugly mob with redcurrants is to -- release the tiger!"

Sound advice and it hasn't failed me yet.

Or a three ton weight. TV sucks these days I don't even bother. Hockey games & news. Even the hockey games and news suck.

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Posted: February 16 2011 at 09:18

Episodes. This is the joint USA-UK produced show on BBC 2 Monday nights at 10. Seriously adult comedy especially the last 5 minutes on the last show shown here - who would thought the actress who plays Brian Aldridge's step daughter Debbie in the Archers, would be getting down dirty with Matt Diblanc of Friends..................................

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Posted: February 16 2011 at 09:12

irrelevant wrote:

Yeah, Curb = 'The funny argument show.'

Absolutely yes

Once upon a time there was some writing on the wall we all ignored, until the time that there was war and feasts of famine at our door

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Posted: February 16 2011 at 08:44

Slartibartfast wrote:

Trouserpress wrote:

Would you rather they all spoke in false Italian accents?

Only if they could pull it off. Hugh Laurie does great American. LOL

As good as Sean Connery's Russian, Spanish, Irish, English, Greek...

What?

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Posted: February 16 2011 at 07:44

I've rarely watched dramatic TV series >> especially those where you couldn't miss an episode or you'd be lost... and when I did watch "serious series", I prefered the french series

Always preferred the comedies in the US tv

throughout the years:

WKRP in Cincinati

Sanford & Son....

big big big time gap.....

Married With Children ,

then Ali McBeal (at first only... it quickly got boooooring) ... ,

Sex And the City (most men would be well advised to take a few tips from that series)

and lately Californication >> it's got me cracking up everytime

Mentions to Friends & Seinfeld

But I'm definitely not a big TV watcher

Edited by Sean Trane - February 16 2011 at 07:47

let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter
keep our sand-castle virtues
content to be a doer
as well as a thinker,
prefer lifting our pen
rather than un-sheath our sword

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Posted: February 16 2011 at 06:58

Seinfeld - Friends - Grounded for life - That 70's show - the simpsons

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Posted: February 16 2011 at 06:09

Trouserpress wrote:

Would you rather they all spoke in false Italian accents?

Only if they could pull it off. Hugh Laurie does great American. LOL

Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...

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