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   From: press@aipac.org   
      
   On Tue, 31 Mar 2015 21:19:25 +1000, keithr    
   wrote:   
      
   >On 31/03/2015 8:50 AM, posti@datamike.com wrote:   
   >> On Mon, 30 Mar 2015 19:45:39 +1000, keithr    
   >> wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On 22/03/2015 6:27 PM, none@all.org wrote:   
   >>>> On Sun, 22 Mar 2015 14:10:02 +1100, "Noddy"  wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> "Clocky"  wrote in message   
   >>>>> news:550e0d5a$0$2857$c3e8da3$76491128@news.astraweb.com...   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> I want to like Fifth Gear but the presenters and the whole show is so   
   >>>>>> fucking stuffy and boring that it completely loses it's entertainment   
   >>>>>> value.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> It's about *cars*, and the people on the show are eminently qualified to   
   >>>>> give opinions about them. It's not a comedy show trying to do a piss poor   
   >>>>> imitation of Benny Hill, so it's unlikely to hold yuu attention for more   
   >>>>> than a few minutes.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> I've heard people say that Top Gear has been going for so long and has   
   such   
   >>>>> a following that it just *has* to be good.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Popularity is rarely an indicator of quality, of course.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> My reply is that The Simpsons has   
   >>>>> been going for a long time too, and I can't see anything even *remotely*   
   >>>>> entertaining in that either.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> One of those shows that polarises viewers. I've known people to   
   >>>> complain about the content, claiming it was unsuitable for children,   
   >>>> as though they didn't realise it was a show primarily made for   
   >>>> adults...   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I really liked the first 10 or 12 seasons of the Simpsons. The   
   >>>> satirical nature and the taking the piss out of sacred cows very much   
   >>>> appealed to me (quite a rare thing to come from Seppo land). The   
   >>>> writing was very well done and quite clever at times.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Would have been much better with the Bart character, IMO.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> After season 10 or so, the quality of the writing began to decline   
   >>>> progressively. Last time I watched an episode was a couple of years   
   >>>> ago, and I couldn't even see it through to the end of the show.   
   >>>> No show can sustain the quality for 25+ years, they should have had   
   >>>> the class to call it quits well over ten years ago. It's just a parody   
   >>>> of itself now, if anything.   
   >>>>   
   >>> The problem with the yanks is that they just run cash cows to death. The   
   >>> poms are usually but not always better.   
   >>   
   >> Probably the case. Both Fawlty Towers and The Young Ones are good   
   >> examples of going out at the right time.   
   >>   
   >Fawlty Towers was only 12 episodes (but it must have been replayed 100   
   >times :( ) and the same for The Young Ones.   
      
   They both get watched here at least yearly.   
      
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