Crossing the entertainmental divide... - Page 3

jinx · 06-06-2008, 11:00 PM

Screw you guys, I'm going home. Screw you - home.

And from Anchorman:
I don't care.... I'll eat the shit. I'll eat the entire hunk of... [whine/cry]
Loud noises!!

Clodfobble · 06-06-2008, 11:11 PM

Oh yeah, another South Park one:

"Oh honey, those are two completely different numbers!"

lumberjim · 06-06-2008, 11:13 PM

I will say NI! again to you if you do not appease me!

Sundae · 06-07-2008, 04:11 AM

The more I think about this, the more obscure ones I come up with that only I find funny. I need to find some poor unsuspecting man to watch my video collection.

There was a Saturday morning programme called SM:TV Live. It spawned Cat Deeley (with you currently) and national treasures Ant & Dec. Many adults watched it, and certainly half the team I worked with in London. My SA colleague bought me a video of the Best Bits - bless him, he never watched it and couldn't get why I loved it.

In the years since, I watched it as a comfort - it's been off air for years now. So of course some of the phrases are embedded in my mind. Some were only mentioned once in the ephermeral world of live tv, some were running gags. I doubt any would be remembered now without the aid of a video.

So - having given it the longest introduction ever, I'll amaze you with mundane phrases that make me laugh:
- Birmingham!
- Dizzy water, dizzy water, dizzy water
- Thanks, I've just had a poo
- Stupid farmer!

For the Brits - HM described someone as "laughing like Stuart Hall" the other night at work. He had to explain the reference. Poor chap, it was a good analogy from the way he described it (someone walked into something and HM's colleague was doubled up). But then he works with 20 year olds & foreigners.

Ah, found this. Without context I doubt it will be funny. For me (and other Brits I hope) it brings tears to my eyes.

An explanation for furriners. If you've made it this far I salute you.

Clodfobble · 06-07-2008, 04:48 AM

Sundae, that show is like a British version of MXC. I laughed.

DanaC · 06-07-2008, 06:42 AM

It's based on a much older show. Can't recall what that was, in the 70's. Sundae any ideas?

DanaC · 06-07-2008, 06:43 AM

Another Southpark one:

"You will respect my authoriteh!"

Sundae · 06-07-2008, 09:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Sundae, that show is like a British version of MXC. I laughed.

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanaC

It's based on a much older show. Can't recall what that was, in the 70's. Sundae any ideas?

It ran from 1966.
It wasn't quite as mad as Takeshi's Castle, but I have no doubt they got the idea from Jeux Sans Frontieres (the Europe-wide version of It's A Knockout that our teams were aiming to compete in). The translation is Games Without Frontiers btw. Yes, like the Peter Gabriel song. Listen to it again knowing this.

Apparently the American version was Almost Anything Goes. Thanks Wiki.

We had something silmilar to MXC, although it was still given it's original name. Ours was voiced by Red Dwarf's Craig Charles. Most people I know found it annoying thanks to the commentary, the action replays, the sound effects, the obvious cuts meaning you didn't know who won and would rather have watched the original with a real translation. Ah, island nations - inscrutable

BigV · 06-11-2008, 02:44 PM

"Wrong lever!! Why do we even *have* that lever?" -- Yzma, Emperor's New Groove

BigV · 06-19-2008, 05:52 PM

"What kind of milk you 'drayngkin'?"

monster · 06-19-2008, 07:13 PM

"Two Armadillos?" (Brits)

monster · 06-19-2008, 07:17 PM

oh and just used

"I'll have a P, please, Bob." (Brits too, sorry)

Poor kids have no idea why we say for that when they ask for peas.

DanaC · 06-19-2008, 07:33 PM

Quote:

"I'll have a P, please, Bob." (Brits too, sorry)

I'll have an E please Bob!

DucksNuts · 06-19-2008, 08:25 PM

"You can dooi it"...whatshisdick from Adam Sandler movies.

"Waaaait, dude....what?" ...from LOLcats really.

Crimson Ghost · 06-20-2008, 02:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DucksNuts

"You can dooi it"...whatshisdick from Adam Sandler movies.

"Waaaait, dude....what?" ...from LOLcats really.

Rob Schneider.

I use the LOLcats one all the time.

06-06-2008, 11:00 PM	#31
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	Screw you guys, I'm going home. Screw you - home. And from Anchorman: I don't care.... I'll eat the shit. I'll eat the entire hunk of... [whine/cry] Loud noises!! __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

06-06-2008, 11:13 PM	#33
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	I will say NI! again to you if you do not appease me! __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

06-07-2008, 04:11 AM	#34
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	The more I think about this, the more obscure ones I come up with that only I find funny. I need to find some poor unsuspecting man to watch my video collection. There was a Saturday morning programme called SM:TV Live. It spawned Cat Deeley (with you currently) and national treasures Ant & Dec. Many adults watched it, and certainly half the team I worked with in London. My SA colleague bought me a video of the Best Bits - bless him, he never watched it and couldn't get why I loved it. In the years since, I watched it as a comfort - it's been off air for years now. So of course some of the phrases are embedded in my mind. Some were only mentioned once in the ephermeral world of live tv, some were running gags. I doubt any would be remembered now without the aid of a video. So - having given it the longest introduction ever, I'll amaze you with mundane phrases that make me laugh: - Birmingham! - Dizzy water, dizzy water, dizzy water - Thanks, I've just had a poo - Stupid farmer! For the Brits - HM described someone as "laughing like Stuart Hall" the other night at work. He had to explain the reference. Poor chap, it was a good analogy from the way he described it (someone walked into something and HM's colleague was doubled up). But then he works with 20 year olds & foreigners. Ah, found this. Without context I doubt it will be funny. For me (and other Brits I hope) it brings tears to my eyes. An explanation for furriners. If you've made it this far I salute you. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac Last edited by Sundae; 06-07-2008 at 04:32 AM.

06-11-2008, 02:44 PM	#39
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	"Wrong lever!! Why do we even have that lever?" -- Yzma, Emperor's New Groove __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

06-19-2008, 05:52 PM	#40
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	"What kind of milk you 'drayngkin'?" __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

06-06-2008, 11:11 PM	#32
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Oh yeah, another South Park one: "Oh honey, those are two completely different numbers!"

06-07-2008, 04:48 AM	#35
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Sundae, that show is like a British version of MXC. I laughed.

06-07-2008, 06:42 AM	#36
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	It's based on a much older show. Can't recall what that was, in the 70's. Sundae any ideas?

06-07-2008, 06:43 AM	#37
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Another Southpark one: "You will respect my authoriteh!"

06-19-2008, 07:13 PM	#41
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	"Two Armadillos?" (Brits) __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

06-19-2008, 07:17 PM	#42
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	oh and just used "I'll have a P, please, Bob." (Brits too, sorry) Poor kids have no idea why we say for that when they ask for peas. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

06-19-2008, 08:25 PM	#44
DucksNuts Bitchy Little Brat Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 5,067	"You can dooi it"...whatshisdick from Adam Sandler movies. "Waaaait, dude....what?" ...from LOLcats really.

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