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Charlie Wells
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A D&D style ending to CBBC 1 today with them cutting back to Studio 9 (or whatever studio they are temporarily in) after the closing ident. I wonder whether Dick having his name written on his head was there for the well known phrase. I am fairly certain that they 'improvise' their links as they go along.
WM
i didnt see the whole of cbbc, but i say dom wrote it on cos he didnt have any thing on his head!
Charlie Wells posted:
A D&D style ending to CBBC 1 today with them cutting back to Studio 9 (or whatever studio they are temporarily in) after the closing ident. I wonder whether Dick having his name written on his head was there for the well known phrase. I am fairly certain that they 'improvise' their links as they go along.
i didnt see the whole of cbbc, but i say dom wrote it on cos he didnt have any thing on his head!
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Because D&D is not a late-night lad's mag! If it was then fair enough. But it's a Saturday morning children's show and the humour needs to be appropriate.
Problem with any current Saturday morning shows is they have no informative content whatsoever. Look back at past efforts and you'll see plenty of stimulating content -whether it was Creature Feature on Tiswas to Philip Hodson's postbag or video diaries on Going Live. Motormouth had Rustie Lee with her recipes.
OK, some do make the effort ie. Mysti with its location challenges but the ratings war has resulted in Saturday mornings being 100% entertainment based. I wouldn't want Johnny Ball teaching me maths on a Saturday Morning but there are other ways of incorporating the public service element.
DAS posted:
I'm guessing Simon that you broke a window when you heard:
"What are you doing tonight Dom?"
"Cheryl Tweedy"
Or did you miss it? I certainly laughed out loud. And why not?!
"What are you doing tonight Dom?"
"Cheryl Tweedy"
Or did you miss it? I certainly laughed out loud. And why not?!
Because D&D is not a late-night lad's mag! If it was then fair enough. But it's a Saturday morning children's show and the humour needs to be appropriate.
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Nothing like a bit of light hearted fun on a Saturday Morning or shall we get Johnny Ball back on and tell the kids how to count?
Problem with any current Saturday morning shows is they have no informative content whatsoever. Look back at past efforts and you'll see plenty of stimulating content -whether it was Creature Feature on Tiswas to Philip Hodson's postbag or video diaries on Going Live. Motormouth had Rustie Lee with her recipes.
OK, some do make the effort ie. Mysti with its location challenges but the ratings war has resulted in Saturday mornings being 100% entertainment based. I wouldn't want Johnny Ball teaching me maths on a Saturday Morning but there are other ways of incorporating the public service element.
Last edited by tvarksouthwest on 8 September 2004 11:48pm - 2 times in total
DA
Because D&D is not a late-night lad's mag! If it was then fair enough. But it's a Saturday morning children's show and the humour needs to be appropriate.
Simon, I had to explain that joke to my teenage brother because he didn't know why I was laughing. Any presenter who can entertain the kids by making stupid noises and saying rude words, yet put in a bit of hidden smut that goes over the kiddys' heads for the parents is surely a decent one?
What did you make of Simon Groom on Blue Peter when he turned to the camera and said "What a lovely pair of knockers"? Or does the fact that happened in the Simon Lúxton Golden Age of Television era make it more acceptable than Dick and Dom?
DAS
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tvarksouthwest posted:
DAS posted:
I'm guessing Simon that you broke a window when you heard:
"What are you doing tonight Dom?"
"Cheryl Tweedy"
Or did you miss it? I certainly laughed out loud. And why not?!
"What are you doing tonight Dom?"
"Cheryl Tweedy"
Or did you miss it? I certainly laughed out loud. And why not?!
Because D&D is not a late-night lad's mag! If it was then fair enough. But it's a Saturday morning children's show and the humour needs to be appropriate.
Simon, I had to explain that joke to my teenage brother because he didn't know why I was laughing. Any presenter who can entertain the kids by making stupid noises and saying rude words, yet put in a bit of hidden smut that goes over the kiddys' heads for the parents is surely a decent one?
What did you make of Simon Groom on Blue Peter when he turned to the camera and said "What a lovely pair of knockers"? Or does the fact that happened in the Simon Lúxton Golden Age of Television era make it more acceptable than Dick and Dom?
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Are you sure it would? Children know more than we give them credit for.
That was an unfortunate choice of phrase and I'm certain no double entendre was intended. No doubt Simon realised what he'd said once off camera and thought, "God, what a pillock!"
I was five years old at the time so that one at least would have gone over my head. So did Kenny Everett's Thames ident "with knockers" around the same time - to me, knockers were what you found on peoples' front doors. With that I innocently drew the spoof ident in class the next day...!
DAS posted:
Simon, I had to explain that joke to my teenage brother because he didn't know why I was laughing. Any presenter who can entertain the kids by making stupid noises and saying rude words, yet put in a bit of hidden smut that goes over the kiddys' heads for the parents is surely a decent one?
Are you sure it would? Children know more than we give them credit for.
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What did you make of Simon Groom on Blue Peter when he turned to the camera and said "What a lovely pair of knockers"? Or does the fact that happened in the Simon Lúxton Golden Age of Television era make it more acceptable than Dick and Dom?
That was an unfortunate choice of phrase and I'm certain no double entendre was intended. No doubt Simon realised what he'd said once off camera and thought, "God, what a pillock!"
I was five years old at the time so that one at least would have gone over my head. So did Kenny Everett's Thames ident "with knockers" around the same time - to me, knockers were what you found on peoples' front doors. With that I innocently drew the spoof ident in class the next day...!
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On the contrary, I believe Simon had quite a reputation for deliberately sneaking double-entendres into the script, so it was probably deliberate, and one of which I'm sure he was extremely proud. I'd love to have been in the gallery when he said it - no doubt Biddy Baxter (legendary BP Editor) was not amused. And the actual phrase he used was: 'What a beautiful pair of knockers'.
tvarksouthwest posted:
No doubt Simon realised what he'd said once off camera and thought, "God, what a pillock!"?
On the contrary, I believe Simon had quite a reputation for deliberately sneaking double-entendres into the script, so it was probably deliberate, and one of which I'm sure he was extremely proud. I'd love to have been in the gallery when he said it - no doubt Biddy Baxter (legendary BP Editor) was not amused. And the actual phrase he used was: 'What a beautiful pair of knockers'.
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Bogies is the only thing I watch. The rest is crap, and so is all the other saturday morning shows. Bring back
Ant and Dec's
SM:TV.