tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post113896794021475119..comments2023-08-17T11:47:11.821+01:00Comments on James and the Blue Cat: Imagine there's no writers, it's easy if you try...James Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16604261370633794445noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-1139159828471900772006-02-05T17:17:00.000+00:002006-02-05T17:17:00.000+00:00I've always wondered. Is Yentob his real name or ...I've always wondered. Is Yentob his real name or is it his name spelled backwards?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-1139046707181701062006-02-04T09:51:00.000+00:002006-02-04T09:51:00.000+00:00I can sympathize - I couldn't see why all the spee...I can sympathize - I couldn't see why all the speedy up stuff was there when I saw the original GW pilot, But if you stick with it, I think it genuinely enhances the show. It's about the little moments in life being as important as the big ones, and needing to be savoured as much, if you want to get pretentious about it. Same with Peep Show - I love the way what they are thinking is often completely at odds with the characters' actions.<BR/><BR/>On The Thick Of It though, it just gives me a headache.<BR/><BR/><BR/>I think there is a move back to simpler, more traditional stuff: see the IT Crowd, which I like a lot. It'll be interesting to see how that goes down, although people won't like it/dislike it because it's filmed in a 'traditional' style. All that matters is whether it makes me laugh.James Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16604261370633794445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-1139043426512626702006-02-04T08:57:00.000+00:002006-02-04T08:57:00.000+00:00I haven't got around to Yentob's musings as yet (I...I haven't got around to Yentob's musings as yet (I taped it, so it'll be a year or so before I get around to taping something else over it), but here's something not that interesting.<BR/><BR/>Peep Show<BR/>Green Wing<BR/>The Thick of It<BR/><BR/>I stop watching all of these at almost the same time, around halfway through the first episode. I - and I know many others too - get really pissed off by camera gimmicks - speeding up slowing down, wobble cam and all the other stuff like that, and all that kind of stuff.<BR/><BR/>I just wonder if the use of such gimmickry - the fashion for it should, I hope, pass soon - is the reason why some of these shows, all with great potential never really get the mass audiences they deserve.David Hadleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05510828634517689127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-1138973536870439822006-02-03T13:32:00.000+00:002006-02-03T13:32:00.000+00:00I didn't see the "Peep Show" bit, but then I did h...I didn't see the "Peep Show" bit, but then I did have to switch the programme off before the end as I couldn't take any more of Yentob's pseudo-intellectual claptrap. I'd always thought the "Private Eye" column "Me and my Spoon" was a bit wide of the mark...until I saw the Radio Times blurb for next week's "Imagine" in which Botney discusses his favourite...chairs!<BR/><BR/>Somewhat belatedly, I also want to tell you that the question on my Monty Python trivia calendar for 27th Jan. was:<BR/><BR/>"Ken Clean-air Systems if the great white hope of the British boxing world. In his training regimen what does he do for lunch every day?"<BR/>Answer:Ken crouches down in the road and RUBS GRAVEL INTO HIS HAIR"!<BR/>Clearly, great comedic minds think alike.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-1138969418459006522006-02-03T12:23:00.000+00:002006-02-03T12:23:00.000+00:00Yeah, I think GW did okay, nice to see someone goi...Yeah, I think GW did okay, nice to see someone going into the process of putting it together, but the general lack of interest in the writers says a lot about the attitudes prevalent in the upper echelons of the BBC. This isn't misplaced rage by the way, I felt ably represented by Vic in the GW bit. But to not even mention the writers behind Peep Show, jesus...James Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16604261370633794445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-1138968834504681752006-02-03T12:13:00.000+00:002006-02-03T12:13:00.000+00:00There was no mention of writers at any point in Ye...There was no mention of writers at any point in Yentob's programme. Sure, there were some writer/directors - Graham Linehan, Armando Iannucci etc - but no sole writer (his failure to mention the writing team on My Family was a particular oversight especially his cheeky introduction in the bed with Zoe and Robert, how wun-derful). At least Green Wing had an interesting segment about the editing and how they lay it out but why no mention of the writing? Anyway, we know the sitcom's not dead so everyone can sleep easy now.Danny Stackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06448455474341848304noreply@blogger.com