tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post5455865410985470239..comments2024-03-29T18:49:49.469+11:00Comments on loon pond: In which the pond and the dog botherer have a pitching and a plotting session ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-34085423397459598172015-10-12T23:33:13.194+11:002015-10-12T23:33:13.194+11:00Of course, Frontline owes much to the superb Drop ...Of course, <i>Frontline</i> owes much to the superb <i>Drop The Dead Donkey</i>, the near-real-time British satire of a tabloid TV newsroom owned by Sir Roysten Merchant, a billionaire businessman, for the influence it brings, which had been running on British TV for four years when Mike Moore first graced our screens.<br /><br />Though, perhaps from the consumer end, <i>Broken News</i> better fits the zeitgeist...Frank Dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-49460994909527791052015-10-12T23:10:39.019+11:002015-10-12T23:10:39.019+11:00......!
I take my hat off to you! Best descriptio.........!<br /><br />I take my hat off to you! Best description ever.Mishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15739039921358799040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-24311469881977975652015-10-12T23:09:51.339+11:002015-10-12T23:09:51.339+11:00Oh Chris Kenny, please please just let it go.... H...Oh Chris Kenny, please please just let it go.... Honestly, he's like the creepy guy who keeps stalking his ex-girlfriend while badmouthing her to all and sundry.Mishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15739039921358799040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-77360899251045029112015-10-12T21:23:53.766+11:002015-10-12T21:23:53.766+11:00Chris Kenny is a train wreck involving two high sp...Chris Kenny is a train wreck involving two high speed locomotives loaded with Labradors crashing headlong into each other in front of a crowd of hapless flagwiping rent-a-bogans, filmed at 20,000 frames a second, and then screened one frame per minute as a double bill with Warhol's Empire inside a '50s-built industrial refrigerator.AuldBrixtoniannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-83708017731656956832015-10-12T20:22:07.049+11:002015-10-12T20:22:07.049+11:00Satire Anon? I have always thought of Utopia et al...Satire Anon? I have always thought of Utopia et al as a documentary.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08107583055049435121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462488453822156883.post-84079429849807374292015-10-12T18:28:11.926+11:002015-10-12T18:28:11.926+11:00I suspect that the Botherer's appreciation of ...I suspect that the Botherer's appreciation of satire is mired somewhere around the era of "The Mavis Bramston Show" and Barry Humphries jokes about New Australians and corrupt unionists. Not that there was anything wrong with that - around 50 years ago.<br /><br />And listen, Mr Botherer, just what's wrong with being balding / greying and wearing black? It doesn't automatically turn you into Philip Adam's y'know.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com