The Roaring Twenties (2 Viewers)

[rettucs]

Yeah, s lives in Belrin and you live in Dublin. Simple.

and I'm lazy and unlucky.

but we're never gonna agree on it so to hell with it.

 

[mr pharmacist!!!!1]

Where's good to have a faggy brunch in Dublin these day?

and thats close to dollymount strand...

 

[cephalopod]

and thats close to dollymount strand...

Do they do wheatgrass shakes?

 

[Stereobaby]

Saps

We know what we have.

:heart:


and a little bit of :heart::heart:

 

[flashback]

Good ideas dont cost anything though.

Yeah.
I am not trying to defend how shit The Roaring Twenties seems to be.
More that, well, RTE are not really that brave. Soupy Norman would have been almost free. There is no risk there at all.
They throw 100K at a program, that is always going to be shit, because the same people involved with it did the Irish Seinfeld, and it turns out shit, and then they say "ah jaysus, we fuckin tried Comedy anyway. Back to current affairs and sports with us so."

They do current affairs, and sports very well by anyone's standards.
They also make some very good documentaries.

I just dont believe that there are no funny script writers in Ireland.


edit, oh yeah, just about people saying, "your first attempt isn't going to be great, obviously", right, that's completely fair enough.
But, BUT, The Irish Seinfeld is not patchy. Or bad in spots. Or, good in spots. It's fucking terrible. Unrelentingly, irretrievably shit. You cannot come back, having made that, and do something funny. Unless you were the sound engineer on it or something.

 

[Goodbye]

Kay, I've never seen The Roaring 20's (Sounds like something that would make my blood boil)

But if you compare the Irish market to the likes of the US, arguably the home of the sitcom where hundreds of pilots are made by dozens of networks every year. Some are picked up some are run, some only last a couple of seasons.
Ireland tends to see the more successful ones adventually. But if anyone has spent any time in the states will concurr that the majority of stuff shown is shiiiiite.

So if you compare the two markets, the Irish mistakes stick out like a sore thumb.
At least RTE are trying... They rarely get it right (Paths To Freedom), but remember they are just a broadcaster, they dont actually "make" the shows, they merely comission them.

Think you can do better? Start a production company or contact someone in one, write up a treatment and submit it and see how you get on.
Believe me, you wont be the only one.

 

[taubstumm]

Think you can do better? Start a production company or contact someone in one, write up a treatment and submit it and see how you get on.
Believe me, you wont be the only one.

damn that television!

Damn that television ... what a bad picture!
Dont get upset, its not a major disaster.
Theres nothing on tonight, he said, I dont know
Whats the matter!
Nothings ever on, she said, so ... I dont know
Why you bother.

Weve heard this little scene, weve heard it many times.
People fighting over little things and wasting precious time.
They might be better off ... I think ... the way it seems to me.
Making up their own shows, which might be better than t.v.

(chorus)

Judys in the bedroom, inventing situations.
Bob is on the street today, scouting up locations.
Theyve enlisted all their family.
Theyve enlisted all their friends.
It helped saved their relationship,
And made it work again ...

Their show gets real high ratings, they think they have a hit.
There might even be a spinoff, but theyre not sure bout that.
If they ever watch t.v. again, itd be too soon for them.
Bob never yells about the picture now, hes having
Too much fun.

(chorus)

Judys in the bedroom, inventing situations,
Bob is on the street today, scouting up locations.
Theyve enlisted all their family.
Theyve enlisted all their friends.
It helped save their relationship,
And made it work again ...

So think about this little scene; apply it to you life.
If your work isnt what you love, then something isnt right.
Just look at bob and judy; theyre happy as can be,
Inventing situations, putting them on t.v.

(chorus)

Judys in the bedroom, inventing situations.
Bob is on the street today, scouting up locations.
Theyve enlisting all their family.
Theyve enlisted all their friends.
It helped save the relationship,
And made it work again ...

 

[coast to coast]

There wasn't nearly enough roaring in it either. If the concept behind the show was that all the lines had to be said at the actor or actress' maximum volume... that might've gone somewhere.

Or if they had 20 people screaming each line instead of one actor saying it? It'd be a like a Glenn Branca approach to rubbish Irish sit-coms.

 

[bloopitybloop]

here, what's the irish seinfeld?!

 

[bloopitybloop]

found it

 

[flashback]

found it

A fiver says you cant make it through more than 3 consecutive minutes.

 

[bloopitybloop]

i just realised!

i've got the roaring twenties taped...

reckon it'll be worth money?

 

[flashback]

I would say the boys who hand out the orange suits in Gitmo would make an offer.

 

[nlgbbbblth]

i just realised!

i've got the roaring twenties taped...

reckon it'll be worth money?

it's repeated at the weekend.

maybe the repeat would be worth more.

 

[coast to coast]

This is the only thread tagged with begrudgery...does that mean we are not a nation of begrudgers, just a nation of people who'd like to think they are begrudgers?

 

[Yurn!]

what about man pussy?

 

[La La]

ha. as it turns out i know a girl who is in this show. looks awful though.

 

[Diddles]

what about man pussy?

What about it?

Edit: Mangina?

 

[ernesto]

What about it?

Edit: Mangina?

 

[bloopitybloop]

holy shit!

"The biggest problem with the reaction to this show is not that I’ll have to return to my call centre job and probable eventual suicide — but that RTE will probably never give another couple of young unknowns a chance ever again."