My Monday Night
September 13, 2010 13 Comments
So, I was going to write a post about how angry other drivers make me, but then I just couldn’t be bothered. I couldn’t face looking at the stupid laptop any longer.
Anyone normal would have just walked away from the whole blogging thing for the evening, but I could never be described as normal. Instead I opted to fire up the old WordPress iPhone app and knock together another ridiculously self-indulgent bit of bloggery. So here we are. Congratulations to anybody who has managed to get this far.
As I type, I’m trying to watch the first episode of new BBC sitcom Him & Her. I’m 11 minutes in and close to giving up. It’s just making me feel old. That’s it, I’ve given up.
Part of me already regrets deleting it. It feels like a crime to give up on a new comedy so easily, but I don’t need to watch someone have a poo. They didn’t even have any splashing sounds. If you’re going to do it then you might as well see it through properly.
I’m back on The Gadget Show. I usually like to wait until it’s finished before I watch it so that I can whizz right through the boring bits. That accounts for about 45 minutes of it. Some of the ‘challenges’ that they have to complete are woeful. Right now they’re trying to make a gadget referee for a football match. How I wish I could fast forward.
Oh dear god. Here comes the infamous Gadget Show competition. What would you actually do with all those prizes were you to actually win? They wouldn’t fit in my house. It costs £1.50 to enter. I don’t know if that represents good value or not. Rest assured, I won’t be entering.
Hang on! I’ve got ten whole minutes that I can fast forward through. I feel so ashamed at my amateurism.
Right. I think it’s probably time to have a brew. Since you’re all too lazy to make me one then I’d better go myself. I’ll speak to you soon.
Night x.
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My Monday night has left me deeply depressed; University Challenge followed by Only Connect. I didn’t understand most of the questions.
I also always used to enter the Gadget Show comp, but realised that it’s the only contest I’m actually terrified of winning. You’re right – where the hell would it all go? Even if you sell it, you’ve still got probably three weeks of sleeping with a Trilobite robot hoover in your bed.
I think University Challenge and Only Connect should be banned. Seriously, what is the deal with those programmes?When intelligent viewers can’t even understand the questions then the whole enterprise seems pretty pointless.
Luckily I’m now watching a documentary about The Fall that I had recorded.
I love television, but I’d struggle to fit the 5 42″ plasmas that you win into my house. That’s before you even consider the atomic powered roller skates or the ride-on lawn mower. I’ve always suspected that if you win then you’re offered a (much lower) cash alternative.
Oh god, I so want a trillobite hoover. It’s sexy old meet shiny new.
They don’t pick up as well as a Dyson, but they’re bloody stylish. A bit heavy for doing the stairs, though.
I don’t trust them. Too fancy. Give me a manual, non-electric hudduddudduh sweeper any day.
congratulations on lasting 11 mins of the “new comedy”. i was ready to delete it at the ads stage . give yourself a “gold” star.
Is that “new comedy”, “new” comedy or new “comedy”? I think being ready to delete just from the adverts definitely counts as not giving it a chance.
being ready to delete at the ads stage . sows how crap it was going to be , they use the best bits to advertise progs , therefore i felt justified in giving it a miss . i take my comedy seriously , i’d rather read one
of your “rom-coms” than another so called sit-com and not laugh at all
Do my romcoms really deserve to be “rom-coms”… errr, OK, yes, they probably do. They are pretty good though, aren’t they? (Yes – I’ll answer for you). Perhaps BBC3 will finally see sense and commission me to write something for them.
i’m beginning to think that someone at bbc 2 has redefined the word comedy . their last few offerings have been lame lazy, re-hashed shit , some of which would have been at home in the 70′s , so there
yours larry the lamb
There are certainly some very poor comedies of late, but there have also been a few decent ones. Was there really a time when the hit rate for comedy was higher, or do we just remember the better ones?
“Yes”
Oh, “you” rogue, Dennis! You have put me into something of a flap.