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Post by Ann on Apr 23, 2002 22:24:36 GMT
Time for a winge! Am I the only one who gets very irritated by actors who think that all they have to do is flatten random vowels and hey presto they have an all purpose northern accent? To name but a few, I can think of Keith Baron, Peter Davidson, Amanda Redman, the guy who plays the DCI in "The Bill" and Michael French in the new series that's just started on the Beeb.
Ann
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Post by topaz on Apr 24, 2002 3:38:00 GMT
Television loves regional stereotypes doesn't it. I remember not so long ago a plethora of Catherine Cookson dramas set in your area. "Aye bonny lass you'll bees regretin' marryin' 'im", when the working class girl goes is pregnant with child from a tryst with the landowners son. All smokey Newcastle alleys and downtrodden housewives with fifteen children. Very much the same as today, I believe.  Gawd leave it art me duck, oil sure gets the law on to you so I will and no mistake, that be loibelous......  |
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Post by sass on Apr 24, 2002 8:26:24 GMT
Well we saw something quite amazing on tv. We switched on to see some figure skating on eurosport and found it was synchronized skating!
Well! We giggled through most of it. It was very funny, 20 skaters trying to skate in time is quite something. But the top 2 teams from sweden and finland were quite amazing. They were very good indeed so maybe there is something in it after all.
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Post by Maria on Apr 24, 2002 23:29:23 GMT
I loved 'The Fast Show.' ('Oooh, suits you, Sir'). Paul Whitehouse is a clever man.
I also love to watch award ceremonies - the Oscars, Bafta's etc. Goodness knows why because they are usually awful, but something about them fascinates me.
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Post by Lesley on Apr 25, 2002 1:00:23 GMT
i just love it!
everyone is watching programs from other countries (although no one watches canadian television. it is always overshadowed by our neighbours to the south further, our shows could put anyone to sleep!).
there is a man from holland in my kitchen *no kidding.
(he is installing the new dishwasher)- perhaps i should ask his t.v. viewing habits.
funny though, his wife is from england - so they probably watch the american shows!!
lesley
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Post by Miles on Apr 25, 2002 8:44:20 GMT
LESLEY....!! Welcome back.....!!!  Did the move go smoothly...? How are you and the kits settling in...? Miles |
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Post by Lesley on Apr 26, 2002 2:11:39 GMT
hi miles! we are settling in alright i suppose. in reference to this very long continuing post - we are stuck with only 3 channels!!! it couldn't be worse! the kid videos are driving me batty! i miss the 'monday night mystery' i was watching in ontario. hubby has promised a satilite dish will be arriving here within a few weeks! yahoo. more t.v. just what i need. oh boy what a busy life i lead! t.v., books, computer - and oh yeah kids and cats (some days husband). oh well. someday i will retire. then maybe they will let me out of the house! lesley |
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Post by Vicki on Apr 27, 2002 2:47:38 GMT
Lesley, one of the best shows ever from your neighbors from the south was originally filmed in Canada; The X-Files was filmed in Vancouver BC..
Forever Knight was also filmed in Vancouver BC. In fact wasn't Forever Knight a Canadian production?
And that great Canadian show Due South should never have been taken off the air.
We are watching you too.
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Post by Vicki on Apr 27, 2002 2:59:07 GMT
Ann and Topaz I know what you mean! We have some actors in the US who try to do exactly the same thing.
I cringe when I hear someone on TV trying to do a Chicago accent (where I'm originally from) and it turns out like a bad New York accent.
Also certain actors in the US should never try to do a Southern accent. Actually the Brits are much better at American Southern accents. Example:Viven Leigh in Gone With the Wind sounded very authentic.
I,m wondering what does everyone think of Renee Zelweiger's British accent in Bridget Jone's Diary. It sounded good to my American ears.
Sometimes I will hear a British actor try to do a non regional all emcompassing all-American accent and he will sound like he's from the moon or something. Very bad. Peter Sellers on the other hand did the best non-regional American accent of anybody. So does Olivia D'Abo.
Also I wonder what everyone thinks of Renee Zelweiger's British accent in Bridget Jones Diary. It sounded pretty good to my American ears.
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Post by topaz on Apr 29, 2002 9:23:48 GMT
I never saw 'Bridget Jones diary' but judging by the reviews the accent was very good. The most famous bad accent over here was Dick Van Dyke's cockney accent in Mary Poppins. The worst to my ears have always been attempts at Scottish, and the dreadful stereotyping, either rough Glasgow or snowbound Castles.
No wonder there's constant war between us.
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Post by Denny on Apr 29, 2002 21:55:43 GMT
I am a Coronation Street fan from way back, also watch ER, A & E, and the favourite at present is Bad Girls. Also some local programs, NZ version of 20/20 etc. which are very good. I like a good comedy but there are not that many on just now. My husband is a channel surfer and we often don't like the same things on TV. I usually have a good harvest of books from the local library to read instead or visit my favourite web sites.
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Post by Ann on Apr 29, 2002 22:27:25 GMT
Anyone else go back far enough to remember "Round the Horne/Beyond Our Ken on the radio? I loved Julian and Sandy, the two aging actors - Binkie Huckerback was one of them, and J Peasmold Gruntfuttock of the Balls Pond Road.
Then there was "The Navy Lark".......
Ann
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Post by Vicki on Apr 30, 2002 2:56:05 GMT
Anyone else go back far enough to remember "Round the Horne/Beyond Our Ken on the radio? I loved Julian and Sandy, the two aging actors - Binkie Huckerback was one of them, and J Peasmold Gruntfuttock of the Balls Pond Road.
Then there was "The Navy Lark".......
Ann
I have never heard of these but I do remember listening to "Archie" (as in the comic books), "Ma Perkins," "The Shadow" "Fibber Magee and Molly" and "The Lone Ranger." To name a few.
Yes children, this was before TV. Really, there was a time before TV. I now havea difficult time convincing my nieces that there was a time before computers. Sigh.
I AM old.
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Post by topaz on Apr 30, 2002 9:22:58 GMT
'Round the horne' and 'The navy lark' used to dominate Sunday lunch-times in our house. I was the youngest of three brothers and too young to really appreciate the humour. All it did was give me an inferiority complex because I felt left out.  Humour is a dangerous thing. |
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Post by Lesley on May 1, 2002 6:33:47 GMT
ok, i missed out on 'radio days' - although i've heard quite a few on tape. i have been around long enough to remember no microwaves, no VCR's, computers etc. etc.
i have a younger sister (who isn't the brightest) who one day asked me how i 'taped a show' if we didn't have a vcr when i was younger. further, the youngest in our family *he's 19 this year* couldn't figure out how to use a dial phone! no, my siblings aren't 'that' slow - just spoilt!!!
lesley
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