Re: The gentle telly appreciation thread

by Helium Sun Sep 08, 2019 12:10 am

From twink to daddy.

by cosmictanya Sun Sep 08, 2019 2:27 pm

Normally I go all in twink, but in this case daddy has improved with the decades.

by cosmictanya Sun Sep 08, 2019 2:28 pm

As Time Goes By. Surely as gentle as tv gets? I always watch that if I come across a repeat.

by Nightjar Tue Sep 10, 2019 7:02 pm

Anyone been watching the Repair Shop on BBC2?

by Butterfield Mon Oct 21, 2019 6:04 pm

That model railway thingy on Channel 5 at weekends, where three teams compete against each other each week to build the best large model railway, which then get judged. They often make specific scenes from films and programmes and incorporate them in the setup.

by Nightjar Sun Sep 13, 2020 8:18 pm

Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing is back. happy

by Butterfield Tue Oct 27, 2020 1:04 am

Fred Dibnah's Industrial Age - currently showing I think weekly on BBC Four. The series is from 1999 and I remember watching it when it was first on. He travels around the UK looking at feats of engineering and the most boringly delightful Victorian mills and factories and their inner workings.

by Butterfield Thu Jan 14, 2021 7:45 pm

Has anyone seen The Joy of Paining on BBC Four, with American Bob Ross? It seems to be on a lot on that channel. It's from the 80s and I don't think it got shown here at the time but for some reason has made its way to UK lockdown TV.

Bob Ross died in 1995.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Joy_of_Painting

by Guest Thu Jan 14, 2021 7:55 pm

You know he was a Sargent Major (or whatever it's called) in the USAF?

by Nightjar Thu Jan 14, 2021 7:59 pm

Are you saying that "Sweet Bird of Truth" by The The is about him? gasp

by Guest Thu Jan 14, 2021 8:02 pm

I don't know what that is.

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by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Jan 14, 2021 8:02 pm

Butterfield wrote:Has anyone seen The Joy of Paining ...?

by Nightjar Thu Jan 14, 2021 8:05 pm

Guest‎‎‏‏‎ ‎ wrote:I don't know what that is.

Is that William Calley? Sly

by Butterfield Thu Jan 14, 2021 8:07 pm

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:
Butterfield wrote:Has anyone seen The Joy of Paining ...?

I went to all that trouble of putting it in fancy italics and everything! rollingpin

by Butterfield Fri Aug 05, 2022 12:43 am

*bump*

Just to confuse things even further. evil2

by Fangirl Three Fri Aug 05, 2022 6:16 am

I hate 'gentle' telly. It puts me in a suicidal Sunday evening sort of mood.

by cosmictanya Fri Aug 05, 2022 5:00 pm

Fangirl Three wrote:I hate 'gentle' telly. It puts me in a suicidal Sunday evening sort of mood.

I do absolutely know what you mean. There should be a word for that very specific feeling. The Germans may have one, they often do have exclusive words for niche emotional states.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri Aug 05, 2022 5:02 pm

The German word for it is "Ichhassesanftefernseheresversetztmichineineselbstmörderischesonntagabendstimmung." yes

by Butterfield Fri Apr 12, 2024 12:24 am

After having not seen it for about 35 years, a couple of days ago I watched an episode of Sorry! with Ronnie Corbett on Freeview channel 56 or 65. My memory from seeing it as a child was that it was dull - and it is really in its rather old fashioned setting, but I actually laughed out loud a couple of times!

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