Shit TV

[caramel_betty]

Elsewhere, a friend alerted me to the horror that is Your Face Sounds Familiar, with Bobby Davro "dressed up as a waxwork of Fred West made of Weetabix and poo".

It got me thinking about really terrible TV. So I started casting a feature film of 'Allo 'Allo - The Next Generation (in 3D, obviously). Current cast:

• Graham Norton as Rene
• Melinda

Comments

[brixtonbrood]

Actually I watched it and it wasn't that bad - nothing like as bad as X Factor or The Voice, or even Dancing On Ice for example. It zipped through the content at a relatively decent pace by the standards of this sort of show, rather than padding it out with endless "comedy" videos and sentimental nan-waving, and it doesn't take itself too seriously - it knows it's a bit of shiny floor fluff. I'm not saying it's I, CLAVDIVS, but it's not a new low for Saturday night telly, not even close. I've watched (five minutes of) far, far worse, even if you don't count Bushell On The Box.

[caramel_betty]

Garry Bushell, now there's a memory I'd suppressed. I sometimes found him quite amusing as a print-based TV critic. Just a pity he was such a horrible human being at times.

I have to wonder... is Your Face Sounds Familiar better or worse than Take Me Out, with Paddy McGuinness? It's like Blind Date, only the 'witty' banter is a million times worse.

"So girls, I'm a butcher. If I picked you, what would you do with my meat?" etc.

[brixtonbrood]

I cannot enlighten you on that, because I haven't watched TMO. The general mood of chatter seems to be that PMG is the best thing about TMO, whilst he's the weak link in YFSF - which logically implies that it's considerably better, but I could be wrong.