Comments on: TV rant http://nathanmnelson.com/2008/10/19/tv-rant/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tv-rant ...work in progress Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:25:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Nathan http://nathanmnelson.com/2008/10/19/tv-rant/#comment-19599 Nathan Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:46:16 +0000 http://www.spikydog.com/blog/2008/10/19/tv-rant/#comment-19599 Yeah, on the Paul Merton thing I've given it another try and it still seems to come across as a poor man's Michael Palin... there's no innovation there, I still can't enjoy it. Stephen Fry in America I have watched more of and it is still too bloody quick. Yeah, on the Paul Merton thing I’ve given it another try and it still seems to come across as a poor man’s Michael Palin… there’s no innovation there, I still can’t enjoy it. Stephen Fry in America I have watched more of and it is still too bloody quick.

]]> By: Iain http://nathanmnelson.com/2008/10/19/tv-rant/#comment-19598 Iain Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:37:01 +0000 http://www.spikydog.com/blog/2008/10/19/tv-rant/#comment-19598 I didn't see the Paul Merton thing because he annoys me more than I could say. If ever I was on Room 101 my temptation would be to put him Room 101 as my first item. The Stephen Fry thing looked good at first but like you say it's all too quick - he's really belting through the states (and not even picking up on what I would have thought would be some of the interesting stuff to say in the places he does stop). I wonder if the detail has been left for the book? I cringe whenever he puts on an 'American' accent in front of Americans too, is he paying them back for Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins? Fry is still the definitive screen Jeeves though, in the same way that Jeremy Brett is hard to beat as Holmes. Not that that's got anything to do with anything. I like stories... I didn’t see the Paul Merton thing because he annoys me more than I could say. If ever I was on Room 101 my temptation would be to put him Room 101 as my first item.

The Stephen Fry thing looked good at first but like you say it’s all too quick – he’s really belting through the states (and not even picking up on what I would have thought would be some of the interesting stuff to say in the places he does stop). I wonder if the detail has been left for the book?

I cringe whenever he puts on an ‘American’ accent in front of Americans too, is he paying them back for Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins? Fry is still the definitive screen Jeeves though, in the same way that Jeremy Brett is hard to beat as Holmes. Not that that’s got anything to do with anything.

I like stories…

]]> By: Margaret http://nathanmnelson.com/2008/10/19/tv-rant/#comment-19589 Margaret Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:21:11 +0000 http://www.spikydog.com/blog/2008/10/19/tv-rant/#comment-19589 With Stephen Fry, I wondered if his meter was running? With Stephen Fry, I wondered if his meter was running?

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