Favourite Documentary.
All I can say for this one is please read this previous post which mentions Ross 'I used to be in a Soap Opera :-(' Kemp's Extreme World http://nikpriestley.blogspot.com/2011/06/30-day-challenge-tv-shows_24.html
The next category I have almost nothing to say as it is entitled Favourite Sports TV Programme.
Now most of my friends will know that I am not a great fan of sport. That's not to say I don't appreciate sport and can enjoy the spectacle of a good game. I have been known to watch football and enjoy the game but I am not a football fan, in fact I am the complete opposite to a fan really.
I do enjoy Rugby, it's more aggressive on the pitch and much more refined in the terraces - no seriously, you can have a beer whilst watching the game and be surrounded by fans of both teams whilst experiencing no tension of aggravation. Imagine if you can - drinking a beer whilst watching a Millwall match wearing a Chelsea shirt; oh and the fans are all mixed. Bliss!
In occasionally watch Formula One but only ever really last a few laps either at the beginning or the end of the race, I have never managed a full race.
I never used to enjoy Snooker until a friend (who designs bespoke furniture - blatant plug https://twitter.com/#!/TwinDesignuk & http://www.twin-design.co.uk/) introduced me to Judd Trump. He was a breath of fresh air to a relatively slow and measured sport. He played Snooker like a Pool player - The Colour of Money anyone!
When I was younger I did watch some sport (well one sport - the other is entertainment) on a Saturday morning. If I was experiencing a hangover, on very few occasions; I enjoyed watching Football Italia and revelling at their goal of the week/month which usually included a player flipping over mid-air, followed by a double twist and then heading or kicking the ball into the net from the half ay line - typical flamboyant Italians.
The second "sport" was wrestling! Spandex, rock music, long hair, bad dialogue and choreographed moves - highly entertaining. Triple H, The Undertaker, The Rock - good times!
So as for favourite Sports programme, I really don't have one. I guess the show that came close to being a favourite was The Contender with Sly Stallone. This show brought together two teams of opposing boxers who each week would work as a team to beat the other in numerous challenges. At the end of the show, two boxers would fight and the loser would be eliminated. It was mostly a reality TV show but had the element of sport in to sneak in under this category. The other bonus was that it was often on late at night after you had got home from the pub - perhaps that is why i enjoyed it so much. In addition it was hosted by Rocky - how cool was that.
The show brought all the elements needed to grab you, sad stories, drama, tears and laughter - even the hardest boxer at times would shed some tears, it also had boxing every week.
I'm sure if you look online there are episodes to watch and perhaps when you get in from the pub you could enjoy one too.
http://youtu.be/egDhTAMfpW0
Wednesday 17 August 2011
Friday 12 August 2011
30 Day Challenge - TV Shows
Favourite non-animated Children's show.
Non-animated, jeez! That rules out all the obvious choices, He-Man, Thundercats, X-Men, Batman, Spider-man, Jamie and The Magic Torch (youngsters Google it), Willow the Wisp.
I could have talked for ages about some of these, I could have written about the marvellous Touche Turtle or perhaps reminisce about Danger Mouse - that wasn't animated was it - that's it I'll choose Danger, damn it - it was a cartoon!
Non animated? Was Buck Rogers for kids? Perhaps Battlestar Galactica - you know the original with Face from The A-Team.
But you know what I'm gonna do what I have the prerogative to do; that's right; cheat!
You see there is one children's TV programme that was not animated. It wasn't actually actors either, well sort of. It spans generations, defines generations. Started what the Simpsons has continued in having famous people join in and star in. It has developed into films, some really good films. It promises to deliver another great film too;
It sent Pigs into Space for goodness sake -it's a masterpiece!
http://youtu.be/UX07sTSHiTs
The URL is particularly funny too - look closer :-)
Non-animated, jeez! That rules out all the obvious choices, He-Man, Thundercats, X-Men, Batman, Spider-man, Jamie and The Magic Torch (youngsters Google it), Willow the Wisp.
I could have talked for ages about some of these, I could have written about the marvellous Touche Turtle or perhaps reminisce about Danger Mouse - that wasn't animated was it - that's it I'll choose Danger, damn it - it was a cartoon!
Non animated? Was Buck Rogers for kids? Perhaps Battlestar Galactica - you know the original with Face from The A-Team.
But you know what I'm gonna do what I have the prerogative to do; that's right; cheat!
You see there is one children's TV programme that was not animated. It wasn't actually actors either, well sort of. It spans generations, defines generations. Started what the Simpsons has continued in having famous people join in and star in. It has developed into films, some really good films. It promises to deliver another great film too;
It sent Pigs into Space for goodness sake -it's a masterpiece!
http://youtu.be/UX07sTSHiTs
The URL is particularly funny too - look closer :-)
Thursday 11 August 2011
30 Day Challenge - TV Shows
Favourite Who Done It?
Once again with the madness surrounding us in the world today the question of 'Who Done It?' could not be more prevelant. It is a question that is on everyones lips and dominates everyones thoughts.
There is one terrible example in Birmingham of the needless death of three men simply helping their community mown down by an utter monster; leaving everyone devastated, speechless and with one buring question 'Who Done it?'
Writing these blogs seems at the moment to me a trivial act and yet it is also a way of maintaining normality whilst the events surrounding us swirl into the abyss.
I have talked in many blogs of my love of the C.S.I. series, the quintessential 'Who Done it?' shows. The way they create more and more unique and outrageous events never ceases to amaze me. In a show which has run for this long and has two off shoot shows it would seem an impossible task to keep things fresh and yet it seems to achieve this regularly.
The brilliant Luther recently shown on BBC reminded us that Britain can compete in the 'Who Done It?' world and that the BBC doesn't just bombard us with the tripe of the soap opera (sorry - I'm not getting on that soapbox again).
I think that today I will simply say that I thoroughly enjoy 'Who Done It?' shows; from C.S.I. to Midsommer Murders through Whitechapel and The Mentalist they have all been able to deliver consistent entertaining programmes.
My blog today is dedicated to those who lost their lives and livelihoods in the recent violence and destruction. Tariq Jahan is a man who has shown the world that Britain is not completely broken and we should be very proud of his bravery and dignity.
Once again with the madness surrounding us in the world today the question of 'Who Done It?' could not be more prevelant. It is a question that is on everyones lips and dominates everyones thoughts.
There is one terrible example in Birmingham of the needless death of three men simply helping their community mown down by an utter monster; leaving everyone devastated, speechless and with one buring question 'Who Done it?'
Writing these blogs seems at the moment to me a trivial act and yet it is also a way of maintaining normality whilst the events surrounding us swirl into the abyss.
I have talked in many blogs of my love of the C.S.I. series, the quintessential 'Who Done it?' shows. The way they create more and more unique and outrageous events never ceases to amaze me. In a show which has run for this long and has two off shoot shows it would seem an impossible task to keep things fresh and yet it seems to achieve this regularly.
The brilliant Luther recently shown on BBC reminded us that Britain can compete in the 'Who Done It?' world and that the BBC doesn't just bombard us with the tripe of the soap opera (sorry - I'm not getting on that soapbox again).
I think that today I will simply say that I thoroughly enjoy 'Who Done It?' shows; from C.S.I. to Midsommer Murders through Whitechapel and The Mentalist they have all been able to deliver consistent entertaining programmes.
My blog today is dedicated to those who lost their lives and livelihoods in the recent violence and destruction. Tariq Jahan is a man who has shown the world that Britain is not completely broken and we should be very proud of his bravery and dignity.
Tuesday 9 August 2011
30 Day Challenge - TV Shows
Favourite Horror TV show.
As I write this blog the world outside has gone totally mad. It appears that unlike other countries who face real difficulties and have no alternatives left but to turn to protest and in many cases riots, the mentality of the few is to simply arrange criminal acts with no cause whatsoever.
Having just spent 10 days seeing and studying the memorials, cemeteries and places involved in both World War 1 and 2, I am sickened by these criminal acts. The sacrifice made by the brave men and women would and should have never led us to this. To fight so hard and sacrifice your life for peace and against tyranny is a worthy cause above and beyond many other causes.
Today's youth appear to have no sense of what it means to live in a free world, they certainly have no understanding of what 'fighting for a cause is'. To attack your own towns and communities is just insane. To burn down shops and homes is despicable. To simply steal and loot peoples hard earned businesses defies belief.
Mindless, insane, pointless beings wandering streets, destroying buildings, causing chaos, kind of reminds me of my favourite TV show.
http://www.amctv.com/shows/the-walking-dead
THIS IS JUST NOT AS ENTERTAINING AND I CONDEMN THIS MINDLESS IDIOCY.
As I write this blog the world outside has gone totally mad. It appears that unlike other countries who face real difficulties and have no alternatives left but to turn to protest and in many cases riots, the mentality of the few is to simply arrange criminal acts with no cause whatsoever.
Having just spent 10 days seeing and studying the memorials, cemeteries and places involved in both World War 1 and 2, I am sickened by these criminal acts. The sacrifice made by the brave men and women would and should have never led us to this. To fight so hard and sacrifice your life for peace and against tyranny is a worthy cause above and beyond many other causes.
Today's youth appear to have no sense of what it means to live in a free world, they certainly have no understanding of what 'fighting for a cause is'. To attack your own towns and communities is just insane. To burn down shops and homes is despicable. To simply steal and loot peoples hard earned businesses defies belief.
Mindless, insane, pointless beings wandering streets, destroying buildings, causing chaos, kind of reminds me of my favourite TV show.
http://www.amctv.com/shows/the-walking-dead
THIS IS JUST NOT AS ENTERTAINING AND I CONDEMN THIS MINDLESS IDIOCY.
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