Post by James Smith on Jun 1, 2007 15:39:20 GMT -5
Just what British TV needs - some good ol' pure unadulterated trash masquerading as a clever social experiment. Actually, I think they may even have given up on that masquerade now and admitted that it's basically complete arse and solely about the money. And yet the great British public tune into this Train Wreck Television™ in their droves.
I think Stephen Fry said it best on QI:
"The great-great-grandson of Joseph Bazalgette, who created London's sewage system after the great stink, now runs Endemol, a company guilty of pumping shit onto our TV screens."
And the worst part is that it really isn't easy to avoid it! Channel 4 broadcast it, which means several channels have it - Channel 4, E4 and More4. Newspapers are full of it. News programs on TV will cover it. And people in offices across the country will chatter incessantly about it.
I've got to pitch up at a company on Monday, and I know exactly what every muppet in that office will be talking about. I shall take an axe with me. First person to mention it gets the aformentioned axe between the shoulder blades.
I think Stephen Fry said it best on QI:
"The great-great-grandson of Joseph Bazalgette, who created London's sewage system after the great stink, now runs Endemol, a company guilty of pumping shit onto our TV screens."
And the worst part is that it really isn't easy to avoid it! Channel 4 broadcast it, which means several channels have it - Channel 4, E4 and More4. Newspapers are full of it. News programs on TV will cover it. And people in offices across the country will chatter incessantly about it.
I've got to pitch up at a company on Monday, and I know exactly what every muppet in that office will be talking about. I shall take an axe with me. First person to mention it gets the aformentioned axe between the shoulder blades.