Talking TV - 03

...Nauseatingly needless,

...Critically crunching,

...An arrogant analysis

(right...that's enough, ^suggestions on a postcard please)

• It's come to my attention my last two blarticles (yes I went there, blog+article) have been rather rantastic (rant +fanta...you got it) thus swaying my thoughts to write something a bit more positive. I thought I'd give it a go. A problems occurs when I start to think of things on television that I actually enjoy, but none the less I decided on two.

Drama : THE WIRE

The Wire is an American drama series which revolves around the city, culture and people of Baltimore. The series was written and produced by a former Baltimore pollice officer, David Simon. To say this is a just another police drama is a stonking under-statement, The Wire is the best thing to come out of American television in my lifetime, topped only by DEADWOOD. I have a theory about this, being that some of the big roles such as the part of Jimmy McNaulty, a witty Irish-American detective, or Stringer Bell, intelligent buisness man who happens to be the brains behind the biggest drug gang in Baltimore are both played by British actors, Dominic West and Idris Elba respectfully. The vast cast and shocking realism of The Wire fully initiates the viewer into the story, I bought the season 1 boxset and ploughed through the 13 hour exstravaganza in a few very very late nights. I cannot stress enough the genius of The Wire, if guns, swearing, witty one-liners, complex plot lines and memorable characters are something you are craving from your telebox then switch off Britain Has Got Alot of Idoits or whatever it's called, and march yourself to somewhere you can purchase The Wire, crack out the red bull, stay up until you can hear your alarm going off in your room and do no revision. Alternatively the first season of The Wire is starting/started on BBC 2. The only reason The Wire hasn't been giving it's just amount of praise is down to the fact the majorirty of the cast are black, a great disgrace against the production of fantastic television.

I wonder if the size of image I use will be interperated as how strongly I recomend The Wire, let's see.

Comedy : FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS

Unlike The Wire I feel I don't need to encourage the addition of Flight of The Conchords to reader's "Favourite TV Shows" section on their undoubtly existing facebook profiles as much . It basically comes down to two factors, do you like the dead-pan brilliance of Peep Show? Do you like the awkward musical numbers in The Mighty Boosh? if you answered "yes" to both of these questions then Flight of The Conchords it's most certainly for you. The show itself is written so very well, the timing and on screen presence of Bret McKenzie and Jermaine Clement is truely spectacular and in my opinion is everything I enjoy from The Mighty Boosh without the pretentious overtones. If unsure about this show, get on youtube and watch some of their live stuff, it's to be marvelled at. it'll make you love New Zealand. Fact.

GET ON MY TELEBOX!

• Total Wipeout US and UK - People falling over, but glad to just be on the telebox, brilliant, keep the cretins coming is what I say.
  

• Compare The Meerkat - Whoever came up with this needs to be given a medal, the MERE manipulation of language is just so admirable, as for the 3D meerkat...words cannot describe it, well they can. but I'm tired now.

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I feel a bit sick from all the positivity in this blarticle (the more you read it the more you love it, right? right.) so I'm drawing it to a close, see you next week, where I will be discusing MP's Expenses and the EU.




not really. relax.