tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post8124147021040214494..comments2023-08-17T11:47:11.821+01:00Comments on James and the Blue Cat: It's a bloody good logo actually, I just can't work out how to save it as a jpeg.James Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16604261370633794445noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-39331894228898303802007-08-29T10:12:00.000+01:002007-08-29T10:12:00.000+01:00Well thanks. I often do that myself, of course, bu...Well thanks. I often do that myself, of course, but it's nice to know it happens at both ends (as t'were).James Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16604261370633794445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-5649790467905891932007-08-29T09:37:00.000+01:002007-08-29T09:37:00.000+01:00leaving this delayed comment feels like i'm the la...leaving this delayed comment feels like i'm the last one to arrive at a party hours after it should have finished and everyone else is either reeling around or asleep but i wanted to say that i liked this post so much i applauded it. in an office. on my own.kaikihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04110165849464317361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-86311112316132004002007-08-27T16:34:00.000+01:002007-08-27T16:34:00.000+01:00Ah, well I was invited up as the token sex blogger...Ah, well I was invited up as the token sex blogger/writer for a session about sex on telly and was introduced to the audience by Richard Bacon as being "the woman that's shagged a lot of men and written about it" which really helped establish me as a 'professional'... (At least my retort made him blush - and the whole room laugh.)<BR/><BR/>I do agree about repeating programmes on the channel to give them a chance to develop, attract a following and snowball over time, but I'm not quite sure if scheduling repeats of Two Pints of Lager every evening quite falls into that category.<BR/><BR/>Still, in his session Danny said that as well as lots of comedy and live entertainment, for 2008 he had commissioned six new drama pilots, at least one of which would become a series, so I am hopeful that next year will be a better year for the channel - and for new writers too.thegirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02693447808874926257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-68094296617254976902007-08-27T16:12:00.000+01:002007-08-27T16:12:00.000+01:00I haven't been invited up to Edinburgh for anythin...I haven't been invited up to Edinburgh for anything, which I regard as an unforgiveable slur on my professional standing - he was the Important Person to whom the Young Promising Writers had to pitch their concepts at the end of the residential week I did in Kent.<BR/><BR/>And I'm all for more repeats as well, but of more recent things - if there's a new show, put it on four or five times that year, give things a chance to breathe.James Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16604261370633794445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-36456243299408608072007-08-27T15:34:00.000+01:002007-08-27T15:34:00.000+01:00I met him too! (Were you also at his MGEITF sessio...I met him too! (Were you also at his MGEITF session? I didn't see you - I would have said hello if I had.)<BR/><BR/>I do think his hope to involve the younger generation in the script/development/production process is a good thing, if a little ambitious. But he really does need to kill off the amount of repeats his channel puts on: with such limited broadcasting hours (and such a huge budget) that just seems lazy, I think.<BR/><BR/>Austen Powers? I didn't quite spot that. The shy geek thing (a positive thing) I agree with though.thegirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02693447808874926257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-88162024948257186232007-08-27T08:18:00.000+01:002007-08-27T08:18:00.000+01:00D'you know what, I met the real tv controller that...D'you know what, I met the real tv controller that fake blog is having a go at - and he was nothing like that at all, he was very supportive to the young 'uns and terribly positive about their pitches. Didn't use a single buzzword, and was quite shy, and almost a bit geeky (which I view as a positive thing).<BR/><BR/>He was dressed a wee bit like Austen Powers though.James Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16604261370633794445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-31149092201985157982007-08-27T02:56:00.000+01:002007-08-27T02:56:00.000+01:00Are you sure it's not 'itchy'?Are you sure it's not <A HREF="http://thetvcontroller.blogspot.com/2007/05/i-outline-my-channel-vision.html" REL="nofollow">'itchy'</A>?thegirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02693447808874926257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-77734037413671153692007-08-24T19:08:00.000+01:002007-08-24T19:08:00.000+01:00Ny New Media Consulantant informs me that's 'stick...Ny New Media Consulantant informs me that's 'sticky', not 'itchy', so I don't have a clue then.James Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16604261370633794445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-28510449275881296392007-08-24T17:55:00.000+01:002007-08-24T17:55:00.000+01:00I suspect 'itchy' in this context means something ...I <I>suspect</I> 'itchy' in this context means something you have to keep coming back to (and probably on different media, like the way Lost exists as a game, various websites and some spinoff books). Although I could be badly wrong of course.James Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16604261370633794445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-79458160956415738612007-08-24T17:50:00.000+01:002007-08-24T17:50:00.000+01:00I did some word association with a teenager - I sa...I did some word association with a teenager - I said "itchy", she said "foot". Don't think that helps somehow. And wrt the drama project, she feels "itchy" is neither a good nor a bad thing to be, just weird.Smathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01001981110308457546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-42332240310719451122007-08-24T11:59:00.000+01:002007-08-24T11:59:00.000+01:00Is 'itchy' the new 'edgy'? Or did you just mishea...Is 'itchy' the new 'edgy'? Or did you just mishear?<BR/><BR/>I usually find that I have the word 'edgy' circled and underlined somewhere amongst my notes. No one can ever explain what they mean by it, so I just take it to mean 'swearing'.<BR/><BR/>You might want to check before you set up a series arc based solely around itching powder.Salvadore Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13864890429725302449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-16305779340056443582007-08-24T09:58:00.000+01:002007-08-24T09:58:00.000+01:00Me too, but you have to call it something else in ...Me too, but you have to call it something else in meetings.James Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16604261370633794445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-87356398170789987252007-08-24T09:54:00.000+01:002007-08-24T09:54:00.000+01:00Also. I'm going retro: I quite like whimsy.Also. I'm going retro: I quite like whimsy.Bozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065257907482952779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-48607677715770472972007-08-24T09:51:00.000+01:002007-08-24T09:51:00.000+01:00Dark and grotesque are out? Must remember to buy a...Dark and grotesque are out? Must remember to buy a whole new writing style this weekend.<BR/><BR/>I was in a situation the other day where I was upset, and <I>genuinely</I> had something in my eye, which I of course couldn't remove for fear of looking like a big girly girl. So it stayed there, for a half hour or so. My eye didn't thank me.Olihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03302441388002744047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-66542285469526483582007-08-24T09:43:00.000+01:002007-08-24T09:43:00.000+01:00Buying new stationery is never a waste of time.Nei...Buying new stationery is never a waste of time.<BR/><BR/>Neither is commenting on blogs when a printing press in Holland has been put on pause to await the last-minute document you are editing.<BR/><BR/>Ahem.patroclushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01933476561340044351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-79577421289591901422007-08-24T09:35:00.000+01:002007-08-24T09:35:00.000+01:00Aww, you can write the feem toon for mine if you l...Aww, you can write the feem toon for mine if you like. I've done the lyrics, they go - 'TeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenDRAMASERIES!!!!!!'<BR/><BR/>Maybe we should set up a meeting.James Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16604261370633794445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-48023270784245149592007-08-24T09:31:00.000+01:002007-08-24T09:31:00.000+01:00See also: the theme tune that I spent days writing...See also: the theme tune that I spent days writing and recording for a kids' show I was working on.<BR/><BR/>The reaction I wanted:<BR/>"This is brilliant! Not only will we use it, we will release it as a single and it will be a Christmas number one like Bob the Builder was, and you will get to go on Top of the Pops, which was your childhood dream (even if you are dressed as a crocodile)."<BR/><BR/>The reaction I got:<BR/>"Er, yeah, it was sweet of you to try that..."Salvadore Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13864890429725302449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-51446308684610829122007-08-24T09:30:00.000+01:002007-08-24T09:30:00.000+01:00And soundtracks as well, of course. That's an exce...And soundtracks as well, of course. That's an excellent way to waste time.<BR/><BR/>The whole project may collapse at any time, obviously, but you have to think of that as part of the fun.James Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16604261370633794445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10831518.post-53666686227099418962007-08-24T08:56:00.000+01:002007-08-24T08:56:00.000+01:00I would spend far more time on things like the log...I would spend far more time on things like the logo and new stationery, rather than concentrate on any writing. <BR/><BR/>V Exciting Stuff though!Bozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065257907482952779noreply@blogger.com