Deja View.......

FURY AS CHRISTMAS DAY TV REPEATS SOAR TO A NEW RECORD

I haven't touched a newspaper for quite some time, but whilst indulging in a watery cup of tea from the vending machine this afternoon, i happened upon this bold front page headline from the Daily Mail. Out of sheer horror, i actually found myself reading the entire article. I am now so thoroughly depressed, that even a watery cup of sugary tea cannot cure it. I'm quite confident that i won't be touching another newspaper for the next ten years.

If this is not a sign of decadence then i don't know what is.

Part of the excruciating text read as follows:

'Children suffer most from the lack of new programming, with the majority of repeats screened at times when younger viewers are watching.'

.....There are just no words. It is quite literally a laughing or crying situation.

Incidentally, the other front page headline, with accompanying photograph of some blonde woman with a dodgy smile, reads:

'Survivor star Nell throws a tantrum in the desert'

Somebody shoot me please. If i ponder for too long or analyse too deeply the complex miseries arising from such a simple passage of text, it is quite possible that i may end up shooting myself. So perhaps it is just best to turn on the 'ole TV and relax to a bit of Eastenders, to wash all such thoughts away.

The final nail in the coffin as i glance at the top of the page:

'Newspaper of the year'

I daren't look inside. The horror, the horror.....

 

fa la la la la, la la la laaaaa - 'tis the season to be jolly as they say.

Seriously though, cookie - I think I know what you mean. I picked up a newspaper yesterday(for the first time in about 5 years, so you win that one) whilst in a hospital waiting room and was overjoyed to note that the Daily Express was running a phone in poll to ask it's readers whether Saddam should be tortured or not. I was, if not unsurprised, at least a little bit heartbroken to note that we, as a species, seem to have sunk so low.

Then I remembered that they'll be a re-run of a Bond movie or two over Xmas(it seems more appropriate than the Christ variant), so there's no need to be down hearted.

 

I read papers pretty much only for the football. I'll have a nose through the rest of it, but pay little attention to the "news" content. It's quite funny how biased various papers are on certain subjects. My regular journey to and from London, gives me a couple of hours on the train. I tend to read a book, but if there's a paper there i'll give it a flick through too. One will report something as great, and another will say it's going to be the end of the world!. They've all got their agendas.

Best/worst headline I've seen was when Celtic were beaten by Inverness Caledonian Thistle.

"Super Cali' are Fantastic, Celtic are Atrocious"

boom boom!

 

Let me tell you, I for one was absobloodylutely apoplectic when I caught whiff of the TV schedules. Just what the **** is the nation supposed to do after Christmas dinner? I'm so furious, I'm going to have sit silently in the armchair and soothe my fury with mental images of Linda Lee Potter's bare behind being spanked with a tightly rolled copy of the aforementioned newspaper.

Really, Cookie, what the bleeding hell did you expect when you picked up that dishrag?

 

personally i think the return of the post troughing bond film this year is most welcome. also it's nice to see the old favorites like the great escape and others making a welcome return. at least the wizard of oz isn't going to rear it's awful head this year. although you could alway suck on a sugar cube and whack on DSOTM if it was i suppose.
i'd agree that childrens tv scheduling is atrocious, the number of times i've been forced to sit thought the same 6 episodes of what's new scooby doo is unforgivable. my kid seems to like it though.
as for news papers, well their news aren;t they so i avoid them if at all possible. if i am forced to read them i'll do so in the following order... tits, cartoons, problem page, car page. usually by then my takeaway is ready and i can go. the world is going to hell, i can do little about it other than vote my conscience (i DIDN'T vote for blair) so why torture myself with the worlds awfulness, stupidity and horror? yes i'm an ostritch. bukaaark
cheers


julian

 

Do you think any of the others would have done any better?