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Title: Comic Relief - BBC1
Post by: wjp666 on March 13, 2009, 07:36:45 pm

i'm confused. when comic relief started, it was all about comedy. presented by the likes of lenny henry and griff rhys jones etc, and featuring all sorts of stand-up routines and skits.

hmm. which brings me to what i amd watching now:

davina mccall - bland tv presenter. david tennant - straight actor. mastermind - the most serious show on tv.

what the hell is funny about this?

Title: Re: Comic Relief - BBC1
Post by: paulham on March 13, 2009, 07:46:13 pm

They've got you to pay for a licence for this bland whiney shite?

This excepted:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vqml_ovcMV4# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vqml_ovcMV4#)

Title: Re: Comic Relief - BBC1
Post by: wjp666 on March 13, 2009, 08:32:29 pm

i've been watching for 90 mins now, and it's absolute dross. i thought i'd give it a chance this year, but oh, i really should have stuck with my instincts.

Title: Re: Comic Relief - BBC1
Post by: wjp666 on March 13, 2009, 08:51:11 pm

and now we've got annie lennox singing a sad song while pictures of famine and death play behind her. 'comic' relief? this isn't making sense! (yes, i know they usually put in those sad videos, but whats the deal with the depressing music?)

RIGHT - i shall say no more on the subject! (i am just thoroughly disgusted that i have no choice but to pay for this channel.)

Title: Re: Comic Relief - BBC1
Post by: oldspice on March 14, 2009, 09:20:30 am

It was Comic Relief crazy in college yesterday. A group of my students actually wanted to throw wet sponges at me! As I was observing trainee teachers' lessons all morning I told them to get their legs waxed instead.

I don't mind paying out for other people to do daft things for charity, but I'm not mad on mass-participation activities. I feel embarrassed.

I can't stand watching charity marathons on TV.   It's too irritating watching the 'in-people' club together but I do admire the sentiments and the objectives and I'd gladly give my money.

I bet I sound like a right old grump.

Title: Re: Comic Relief - BBC1
Post by: loulou on March 14, 2009, 09:31:03 am

How did they raise 57 million when we are all supposedly unemployed and skint?

Title: Re: Comic Relief - BBC1
Post by: paulham on March 14, 2009, 09:17:19 pm

Quantitative easing.

Title: Re: Comic Relief - BBC1
Post by: netbuddy on March 14, 2009, 09:55:53 pm

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/breakingviewscom/4175704/Quantitative-easing-the-modern-way-to-print-money-or-a-therapy-of-last-resort.html (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/breakingviewscom/4175704/Quantitative-easing-the-modern-way-to-print-money-or-a-therapy-of-last-resort.html)

Basically its a game of making money out of thin air. This leads to the complecated question that no one can answer... If 'they' can simply 'magic money' in to existance... why didn't they do it when the first signs of the recession were beginning to bite, like wollies could still be in business if the 'money tap' had been turned on earlier but it wasn't...

£57,000,000 ! Nice bank roll if you can get the work...

Title: Re: Comic Relief - BBC1
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on March 16, 2009, 01:50:51 pm

My work raised over £700, some of it came from waxing various parts of the men's football team's anatomies, and some from raffling a red cake.

Title: Re: Comic Relief - BBC1
Post by: drterror666 on March 16, 2009, 02:43:23 pm

I bought a pair of deeley boppers!  Well, every penny counts.  Sort of...

Title: Re: Comic Relief - BBC1
Post by: loulou on March 16, 2009, 05:55:18 pm

I gave them nothing.

Title: Re: Comic Relief - BBC1
Post by: drterror666 on March 16, 2009, 06:03:20 pm

I take it you believe that charity begins at home?

Title: Re: Comic Relief - BBC1
Post by: loulou on March 16, 2009, 06:08:24 pm

I'm still thinking we should abandon comic relief for armed forces day. I'm more concerned about the state in which the poor chelsea pensioners are living.

Title: Re: Comic Relief - BBC1
Post by: paulham on March 16, 2009, 09:37:36 pm

Shocking. Chelsea are worth millions too. Well that Ambramovitch guy is anyway.

Title: Re: Comic Relief - BBC1
Post by: loulou on March 17, 2009, 03:11:26 pm

This is serious.

Title: Re: Comic Relief - BBC1
Post by: paulham on March 17, 2009, 05:11:11 pm

Technically it is a one off show that comes around every couple of years.

Title: Re: Comic Relief - BBC1
Post by: loulou on March 17, 2009, 09:38:06 pm

and we hear about it 2 weeks before and god knows how long afterwards.

Title: Re: Comic Relief - BBC1
Post by: loulou on June 26, 2009, 10:18:58 pm

Quote from: loulou on March 16, 2009, 06:08:24 pm

I'm still thinking we should abandon comic relief for armed forces day. I'm more concerned about the state in which the poor chelsea pensioners are living.

I'm pleased to see tomorrow is armed forces day.yay