free to air telly
been around telly and hotels and civilisation this week. is steve irwin's son's africa thing still not happened??? holy cow, just saw an ad' that seems not dissimilar to and ad' that people were dissing this time last year.. ramp up much? also saw a really large barracouta caught though, so swings and roundabouts..
(gonna maybe try to shoot the reef channel at the left 5km sth of snake lagoon in a week @blackers. might be my last time if I do it.. silly young feller escapade.. trying a few end-of-days self-challenges lately).
my son (who's as telly dopey as me) just told me maybe there's been some seasons, and this is the new one.. that sounds wrong to me.. otherwise we would have caught a few clips of b-grade celebs shouting first-world stuff, instead of 1950s song and dance numbers..
Other than AFL and maybe the News I only really watch TV on demand these days
I like "International house hunters" :D (on channel 9) mostly the Asian or Mexico episodes.
hotel tellys: teen kids always stick on 11 (10 peach), which suits me.
after they flake, I try to fall asleep to something likeably boring like drew pritchard's salvage hunters.
muted the big band theory (lorre finally got one right by chance, if you know a lady that likes charlie sheen's OG lorre schtick, run, RUN!) to listen to @blackers' belter.
what a line!!! "I'm as young as I'll ever get".. should be a constant companion for us all!
Salvage hunters, American Pickers, Pawn stars, all the sort of cable tv produced stuff my kids watched before we hooked up the tv to streaming services. Easy to fall asleep to I'm sure. The missus spends an inordinate amount of time searching for something to watch on all the paid services and the on demand ones. I can't be arsed, too much to sift through, and am happy to watch reruns of British comedies, game shows, police procedurals or docos on the various iterations of free to air stations. Unless it is footy season at which point I re-subscribe to Kayo and immerse myself in wall to wall football for 9 months.
when I doze off to 'would I lie to you' I have dreams of my childhood friends being kind and intelligent. 'sreal nice.
Catch ups didn’t go so well, b6?
I’m like you Blackers. Have all the streaming but can’t be arsed.
metro catch-ups as expected @seeds. disappointing/non.
country catch-ups, an affirmation.
we made the right life choice.
I’m glad there was some positive revelations/affirmations.
1976 Program Guide ...Tune into Aukus Nuke Sub Live Action.
VLF is able to penetrate the surface of the ocean to provide one-way communication to the Free World's most powerful deterrent force.
The Nuclear Powered Ballistic Missile Submarine...
So what channel is that on tbb...
The Harold E. Holt Naval Communication Station...
Is that the 1970's Chariots of the Gods Mystery Channel...think so!
Says here their TV masts can withstand 30 foot Tidal Waves...
No mention of surfboards but ya can surf the local Hammerheads
https://www.navy-radio.com/commsta/holt/holt-welcome-1976.pdf
https://www.minister.defence.gov.au/media-releases/2017-09-16/australia-...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Communication_Station_Harold_E._Holt
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April Fools Day Shutdown
ABC / SBS / Channel 7 all go off grid?
Doomsday Dutto : "It's a Disaster I'm tellin' ya for the millionth time...!"
"Someone should blow up that cable cutting Junk!"
Gina Allheart : "Heavens to Murgatroyd > My precious Blue Sky Mine is Pixelating!"
Voter : "I'll upgrade to premium [L] Coke Can NBN if Xi can unplug [9] & Sky!"
Watching SBS Viceland program "Who Gets to Stay in Australia?" - informative insights into hard Aussie migration things.
(documentary series that explores the human side of Australia's immigration system. It follows the journeys of individuals and families who are seeking permanent residency, highlighting the challenges and life-changing moments they experience. The series gives viewers an inside look at the Administrative Appeals Tribunal where applicants make their final appeals to remain in the country. )
I've got a mate who suddenly realised late one night that being part of a studio audience is actually a real thing.. his next attempt to lure us is a shaun micallef one that I might actually go to.
Anyone done the live studio audience thing?
basesix wrote:I've got a mate who suddenly realised late one night that being part of a studio audience is actually a real thing.. his next attempt to lure us is a shaun micallef one that I might actually go to.
Anyone done the live studio audience thing?
Once.
As a kid I was dragged kicking and screaming to a Young Talent Time show.
Scarred for life.
wow, @ts.. any memorable traumas/crushes?
Was in the audience on a Denton show in the 90s. Robert Plant & Jimmy Page were the headliners. They also had Graham Richardson being interviewed about his book launch prior. During a com break he was brought out and introduced to the studio audience. It erupted into wild jeers and boos. It was around the time of Offset Printing being mysteriously bbqed. Denton went nuts at the audience for not being repectful and rude and anyone who continued would be ejected from the studio. Nevertheless, the audience was only mildly subdued. You can hear the unrulyness still in the Plant/Page interview after it.We were there for rock&roll! And Plant/ Page finished the show with a Rolf Harris cover.
basesix wrote:I've got a mate who suddenly realised late one night that being part of a studio audience is actually a real thing.. his next attempt to lure us is a shaun micallef one that I might actually go to.
Anyone done the live studio audience thing?
Years ago I had a friend who worked at Channel 7 Sydney in one of those flashy marketing jobs that don't seem to exist anymore. I went to see Roy and HG on 'The Monday Dump' many times. I don't recall any audience outbursts but always marvelled at how it was a mix of stand up comedy during the ad breaks and live tele elsewhere.
There was a ten-second countdown for Roy and HG to shift focus away from the audience and prep for the cameras again, and the audience to pipe down. An intense, non-stop hour of work. Unreal fun.
A mate and I went to the Channel 9 studios in Artarmon Sydney to be part of the studio audience for the short-lived Merrick and Rosso TV show.
It was cool to see the behind the scenes making of a live TV show but tbh, it was a bit of a snooze fest. They had the signs- laugh, clap, applause etc. and we ran with it but left the place feeling pretty underwhelmed. I reckon they should have had a band.
As an aside, I've met both Roy and HG a couple of times in my previous life- top blokes, really cool and friendly. I've met a lot of celebrities or so-called 'stars' back in the day and I always judge them on how they treat service staff. It says a lot about a person in how they treat people back. More often than not a persons public persona is quite the opposite of their private one.
@b6. Nothing specific, but the whole show was just so cringey and saccharine, even for a 12-year-old and even for the 80's. Bad enough having to watch bits on the tele, but live, that's another level of torture.
Would love to see HG and Roy though.
The ABC's Australian Story did a great little doco on their history, lives and chemistry a few years ago.
hah, cheers all, to quote Will Anderson, 'you've convinced me'..
let you know if Shaun Micallef is part stand-up / a good bloke / paint by numbers..
basesix wrote:hah, cheers all, to quote Will Anderson, 'you've convinced me'..
let you know if Shaun Micallef is part stand-up / a good bloke / paint by numbers..
Speaking of, the best set I've ever seen in my life was Wil Anderson do an impromptu routine at the Friend In Hand, Glebe, during an open mic night. He'd just split up with a long term girlfriend, put this name down, then grabbed the mic and surprised everyone by, first of all appearing among a lineup of amateurs, then releasing a torrent of invective that'd make the Lord of Edgeworth blush. If it were a few years later cancel culture would've put him in a deeper dungeon than Harvey Weinstein. So, so wrong, yet funny as all fuck.
I watched it with a female German backpacker friend as Wil ticked off gender tropes, then holocaust/Jews/racism and my friend was at first mortified then bent over laughing despite herself. A Lenny Bruce moment the kind modern sensitivities very seldom allow.
I've searched for recordings but none exist.
Poor amateur that had to come on after him is prolly still having nightmares.
I rate this medium. And its downhill slide. Prolly cos I only experience it about 5 weekends in a year, but there it is.