Dave Smith

nitram wrote:

    > >The whole lot? I count only 40 shows or so, not all of which were
    > >particularly successful in their US incarnations. If that's all there
    > >is, UK television has hardly had any impact on US television at all.
    > You are so right the other 97% of US TV is adverts.

It's more like 20%. One longer programs, like movies, they start off with
a few commercials, then run the show almost uninterrupted for a while (to
get you hooked?) but as you get closer to the end of the move the
commercial breaks become so frequent that you end up watching more
commercials than programming.

Since remote controls became standard, viewers have a tendency to channel
surf as soon as the ads come on. The broadcasters are on to this one, so
they tend to run their ads at the same time.

Nitram

On Sat, 07 May 2005 10:06:17 -0400, Dave Smith
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >Wolfgang Schwanke wrote:
    >> Dave Smith <[email protected]> wrote in
    >> news:[email protected]:
    >> > Some of the best American shows
    >> > have been based on British shows, like All In The Family and Three's
    >> > Company.
    >> What British show is "Three's Company" based on?
    >"Man About The House"

Sorry, there is only one winner. :-)

The Rev Gaston

On 2005-05-05 13:24:18 +0200, Mxsmanic <[email protected]> said:

    > nitram writes:
    >
    >> Much of which was copied from Africa and Europe.
    >
    > Africa and Europe aren't producing it today.

Got your rock genealogy a bit mixed up Mixi me old pet!!! Times have
moved on since Bill Hailey and Elvis, you know!

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The Rev Gaston

On 2005-05-06 17:28:38 +0200, BB <[email protected]> said:

    > You need to get out more! Haven't you heard of Coldplay? Snow Patrol? Keane?

Are they popular beat combos? If so they I am sure Mixi has played
their records on his gramophone.

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Nitram

On Sat, 7 May 2005 16:56:37 +0200, The Rev Gaston <[email protected]>
wrote:

    >On 2005-05-06 17:28:38 +0200, BB <[email protected]> said:
    >> You need to get out more! Haven't you heard of Coldplay? Snow Patrol? Keane?
    >Are they popular beat combos? If so they I am sure Mixi has played
    >their records on his gramophone.

Cylinders on his hand cranked do dah?

The Rev Gaston

On 2005-05-04 11:22:41 +0200, "Keith W"
<[email protected]> said:

    >
    > You returned to Europe.
    >
    > What lesson should we learn from that I wonder ?

That he's an intercontinental loser?

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Nitram

On Sat, 7 May 2005 17:01:18 +0200, The Rev Gaston <[email protected]>
wrote:
    >> You returned to Europe.
    >>
    >> What lesson should we learn from that I wonder ?
    >That he's an intercontinental loser?

Interincontinental loser?

The Rev Gaston

On 2005-05-04 20:44:24 +0200, Mxsmanic <[email protected]> said:

    > Keith W writes:

    > You returned to Europe.
    >
    > I like Paris.

So perhaps the wonderful American values of rugged individualism didn't
actually prove so alluring, in the end?

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The Rev Gaston

On 2005-05-06 17:29:06 +0200, "Frank F. Matthews"
<[email protected]> said:

    >
    >
    > chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn wrote:
    >> Mxsmanic <[email protected]> wrote:
    >>
    >>
    >>> The Reids writes:
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>> go and look at an interior patio style building in Spain, cool
    >>>> without recourse to promoting even more global warming
    >>>
    >>> Not at 44° C.
    >>
    >>
    >> What a pointless statement.
    >>
    >
    >
    > Why is it pointless? That is not an uncommon temperature.

It's uncommon in the interior of such a building.

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The Rev Gaston

On 2005-05-06 13:17:30 +0200, Jack Campin - bogus address
<[email protected]> said:

    > So, that problem was solved over 3000 years ago.

You mean - a problem got solved before there were Americans to solve
them for us?

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Nitram

On Sat, 7 May 2005 17:28:09 +0200, The Rev Gaston <[email protected]>
wrote:

    >On 2005-05-06 17:29:06 +0200, "Frank F. Matthews"
    ><[email protected]> said:
    >>
    >>
    >> chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn wrote:
    >>> Mxsmanic <[email protected]> wrote:
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>> The Reids writes:
    >>>>
    >>>>
    >>>>> go and look at an interior patio style building in Spain, cool
    >>>>> without recourse to promoting even more global warming
    >>>>
    >>>> Not at 44° C.
    >>>
    >>>
    >>> What a pointless statement.
    >>>
    >>
    >>
    >> Why is it pointless? That is not an uncommon temperature.
    >It's uncommon in the interior of such a building.

Not in a broom cupboard with 5 servers, a leaky microwave and a Mixi.

Gregory Morrow

Icono Clast wrote:

    > The Reids wrote:
    > > none of the Americans I know are obese, in fact my friends wife is
    > > one of the many americans who are fanatical about staying slim.
    > > However, US does have a large number of very fat people.
    > Looks like you have a few, too, if the woman in the company of your
    > Prime Minister is an example. She'd fit right in in Dallas or Omaha.


My British dream gal has always been Edwina Curry...

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Wolfgang Schwanke <[email protected]> wrote:

    > nitram <[email protected]> wrote
    > in news:[email protected]:
    >
    > > On Sat, 7 May 2005 11:24:12 +0100, [email protected]
    > > (chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and prestwich tesco)
    > > wrote:
    >
    > >>Man about the House.
    > >
    > > Now showing yet again on Dutch TV.
    >
    > Thanks. Is it good enough to justify spending 25 quid for the two DVDs?

I've never seen it.

    > I'm in the process of completing my "Yes Minister", "Yes Prime
    > Minister", "Allo Allo", "Absolutely Fabulous" and "Catweazle"
    > collections, and I might consider to buy "Are You Being Served". Would
    > "MABH" fit in with my taste?

Have you seen Little Britain yet. Especially if you like AbFab (well,
the first three series and Wedding 'special'- the subsequent series were
flat IMO) I think you'll like LB. I love it, but it's not a sitcom- more
of a sketch show. Two series so far, and the next one in production for
next year.

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nitram <[email protected]> wrote:

    > On Sat, 7 May 2005 17:01:18 +0200, The Rev Gaston <[email protected]>
    > wrote:
    > >> You returned to Europe.
    > >>
    > >> What lesson should we learn from that I wonder ?
    > >
    > >That he's an intercontinental loser?
    >
    > Interincontinental loser?

Anyone with the current edition of Viz, check the Mr. Logic cartoon. It
_so_ reminds me of Mixi arguing about keeping cool in 44 C, for some
reason....

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Gregory Morrow
<gregorymorrowEMERGENCYCANCELLATIONARCHIMEDES@eart hlink.net> wrote:

    > Icono Clast wrote:
    >
    > > The Reids wrote:
    > > > none of the Americans I know are obese, in fact my friends wife is
    > > > one of the many americans who are fanatical about staying slim.
    > > > However, US does have a large number of very fat people.
    > >
    > > Looks like you have a few, too, if the woman in the company of your
    > > Prime Minister is an example. She'd fit right in in Dallas or Omaha.
[]
    > My British dream gal has always been Edwina Curry...

Well, not my type but yes, she's certainly a Tory I like, and with many
of them, one I've liked more the further they've gotten from being _in_
politics. I feel similarly about Portillo, who has just recently become
an ex-MP too.

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