How TV Ruined Your Life

[Captain Shaw]

I thought their was a thread on this, but when I did a search I got nothing.
http://twitter.com/charltonbrooker
Charlie has posted that his new show starts on Tuesday at 10pm.
Clip here.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xR3YvrNpssM

 

[firehawk12]

Hah, looks cute. I wonder if the average viewer will find it funny though.

 

[JiNX-01]

It has become a major distraction... but then again, so has the Internet.

 

[Niorah]

Seriously?

It made me hope that a future like the one depicted in Star Trek was just around the corner.

It clearly is not, thus far. Bah humbug, I say.

 

[Bob The Skutter]

ow fuck, hot ow ow

 

[Captain Shaw]

ow fuck, hot ow ow

Nooooooooooooo Bob's keyboard got him.

 

[Bob The Skutter]

ow fuck, hot ow ow

Nooooooooooooo Bob's keyboard got him.

It looks so much like one of those disaster programmes it's hard to tell if it's a parody or not.

 

[firehawk12]

I'm assuming it's a parody of "the world is ending" news. Remember when we were supposed to all die from bird flu?

 

[cultcross]

I'm assuming it's a parody of "the world is ending" news. Remember when we were supposed to all die from bird flu?

Was that before or after we all died from swine flu, SARS, and measles?

 

[Bob The Skutter]

I'm assuming it's a parody of "the world is ending" news. Remember when we were supposed to all die from bird flu?

I think it's more of a parody of those speculative disaster shows. that come up with some plot and then tell you how it would go down, like down to the second.

 

[Captain Shaw]

I'm assuming it's a parody of "the world is ending" news. Remember when we were supposed to all die from bird flu?

I thought we are still dying from that?

 

[firehawk12]

^
Technically, we're all dying.

I think it's more of a parody of those speculative disaster shows. that come up with some plot and then tell you how it would go down, like down to the second.

That just doesn't sound like Brooker's style, as I know it anyway.

 

[Bob The Skutter]

^
Technically, we're all dying.

I think it's more of a parody of those speculative disaster shows. that come up with some plot and then tell you how it would go down, like down to the second.

That just doesn't sound like Brooker's style, as I know it anyway.

Well he has worked on Brass Eye, so I don't see why this wouldn't be his style. Given that the parody programme is called "If..." I'd guess it's not supposed to be the news.

 

[firehawk12]

Unless I'm misremembering though, he did a whole news parody thing about guys who can't piss when other people are around them. I just figure this would be more in line with that.

 

[Bob The Skutter]

Unless I'm misremembering though, he did a whole news parody thing about guys who can't piss when other people are around them. I just figure this would be more in line with that.

Well since he's on 2 shows already that parody the news I'd think he might want to stay away from parodying the news on this show.

 

[JoeZhang]

^
Technically, we're all dying.

I think it's more of a parody of those speculative disaster shows. that come up with some plot and then tell you how it would go down, like down to the second.

That just doesn't sound like Brooker's style, as I know it anyway.

Except the video in the link is a parody (and not a very funny one at that) of recent spectulative disaster shows like What if, so em.. clearly that is his style?

 

[Bob The Skutter]

^
Technically, we're all dying.

I think it's more of a parody of those speculative disaster shows. that come up with some plot and then tell you how it would go down, like down to the second.

That just doesn't sound like Brooker's style, as I know it anyway.

Except the video in the link is a parody (and not a very funny one at that) of recent spectulative disaster shows like What if, so em.. clearly that is his style?

I thought it was spot on. Though those shows can be ridiculous anyway.

 

[Bob The Skutter]

Well I thought that was brilliant, and Firehawk will be glad to know it's very much Charlie's style.

 

[Starkers]

Well that was amusing, but frankly I've seen the "OOh weren't public information films funny" thing done before just as funnily (the humour basically writes itself)

Might have been more amused at his notion that we're all being made fearful over nothing had not a work collegue of mine been run over today by some idiot who figured red lights were optional...

 

[Captain Shaw]

It made me lol a few times, so will be tuning in next week.