»

[Diesel]

Anyone else sickened by these turgid, manipulative wastes of time and space?

Right - quick bit of background. My wife dances competitively (in fact she's just this second returned from a comp at the Beach Ballroom) and my daughter is attending stage school, where she's showing some promise in the performing arts. Leaving me and my ham-fisted guitar playing as the token "talentless one"

Needless to say, they watch ALL the talent shows that are going and occasionally and despite my best efforts, I get exposed to the following: -

• Gelled fringed nancy boys singing cheesy pop songs like poofs
• Dyed-haired, hatchet-faced boots singing cheesy pop songs like cats swimming in deep fat fryers
• Simon Cowell (or whoever) burning up my sky subscription/licence fee/electricty whilst taking a fortnight to announce his descion
• Chav families of the contestants in aff-the-belly t-shirts, whooping and screaming because Sinita-Cheyenne-Ikea has made it through to the last 3200
• An endless procession of the worst songs ever vomited - sung badly

It's bad folks, it really, really is...but what I just cannot cope with...what makes me want to choke on my own eyeballs...

...are the tears. Every minute of every show, there's some loser crying their talent-free eyes out. Rivers of running mascara.

But the worst is grown men, crying like fucking pussies because they got the hook from some stupid, stupid game show, it's fucking disgusting, GROW A PAIR OF BOLLOCKS YOU FUCKING SOFT CUNTS

*Stop Press* - Mrs Diesel got four 1st's and 2nd and a 3rd out of 7 categories - not too shabby

[Swingin' Ryan]

Originally Posted by Diesel

[*]Gelled fringed nancy boys singing cheesy pop songs like poofs

Originally Posted by Diesel

But the worst is grown men, crying like fucking pussies because they got the hook from some stupid, stupid game show, it's fucking disgusting, GROW A PAIR OF BOLLOCKS YOU FUCKING SOFT CUNTS

Gays on television...grown men crying... fucking disgusting....Oscar Wilde was locked up for this kind of filth, this society has gone to the dogs

Are you Fifties dad? Did you used to change over the channel when Mr Humphries came on Are You Being Served?

[MikeyEB]

The only thing I really hate is people saying that they have to win or else they will have to go back to a regular job. It just seems a little ungrateful, "I think the jobs you do are completely worthless, but please vote for me or I will have to do it myself" is the way a lot of them come across.

[Diesel]

Originally Posted by Swingin' Ryan

Are you Fifties dad? Did you used to change over the channel when Mr Humphries came on Are You Being Served?

Yes, that's me - 1850's

Bring back the birch - and National Service

[His Majesty]

Hmm, due to recent exposure to x factor I've found myself liking and singing Take That's - Rule The World, I don't care what anyone says, that is a great song!

Btw, I'm sure I caught a glimpse of local guitar slinger Jerry Jablonksi queuing up to sing when they featured the Glasgow auditions.

[pogofish]

A good few years back, I worked the recording of a pilot episode for a proposed new talent show. Thankfully they were not back in vogue at that point & the idea got no further.

I can honestly say I have seldom seen anything quite so disturbing. The level of obsession, determination and competition amongst the performers/families/"managers" etc was quite unbelievable - they were up for anything that would keep them in front of the cameras.

[kybosh]

Originally Posted by His Majesty

Btw, I'm sure I caught a glimpse of local guitar slinger Jerry Jablonksi queuing up to sing when they featured the Glasgow auditions.

yes he was there , amd that's the second time he's been knocked back


.......he's still a great player though

[french_disko]

I'm going to smash the TV in the next time I hear someone say "It's been quite a journey..."

it's not a "journey", it's a fucking talent show.

[MikeyEB]

Originally Posted by french_disko

I'm going to smash the TV in the next time I hear someone say "It's been quite a journey..."

it's not a "journey", it's a fucking talent show.

That's right up there with "It's my last chance, if I don't make it this year it's over". There's always next year, and the year after as the show will be running until the end of time. Simon constantly calling anyone who is not singing a ballad a "black horse" is getting a bit tedious as well.

[Diesel]

Originally Posted by french_disko

I'm going to smash the TV in the next time I hear someone say "It's been quite a journey..."

it's not a "journey", it's a fucking talent show.

That's the point I was trying to make - it's a talent show - it's supposed to be light entertainment.

Years ago, these types of shows presented an opportunity for newcomers and seasoned club acts to get a leg up and occassionally a few made it (e.g. Les Dawson, Jim Fucking Davidson).

Now it's all so bloody serious and the contestants just seem to be an endless procession of dimwitted narcissists in states of distress - their "dreams shattered".

Like most folks on here, I like to switch on the box after a days work and be informed, educated or entertained - and there's none of those values to be found in prolonged close up shots of "gelled-fringed nancy boys" or hatchet-faced boots" crying their minces out.

Cheap, sloppy, unimaginitive programming.

And I meant no offence with my earlier use of the word "poof" - I used in the playground context - as in "awa ya big poof".