Do You Watch TV?

[mistahbenn]

I gotta say it but American TV sucks.. TV in England used to be good, I sometimes watch some documentaries via the net.

 

[Mick!]

I gotta say it but American TV sucks.. TV in England used to be good, I sometimes watch some documentaries via the net.

I hear you, but compare comedy shows, The Big Bang Theory, Seinfeld, Everybody Loves Raymond, against the latest UK comedy. Then drama, Sopranos, Breaking Bad etc, nothing even close been made over here in years.
(Don't forget The Simpsons, South Park, Futurama)

 

[mistahbenn]

And Family guy!

 

[sawinredneck]

I've watched that Full throttle a few times, seems almost like it's produced sometimes, Butch! Big bang theory and How I met your mother are some of my newest addictions, but my favorite is still the BBC's Top gear! Those three can screw up a wet dream and have fun doing it!

 

[Mick!]

Yes! Family Guy
Absolutely, brilliant innovative comedy. You wouldn't have seen it but there is a much hyped show with a comedienne called Miranda, she is the darling of the BBC schedulers, and about as funny as....well let's just say she's not funny.
There is some stuff I don't like too much, How I Met Your Mother 'frinstance, a cross between the Wonder Years and Friends, crap IMO.
I still watch Frasier when I can.

 

[bonner1040]

I sit in front of a TV, but spend all my time on my macbook pro. Im gonna wear the keyboard out soon I think.

 

[Mick!]

Hey Sawinredneck, did you know Jeremy Clarkson punched Piers Morgan a while back?

 

[MasterBlaster]

The Walking Dead!!!

 

[sawinredneck]

Hey Sawinredneck, did you know Jeremy Clarkson punched Piers Morgan a while back?

NO!! But that's got to be an interesting story for sure!

My name is Andy by the way.

 

[Mick!]

Hi Andy, seems strange to think about Top Gear being so popular in the states, makes a lot of money for the BBC by all accounts. I'm quite fond of James May, quiet, understated bloke. I don't watch it anymore but follow Clarkson And James May on Twitter.
Mick

 

[sawinredneck]

Hi, Mick. Clarkson was named perfectly, the "Orangutan" on that show, you need to catch up on some of them, the one where they bought cars in Florida and drove to New Orleans was a prime example of how different our cultures are! They were given a challenge to put something on the others car that would get them killed, in jest I'm sure, but they about all got killed!
Not sure if you've seen James May's "Man toys" or not, but it's a great catch, he super sizes all the cool toys of old! He's a very sharp fellow with a self deprecating type of humor that I can personally relate to.

 

[Mick!]

Yeah I saw the one where they had Vote Hilary or something, it was funny. I'll give it another go I reckon.

 

[mistahbenn]

http://www.topgear.com/uk/videos/southern-discomfort

Where are you from Mick?

 

[Mick!]

From Horsham. West Sussex, now near Bordeaux SW France, you probably know me as Le Sanglier.

 

[mistahbenn]

Ah right, cool! Yep. I went on hols to Lacanau when I was a kid, camped in the pine forests. Very nice area! We cycled from Bordeuax.

 

[stig]

I quite like the best ads, I think probably you get more in the US than in the UK, (in France with British Telly)
Tonight me and the wife will eat a curry on our laps whilst watching Strictly Come Dancing, you know it as Dancing With the Stars I believe. Bottle of Bordeaux next to me, what could be better?

A good book and a bottle of Bourgogne, perhaps

 

[MasterBlaster]

For a couple hours, than the boob tube!!! And more (whiskey) wine!

 

[Mick!]

A good book and a bottle of Bourgogne, perhaps

Maybe. But unless you and your significant other are at the same point in the same book it's not a shared experience.
Point taken though.

 

[Thor's Hammer]

Books books books and more books. And Bit Torrents. And facebook and Reddit.

Who needs TV?

(I will often torrent the latest episodes of my favourite shows - Big Bang Theory, Breaking Bad, Justified etc)

 

[mistahbenn]

Ed do you get torrents from piratebay?

 

[Thor's Hammer]

Usually use Vuze pro

 

[mistahbenn]

No I mean where do you get your torrents from?

 

[Thor's Hammer]

Vuze has a built in torrent search engine with various downloadable filters. Seems to work well enough for me so far.

 

[MasterBlaster]

(I will often torrent the latest episodes of my favourite shows - Big Bang Theory, Breaking Bad, Justified etc)

Those are television shows.

Who needs TV?

That's an oxymoron statement, so to speak.

 

[Thor's Hammer]

TV as we know it is dying Butch. In time, people will simply purchase the shows they want to watch straight from the Production house.