Mastodawn

@delanthear @aspragg @edchivers @cstross

We've had a long tradition of jesters and fools and clowns, and really Blobby is just more of the same. It's just that I don't think that we had them on the telly with such saturation until Edmonds came along. We didn't have them making records, or invading other people's stuff, or merchandising.

By the way: If U.S.A. people tell you that they never had this, politely remind them that The Banana Splits existed 25 years before Blobby was invented.

♪ Tra La-La. La-la La La.
♪ Tra La-La. La-la La La.

You know that you just winced, U.S.A. people. (-:

@JamesPadraicR

#NoelEdmonds #MrBlobby #UKTelly #TheBananaSplits #USTelly

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JdeBP May 24

@bytebro @HollieK72

I probably would have liked #Wednesday. I rather enjoyed the YouTube series, with a similar idea, that preceded it. But it wasn't available amongst all of the things that I pay for.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMYK5dRGMPuc2gD0684sp5EJaExwEFPs4

Instead, I had to suffer #FBIInternational until it just became too much.

#USTelly #AdultWednesday

☂️ Adult Wednesday Addams (in chronological order)

Here's the full two seasons of Adult Wednesday Addams, in chronological order, plus two extra 'Ghouls Night' episodes (the final one had Melissa as a vampire...

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JdeBP May 24

@HollieK72 @bytebro

I did not last past the first scene of #TheBurbs, after a character relied on a tired old WW2 stereotype about the English that was obsoleted by the creation of the NHS.

I've long found that the humour of the U.S.A. Saturday Night Live does not translate well.

The only way that this worked was back in the #BenElton and #HarryEnfield days of Saturday Live, which didn't cling strictly to the U.S.A. format or tone; which I think was *why* it worked.

"Bit of politics!" "Loadsamoney!"

#SaturdayNightLive #SaturdayLive #USTelly #UKTelly

JdeBP Feb 20

I have spotted #ReallyUsefulBox es in FediVerse posts. I have spotted them in YouTube videos.

This is the first one that I've seen in a #USTelly programme. It looks like a 35l, with the modern blue handles.

JdeBP Feb 2

#SameTimeNextWeek (2017) was definitely more cheery than #OnTheBeach. Although it did have its sad moments, given the storyline; there were some lighthearted moments as well: and of course it had a positive moral at the end.

It's yet another made-for-#USTelly romance and morality tale. Entirely predictable, usual nonsensical character actions and misunderstandings just to drive the plot, largely Canadian cast, and once again #Canada masquerading as generic small-town U.S.A.. The script carefully avoided any discussion of the hospital doctor's job that would place it in either country.

I did have one weird problem watching it. I kept mis-reading the title as, and substituting in the dialogue whenever someone said the phrase, 'See You Next Tuesday'. It didn't help when a character came close with a valediction involving seeing someone else next Thursday. I have been over-exposed to that juvenile gag throughout my life, it seems. (-:

#CanadianMovies

JdeBP Jan 26

Looking for something else to clear out of the TiVo, I noticed that it is currently recording this evening's new episode of #NCIS.

We're about a year and a third behind #USTelly, and the EPG summary tells me that NCIS is tonight involved in 'diplomatic negotiations with Venezuela'.

Oh, dear.

#PostStrossUniverse

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JdeBP Nov 26, 2025

I went on one of those #clickbait recentist U.S.A.-centric "25 telly shows you'll like if you like #Tracker" pages so that you don't have to.

It didn't even have the #RobbieColtrane one, not even its #USTelly knock-off.

There was something else missing too. What was its name? Tip of my tongue.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=yJI1xSacoYQ

@HollieK72

#UKTelly #ArthurDaley #ThamesTV