People who think they're more interesting than TV!

Some of the rubbish Kate watches on channel 5... you'd have to be brain dead to be less interesting than that. Though I seem to watch just as much rubbish now too. What was that joke about Channel 5 from last night, Kate?

I thought a boob tube was something completely different, but anyway, I learned from an early age not to talk when the news was on, because, if I did my mother would bellow "LISTEN!" so I jolly well did. I don't generally get judgemental about people's TV viewing whilst they are watching the programme...it's more fun to save this until later ;-) There are some shows where it's pretty well obligatory to make comments, though, Top of the Pops being a prime example.

Oh! Oh! It was hysterical! It was a repeat of that jokey news programme and Charles Kennedy (it was a repeat, clearly) and Germaine Greer were on. The US election race was still in the thick of it, and one of the questions, the answer was "Bush and Gore" to which someone quipped "Ah, just your average night on Channel 5, then..."

It really depends on what you're watching, tho. I mean, if you're watching something like Time Team or Chasing The Dragon, then you really need every molecule of your attention to follow the plot! You know, even Dan called once during Time Team and I was so mad at him... OK, for about 5 seconds. But then he told me he was on a train going through Rugby at that moment, and I was so impressed I forgave him.

TV was made to shout at. Why are programs like Big Brother so popular, because you can shout at stupid people. There is no poihing the news unless you are going to use it as a springboard for informative debate about the Palestinian conflict. Or more probably how old is Yasser Arafat now, and how many of them headscarves does he have.

If you don't let me talk over it, I won't watch it.

I'm guilty in two ways. First, I shout at the TV, have conversations with them, give opinions on them, blow raspberries at them and I presume this must be very irritating for anyone wanting to watch in peace. Second, something I've either inherited or learned from my father, if I am absorbed in something, I just don't hear a person speaking to me. I can also be having a conversation with somebody and without realising what I'm doing, I'll let my eyes drift back to the box, then my ears tune in and I completely ignore everything else. I'm amazed Nick hasn't lost all patience with me by now.

I think this is about men's inability to multi task. I am perfectly capable of watching TV and holding a conversation at the same time (not necessarily about what is on TV, but often it is).

What does annoy me is people asking me during soaps what happened in the previous episode. Look it up on the interweb, for Christ's sake! Just cos I am Soap Girl.

Hold up, did Kate really say Time Team up there. I am assuming this is a joke. Remember any sponsorship of Tony Robinson based TV programs is anti-ethical.

Time Team is the most brilliant programme ever made.

"Arrrrrr... this is clearrrrly dirrrrt!"

It might be questionable archeology. It might be questionable television. But it is BRILLIANT entertainment. I have most of the books as well. Paul got them for me for my birthday.

And on a completely unrelated note, I just googled my real name discovered that I am apparently Baroness of Chester. Rock *AND* Roll!

You haven't lived until you've heard Kate do that 'dirt' impression for real, eh Richard?

I am clearly far more interesting than TV... ;-)

I clearly am not. :(

I must be partly deaf or something, because when I'm watching a movie on TV, I have to crank up the volume really high or I can't make out a damn thing anyone's saying, especially if it's in English, and even with the volume turned up, I need tremendous concentrating to follow what's happening, and I have this unfortunate tendancy to leap at the throat of anyone who dares utter a sound during while this is happening, which can be a problem when I start doing it at other people's homes.

I talk all the time. We were watching clockwork on tv last night wwith 4 or 5 dreinds and 3 of us were conversing and 2 of us were scowling at the conversers.

Madchen, I have exactly the same faults wrt to television. I too am surprised that my long suffering flatmates haven't killed me yet.

Hmmm. Kate's 'dirrrrrt' impressions sounds like Revd Dr Ian Paisley, who, as far as I know is not a member of the dreaded Time Team.

Actually, I think they dug him up in Series Two... :)

For ages I thought you were actually deaf, Lucy, and couldn't hear what I was saying when watching the TV because you usually relied on lip reading. I tested out my hypothesis by shouting racist and big tit remarks. You blithely carried on watching QVC's diamonte hour without a ficker of recognition.

I am actually trying to imagine myself sounding like Ian Paisley... hmmm, it might not be to far off...

We will have NONE of this devilish POP!ery, no foolish dancing or bearing the breasts of teenagers, we must be PURE, we must ward ourselves against the EVILS of POP!ery by standing stock still listening to the prostheletising goodness of DRONEROCK, very still, with our dirty fringes hanging meekly and humbly in our faces...

But I just don't think it'd work.

Really AM off to the gig tonight now. My god, am hideously late, may miss soundcheck, so will be my fault if we sound like a dog's dinner.

nothing is more interesting than boobs in toobs, or tubas, or boobas - koo koo ca choo - who said that first the beatles or simon and garf? - tele rules.

Being an MST3K fanatic inevitably changes your relationship with TV, I've found. You make fun of *everything*. And that's all for the good, I think.

During the election I shouted "CUNT" at a Tory on Question Time, though I can't remember which one it was. Francis Maude, was it? I think Polly Toynbee was on the same programme, and maybe Charles Kennedy as well, if that's any help.

Robin, behave yourself, tsk tsk tsk.

ned is right. mst3k has validated my television mockery forever and i thank god for it every day. dangerous side effect: i'll watch ANYTHING now.