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16th August 2004, 10:27 AM
Bob Willson

Not so silent

The funniest thing on TV is (or was) the Black Adder series with Rowan Atkinson
16th August 2004, 10:33 AM
Wongo

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Originally Posted by Bob Willson

Not so silent

The funniest thing on TV is (or was) the Black Adder series with Rowan Atkinson

Bob, series 4 is absolutely brilliant but I am not so sure about the first 3.

Or maybe I just did not understand what they were saying!!! :(
16th August 2004, 10:38 AM
silentC

Bob, unfortunately Black Adder is not on TV at the moment. Otherwise my reply would have read "second funniest thing on TV".
16th August 2004, 11:03 AM
Barry_White

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Originally Posted by davo453

We now live in an area with cr@p free to air TV coverage, we almost get channel 9 but through a heavy blizzard.

Dave

Dave

Have you thought of getting a satelite box for the free to air TV. If you live in an area that has lousy reception you can get it. If you go to a TV Repair/Aerial Installation company they should point you in the right direction.

I can watch Western Australian free to air channels here because I am in a bad TV reception area. It comes off the same satelite as Foxtel and Austar.
16th August 2004, 11:11 AM
davo453

Thats very interesting Bazza, I'll look into it today.

Cheers

Dave
16th August 2004, 11:42 AM
duckman

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Originally Posted by Bob Willson

Not so silent

The funniest thing on TV is (or was) the Black Adder series with Rowan Atkinson

Funnier than the Mavis Bramston show Bob? :p

The first series of Blackadder did nothing for me, and IMO the third was 'patchy' but Nos 2 and 4, simply brilliant!
16th August 2004, 11:50 AM
silentC

I'd have to agree that the first series wasn't a patch on the second. I wouldn't say it did nothing for me, still got a few good laughs. Second series gets my vote as the best though, closely followed by Blackadder goes Forth.
16th August 2004, 12:15 PM
HappyHammer

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Originally Posted by davo453

I only have vague memories of Roy and HG, I used to think they were good though. We now live in an area with cr@p free to air TV coverage, we almost get channel 9 but through a heavy blizzard.

So we only watch Foxtel, which has practically none existent coverage of the Olympics :( I had thought that they might at least show some of it, but no only a few bits on the news channels.

Somehow listening to a swimming race on the radio lacks effect........

Dave

Doesn't your foxtel come with 2,7,9,10 & SBS, mine does?

HH
16th August 2004, 12:18 PM
HappyHammer

2 Complete T***s, obnoxious and unfunny.

HH.
16th August 2004, 12:28 PM
silentC

HH,

Re. Foxtel/Austar, it depends on whether you are cable or sattelite. We have Austar sattelite and we get ABC and SBS only.

Re. obnoxious and unfunny, well I'd say its the obnoxious style, if you could call it that, which makes them funny. Anyway, it's something only Australians can understand. It's a -take of the great Aussie bullsh!ter. The bloke down the pub who's done everything and knows everything. Well, that's Roy's character anyway. Not too many poms find them very funny. But then you loved Rolf, so work that one out :rolleyes:

We're not very highbrow over here as you well know ;)
16th August 2004, 04:29 PM
HappyHammer

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Originally Posted by silentC

Re. Foxtel/Austar, it depends on whether you are cable or sattelite. We have Austar sattelite and we get ABC and SBS only.

That's a shame, I think getting all the "normal" channels as a definite bonus, I now have a large bird perch on the top of my house which I don't have to worry about when it gets windy.

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Originally Posted by silentC

Re. obnoxious and unfunny, well I'd say its the obnoxious style, if you could call it that, which makes them funny. Anyway, it's something only Australians can understand. It's a -take of the great Aussie bullsh!ter. The bloke down the pub who's done everything and knows everything. Well, that's Roy's character anyway. Not too many poms find them very funny. But then you loved Rolf, so work that one out :rolleyes:

We're not very highbrow over here as you well know ;)

Deja Vu, didn't we talk about this before??

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Originally Posted by HappyHammer

Deja Vu, didn't we talk about this before??

Sorry forgot you weren't highbrow, I'll leave out the French in future;) :D

HH
16th August 2004, 05:24 PM
Christopha

They were funny and clever...... once upon a time but nowadays they are just loud and as boring as batshat!

You want funny? Go down to the dim dark recesses of your video shop and hire "The Gods Must Be Crazy 1&2".
16th August 2004, 05:34 PM
Dean

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Originally Posted by Christopha

You want funny? Go down to the dim dark recesses of your video shop and hire "The Gods Must Be Crazy 1&2".

Hehe I agree... or Spaceballs!
17th August 2004, 03:19 PM
Iain

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Originally Posted by Barry_White

Dave

Have you thought of getting a satelite box for the free to air TV. If you live in an area that has lousy reception you can get it. If you go to a TV Repair/Aerial Installation company they should point you in the right direction.

I can watch Western Australian free to air channels here because I am in a bad TV reception area. It comes off the same satelite as Foxtel and Austar.

Just bear in mind that you need an Optus Aurora card and this has to be approved by the networks you want to watch, if they are of the opinion that you are in an acceptable terrestial area they simply will not activate your card and you will have a satellite receiver and nothing to watch.
Free to air Australian networks are encoded.
Back to that other pair, I always find them synonymous with Fooball, and I bloody hate loath and detest it.
17th August 2004, 04:12 PM
bitingmidge

Try this link for info on Television Blackspots:

http://www.dcita.gov.au/Collection/C...-3_493,00.html

Cheers,

P

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