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Reiss wrote:
Again?
"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." (DNA)
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I used to love MASH. When they showed it here in the UK, BBC2 did it as a drama, and removed the laughter track. Played straight like that it was a marvellous piece of TV, Dark, Satirical, with pathos and highlighting the futility of war, and lightened by some gentle humour. Shown in the USian way, ie with canned laughter, it sucked like a Thai ladyboy in a Bangkok hotel. Why did the USians need a laughter track? I know when something is funny, I do not need to be told. I cannot watch it with the laughter track, it is totally ruined.
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] Trolls[^]
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I used to love MASH. When they showed it here in the UK, BBC2 did it as a drama, and removed the laughter track. Played straight like that it was a marvellous piece of TV, Dark, Satirical, with pathos and highlighting the futility of war, and lightened by some gentle humour. Shown in the USian way, ie with canned laughter, it sucked like a Thai ladyboy in a Bangkok hotel. Why did the USians need a laughter track? I know when something is funny, I do not need to be told. I cannot watch it with the laughter track, it is totally ruined.
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] Trolls[^]
Dalek Dave wrote:
it sucked like a Thai ladyboy in a Bangkok hotel.
Figure of speech or talking from your own experience? :)
Dalek Dave wrote:
I cannot watch it with the laughter track, it is totally ruined.
:thumbsup: Can't stand canned laughter.
"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." (DNA)
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Dalek Dave wrote:
it sucked like a Thai ladyboy in a Bangkok hotel.
Figure of speech or talking from your own experience? :)
Dalek Dave wrote:
I cannot watch it with the laughter track, it is totally ruined.
:thumbsup: Can't stand canned laughter.
"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." (DNA)
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I thought the subject was a perfect opportunity for a little subtelty.
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
You were right.
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I read that this morning, very sad. But at least he had a long life; 96 IIRC. As a matter of respect, I shall watch Season 4 forth-with. I have the whole 250 hours plus of M*A*S*H on DVD and it has taken a year to get near to the end of Season 3; watching an episode sporadically at the weekends when time allows. Potter arrives early in Season 4.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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I used to love MASH. When they showed it here in the UK, BBC2 did it as a drama, and removed the laughter track. Played straight like that it was a marvellous piece of TV, Dark, Satirical, with pathos and highlighting the futility of war, and lightened by some gentle humour. Shown in the USian way, ie with canned laughter, it sucked like a Thai ladyboy in a Bangkok hotel. Why did the USians need a laughter track? I know when something is funny, I do not need to be told. I cannot watch it with the laughter track, it is totally ruined.
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] Trolls[^]
The laughter track was a point of much contention. The producers wanted it to be a Comedy Drama, with the humour coming out of the situation rather than the classic write the situation for the joke. Originally they did not want the laughter track and tried hard to keep it out. Interestingly, there is no canned laughter in the theatre scenes. The medical consultants successfully argued that field surgery is really like that, the surgeons were under such pressure that they only survived through gallows humour.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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Dalek Dave wrote:
Gleaned from cultural osmosis.
I am going to memorise that expression for future conversation :-)
"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." (DNA)
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He, M.A.S.H., Hotlips, Hawkeye et al were the wasps behind. Very sad. RIP Harry:rose:
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I used to love MASH. When they showed it here in the UK, BBC2 did it as a drama, and removed the laughter track. Played straight like that it was a marvellous piece of TV, Dark, Satirical, with pathos and highlighting the futility of war, and lightened by some gentle humour. Shown in the USian way, ie with canned laughter, it sucked like a Thai ladyboy in a Bangkok hotel. Why did the USians need a laughter track? I know when something is funny, I do not need to be told. I cannot watch it with the laughter track, it is totally ruined.
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] Trolls[^]
Dalek Dave wrote:
Shown in the USian way, ie with canned laughter,
Now I understand why I never liked it, and never understood why some people were so hot about it.
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