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Jagger

11-07-2008, 11:28 AM

Where's The Remote are pleased to select, in the World category for now, the Ricky Gervais/Stephen Merchant masterpiece;

The Office

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7e/Theoffice.jpg/250px-Theoffice.jpg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Theoffice.jpg)

WIKI:

The Office is a BAFTA Award (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Academy_Television_Awards), Golden Globe Award (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award) winning and Emmy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmy)-nominated British (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom) television (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_program) comedy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedy) that first aired in the UK on BBC Two (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Two) on 9 July 2001.
Created, written, and directed by Ricky Gervais (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Gervais) and Stephen Merchant (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Merchant), the programme is about the day-to-day lives of office employees in the Slough (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slough), Berkshire (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkshire) branch of the fictitious Wernham Hogg Paper Company. Although fictional and scripted, the programme takes the form of a documentary (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Documentary_film) (a fictional documentary, i.e. a mockumentary (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mockumentary)), with the presence of the camera often acknowledged.
Two six-episode series were made, along with a pair of 45-minute Christmas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas) specials. When it was first shown on BBC 2 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_2) it was nearly axed due to low ratings, but has since become one of the most successful British comedy exports of all time. As well as being shown internationally on BBC Worldwide (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Worldwide) channels such as BBC Prime (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Prime), BBC America (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_America) and BBC Canada (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Canada), the series has been sold to broadcasters in over 80 countries, including ABC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Broadcasting_Corporation) in Australia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia), TVNZ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TVNZ) in New Zealand (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand) and the pan-Asian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia) satellite channel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_television) STAR World (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STAR_World), based in Hong Kong (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong).

The dance:

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Gareth in training:

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Superchicken:

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Wind Up (NSFW):

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Keith:

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Keith & Dawn (NSFW):

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Dawn job review:

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Freelove:

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Dion

11-07-2008, 11:38 AM

Dion, you SOB!

I hate reality TV so much that there are only a few shows, even of the perpetual type, that I like and this is no doubt the freaking king.

Deadliest Catch is fascinating. Well done.

These reality categories are going to be really tough for me.

Thanks! It tops the list of shows i watch. Was surprised to get it as my second pick.

Prototype

11-07-2008, 11:42 AM

Let me be clear that I was in no way criticizing your pick. It's a solid show and I can understand it getting picked early.

Let me be clear. I didn't take it as you criticizing. I think we were trying to do the same thing.

And yes, if I were anyone at that table, I would have left within minutes... except the stoned out Runkles.

Displaced Flames fan

11-07-2008, 11:50 AM

With my 3rd round pick in the TV draft, my still nameless team selects in the category of GAMESHOW, Jeopardy!

Everyone likes a good gameshow now and then, and we've seen a bit of a resurgence of them (in a much grander fashion mind you) in the last decade or so. Jeopardy, IMO, has no equals. Created by Merv Griffin, it had a run of 11 years from 1964-1975 with Art Fleming as host and the great Don Pardo as announcer. It's 9 year absence set the stage for a wildly popular reinvention with Alex Trebek as host that has run for 24 years with no end in sight. The show is ordered through 2012.

A perfect game play formula creates great flow and the questions are actually challenging (overall). Jeopardy! made Ken Jennings a household name when he won 74 times in a row. Who doesn't like to follow along and see if they could've done better than the on-air contestants? How many times has that exact scenario been played out in a movie?

Ken Jennings sets single game record

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Dion

11-07-2008, 11:58 AM

I think i'm going to go postal on DFF! Guess he's getting some revenge on me :D

This is one category that i don't watch a lot game shows and was going to take this one as my third pick. Get my weak categories filled first before others get them. Now i'm hooped. Thing is most game shows are pure crap and this one ranks as the best of all time IMO.

Well done DFF! ;)

Displaced Flames fan

11-07-2008, 12:01 PM

Eastern Girl

11-07-2008, 12:03 PM

Crud. Not a good day for me and drafts, The (British) Office was one I was hoping to pick up. I love Ricky Gervais.

11-07-2008, 12:14 PM

Damn you Jagger! It was a toss up for me between South Park and The Office (UK). Glad I at least got one of them. Just a brilliant, endlessly re-watchable series. Quit hogging all the best British stuff!

Dion

11-07-2008, 12:52 PM

Hmmm I keep meaning to watch that, as I always hear how good it is... but Sci Fi and me...

Star Wars is about as Sci Fi as I get. I may give it a shot this winter, though.

I prefer the original Battlestar Galiactica as opposed to the latest version. Space used to show the re runs of the original.

getbak

11-07-2008, 01:22 PM

That's kind of why I took Survivor. There are only a few I've ever watched and The Amazing Race was already gone. There are lots of shows I liked more, but in categories where I would be happy with 5 or 6 different options. So I may miss out on some shows (and yes, SCTV was on my very short list. I doubt it would have made it back to you. Especially with troutman's sig to continually remind people of it) but at least I picked a show I used to watch.
This is exactly why I picked the Amazing Race in the first round. There were a lot of shows that I wanted to take, many of which have subsequently been chosen, but I want to make sure I'm picking only shows that I actually watch (or have watched), and there aren't many reality shows beyond TAR that I've ever watched, and even fewer that I actually enjoyed.

I'd rather get my 22nd favourite sitcom (which will still probably be a pretty good show) than be stuck with some "reality" show that would make me want to poke my eyes out if I ever watched it.

getbak

11-07-2008, 01:24 PM

Oh yeah, and a general comment to everyone who has recently made a pick...

DAMN YOU! THAT WAS ON MY LIST!

Coach

11-07-2008, 03:59 PM

Bumpskies!

FanIn80

11-07-2008, 04:05 PM

No kidding, I've got my picks lined up!

Coach

11-07-2008, 07:05 PM

Bump part 2! is it AK time yet? for effs sake

Superflyer

11-07-2008, 07:21 PM

With my 3rd round pick in the TV draft, my still nameless team selects in the category of GAMESHOW, Jeopardy!

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Displaced Flames fan

11-07-2008, 07:23 PM

You missed the best scenes from jeopardy
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I did a brief search for the one with Norm MacDonald's Burt Reynolds but couldn't find it quick enough. Classic!

GirlySports

11-07-2008, 07:59 PM

Bump part 2! is it AK time yet? for effs sake

Heh! It hasn't been that long yet.
The off-topic board is just busy :)

Flamesguy_SJ

11-07-2008, 08:19 PM

"Save the cheerleader, save the world."

http://www.sliceofscifi.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/heroes_title_card.jpg

With our 3rd pick in the CP Television Show Draft, The Channel Surfers select Heroes in the Sci-fi/Fantasy category.

Heroes is an American (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States) science fiction (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction) television drama series (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dramatic_programming) created by Tim Kring (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Kring), which premiered on NBC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC) on September 25, 2006.[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroes_%28tv_series%29#cite_note-companycredits-0) The plot tells the stories of disparate and ordinary individuals from around the world who inexplicably develop superhuman abilities (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superpower_%28ability%29), and their roles in preventing catastrophes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disaster) and saving humanity. The series emulates the aesthetic style and storytelling of American comic books (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_comic_book), using short, multi-episode story arcs that build upon a larger, more encompassing arc.

Now in its third season, NBC's Heroes is starting to pick up steam and gain back a lot of the fans it lost during its sub-par 2nd season. The first season was a really impressive debut, and I'm really hoping it can hopefully get back to that level this year.

sadora

11-07-2008, 08:48 PM

Great pick with Heroes.

Team Vandelay Industries is happy to select in the Cartoon category...

FUTURAMA

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Dion

11-07-2008, 08:52 PM

A couple of great picks!

Checks list....:boom:

Coach

11-07-2008, 09:06 PM

Great name team name Sadora, but i dont think theres an r in Vandelay

FanIn80

11-07-2008, 09:17 PM

Haha, Vandelay Industries. Brilliant!

sadora

11-07-2008, 10:55 PM

Great name team name Sadora, but i dont think theres an r in Vandelay

Thanks, and you're right. For some reason I remember George saying 'derlay rather than delay.

Superflyer

11-08-2008, 11:17 AM

Bump!
14 hours since last pick

Dion

11-08-2008, 01:01 PM

Maritime Q-Scout

11-08-2008, 02:51 PM

I expected to be tying people up as I've seen away from my computer since 2am last night. Now it's 5:50 and I'm still 2 picks away from my next selection

Bobblehead

11-08-2008, 02:57 PM

Well since it has been 16+ hours, missteeks is AKed and liamenator is up!

MissTeeks

11-08-2008, 03:59 PM

Sorry, I was out of town last night. In the Comedy (Sitcom) category, Team Legen...wait for it...dary, selects Roseanne.

I love watching this show on reruns, I always forget how funny it was. The last season was not very good but that's what usually happened when a show goes on too long. John Goodman is my favorite part of this show, and him and Roseanne had great chemistry together. Lots of people find Roseanne to be an annoying loudmouth, but I think this show was good in spite of it. Their Halloween episodes were always the best.

IMDB page:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094540/

liamenator

11-08-2008, 04:47 PM

With our next pick, we do not want to wait any longer to ensure our namesake winds up on Team Emerald City... Thus, we are proud to select, the first ever one-hour HBO show, one that paved the way for The Sopranos... A series that launched the careers of an unbelievable number of future television stars - everyone was on this show at one point or another. Not only a critical examination of the American system of crime and punishment, this series proved to be an abstract, theoretical examination of the very nature of these concepts. What exactly is a criminal, and who deserves to judge one as such?.... Oz!

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As noted, virtually every Oz alum went on to starring (or at least character roles) is future network shows.. To name a few: Harold Perrineau, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (Lost), Christopher Meloni (Law&Order:SVU), JK Simmons (Law&Order, The Closer), Dean Winters (Rescue Me)

Oz may have even been more influential than The Sopranos, when thinking about the fact that there had never been anything even close to it on TV before.

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Dion

11-08-2008, 04:50 PM

^
Damn it Liamnater!!! I thought i could sneek that one in a later round. Figured not many watched it. Great pick anyway!

Eastern Girl

11-08-2008, 04:59 PM

I didn't think Roseanne would get picked. I loved that show! I wanted to marry Dan.

Maritime Q-Scout

11-08-2008, 05:41 PM

With our third selection in the 2008 Calgary Puck Television Draft, we here at the Patterson Corporation are please to select for our lineup on our new channel MQS-TV, a reality show that brought our favorite songs back to us, being sung by hopeful superstars. Starting in 2001 and still being aired today, staring judges cheerleader turned choreographer turned recording artist Paula Abdul, record producer Randy Jackson, music industry executive Simon Cowell, and in its eighth season adding multi-Grammy award nominee Kara DioGuardi, having contestants go on to receive 21 Grammy nominations with 5 wins, and 27 American Music Award nominations with 12 wins. Due to the nature of the category, and what our executives believe to be one of the more difficult categories to draft, filling our Reality (Elimination)* slot, we here at MQS-TV humbly select from Twenty-First Century Fox, American Idol.

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*line-up slot subject to change.

Dion

11-08-2008, 06:50 PM

Eastern Girl

11-08-2008, 08:27 PM

Dion

11-08-2008, 09:15 PM

^^I hated that guy, David Cook. Ugh. I saw one of his performances on the show where it just seemed so calculated, everything he did it was like you could see his thought process, "Well, this rockstar does this, so will I. This rockstar does that, so will I." He stood with his hand pointed in the air at one point, he wrote 'Give Back' on his hand and put it into the camera. All ridiculous and contrived.

Found it:
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I agreed with Simon, pompous.

Ok, so who is up? Let's keep this going strong.

I could go postal on Jason Castro for basicly quitting on the competition with his sad sack efforts on his last songs. His lame excuses that it was too tough to learn more than one song was lame and Cowell roasted him for that.

Eastern Girl

11-08-2008, 09:24 PM

Dion

11-08-2008, 09:28 PM

I didn't watch it enough to even know which guy that was, to be honest. I used to watch the show, but I just find Paula, Randy and Simon to be ridiculously irritating and predictable. I find the contestants are increasingly picked because of looks or personality, instead of voice talents. I only watched snippets of it this past season, the above clip I posted was one of the performances I saw of David Cook and it was awful.

This is Jason...

http://thesportsoup.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/castro.jpg

Paula, yes, she is useless with her comments. They add little or nothing in constructive advice or critcism.

Eastern Girl

11-08-2008, 09:43 PM

This is Jason...

Paula, yes, she is useless with her comments. They add little or nothing in constructive advice or critcism.

Ah, that guy.

It's not just Paula with useless comments though, hers are definitely nonsensical, but Randy and even Simon hand out the same crud over and over. Simon likens someone to a cruise ship singer, and Randy talks about the dog pound and how he was or wasn't feeling it. It's just tired, but I will admit to watching every once in awhile.

Dion

11-08-2008, 10:05 PM

Ah, that guy.

It's not just Paula with useless comments though, hers are definitely nonsensical, but Randy and even Simon hand out the same crud over and over. Simon likens someone to a cruise ship singer, and Randy talks about the dog pound and how he was or wasn't feeling it. It's just tired, but I will admit to watching every once in awhile.

Ohhhh i agree that the "dog pound" or the "yo dog" coments from Randy get tiresome. Simon on the other hand can be an a-hole with some of his comments - hurtful and demeaning. That said i do think they do a good job of selecting talent with one acception however. Carly Smithson already had a recording contract at one time in her life. Too me it's a tad unfair to the other contestants. While i liked her voice i'm glad she didn't win as that would have made a mockery of the whole show.

It's the Canadian version i take acception too. The talent is garbage and claerly there had to have been better than what they picked.

FanIn80

11-08-2008, 10:37 PM

With our 4th pick, The Upper Trash is proud to select... in the Reality (Elimination) category...

Hell's Kitchen!

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11-08-2008, 10:42 PM

Wow, didn't expect to log on and see this just as my pick was up! I'll have it up right away...

11-08-2008, 11:00 PM

The Mustard Inspectors select with their 3rd round pick, in the World category:

Monty Python's Flying Circus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Python%27s_Flying_Circus)

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y28/djroach/montypythonflyingcircus1.jpg

Somewhat surprised it's lasted this long, I have no choice but to fill what I find to be a rather thin category (or at least one I'm not as familiar with) with the greatest sketch comedy show of all time. I'm not going to, as there have been a couple threads on the Pythons before here on CPuck, but I could put up dozens of Youtube videos of stuff from this show, and it was funny then, funny now, and will be funny forever. Only 45 episodes were made, but that was more than enough to make this troupe famous the world over, and successfully transitioned them into feature films. From Time Magazine:

If not for the efforts of five Britons (and one American animator), paid for by the BBC and imported by PBS, nerds the world over would still have to impress each other by quoting the periodic table of the elements. Python made erudition cool by tearing out the final stones in the Hadrian's wall between high and low culture, showing that Sartre references and "botty" jokes could live together in hilarious sin. The show's droll, Dadaist sketches—I won't try to list them, but your brother or nephew in college will be glad to—hold up so well decades later because they focus on the timeless: philosophy, the class system and, of course, the eternal issue of transvestitism in the lumber industry.It's an honor to add Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Eric Idle, John Cleese, Graham Chapman, and Terry Gilliam's Monty Python's Flying Circus to The Mustard Inspectors!

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y28/djroach/monty-python.jpg

Dion

11-08-2008, 11:04 PM

^
Here's a favourite episode of mine Ro :D

The Cheese Shop sketch, Monty Python

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Bobblehead

11-08-2008, 11:17 PM

Jagger

11-08-2008, 11:48 PM

Coach

11-09-2008, 12:27 AM

Nooooooo! Hell's Kitchen I for sure expected to drop another round or two! There goes my reality pick. The only reality show I watch

Displaced Flames fan

11-09-2008, 02:55 AM

Darnit, you got me back. That was my next pick, Ro.

Hand's off my British stuff!!!!!

Nice pick, of course....

Actually, a steal in the third round IMO.

FanIn80

11-09-2008, 07:34 AM

Maritime Q-Scout

11-09-2008, 09:27 AM

Nooooooo! Hell's Kitchen I for sure expected to drop another round or two! There goes my reality pick. The only reality show I watch

I know what you mean. I HATE reality shows... Hell's Kitchen is the only one I find even remotely tolerable. No way was I going to risk someone ninjaing it on me! :D

I don't watch many, in fact any anymore. Which is why once Survivor got picked (I had that pencilled in for the reality elimination slot) I had to go with American Idol (the only other reality show I really watched) then bump it to take it in the third round.

Dion

11-09-2008, 03:36 PM

Bump to first page

Flash

11-09-2008, 04:54 PM

Is it almost my turn? Seeing as the last pick was made at midnight...Still no idea what I'm going to pick, but I don't want to go ahead until someone else gives me the green light.

Dion

11-09-2008, 04:56 PM

Is it almost my turn? Seeing as the last pick was made at midnight...Still no idea what I'm going to pick, but I don't want to go ahead until someone else gives me the green light.

Barnes has 5 minutes before AKing :D

May as well pick.

Flash

11-09-2008, 05:24 PM

With our third round selection, Team Sequoia is happy to select, in the Reality (ongoing) category, Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6f/Nightmares.jpg

Not to be confused with the American version (simply titled, Kitchen Nightmares - which is of the same design, however the UK version is MUCH better IMO), this UK reality series features Chef Gordon Ramsay who helps a failing restaurant turn their business around to become more successful.

From Youtube: (NFW)

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I think one of the great things about this version versus the US version is that it's uncensored, so you get the full effect of every single word Ramsay says. I find that he's a little harder on people in this version as well, and people are more likely to talk back, which results in many heated arguments.

Coach

11-09-2008, 05:33 PM

ARGHHHH my other reality!!! First Hell's Kitchen now this?!......is it obvious that I like Gordon Ramsey?

Flash

11-09-2008, 05:36 PM

ARGHHHH my other reality!!! First Hell's Kitchen now this?!......is it obvious that I like Gordon Ramsey?

LOL...Sorry Matty, I'm a huge Ramsay fan as well...he's got a few other reality shows still available though...

Dion

11-09-2008, 06:14 PM

ARGHHHH my other reality!!! First Hell's Kitchen now this?!......is it obvious that I like Gordon Ramsey?

I can't stand his foul mouth. Effing this effing that - what a jerk!

Coach

11-09-2008, 06:16 PM

I can't stand his foul mouth. Effing this effing that - what a jerk!
Ya but its hilarious how he treats people like dirt. with regards to the clip...a guy owns a restaurant and has never cooked a casserole? like cmon

Dion

11-09-2008, 06:23 PM

Ya but its hilarious how he treats people like dirt. with regards to the clip...a guy owns a restaurant and has never cooked a casserole? like cmon

I don't agree with his mannerisms and how he treats people. Maybe it's an act for the show - i don't know.

Jagger

11-09-2008, 07:45 PM

Maybe it's an act for the show - i don't know.

It's an act, most certainly, Dion. Swearing is his M.O. It's how he got where he is, in the UK. Well that and the fact that he is quite good as a chef and businessman too! My wife can't stand him either.

Dion

11-09-2008, 07:52 PM

It's an act, most certainly, Dion. Swearing is his M.O. It's how he got where he is, in the UK. Well that and the fact that he is quite good as a chef and businessman too! My wife can't stand him either.

Ahhhhhh okay! That puts things in proper perspective.

Yeah, he does come across as a good chef and business guy. The nights i can tolerate his profanitites he makes good business sense with his ideas.

sadora

11-09-2008, 07:54 PM

ARGHHHH my other reality!!! First Hell's Kitchen now this?!......is it obvious that I like Gordon Ramsey?

MattyC, you a Chef yourself? It's just that I haven't really heard of anyone outside the industry liking Ramsay all that much. I've worked with some Chefs that follow a similar, old school mentality (those damn French) to running a kitchen. I think the only reason why I've stuck around and improved as a Chef myself is because of guys like this that make you feel accountable for everything you do.

FanIn80

11-09-2008, 07:59 PM

MattyC, you a Chef yourself? It's just that I haven't really heard of anyone outside the industry liking Ramsay all that much. I've worked with some Chefs that follow a similar, old school mentality (those damn French) to running a kitchen. I think the only reason why I've stuck around and improved as a Chef myself is because of guys like this that make you feel accountable for everything you do.

Yep, it's definitely an industry thing. Most of the people who've never been inside a professional kitchen don't know how to take the guy. Myself, I have a lot of respect for him and everything he's accomplished. He's a -very- good chef... in fact it's kind of stupid saying that. I mean it's like saying Van Gough was a very good painter...

Anyway. The swearing is most definitely not an act. It's not easy working for him, (as I've read, at least) but those who are able to take it would never dream of working for anyone else. He really is that good.

Edit: Here's a bit of a snippet:

Awards

Ramsay is one of only three chefs in the UK to maintain three Michelin Guide stars for his restaurant (the others being Heston Blumenthal and Alain Roux). He was appointed OBE in the 2006 honours list "for services to the hospitality industry".

In July 2006 Ramsay won the Catey award for "Independent Restaurateur of the Year", becoming only the third person to have won three Catey awards, the biggest awards of the UK hospitality industry. Ramsay's two previous Catey awards were in 1995 (Newcomer of the Year) & 2000 (Chef of the Year). The other two triple-winners are Michel Roux and Andrew and Jacquie Pern.

In September 2006, he was named as the most influential person in the UK hospitality industry in the annual Caterersearch 100 list, published by Caterer and Hotelkeeper magazine. He overtook Jamie Oliver, who had been top of the list in 2005.

Also in 2006, Ramsay was nominated as a candidate for Rector at the University of St Andrews, but was beaten at the polls by Simon Pepper. Despite a publicity campaign, Ramsay never visited St Andrews and did not appear in press interviews.

Ramsay's flagship restaurant, Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, has been voted London's top restaurant in food bible Harden's for the past eight years, but has controversially relinquished the spot in 2008 to Petrus, a restaurant run by his former protege Marcus Wareing.

Gordon Ramsay Holdings

All of Ramsay's business interests (restaurants, media, consultancy) are held in the company Gordon Ramsay Holdings Limited. Run in partnership with his father-in-law Chris Hutcheson, Ramsay owns a 69% stake valued at £67m. The UK restaurants continue to expand rapidly under Marcus Wareing as Chef Patron.

Whereas previous ventures acted as a combined consultant/brand, in November 2006 Ramsay announced plans to create three restaurants in the United States in partnership with private equity group Blackstone Group, who are refurbishing each of the chosen hotels into five star locations at a cost of £100M per hotel. At an investment of £3m per restaurant for the 10-year lease, all the restaurants will offer the chef’s trademark modern European cuisine, and opened in 2006/2007 at:

* Gordon Ramsay at the London Hotel in Manhattan, New York - October 2006
* Gordon Ramsay at the Cielo in Boca Raton, Florida
* Gordon Ramsay at the London Hotel in West Hollywood, California

In late 2006 Gordon Ramsay Holdings purchased three London pubs; The Narrow in Limehouse, which opened in March 2007, the Devonshire in Chiswick, which opened in October of that year and The Warrington in Maida Vale, which opened in February 2008.

Ramsay acts as a consultant to numerous catering organizations, and was recruited by Singapore Airlines as one of its "International Culinary Panel" consultants.

In May 2008 it was confirmed that Ramsay's protege of 15 years, Marcus Wareing was going solo having opened and operated Pétrus at The Berkeley Hotel on behalf of Gordon Ramsay Holdings since 2003. With the name Pétrus owned by Gordon Ramsay Holdings, industry sources suggested it was likely to transfer to another restaurant in the group with the former La Noisette site identified as the most likely.

...and, if anyone feels like taking a gander at his restaurants: http://www.gordonramsay.com

Dion

11-09-2008, 08:09 PM

Yep, it's definitely an industry thing. Most of the people who've never been inside a professional kitchen don't know how to take the guy. Myself, I have a lot of respect for him and everything he's accomplished. He's a -very- good chef... in fact it's kind of stupid saying that. I mean it's like saying Van Gough was a very good painter...

Anyway. The swearing is most definitely not an act. It's not easy working for him, (as I've read, at least) but those who are able to take it would never dream of working for anyone else. He really is that good.

Edit: Here's a bit of a snippet:

...and, if anyone feels like taking a gander at his restaurants: http://www.gordonramsay.com

Wow! That's quite the resume :eek:

Jagger

11-09-2008, 08:20 PM

Anyway. The swearing is most definitely not an act. It's not easy working for him, (as I've read, at least) but those who are able to take it would never dream of working for anyone else. He really is that good.

I simply don't buy that his swearing is not somewhat of an act. I accept that swearing in the UK is the norm, after all I lived there for my first 22 years of life! However, the amount he swears and when he swears is not normal. It's definitely a little bit for show. Hey, it works for the guy. Like I've said before his business acumen is incredible. I enjoy his shows but I can certainly understand those that don't.

sadora

11-09-2008, 08:21 PM

Yep, it's definitely an industry thing. Most of the people who've never been inside a professional kitchen don't know how to take the guy. Myself, I have a lot of respect for him and everything he's accomplished. He's a -very- good chef... in fact it's kind of stupid saying that. I mean it's like saying Van Gough was a very good painter...

Anyway. The swearing is most definitely not an act. It's not easy working for him, (as I've read, at least) but those who are able to take it would never dream of working for anyone else. He really is that good.

He's definitely one of the most accomplished Chefs out there right now. To me he's right up there with Chef Anthony Bourdain, who I had the pleasure to meet when I was in New York. It's too bad that the original idea of Hell's Kitchen never went through, which would have seen both Bourdain and Ramsay running their own brigades.

arsenal

11-09-2008, 08:34 PM

i am not in the food industry, and love Chef Ramsay. Prefer his UK Kitchen Nightmares.
He has a great attitude. He doesn't take from anyone, and will tell you if you screw up. The swearing isn't an act. His is far to successful to not be taken seriously.

Barnes

11-09-2008, 09:27 PM

Sorry. Rough week of work. I avoided computers this weekend.

The Cleveland Indian Head Test Patterns are proud to select for their third round pick in the World Category, Top Gear

If you've never seen the show, you MUST watch the clips.

http://www.cararticles.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/top-gear.jpg

Jeremy Clarkson, who helped the original series reach its peak in the 1990s, along with producer Andy Wilman, successfully pitched a new format for Top Gear to the BBC, reversing a previous decision to cancel the show in 2001. The new series was first broadcast in 2002. Top Gear's studio is located at Dunsfold Park, a privately-owned aerodrome and business park in Waverley, Surrey. Top Gear uses a temporary racing circuit which was designed for the show by Lotus and is laid out on parts of Dunsfold's runways and taxiways. A large hangar is used for studio recording with a standing audience who apply to the BBC for free tickets, albeit with an estimated 21-year waiting list.

The new series format incorporates a number of major changes from the old show. The running time was extended to one hour and two new presenters were introduced: Richard Hammond and Jason Dawe, with James May replacing Dawe after the first series. The Stig, an anonymous masked racing driver, was introduced as the test driver. New segments were also added, including "Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car", "The Cool Wall", "Car News", "Power Laps", and one-off features such as races, competitions and the frequent destruction of caravans.

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Dion

11-09-2008, 09:35 PM

^

You might want to insert new youtubes, Barnes. All 3 say no longer available. Dunno maybe it's just on my end

Great pic btw!

Flash

11-09-2008, 09:57 PM

Not available for me either...although that's how most of the videos on Youtube are for me lately.

Barnes

11-09-2008, 10:09 PM

Damn that was fast. I checked all three before linking them.

habernac

11-09-2008, 10:09 PM

for comedy open, I'll take Family Ties

http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/MMPH/247732~Family-Ties-Posters.jpg

Bobblehead

11-09-2008, 10:28 PM

In the category "World", Watching Through the Static chooses Red Dwarf (http://www.reddwarf.co.uk/news/index.cfm)

http://www.reddwarf.co.uk/downloads/wallpapers/images/800x600Logo.jpg

Spaceships 3 million years in the future, a crewman who spent that time in suspended animation, his pregnant cat who has in the intevening years evolved, a holographic representation of the bunkmate, and a ship with a unique sense of humour, and an insecure robot all come together in this gem.

Personally, I prefer the early episodes. And if you don;t like it, feel free to SMEG OFF.
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It’s cold outside, there’s no kind of atmosphere,
I’m all along, more or less.
Let me fly, far away from here,
Fun, fun, fun, in the sun, sun, sun.

I want to lie, shipwrecked and comatose,
Drinking fresh mango juice.
Goldfish shoals, nibbling at my toes,
Fun, fun, fun, in the sun, sun, sun,
Fun, fun, fun, in the sun, sun, sun.
-ZFLKXINNns

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Dwarf

getbak

11-09-2008, 10:31 PM

Wow, Tina Yothers had a giant head.

Back in the day, she was my favourite tv girl who was my age (although IMDB says she's 5 years older than me, but that doesn't make sense unless she was a horribly underdeveloped 14 year-old when the show started).

Unfortunately, she's aged as well as I have (check out her IMDB photos: http://www.imdb.com/media/rm612800256/nm0001869).

Jagger

11-09-2008, 10:40 PM

In the category "World", Watching Through the Static chooses Red Dwarf (http://www.reddwarf.co.uk/news/index.cfm)

Carp! I almost took RD as my Sci-Fi pick in Round 2. I had my page written up and everything then decided to go with Star Trek at the last second. Awesome pick Bobblehead.

Dion

11-09-2008, 10:44 PM

Carp! I almost took RD as my Sci-Fi pick in Round 2. I had my page written up and everything then decided to go with Star Trek at the last second. Awesome pick Bobblehead.

That's one show i've never heard of.:whaa:

11-10-2008, 12:00 AM

for comedy open, I'll take Family Ties

Might have check with Girly as far as eligibility there- when I drew up the list of genres, my intention for Comedy (Sitcom) was obviously that it HAD to be a sitcom, and that Comedy (Open) could be ANY comedy.

But I remember Girly stating that Comedy (Open) could NOT be a sitcom. Don't know if we need to get overly technical or picky, but I guess we probably should get a ruling so we can maintain the standard going forward. I figured there were plenty of sitcoms, and if you wanted to pick one for each of the comedy categories, go for it. Leaves more of the wacky/variety type comedies for the rest of us. But I don't really think it matters much either way.

Good pick though, had that in my top ten for the sitcom category. Was a favorite of mine as a little guy.

Coach

11-10-2008, 12:52 AM

With a the new name of team Pow! Right in the Kisser! we select in the Sci-fi/ Fantasy category, one of my childhood favorites. Well, actually my absolute childhood favorite. Dragon Ball Z

http://dragonballz-episodes.otavo.tv/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/dragon-ball-z.jpg

Gohan rocks my socks

Coach

11-10-2008, 09:48 AM

bump

GirlySports

11-10-2008, 11:42 AM

Might have check with Girly as far as eligibility there- when I drew up the list of genres, my intention for Comedy (Sitcom) was obviously that it HAD to be a sitcom, and that Comedy (Open) could be ANY comedy.

But I remember Girly stating that Comedy (Open) could NOT be a sitcom. Don't know if we need to get overly technical or picky, but I guess we probably should get a ruling so we can maintain the standard going forward. I figured there were plenty of sitcoms, and if you wanted to pick one for each of the comedy categories, go for it. Leaves more of the wacky/variety type comedies for the rest of us. But I don't really think it matters much either way.

Good pick though, had that in my top ten for the sitcom category. Was a favorite of mine as a little guy.

Comedy (Open) cannot be a sitcom.

Maritime Q-Scout

11-10-2008, 01:58 PM

just a heads up, I'm heading out tonight and won't be back until tomorrow night

I don't think that it'll swing back to me by that time, and the 15 hour grace should cover me if it does.

But thought I'd let the CP brothern known

Barnes

11-10-2008, 03:12 PM

Why is my name still in brackets? I got my ass kicked but I made my pick.

GirlySports

11-10-2008, 03:16 PM

Cause some strange commish is blind :->

FanIn80

11-10-2008, 03:25 PM

Slacker imo.

GirlySports

11-10-2008, 03:43 PM

I agree. Should be fried.

habernac

11-10-2008, 03:58 PM

Comedy (Open) cannot be a sitcom.

throw it in my wildcard

Dion

11-10-2008, 04:36 PM

JerzeeGirl

11-10-2008, 04:40 PM

With our 3rd round pick, Team TV Guide is proud to select Project Runway, in the Reality Series (Elimination) category.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v710/Tavie/project_runway.jpg

A truely enjoyable guilty pleasure, we watch each week to see what near-to-impossible tasks the designers are given and what hideous or occasionnally devine fashion is created. All the while we wait to hear the judges deliberate and then see Heidi announce in her cool German voice who is "out".

Clips!

Season 5 Trailer:
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Season 2 Final Collections:
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Barnes

11-10-2008, 05:25 PM

throw it in my wildcard

That's what she said.

Eastern Girl

11-10-2008, 10:56 PM

Damn Jerzee, that was going to be my pick! I love that show!

My pick is going to be quick, I am terribly sick right now, so Team Idiot box is proud to stop vomitting long enough to select in the category of reality elimination So you think you can Dance, the american one which is actually pretty decent, not the Canadian one with the irritating Leah Miller.

WindomURL

11-10-2008, 11:33 PM

With apologies in advance to DFF, The Don Lapre Appreciation Society selects in the category of Drama,
Twin Peaks (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098936/)

Absolutely my favorite TV series of all time across all genres. Other than a couple of miniseries in the 1970s (which I will not name yet), David Lynch & Mark Frost's Twin Peaks created arguably the greatest storm of buzz, publicity and press coverage in television history.

I'll write more tomorrow when I'm not so tired. But here is where I explain where my CP name comes from:

Windom Earle (character) (IMDB) (http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0009702/)
Earle is a psychopathic ex FBI agent who went insane after a violent tragedy in
Pittsburgh, involving Agent Cooper. In the 1970's he was assigned to the government
top secret research procedure called Project Blue Book. He discovered something of
significant importance, so much so that he attempted to withhold information from his
superiors. He is an egotistical, mad genius of a criminal whose insane, dangerous
puzzles baffle and frighten the residents of Twin Peaks.

Windom and Bob
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Red Room zigzag
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Women of TP
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Audrey's Dance (Sherilyn Fenn)
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Tibet
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Cooper's Dream
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David Duchovny discusses Twin Peaks - Part 2:
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Displaced Flames fan

11-11-2008, 07:14 AM

Great pick of course Windom.

Crazy thing is, I have seen very little of the series. Netflix is going to fix that. Well done!

Can you imagine this series on cable now? Or Showtime or HBO even with no limitations?

Superflyer

11-11-2008, 08:02 AM

In the 3rd round the Infomercial Kings are proud to select in the Mini-Series category, Planet Earth

Planet Earth is an Emmy Award (http:///wiki/Emmy_Award) and Peabody Award (http:///wiki/Peabody_Award)-winning BBC (http:///wiki/BBC)nature documentary (http:///wiki/Nature_documentary) series narrated by David Attenborough (http:///wiki/David_Attenborough) and produced byAlastair Fothergill (http:///wiki/Alastair_Fothergill). It was first broadcast in the UK (http:///wiki/United_Kingdom) from 5 March (http:///wiki/March_5)2006 (http:///wiki/2006). The American (http:///wiki/United_States) version is narrated by Sigourney Weaver (http:///wiki/Sigourney_Weaver).
The series was co-produced with Discovery Channel (http:///wiki/Discovery_Channel) and the NHK (http:///wiki/NHK) in association with the CBC (http:///wiki/Canadian_Broadcasting_Corporation), and was described by its makers as "the definitive look at the diversity of our planet". It was also the first of its kind to be filmed entirely in high-definition (http:///wiki/High-definition_television) The series was nominated for the Pioneer Audience Award for Best Programme at the 2007 BAFTA TV awards

http://www.tvfactual.co.uk/images/planet_earth.jpg

Penguins
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Deserts
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Jungle
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Great White
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getbak

11-11-2008, 09:16 AM

"There's lots to see. There's nothin' to block your view."

For my third round pick, Frozen TV Dinner selects in the Canadian category, Corner Gas.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/38/Cornergas_logo.png

I'll add more later, but here's the opening scene of the series, which sums things up pretty well...

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Flash

11-11-2008, 11:08 AM

In the 3rd round the Infomercial Kings are proud to select in the Mini-Series category, Planet Earth

NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!! That was my miniseries pick!!! Damn damn damn!! I KNEW I should have taken it instead of Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares. :whaa:

HalifaxDrunk

11-11-2008, 12:14 PM

Why am is skipped in the title of the thread?

Protto, Dion, Jagger

Shouldn't it be me before Jagger?

Bobblehead

11-11-2008, 12:23 PM

Why am is skipped in the title of the thread?

Protto, Dion, Jagger

Shouldn't it be me before Jagger?

GirlySports was afraid you take another Sci-Fi series

Dion

11-11-2008, 12:38 PM

Awesome pick Superflyer!

Had that slotted as my miniseries pick :(

GirlySports

11-11-2008, 01:36 PM

Why am is skipped in the title of the thread?

Protto, Dion, Jagger

Shouldn't it be me before Jagger?

Cause some strange commish is blind :->

JerzeeGirl

11-11-2008, 01:39 PM

MissTeeks

11-11-2008, 01:42 PM

Well, now I'm mad because those were going to be either of my picks!

PS wow did I hate Kenley on Project Runway this season.

JerzeeGirl

11-11-2008, 01:44 PM

Kenley was awful - I can't believe that she lasted longer than Suede with that hideous "rap" outfit.....I mean Suede was no great shaked but her pants were beyond hideous!

Eastern Girl

11-11-2008, 02:33 PM

Well, now I'm mad because those were going to be either of my picks!

PS wow did I hate Kenley on Project Runway this season.

I liked her style, I really like that 50s aesthetic, but her attitude and her laugh were horrible. I also thought it was funny though that she criticized another designer for being a one trick pony when she really only did 50s style dresses.

And yeah, her hip hop look was quite hilarious. Lots of hip hop artists wear high waisted jeans and skin tight leather jackets.

WindomURL

11-11-2008, 04:12 PM

Quick! Someone make a pick about a hunting or fishing show!

JerzeeGirl

11-11-2008, 05:03 PM

Uh oh - the boys are scared of the fashion talk....LOL!

Dion

11-11-2008, 05:04 PM

Uh oh - the boys are scared of the fashion talk....LOL!

Heh more picks for you:D

Prototype

11-11-2008, 08:07 PM

Damn you getback... I thought that would be a solid pick right now...

You picked it way too high... :(

Gotta grab, in the Game Show category...

http://rentoid.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/price-is-right.jpg
http://media.canada.com/a373a9c0-95d4-4a46-a780-e930d6c76147/070523-bob%20barker.jpg

I think it speaks for itself.

getbak

11-11-2008, 08:16 PM

Damn you getback... I thought that would be a solid pick right now...

You picked it way too high... :(
Yeah, with Kids in the Hall, Hockey Night in Canada, Trailer Park Boys, and SCTV already gone I didn't want to get stuck with the CFCN Evening News as my Canadian pick.

Dion

11-11-2008, 08:23 PM

With apologies to Jagger :D

3rd pick in the TV Draft http://i34.tinypic.com/291p30n.jpg proudly select from the World Category.....the BBC cult classic production........

"DOCTOR WHO"

The Doctor (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001172/): Do you wanna come with me? 'Cause if you do then I should warn you, you're gonna see all sorts of things. Ghosts from the past; Aliens from the future; the day the Earth died in a ball of flame; It won't be quiet, it won't be safe, and it won't be calm. But I'll tell you what it will be: the trip of a lifetime.

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Rose Tyler, a young shop assistant in a London department store, lives a humdrum and profoundly average life - until the night the shop dummies where she works wake up and try to kill her. Her life is saved by a strange man who only calls himself The Doctor, and intrigued by him, she finds herself thrown headlong into a hectic battle to stop an alien presence from invading Earth and annihilating the human race. She comes to learn that her new friend is even stranger than she thought - in fact, the Doctor's an alien adventurer called a 'Time Lord', seemingly the last of his race, who travels through time and space in his TARDIS battling evil where he finds it. And if she travels with him, she'll find herself witnessing the heat-death of the Earth five billion years in the future, meeting Charles Dickens in the past, and encountering lifeforms and invaders stranger than she'd ever thought possible. Only one thing is certain - it'll be the ride of a lifetime...

Doctor Who Theme Music - 40th. anniversary theme

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Doctor Who: The Story So Far

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Doctor Who: Monster Files - The Daleks

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The Best of Davros!!!!

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Jagger

11-11-2008, 09:18 PM

With apologies to Jagger :D

3rd pick in the TV Draft http://i34.tinypic.com/291p30n.jpg proudly select from the World Category.....the BBC cult classic production........

"DOCTOR WHO"

Hehe. Yeah, this one was on my list as a possible wildcard.

I remember being 6 years old or so and hiding behind the couch from the flippin darleks. They scared the beejeebus out of me, still do in fact!

Nice pick, Dion, darn you.....

Flash

11-11-2008, 09:19 PM

Yeah, with Kids in the Hall, Hockey Night in Canada, Trailer Park Boys, and SCTV already gone I didn't want to get stuck with the CFCN Evening News as my Canadian pick.

Shhhh! That was totally my pick and now everyone else is gonna want it! :eek:

Prototype

11-11-2008, 09:29 PM

Question: When it comes to the Doctor Who pick, is Dion taking the remake, or the franchise?

Flash

11-11-2008, 09:41 PM

I could ask a similar question...with Star Trek already taken, does that make all the spin-offs ineligible, or are they still available to be picked?

Jagger

11-11-2008, 09:49 PM

I could ask a similar question...with Star Trek already taken, does that make all the spin-offs ineligible, or are they still available to be picked?

In the case of Star Trek I would say that the spin offs are just that, spin offs so they are still available. Doctor Who is more tricky. It's the same character, just with an updated show. I would say that that one is taken and is ineligible.

Girly?

Dion

11-11-2008, 10:07 PM

Hehe. Yeah, this one was on my list as a possible wildcard.

I remember being 6 years old or so and hiding behind the couch from the flippin darleks. They scared the beejeebus out of me, still do in fact!

Nice pick, Dion, darn you.....

Figured i'd better get my World pick in before you snagged them all ;)

Dion

11-11-2008, 10:08 PM

Question: When it comes to the Doctor Who pick, is Dion taking the remake, or the franchise?

I didn't realise there was more than the original in B/W and the one now.

getbak

11-11-2008, 10:09 PM

According to IMDB, Doctor Who is two series, 1963-1989 and 2005-Present.

Girly said that IMDB would be the deciding factor, so I'd say we have to go with that when possible.

The Star Trek series are each separate entities as well.

HalifaxDrunk

11-11-2008, 10:26 PM

With our next pick team Jumped the Shark is happy to select in the Education/Information category (not sure if we even WATCH other shows):

Mythbusters
http://tv-mafia.com/series_images/Mythbusters.jpg

MythBusters is a popular science television program produced by Australian firm Beyond Television Productions originally for the Discovery Channel in the United States. The series has since been picked up by a number of international broadcasters, including SBS in Australia, and BBC2 in the UK. The series stars American special effects experts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, who use basic elements of the scientific method to test the validity of various rumors, urban legends, myths and news stories in popular culture.

Filming for MythBusters is based in San Francisco, California, though some elements of production are done in Artarmon, Australia. Planning and some experimentation usually takes place at the cast's workshops; experiments that require more space or special accommodations are filmed on location, typically around the Bay Area. During the second season, several members of Savage and Hyneman's team ("The Build Team") were split off into a second team of MythBusters, and now typically test separate myths from the main duo.

Do Pretty Girls Fart?
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MONA LISA in 80 milliseconds!
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Jagger

11-11-2008, 10:27 PM

According to IMDB, Doctor Who is two series, 1963-1989 and 2005-Present.

Girly said that IMDB would be the deciding factor, so I'd say we have to go with that when possible.

True enough. Being that it's exactly the same character was the problem I had with it. Whatever the ruling I wouldn't feel right picking the Doctor now so, for me at least, this one is gone.

Dion

11-11-2008, 10:30 PM

True enough. Being that it's exactly the same character was the problem I had with it. Whatever the ruling I wouldn't feel right picking the Doctor now so, for me at least, this one is gone.

I was chosing the 05 version.

Guess i'm not sure what the problem was or is :confused:

Dion

11-11-2008, 10:31 PM

Your choice was gonna be in my info category HD! :(

JerzeeGirl

11-11-2008, 10:38 PM

Just saw one of their latest shows HD where the 2 guys have to be "MacGyver" and solve 3 tasks using Macgyver-like materials......classic & hilarious.....I don't watch Mythbusters often (I'd generally rather catch Project Runway re-runs ;)) but this was a great episode & a solid pick!

HalifaxDrunk

11-11-2008, 10:42 PM

JerzeeGirl

11-11-2008, 10:46 PM

That was last week's, this week was Ninja Episode #2.

:ph34r: OOOOOOO......NINJAS! :ph34r:

LOL!!! :D

GirlySports

11-11-2008, 10:47 PM

I would say you can still take the Star Trek spin-offs but no longer take Doctor Who.

Dion

11-11-2008, 10:52 PM

GS's post clears up any confusion i had on my side.

Jagger

11-11-2008, 11:16 PM

Team Where's the Remote are thrilled to be able to select, representing our drama pick, in the 4th round an absolute gem of a TV show,

Northern Exposure

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c9/Northern_Exposure-Intertitle.jpg/250px-Northern_Exposure-Intertitle.jpg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Northern_Exposure-Intertitle.jpg)

I love this show. My wife and I only watch it at our cabin so it just seems fitting to watch there. It also reminds me of one of my favourite movies, "Local Hero", from which the producers most certainly got a little inspiration. The quirky characters and beautiful setting are pitch perfect. This show ran for six seasons and is worth a try for anybody who wants to watch something a little different from the norm. Check out the comments at imdb to see how much people love this show.

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098878/

WIKI:

Northern Exposure is a dramedy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dramedy) series (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_series). It was created by Brand (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Brand)-Falsey (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Falsey) Productions, which was recognized with a rare pair of consecutive Peabody Awards (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peabody_Award) in 1991–92 for the show's "depict in a comedic and often poetic way, [of] the cultural clash between a transplanted New York doctor and the townspeople of fictional Cicely, Alaska (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska)"[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Exposure#cite_note-peab-0) and its stories of how "people of diverse backgrounds and experiences strive to accept their differences and co-exist."[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Exposure#cite_note-peab-0) Most of [I]Northern Exposure's story arcs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Story_arc) are character-driven, with the plots revolving around the intricacies and eccentricities of the citizens. Critic John Leonard (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Leonard_%28American_critic%29) called Northern Exposure "the best of the best television in the past 10 years."[2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Exposure#cite_note-aspirin-1)
The show started as an eight-episode summer replacement series on CBS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBS) in 1990.[2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Exposure#cite_note-aspirin-1)[3] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Exposure#cite_note-2) It returned for seven more episodes in spring 1991, then became a regular part of the network's schedule in 1991-92 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991-92_United_States_network_television_schedule), 1992-93 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992-93_United_States_network_television_schedule), and 1993-94 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993-94_United_States_network_television_schedule), three seasons in which the show was among the top 20 in the ratings.[4] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Exposure#cite_note-envelope-3) Its last season, 1994-95 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994-95_United_States_network_television_schedule), included a gap during May sweeps (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nielsen_Ratings#.22Sweeps.22) when CBS broadcast other programming. A total of 110 episodes were produced.

YOUTUBE:

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Displaced Flames fan

11-11-2008, 11:47 PM

With my 4th round pick in the TV draft, I am very proud to select in the category of DRAMA, a show that was killed long before it should've been.....Chris Carter's MILLENNIUM.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115270/

http://www.thecinemasource.com/moviesdb/images/MillenniumSeason2DVDContest-300.jpg

What a fantastic show. Creepy, edgy, dark with excellent character development and intense story lines, this was Chris Carter's child during the X-Files years! If he had waited until X-Files was over with to get this thing going it might have survived...then again, maybe that wait would've caused this show to lose a key actor or writer. In any case, 3 seasons was not enough.

This series was movie like in it's filming. Exceptioanl cinematography for a TV show and great scores by Mark Snow that I wish would be released on CD.

Millenium is the story of Frank Black (Lance Henriksen), a former FBI profiler who moves to Seattle and begins consulting work for The Millennium Group. At first, the group is viewed as a sort of citizens against crime thing but as the series moves on we learn more and more about the group and it's motivations. Terry O'Quinn (pure awesomeness) stars as Peter Watts, the Millennium member who recruits Frank's services. It's ony 3 seasons, so I won't ruin the story with anymore plot talk since most people can watch the whole series on a long weekend!

Great creepy lead in that peaks curiosity IMO. Very well done.

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Darwin's Eye Opening Season 3 E 17. A good example of the fantastic start to each episode.

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Dion

11-11-2008, 11:48 PM

A classic from the past :cool:

Loved that show Jagger!

WindomURL

11-11-2008, 11:55 PM

Oh man, I'm very jealous of the last three picks. Good job, you guys.

Flamesguy_SJ

11-12-2008, 12:40 AM

"This is Dr. Frasier Crane...I'm listening."

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8a/Frasier_Logo.JPG

With our 4th round selection, The Channel Surfers choose Frasier in the Comedy (Sit com) category.

Frasier is an American sitcom (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Situation_comedy) broadcast on NBC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Broadcasting_Company) for eleven seasons, from September 16, 1993 to May 13, 2004. The program was created and produced by David Angell (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Angell), Peter Casey, and David Lee (as Grub Street Productions) in association with Paramount Television (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Television). It is aired in the UK by Paramount Comedy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Comedy) and Channel 4 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_4).

A spin-off (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spin-off) from Cheers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheers), Frasier stars Kelsey Grammer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelsey_Grammer) as Seattle, Washington (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle,_Washington) psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frasier_Crane). David Hyde Pierce (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hyde_Pierce), John Mahoney (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Mahoney), Jane Leeves (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Leeves), Peri Gilpin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peri_Gilpin) and Moose (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moose_%28dog_actor%29) (a Jack Russell Terrier (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Russell_Terrier)) rounded out the regular cast.

Frasier won a record 37 Emmy Awards (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmy_Awards) during its run, and a poll taken by the British Channel 4 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_4) of the sitcom industry voted Frasier the best sitcom of all time.[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frasier#cite_note-0) It is one of the most successful spin-off series in television history, and one of the most critically acclaimed comedies in the history of television.[2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frasier#cite_note-1)
Numerous running jokes and themes develop throughout the series. Chief among them are the class and familial conflicts among Frasier, Niles and Martin. The two sons, who possess fine tastes, intellectual interests and rather high opinions of themselves, frequently clash with their more blue-collar, down-to-earth father. A running theme, particularly in the early seasons, is Frasier's and Martin's difficulty in reaching an accommodation with each other and in sharing an apartment. Despite being similar in personality, interests and sensibilities, the relationship between Frasier and Niles is no less turbulent. They have an intense sibling rivalry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sibling_rivalry) and their jealousy of each other and petty attempts at one-upmanship (which frequently result in chaos) drive many of the plots.

Other storylines include Niles' growing love for Daphne (of which she remains unaware in the early seasons, despite its increasingly obvious nature) and the breakdown of his marriage to the never-seen Maris (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maris_Crane) (a take-off from its parent series, Cheers, in which Norm's (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norm_Peterson) wife Vera (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vera_Peterson) was often talked about--and even heard--but never seen), Frasier's search for love in his own life, and the various attempts of the two brothers to gain acceptance into Seattle's cultural elite.

Structurally, many episodes center around misunderstandings or elaborate lies which multiple characters are forced to "play along" in order to conceal the truth. Frasier also featured many "once-a-year" plot devices, such as an appearance by Frederick, Lilith, or Bebe. Season finales sometimes took the form of a "two part" special that was concluded as the season premiere the following season.Frasier (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001288/): So, how do the calls look today?
Roz (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004963/): Well, we've got a couple of jilted lovers, a man who's afraid of his car, a manic depressive, and three people who feel their lives are going nowhere.
Frasier (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001288/): Oh, I love a Monday.

Jagger

11-12-2008, 01:34 AM

"This is Dr. Frasier Crane...I'm listening."

With our 4th round selection, The Channel Surfers choose Frasier in the Comedy (Sit com) category.

Good choice. I've always enjoyed Frasier.

FanIn80

11-12-2008, 09:06 AM

/bump

On deck:

71. Sadora
72. MissTeeks
73. liamenator

Superflyer

11-12-2008, 09:12 AM

Looking over the last few picks I am glad that there is such a large choice because most of them are on my list.
Mainly Mythbusters, (love that show, especially Keri as shown on my hottie draft team ;)) and Frasier

Superflyer

11-12-2008, 11:49 AM

Frick in bumping the movie draft I sent this one to the 2nd page so......

BUMP!

sadora

11-12-2008, 01:26 PM

Team Vandelay Industries is happy to select in the World Category....

SPACED

http://www.seanax.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/spaced.jpg

Spaced chronicles the agony and ecstasy of two disillusioned Gen X-ers adrift in a world where reality is as subjective as their taste in shoes. Defeated by the horrors of apartment hunting, Tim (Simon Pegg, Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz), a love-sick skateboarder, and Daisy (Jessica Hynes [nee Stevenson], Shaun of the Dead, Son of Rambow), a wannabe journalist, pose as a professional couple to score themselves a cheap place to live. However, with their landlady's large capacity for cigarettes and alcohol and the increase in sexual tension, Tim and Daisy's new place is far from ordinary.

some scenes may be NSFW

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lw10H3X3J40

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBB9An0ZT3I

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVKznF1-YZw

Sorry for the lack of clips but the embedding has been disabled by request.

Flamesguy_SJ

11-12-2008, 02:51 PM

Nice pick sadora...none of the videos are working for me, though. My favorite scene:

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sadora

11-12-2008, 02:56 PM

Nice pick sadora...none of the videos are working for me, though. My favorite scene:

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bloody classic. I like he comic con video...

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MissTeeks

11-12-2008, 04:32 PM

I'm just on my way home from work, but I will have my pick up as soon as I get home.

Displaced Flames fan

11-12-2008, 05:07 PM

I have Spaced here at home from Netflix. Will be watching it very soon!

MissTeeks

11-12-2008, 07:53 PM

With the next pick in the TV Draft, Team Legen...wait for it...dary selects in the Canada category, a Canadian institution, Degrassi High!

Now IMDB classifies the entire series under the Degrassi Junior High title, for some reason they've combined both series into one but I went with the high school years. I'm sure most people who grew up in Canada saw at least one episode of this show at some point. It always discussed important issues that faced teens, but wasn't preachy and wasn't as cheesey as the American 90210. It won seveal Gemini awards over its run and even won an International Emmy in Children's Programming. I was too young to relate to it when it was first on, but I used to watch the reruns on CBC. During my first year of University, my entire floor would watch the reruns in our common room at least once a week before heading to the DC for dinner.

IMDB:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090417/

Clips:

The classic theme song!

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The Zit Remedy music video

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A naked dare for Joey Jeremiah

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Dion

11-12-2008, 08:00 PM

^
Ahhhhhh a classic from the past! Good choice MissTeeks!

liamenator

11-12-2008, 10:22 PM

Team Emerald City, proud to select in Reality (elim)... CBS' masterpiece of manipulation theatre, the most awesome social experiment on television... Big Brother!

http://bigbrotheraccess.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/bb10logo.gif

Not much to more to say about this one. You all know it, you (should) all love it... Strategy! Tactics! Manipulation! Backstabbing! Drama! Ego-maniacal behaviour! These are a few of my favourite things... Cravings for all of which Big Brother satisfies. In spades.

WindomURL

11-12-2008, 10:39 PM

I generally abhor Reality television, but this is one that I did appreciate for a few seasons.
You are spot on in describing it as a social experiment. Good pick!

Eastern Girl

11-12-2008, 10:41 PM

I've watched a couple minutes total of the show and I just don't get it. Not my thing. My friends seem to really like it though.

Flash

11-13-2008, 12:30 AM

With the next pick in the TV Draft, Team Legen...wait for it...dary selects in the Canada category, a Canadian institution, Degrassi High!

Now IMDB classifies the entire series under the Degrassi Junior High title, for some reason they've combined both series into one but I went with the high school years. I'm sure most people who grew up in Canada saw at least one episode of this show at some point. It always discussed important issues that faced teens, but wasn't preachy and wasn't as cheesey as the American 90210. It won seveal Gemini awards over its run and even won an International Emmy in Children's Programming. I was too young to relate to it when it was first on, but I used to watch the reruns on CBC. During my first year of University, my entire floor would watch the reruns in our common room at least once a week before heading to the DC for dinner.

Does that leave Degrassi Junior High and Degrassi: The Next Generation still available, Commish? Either way, good pick Miss Teeks...I was never a fan growing up, but was made to watch more than one episode in health class!

And liamenator...awesome pick as well, I love BB, even though it drives me nuts half the time, definitely a guilty pleasure!

GirlySports

11-13-2008, 12:57 AM

Does that leave Degrassi Junior High and Degrassi: The Next Generation still available, Commish? Either way, good pick Miss Teeks...I was never a fan growing up, but was made to watch more than one episode in health class!

I would say no. Degrassi Junior High is the same show.
And Degrassi: The Nest Generation is pretty much the same show.

Maritime Q-Scout

11-13-2008, 07:59 AM

With our fourth selection in the 2008 Calgary Puck Television Draft, we here at the Patterson Corporation are please to select for our lineup on our new channel MQS-TV, a comedy that showed the world that there is more to humour that simply through speech. It started in 1990 and ran merely 14 episodes, and having only one main character in Rowan Atkinson. It was the winner of the prestigious Golden Rose of Montreux Award, presented for the most entertaining television show produced world wide. Filling our World (outside of Canada and the US)* slot, we here at MQS-TV humbly select from the United Kingdom’s Independent Television (ITV), Mr. Bean.

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/4579/mrbeanrf2.jpg

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*line-up slot subject to change.

FanIn80

11-13-2008, 09:04 AM

With our fourth selection, The Upper Trash are proud to select... in the category of Comedy (Situational)...

One of the greatest shows most people never watched...

Sports Night!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/25/Sports_Night_title_card.jpg

Overview

The fictional Sports Night is a sports news program in the style of ESPN's SportsCenter. It broadcasts from the fictional Continental Sports Channel (CSC), a subsidiary of Continental Corp, owned and run by Luther Sachs. (Some believe Continental Corp is loosely based on Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, which owns Fox Sports Net.)

Sports Night struggled to find an audience and ABC cancelled it after two seasons. Although it had the opportunity to move to several different networks, including HBO, Showtime and USA, Sorkin decided to let the show pass so that he could focus on his popular drama The West Wing.

Although the first season of Sports Night is a sitcom, it often is portrayed as more of a comedy-drama representative of some of Sorkin's later work on The West Wing. Sorkin intended for the series' humor to be drier and more realistic than typical sitcoms. He initially wanted the show to be recorded without a laugh track, but ABC network executives insisted on including one. The volume of the laugh track faded as Season One continued and was abandoned at the beginning of Season Two.

The dialogue is often delivered at a rapid-fire pace and intentionally exposes many aspects of communication that go beyond the words that are spoken. The show also frequently employed a technique known as "Walk and Talk," where the characters are walking from one location to the next while in conversation. This is another characteristic of Aaron Sorkin shows as "walk and talks" are used quite frequently in The West Wing and Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. A number of similar themes, elements and actors carried over from Sports Night to The West Wing (and later Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip).

The show's main focus is the relationships between the characters. These include an off-again on-again flirtation and romance between Dana and Casey, the oil-and-water passion between neurotic Natalie and nerdy Jeremy, and Dan's ongoing problems with relationships in general. The character of Isaac Jaffe hovers over his staff as a benevolent but uncompromising father figure.

The show is mostly set in the studio and station offices. However, in the second season Anthony's, a local sports bar and restaurant, was introduced as another location for scenes in order to get the characters out of the work environment a little bit.

Guillaume suffered a stroke midway through the first season, and this event was worked into his character and the season's story arc.

Sorkin wrote life experiences into his scripts.

* Both season finales ended with metaphors for the fate of the show, and the way ABC failed to promote it properly. In the 1st season, Jeremy is obsessed with a baseball game where one team is going down to defeat. He thinks they'll have a 9th inning rally, very similar to the unknown fate of the show. A major plot point of the second season involved the sale of CSC. The eventual purchaser of the network tells Dana "Anybody who can't make money off of Sports Night should get out of the money-making business." This is an obvious jab at ABC's failure to make the show a hit.
* Casey McCall is said to be modeled after Craig Kilborn, which is emphasized in the episode "Thespis" in the allusions to Casey having been offered "Conan's late night show." Dan and Casey's professional and personal relationship is said to be modeled after Dan Patrick and Keith Olbermann, who were the most well-known team on SportsCenter on ESPN.
* In the episode "Dear Louise", Natalie tells Casey there is an error on the teleprompter, and that they left out the 's' in the phrase 'bulging disk.' This actually happened on SportsCenter, and anchor Steve Levy said 'bulging dik' before correcting himself.
* In the Season 2 episode "The Giants win the Pennant, the Giants win the Pennant", mention is made of Isaac missing a crucial home run in a famous baseball game because he was in the bathroom. This is a reference to Christine Lahti, the actress wife of executive producer Thomas Schlamme, who famously was in the restroom when she won a Golden Globe Award in 1998 for her role on the TV show Chicago Hope.

Cast

* Josh Charles — Dan Rydell, Co-Anchor
* Peter Krause — Casey McCall, Co-Anchor
* Felicity Huffman — Dana Whitaker, Executive Producer
* Joshua Malina — Jeremy Goodwin, Associate Producer & Research Analyst
* Sabrina Lloyd — Natalie Hurley, Senior Associate Producer
* Robert Guillaume — Isaac Jaffee, Managing Editor

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liamenator

11-13-2008, 09:12 AM

Sports Night... GOOD pick.

czure32

11-13-2008, 09:16 AM

Mr. Bean.

Mr Bean is an awesome show

and I just had to post this image too because when ever talking about Mr. Bean on CP its hard not to picture Mark Giordano as well

http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/4682/picture3sb6.jpg

Bobblehead

11-13-2008, 09:16 AM

With our third selection, The Upper Trash are proud to select... in the category of Comedy (Situational)...

One of the greatest shows most people never watched...

Sports Night!

Great pick. I was keeping that as a darkhorse.

I have the full set of DVDs and highly recommend them.

This was Aaron Sorkin's show, and the snappy dialogue can be seen in his next series, The West Wing.

11-13-2008, 10:55 AM

The Mustard Inspectors select with their 4th round pick, in the Crime/Law category:

The Wire (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_wire)

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y28/djroach/wire.jpg

Full writeup will have to wait till tomorrow- happy I got this awesome show I just recently got into!
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_wire) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_wire)

Jagger

11-13-2008, 11:46 AM

With our third selection, The Upper Trash are proud to select... in the category of Comedy (Situational)...

One of the greatest shows most people never watched...

Sports Night!

Well that figures. I almost took Sports Night in the 2nd, 3rd, AND 4th round. I love this show. I guess I have to definitely go with my personal favourites from now on. So far I've only taken two out of four personal favs.

Nice pick!

Superflyer

11-13-2008, 12:08 PM

I wish they would bring back Sports Night it was great. To bad it only lasted one season.

Dion

11-13-2008, 12:10 PM

Well that figures. I almost took Sports Night in the 2nd, 3rd, AND 4th round. I love this show. I guess I have to definitely go with my personal favourites from now on. So far I've only taken two out of four personal favs.

Nice pick!

Was going to be my pick this round :(

Bobblehead

11-13-2008, 12:11 PM

I wish they would bring back Sports Night it was great. To bad it only lasted one season.

2 seasons, 45 episodes.

Barnes

11-13-2008, 12:15 PM

For the fourth round pick in the Crime/Law Category, The Cleveland Indian Head Test Patterns are proud to select Dexter.

Can't believe this show was still available.

http://blogs.pioneerlocal.com/entertainment/dexter_season_3.jpg

From IMDB: During the day, Dexter Morgan is a jovial employee in the Miami Metropolitan Police Department's crime lab, but his meticulously crafted life masks his true nature. In reality Dexter is a disciplined and murderous psychopath (a self-admitted "monster"), and he slakes his blood lust at night by carefully killing the serial killers he tracks down during the day. Based on the novels (Darkly Dreaming Dexter, Dearly Devoted Dexter and Dexter in the Dark) by Jeff Lindsay.

Dexter's Morning Routine.
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Prototype

11-13-2008, 12:20 PM

Barnes... it wasn't on my list... not a fan. But I share your surprise that no one else took it. Nice grab.

Barnes

11-13-2008, 12:36 PM

Does everyone but me have a list? I am picking right out of my ass when it's my turn.

Prototype

11-13-2008, 12:43 PM

When I say I have a list, I mean I wouldn't have pulled that one out of my ass. I seem to go pick by pick as well.

Barnes

11-13-2008, 12:47 PM

Phew...

I thought I was the Kevin Lowe of the TV draft.

JerzeeGirl

11-13-2008, 12:48 PM

No list for me either, just a bunch of "woulda/shoulda/coulda" following picks...;)

Bobblehead

11-13-2008, 12:52 PM

I have a few picks in mind. But I find most of them are gone by the time it gets back to my turn.

Dion

11-13-2008, 12:57 PM

I have a mental list of shows i like but for the most part i try to prepare a few picks ahead of time when a new round comes up, meanwhile hoping and praying nobody picks them ahead of me. So far one is gone.

HalifaxDrunk

11-13-2008, 01:09 PM

Same here, I have a few fav shows in mind and go with my gut when it's my pick.

So far all my picks are personal favs:
M*A*S*H (I have first 3 seasons on DVD)
Firefly (I have the 1 season on DVD)
Battlestar Galactica (Seasons 1, 2, 2.5 & 3) on DVD
Mythbusters (I don't have this on DVD...yet)

Eastern Girl

11-13-2008, 01:10 PM

Barnes... it wasn't on my list... not a fan. But I share your surprise that no one else took it. Nice grab.

Wasn't on my list either, I don't get all the hype surrounding the show, but I do share your surprise. Everyone I know seems to flip their lids over Dexter.

As for lists and such, I don't have one. I think I will probably just go by category and see what comes into my head first. I don't have time for a list at this point.

Flash

11-13-2008, 02:12 PM

Just making my pick quickly...With our fourth round selection, Team Sequoia is happy to select, in the Medical category, Grey's Anatomy.

http://www.hotmoviesale.com/dvds/83315/1/Greys-Anatomy-Season-4-Expanded.jpg

Sorry, no time for a write up right now.

Displaced Flames fan

11-13-2008, 04:56 PM

The Mustard Inspectors select with their 4th round pick, in the Crime/Law category:

The Wire (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_wire)

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y28/djroach/wire.jpg

Full writeup will have to wait till tomorrow- happy I got this awesome show I just recently got into!

L:ooking forward to getting into this one. A good friend of mine called it the best Television show ever in a conversation this weekend.

We'll see....

and Dexter? Brilliant.

Bobblehead

11-13-2008, 08:09 PM

2nd page bump

habernac

11-13-2008, 08:24 PM

in the Crime/Law category, happy to choose NYPD Blue

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4f/NYPD_Blue_season_2.jpg

Bobblehead

11-13-2008, 09:11 PM

In the Category Cartoon, Watching Through the Static chooses Family Guy (giggity, giggity)
http://www.familyguy.com/images/logo_familyGuy.gif

http://www.familyguy.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Guy
Family Guy was cancelled once in 2000 and again in 2002, but strong DVD sales and the large viewership of reruns on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim convinced Fox to resume the show in 2005. It is the first cancelled show to be resurrected based on DVD sales, and the only one to be resurrected twice on that basis.

This seems to be a show you either love or hate. I was one of the people who purchased the DVDs when the show was cancelled, so I guess I am one of the people who brought it back.

And incidentally, Seth MacFarlane recently signed a contract with Fox for $100 Million dollars, so I guess Family Guy is secure for many more years.

Eastern Girl

11-13-2008, 09:14 PM

^^ Yeah, I loved the show the first time I saw it. It got shuffled around a lot and I lost track of it and was really disappointed when it was cancelled. I was pretty surprised it was being brought back. Though, I think some of the newest episodes have been hit or miss entirely.

Dion

11-13-2008, 09:15 PM

Nooooooooooooooooooo!!!! Damn you Bobblehead!

Flash

11-13-2008, 09:19 PM

I almost took NYPD Blue this round and I almost took Family Guy last round...I'll cross those two off, I guess! Great picks you guys!

Dion

11-13-2008, 09:22 PM

^
My list is shrinking very rapidly :whaa:

Flash

11-13-2008, 09:30 PM

Mine too, Dion...starting to think I don't watch enough TV!

Dion

11-13-2008, 09:33 PM

Mine too, Dion...starting to think I don't watch enough TV!

I was refering to this rounds pick. I had a few made up already and 2 of them are gone :(

HalifaxDrunk

11-13-2008, 09:41 PM

Grrrr, I wanted Family guy with my next pick.

Bobblehead

11-13-2008, 10:00 PM

To be quite honest, I checked 2 or 3 times because I was surprised it was still available.

FanIn80

11-14-2008, 08:16 AM

There's a chance I may prove to be abnormal for saying this, but I've never understood the attraction to cartoons like Family Guy or The Simpsons. To me, "grown-up" cartoons are like zucchini cupcakes. Either you're a vegetable or a desert, but you shouldn't be both.

Oddly enough, though, bi chicks make perfect sense. :whistle:

Edit: Great pick though! Just because I find the concept confusing, doesn't mean I don't like it! :p

Coach

11-14-2008, 08:20 AM

In the Talk Show category team Pow! Right in the Kisser! picks Late Night with Conan O'brien

http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/3830/latenightum1.png

Oilerfans at Conan
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WindomURL

11-14-2008, 08:29 AM

hahaha! love the clip Matty. And great choice for the second Talk show chosen!

Coach

11-14-2008, 08:51 AM

hahaha! love the clip Matty. And great choice for the first Talk show chosen!
well someone took the daily show, but i guess theyre kinda different. Thanks though...that was actually one of the first youtube clips to come up

Flash

11-14-2008, 12:30 PM

Second page bump.

JerzeeGirl

11-14-2008, 01:34 PM

Team TV Guide is happy to call to the podium in the Comedy (Open) category, one of the funnier shows on TV these days - Chuck.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v710/Tavie/chuck.jpg

A fairly fun and fresh lead into Heroes on a Monday night - anyone who enjoys "geek chic" will probably enjoy this tale of a lovable nerd turned secret agent.

Clips!!!

1st 5 mins of 1st episode
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The Wounded Raccoon
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Bobblehead

11-14-2008, 01:36 PM

I like the show, but in Comedy (Open)?

Flamesguy_SJ

11-14-2008, 01:38 PM

Commish already ruled that sitcoms can't be put in the "Comedy (Open)" category...

JerzeeGirl

11-14-2008, 01:40 PM

I like the show, but in Comedy (Open)?

It's defined as action/comedy/drama on IMDB.com but it's not a sitcom.....I'm happy to move it as the commish decrees but it seemed to fit in Comedy (Open) as I understood the category.

Dion

11-14-2008, 01:45 PM

I like the show, but in Comedy (Open)?

Maybe there needs to be a detailed explanation as to what consitiutes as a comedy open so we can avoid future arguments like this.

Eastern Girl

11-14-2008, 02:02 PM

Team Idiot Box would like to select in the category of minseries, Jane Austin's Pride and Prejudice.

This is a 1995, six episode British serial, which starred Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy and Jennifer Ehle as Elizabeth Bennett. It was well received by critics and received several award nominations, a BAFTA win for Best Actress (Ehle), a Peabody award, a Television Critics Award and an Emmy for Costume Design.

I love Colin Firth, I love Pride and Prejudice. I like Jane Austin. I had literally no other options in the mini series category, so here we are...

Scene where we first see Mr. Darcy, Darcy basically being a giant tool:
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Scene where Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth dance and converse at the ball. They pleasantly discuss Elizabeths new friend, Mr. Wickom, Elizabeth tries to figure out Mr. Darcy:
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I am sure most of the guys are mad I took their selection, but what can you do?

Bobblehead

11-14-2008, 02:25 PM

It's defined as action/comedy/drama on IMDB.com but it's not a sitcom.....I'm happy to move it as the commish decrees but it seemed to fit in Comedy (Open) as I understood the category.

I'm not trying to pee in anyone's cornflakes. Chuck has funny parts, that's a lot of its charm, but so does House and I don't see it in this category either.

I just thought this category were shows who's purpose was to elicit laughter.

JerzeeGirl

11-14-2008, 02:26 PM

Team Idiot Box would like to select in the category of minseries, Jane Austin's Pride and Prejudice.

I am sure most of the guys are mad I took their selection, but what can you do?

Wow - thought for sure this would be off the board for longer than this....darn you EG!!!! ;)

And fwiw....Colin Firth??? Eminently *mrrrrowwww* worthy....:o

JerzeeGirl

11-14-2008, 02:28 PM

I'm not trying to pee in anyone's cornflakes. Chuck has funny parts, that's a lot of its charm, but so does House and I don't see it in this category either.

I just thought this category were shows who's purpose was to elicit laughter.

No worries I certainly don't think that's what you're doing - you just see the show differently than I do perhaps - to me, it's way more a comedy than anything else but like I said, I'll leave it to the powers that be to decide as I'm certainly not too concerned over where it ends up.

Eastern Girl

11-14-2008, 02:29 PM

Wow - thought for sure this would be off the board for longer than this....darn you EG!!!! ;)

And fwiw....Colin Firth??? Eminently *mrrrrowwww* worthy....:o

This is the only mini series I have ever watched that I enjoyed, so I had to snap it up. It's the only category where I had no other options.

But it's awesome!! Good story, good acting, Colin Firth.

It seems we are also on the same wavelength with regards to the menfolk. Colin Firth is definitely a lovely, lovely, delicious man.

MissTeeks

11-14-2008, 02:41 PM

Uh oh, here's more girly stuff, sorry guys.

I also love Colin Firth. His storyline in Love Actually is my favorite.

Dion

11-14-2008, 02:56 PM

OMG! EG took my favourite mini series.

Eastern Girl

11-14-2008, 03:15 PM

^^ I knew when I made the pick it would make me very unpopular, but it had to be done. Suck it up Dion!!

czure32

11-14-2008, 03:33 PM

I just had to post in here that I lol'd at the current thread title:
CP Television Show Draft! (Round 4) - MATTYC, JERZEEGIRL, EASTERNGIRL, ANYOTHERGIRL

GirlySports

11-14-2008, 03:59 PM

How about.

30 minute show = sitcom
1 hour who = open

Flash

11-14-2008, 04:01 PM

I just had to post in here that I lol'd at the current thread title:
CP Television Show Draft! (Round 4) - MATTYC, JERZEEGIRL, EASTERNGIRL, ANYOTHERGIRL

Made me chuckle too. :)

HalifaxDrunk

11-14-2008, 04:11 PM

1 hour who = open

Are you saying that for one hour you are open to anyone? I think this needs to be in the CP confessional thread (http://forum.calgarypuck.com/showthread.php?t=65564)...:eek:

getbak

11-14-2008, 04:19 PM

IMO, Chuck definitely fits in the Comedy category. It certainly isn't a drama.

I do think we need a definition of sitcom vs open comedy though.

Right now, Arrested Development is in open, but although it wasn't a standard 3 camera, shot on a soundstage in front of an audience "sitcom", it was still a sitcom. The same could be said for Entourage, or any of the shows on NBC's Thursday night lineup this season, for that matter.

In the most basic sense, a sitcom is any comedy featuring recurring characters in "everyday" situations. Of course, the situations most sitcom characters find themselves in aren't typical situations that you or I would find ourselves in, but that's where the comedy comes from.

Barnes

11-14-2008, 04:33 PM

Chuck fits comedy open.

Coach

11-14-2008, 04:39 PM

Id agrre that Chuck is fine in the comedy category

getbak

11-14-2008, 04:42 PM

How about.

30 minute show = sitcom
1 hour who = open
In that case, I think Arrested Development and Entourage need to move.

Coach

11-14-2008, 04:47 PM

In that case, I think Arrested Development and Entourage need to move.

I dont think either of those would qualify as a sitcom...how bout a sitcom is taped for a live audience?

getbak

11-14-2008, 04:56 PM

I dont think either of those would qualify as a sitcom...how bout a sitcom is taped for a live audience?
I'm fine with that ruling, but then a lot of solid sitcoms wouldn't qualify.

For example, none of NBC's current sitcoms are recorded in front of an audience.

Also, my last selection, Corner Gas, is definitely a sitcom, but it's not shot in front of an audience.

GirlySports

11-14-2008, 05:01 PM

How about just two comedy categories :)

Eastern Girl

11-14-2008, 05:02 PM

^^That's thinking smart. I like it.

11-14-2008, 05:03 PM

From Wiki- might help define "sitcom"--

As opposed to standup comedy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standup_comedy), or the telling of jokes, the situation comedy has a storyline plot and is more or less comedic drama. The essence of the current, modern situation comedy on television is that the characters remain in the same situation from episode to episode. The situation is usually that of a family, workplace, or a group of friends. The term was adopted to distinguish the sitcom from other comedy formats: sketch comedy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sketch_comedy), which generally featured new characters and situations each outing, or the humorous monologue or dialogue, which did not feature characters. Often these other formats were presented within a variety format mixed with musical performances, as in vaudeville (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaudeville). The emerging mass medium of radio allowed audiences to return to programs over and over, which allowed programs to return to the same characters and situations each episode and expect audiences to be familiar with them. Thus, while the humor in sitcoms varies, it is usually character-driven, which may result in running gags (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Running_gag) during the series.
Due to the need to retain the same situation over many episodes, in many sitcoms characters remained largely static. Events of individual episodes typically resolve themselves by the end, and are rarely mentioned in subsequent episodes. This episodic nature is mirrored in many dramas as well, but there are also many sitcoms that feature story arcs across many episodes, where the characters and situations slowly change over the course of their run.

JerzeeGirl

11-14-2008, 05:03 PM

^^That's thinking smart. I like it.

That's why she's the Commish! LOL :D

getbak

11-14-2008, 05:04 PM

How about just two comedy categories :)
That would be my preference, or else allow sitcoms in comedy open, but sitcom still has to be a sitcom.

Everything else gets caught up in too much minutiae.

Coach

11-14-2008, 05:04 PM

I'm fine with that ruling, but then a lot of solid sitcoms wouldn't qualify.

For example, none of NBC's current sitcoms are recorded in front of an audience.

Also, my last selection, Corner Gas, is definitely a sitcom, but it's not shot in front of an audience.
well i would usually qualify something like coner gas as just a comedy. Any thing with usually the same recurring sets (friends two apartments) and studio audince classifies as a sitcom for me. just my 2 cents

11-14-2008, 05:04 PM

How about just two comedy categories :)

Is that fair to people who snagged a tried and true/by the definition "sitcom" (think AITF) with one of their early picks?

Sounds fine to me also, just would hate to tick people off by changing the category def's this far in.

WindomURL

11-14-2008, 05:14 PM

I HATE the idea of changing rules in midstream. There was nothing wrong with the Comedy-Sitcom, and Comedy-Open categories before. The only argument is whether an individual comedy should be classed as a sitcom. And that is where IMDB or TVguide.com should be used as an arbiter.

Chuck is classified as Comedy-Drama on TVGO. Therefore it is a Comedy-Open. It is definitely not a sitcom.

My pick will be up shortly.
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JerzeeGirl

11-14-2008, 05:18 PM

Windom notanyothergURL

Gold, Windom.....gold!!!! :lol:

getbak

11-14-2008, 05:25 PM

Is that fair to people who snagged a tried and true/by the definition "sitcom" (think AITF) with one of their early picks?

Sounds fine to me also, just would hate to tick people off by changing the category def's this far in.
I think we're still early enough in the draft that any of the comedies that have been chosen would have been chosen.

I think the only pick it would affect is Family Ties in open comedy.

Dion

11-14-2008, 05:31 PM

Is that fair to people who snagged a tried and true/by the definition "sitcom" (think AITF) with one of their early picks?

Sounds fine to me also, just would hate to tick people off by changing the category def's this far in.

My comedy pick was made regadless of wether it was a sitcom or not.

getbak

11-14-2008, 05:33 PM

And that is where IMDB or TVguide.com should be used as an arbiter.
The problem is that IMDB doesn't have sitcom as a genre, only comedy. I can't see anything on TV Guide's site that has it either.

Jagger

11-14-2008, 05:49 PM

getbak

11-14-2008, 05:54 PM

WindomURL

11-14-2008, 06:07 PM

For our 3rd round pick, The Don Lapre Appreciation Society selects in the CRIME/LAW category, the current NBC crime drama,
Life (2007) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0874936/)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/07/Lifetitle.jpg
Life was his sentence. Life is what he got back.

Plot summary: A former police officer returns to the force after having been wrongly imprisoned for years.

-from Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_%28US_TV_series%29):
Life is an American (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States) television drama (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_program) created by Rand Ravich (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rand_Ravich), who also serves as executive producer alongside Far Shariat (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_Shariat), David Semel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Semel), and Daniel Sackheim (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Sackheim) for Universal Media Studios (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Media_Studios). Semel also directed the pilot (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_pilot).
It premiered on September 26, 2007, on NBC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC), and aired on Wednesday nights at 10/9c. The series stars Damian Lewis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damian_Lewis) as Charlie Crews, a detective who was recently released from prison after serving twelve years for a crime he did not commit. NBC issued an order for a minimum of three additional episodes, on top of the original order for seven, the day "Let Her Go" aired, October 10 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_10), 2007 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007).[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_%28US_TV_series%29#cite_note-futon-0) On November 26 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_26) NBC announced that Life has received a full season. However, due to the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007%E2%80%932008_Writers_Guild_of_America_strike) only 11 of the 22 episodes were completed.
After the strike ended on February 13, 2008, NBC announced that Life had been picked up for a second season and will return for the Fall 2008/09 season on Friday nights at 10/9c.[2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_%28US_TV_series%29#cite_note-1) NBC decided not to film any more episodes for the 2007-08 season. The network released the first episode of season two, a week before its air date, online and via cable on demand.

On October 24 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_24), 2008 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008), NBC announced that Life would move to Wednesdays following Knight Rider (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight_Rider_%282008_TV_series%29), and leading into Law and Order.[5] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_%28US_TV_series%29#cite_note-4)

On November 7 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_7), 2008 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008), NBC picked up Life for a full second season.[6] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_%28US_TV_series%29#cite_note-full_season-5)[7] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_%28US_TV_series%29#cite_note-TV_Guide-6)

Damian Lewis (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0507073/), best known for portraying Major Richard Winters in the Emmy-award winning HBO miniseries Band of Brothers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Band_of_Brothers) and Soames Forsyte in the British miniseries The Forsyte Saga (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Forsyte_Saga_%282002_miniseries%29), stars as Detective Charlie Crews, a police officer framed for murder and held in prison for 12 years from 1995 to 2007 before being exonerated.
The philosophy of Zen is featured heavily in Life, most prominently through Charlie Crews. Episodes usually feature Crews using Zen techniques to stay focused or, by the unique insight it gives him, use it to solve a case. Similarly, he often spouts Zen proverbs.

Sarah Shahi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Shahi) co-stars as his partner Dani Reese, Adam Arkin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Arkin) plays Ted Earley, whom Crews met in prison and now lives with Crews and acts as his financial adviser.

Adam Arkin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Arkin) plays Ted Earley, whom Crews met in prison and now lives with Crews and acts as his financial adviser. Originally, Melissa Sagemiller (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_Sagemiller) was cast to play Crews' attorney Constance Griffiths, but she was replaced by Brooke Langton (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooke_Langton) in July 2007.[15] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_%28US_TV_series%29#cite_note-14) She and Crews care greatly for one another and both make references to a potential relationship if Griffiths had not been married.

Crews and Reese's Lieutenant Karen Davis is portrayed by Robin Weigert (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Weigert). Through the course of the first season, Lt. Davis attempts to have Crews expelled from the police department while assisting Reese in her recovery from addiction. Brent Sexton (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brent_Sexton&action=edit&redlink=1) appears as Bobby Starks, Crews' old partner, who failed to support Crews during his trial 12 years ago. The relationship between him and Crews is tenuous at times but still friendly.

Making recurring appearances is Jennifer Siebel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Siebel) as Crews' ex-wife Jennifer Conover. She has remarried and has children. The relationship between her and Crews is strained. In several episodes, Christina Hendricks (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christina_Hendricks) appears as the fiance of Crew's estranged father, with whom Ted Earley is infatuated.
In the second season, Donal Logue (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donal_Logue) was added to the cast as Captain Brian Tidwell, Crews' and Reese's new boss, which will serve to lighten Damian Lewis' workload.
--

This is my favorite drama that isn't on a premium channel like HBO or Showtime. Fans of "Deadwood" might enjoy spotting actors used in both series. There have been several. There's a hard to define quality about this show which elevates it above the conventional cop-procedural. Maybe it's the Zen ingredient?

And I cannot go without mentioning the music selection in this series. It's a veritable indie music lover's dream, with artists such as Beck, The Raconteurs, Cat Power, John Doe, Gram Rabbit, and Supergrass among others.
Take a look at http://www.have-dog.com/life/ for a thorough listing of almost all songs used in each episode.

Coach

11-14-2008, 06:17 PM

That was my interpretation as well.

It wasn't until Family Ties was chosen and was ruled ineligible, that I thought any other way.

That's the decision I would be in favour of, since it should have the least amount of impact on anyone's past or future choices.

Seconded

Superflyer

11-14-2008, 06:31 PM

The Infomercial Kings are torn between what to pick in this round as there is one show that we really want but there is another show in a highly picked category that we want to take. After much debate among the scouting team we have decided to go with the one that we really want and just hope the other one will be there next round.

So the Infomercial Kings are proud to select in the Comedy (open) category - In Living Color.

http://www.cushcity.com/images/0245431051.jpg

This show was a take off from SNL but took it in a totally different direction and was a very huge success. In Living Color started careers such as the Wayans Brothers, David Allen Greir, Jamie Foxx Jennifer Lopez and even some guy called Jim Carrey.

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Dirty Little Dick
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Jim Carrey as Vanilla Ice
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Dion

11-14-2008, 06:32 PM

Displaced Flames fan

11-14-2008, 06:33 PM

In Living Color was a great show. Very nice choice.

getbak

11-14-2008, 06:36 PM

Good picks with Life and In Living Color.

I know I'm up, but I'm just about to leave work, and don't know what I'm going to pick yet, so talk amongst yourselves. I should have my pick up around 7.

Maritime Q-Scout

11-14-2008, 08:33 PM

When I first saw the two comedy categories I just took it to mean that sitcoms fit in the Comedy (sitcom) cat only and Open could hold ANY type of comedy, including sitcoms if the GM wanted. Open meant just that, Open for any. That seems fine, no? This is only about fun and education anyway so what's the problem with that interpretation?

That was my interpretation as well.

It wasn't until Family Ties was chosen and was ruled ineligible, that I thought any other way.

That's the decision I would be in favour of, since it should have the least amount of impact on anyone's past or future choices.

Seconded

That was my assumption as well. In my spreadsheet with potential picks, I have sitcoms listed under Comedy (Open). I assumed that it meant you couldn't take shows like SNL and In Living Colour as comedies, you had to pick a sitcom like All in the Family.

Prototype

11-14-2008, 08:50 PM

Why not just one Comedy selection... I mean, we have WILDCARD spots too.

JerzeeGirl

11-14-2008, 09:05 PM

For our 3rd round pick, The Don Lapre Appreciation Society selects in the CRIME/LAW category, the current NBC crime drama,
Life (2007) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0874936/)

Excellent pick Windom - I was really hoping this one would drop till the next round for me.....I have yet to see an episode that disappointed and the writing is excellent. I love the addition of Donal Logue this season too!

FanIn80

11-14-2008, 09:24 PM

Team Idiot Box would like to select in the category of minseries, Jane Austin's Pride and Prejudice.

This is a 1995, six episode British serial, which starred Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy and Jennifer Ehle as Elizabeth Bennett. It was well received by critics and received several award nominations, a BAFTA win for Best Actress (Ehle), a Peabody award, a Television Critics Award and an Emmy for Costume Design.

I am sure most of the guys are mad I took their selection, but what can you do?

Completely off my radar (clearly, I need to think harder), but such an awesome pick. Pride and Prejudice is easily one of my top 5 books.

I used to love pissing off my grade 9 English teacher by trying to convince her that Liz was Pride and Darcy was Prejudice. :D

getbak

11-14-2008, 09:29 PM

"Don't move. You're surrounded by armed bastards."

For my next pick, in the World category, Frozen TV Dinner is pleased to select, from the UK, courtesy the BBC, the original Life on Mars.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ZiY9_OLg-gY/SJuhBe6k8ZI/AAAAAAAACIw/WVx7lEI84hE/s320/Life+on+Mars.jpg

I'll admit, I had never heard of this series until last month when the US remake version began airing on ABC. I found it to be an interesting concept, and when I read many reviews praising the UK version, I "acquired" both of its 8 episode series.

At only 16 episodes total, the entire run of the UK version will be surpassed by the US remake before the end of this season (assuming it gets a full order). However, its short lifespan is one thing that makes the UK version so good, they didn't need to drag out the storyline for an extended, open-ended run.

The premise is certainly unique: Sam Tyler (John Simm) is a police detective in Manchester, England in 2006. During the course of an investigation, he is struck by a passing vehicle and knocked unconscious. When he wakes up, he is in the same location, but his clothes and car are different and he finds that he appears to be living in the year 1973 (a time when he himself was 4 years old).

He returns to the police station that he works out of in 2006 and discovers that he was expected by the other detectives there as a new transfer from another district. In 2006, he had recently been promoted to the rank of Detective Chief Inspector, but in 1973, the station already has a DCI, Gene Hunt (played wonderfully by Philip Glenister).

Gene is definitely not a 21st Century cop. He's racist, sexist, and he isn't afraid to drink on the job. His tactics don't sit well with Sam, but they are effective. Also, together Sam and Gene have a strange chemistry that helps them solve the crimes they are confronted with each week.

Also in the mix in 1973 are the other detectives at the station, and Annie (the very cute Liz White), a young female officer who doesn't really have anyone's respect in the station. She may wear a uniform, but the most police work she gets to perform is consoling upset children. Being a "modern" man, Sam respects Annie and her skills, and eventually confides in her about his situation.

As the series progresses, Sam receives bits and pieces of information about what is happening back in 2006. As best he can figure out, he is in a coma in 2006, where his mother, girlfriend, and doctors are working to bring him back.

Because it had a definitive end-date, the series does have a satisfying conclusion (which I won't spoil here), which the US version will hopefully have as well. According to one of the clips I found on YouTube, the ending was named the best series ending of all time in the UK.

Here's a musical tribute to Gene (unfortunately, the music is too loud that you can't hear his lines some of the time)...

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The character of Gene Hunt was so popular that a new series, called Ashes to Ashes, was commissioned. This time, the series had a female lead waking up unexpectedly in the 1980s. I haven't seen it yet, but the reviews were not so flattering.

Prototype

11-14-2008, 10:20 PM

We will not sit around and wait for another Canadian Classic slip through our fingers.

But for now, it's going under REALITY: ELIMINATION (I wouldn't consider it 'ongoing', as it's a constant battle).

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/42/KENNY_VS_SPENNY.png

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Kenny vs. Spenny is a Canadian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada) comedy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedy) reality (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality_television) television series (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_series) about two best friends, Kenny Hotz (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Hotz) and Spencer "Spenny" Rice (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spencer_Rice) who face each other in various competitions. The loser of the episode must perform an act of humiliation, usually selected by the winner. Kenny and Spenny created the series themselves, and it is typically shot in their hometown of Toronto (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto), Ontario (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario), based mainly out of the house they share. As of November 2008, the show airs on CBC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Broadcasting_Corporation), Global (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global) and Showcase (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Showcase_(TV_channel)) in Canada, on Comedy Central (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedy_Central) in the United States (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States) and Germany (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany). Kenny asserts that the series is completely unscripted, and is all real.

The series was nominated for Gemini Awards (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini_Award) in 2005, 2006 and 2008 as the best Canadian comedy series, and has received a Rose d'Or nomination in Switzerland for "best international comedy series". The show has spawned several replicas of its format, including a British version on Sky One (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_One) called Ed vs. Spencer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_vs._Spencer). There is also a German (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany) version of the show, called Elton vs. Simon, featuring two German comedians and friends. A French Canadian version, called Frank vs Girard airs on VRAK.TV (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VRAK.TV). Also following this format is Juan vs. Roman in Latin America (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_America), Cenk vs. Erdem in Turkey and Katja vs. Bridget in the Netherlands (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands).

Each episode is typically based on a statement which sets the goal of the competition in a "who is...?" or "who can?" style; occasionally a "first one to... loses" statement is used instead. Competitions sometimes take the familiar form of performing a task the best, such as catching the largest fish; but they are more often unusual tasks, such as who can be tied to a goat the longest. The other typical style of competition is endurance to see who can do or abstain from something the longest.

Records:

Kenny: 42-19-4
Spenny: 19-42-4

(If competitions where Kenny cheated (15) or arguably cheated (6) and won are not counted, the record would be 21-19-4 for Kenny; If they are counted as wins for Spenny (as Spenny suggests they should), then Spenny would be leading 39-23-4. )

:List of episodes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Kenny_vs._Spenny_episodes):

GirlySports

11-14-2008, 10:23 PM

Ok we'll keep comedy-sitcom and comedy-open.
Chuck is in the open category.

We'll see what other ones pop up

Superflyer

11-14-2008, 10:30 PM

We will not sit around and wait for another Canadian Classic slip through our fingers.

But for now, it's going under REALITY: ELIMINATION (I wouldn't consider it 'ongoing', as it's a constant battle).

How can it be reality-elimination if it is the same two guys battling it out every week, that is just a weekly competition as nobody gets eliminated.

Just saying.

Prototype

11-14-2008, 10:34 PM

How can it be reality-elimination if it is the same two guys battling it out every week, that is just a weekly competition as nobody gets eliminated.

Just saying.

I'm saying it's closer to Survivor and Amazing Race (competitions) than Hogan Knows Best and The Osbourns (which are closer to situational comedy)...

Dion

11-14-2008, 10:40 PM

Proceeds to go postal on Prototype :chair: :boom:

Give me a few minutes to find another pick :(

Great pick btw proto :)

Superflyer

11-14-2008, 10:41 PM

I'm saying it's closer to Survivor and Amazing Race (competitions) than Hogan Knows Best and The Osbourns (which are closer to situational comedy)...

well yea that is true but hogan and osbourns would go under reality - ongoing and not reality elimination

Prototype

11-14-2008, 10:44 PM

well yea that is true but hogan and osbourns would go under reality - ongoing and not reality elimination

I'm pretty sure that's my point. :blink: I know those two are "reality - ongoing", but to me they are pretty darn close to "sitcom", which Kenny vs. Spenny is not.

Plus, imdb uses "competition" as a tag for both Kenny vs. Spenny and Survivor.

Flamesguy_SJ

11-14-2008, 11:04 PM

For our 3rd round pick, The Don Lapre Appreciation Society selects in the CRIME/LAW category, the current NBC crime drama,
Life (2007) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0874936/)

NOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This was going to be my next pick :whaa:

WindomURL

11-14-2008, 11:19 PM

NOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This was going to be my next pick :whaa:

Aw, sorry SJ. But I'm impressed by the passion you showed there. 145 O's, 20 exclamations! You must be as big a fan as I am!!! :cool:

Dion

11-14-2008, 11:24 PM

4th pick in the TV Draft http://i34.tinypic.com/291p30n.jpg proudly select from the Soap Opera/Serials........

"DALLAS"

The world is littered with the bodies of people that tried to stick it to ole J.R. Ewing.

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Dallas began as a five part mini-series on CBS in 1978. The show then aired on CBS for a total of 14 seasons. The soap was broadcast across the globe and is considered the most successful American soap opera outside the US borders.

The Dallas TV series is best-known for the it's character J.R. Ewing (Larry Hagman), the greedy, scheming, oil magnate.

One of the most famous television show events ever happened at the end of the 1979-80 Dallas season, when an unknown intruder shot J.R. in the chest while he was working late at his office. "Who Shot J.R.?" was a phrase that captivated the world. Odds on the shooter's identity were calculated, and saw active wagering. Turned out it was Kristin, J.R.'s scorned sister-in-law and former romantic interest.

Dallas Theme & Opening

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Who Shot JR

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Bobby Ewing Gets Run Over

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Bobby Ewing Dies

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Dallas: Final Episode - Final Scene 1991

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Flash

11-14-2008, 11:26 PM

Love the tiny font on the soap opera/serials part, Dion! :lol:

Dion

11-14-2008, 11:35 PM

Love the tiny font on the soap opera/serials part, Dion! :lol:

JR is my favourite character :D

HalifaxDrunk

11-15-2008, 05:32 AM

Ok we'll keep comedy-sitcom and comedy-open.
Chuck is in the open category.

We'll see what other ones pop up

Umm sorry about this............I don't think of this as a sitcom but we'll see what the ruling is. I love the show and recommend EVERYONE watch it!

Team Jumped the Shark is excited to select another of my favorite shows currently on TV. In the Open Comedy (for now) category:
Weeds
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The plot revolves around a widowed housewife (played by Parker) from an affluent California suburb who becomes her neighborhood's marijuana dealer to make ends meet.

I can't say enough about this show, mmmmm Mary-Louise Parker *drool*.
Kevin Nealon is awesome as Doug. Elizabeth Perkins & Justin Kirk are fantastic. It has been cool to see Alexander Gould grow up on the show.

Season 1 Trailer
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Season 2 Trailer
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Season 3 Trailer
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Season 4 Trailer
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Possibly NSFW? - Masturbation Lesson
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FanIn80

11-15-2008, 08:32 AM

Noooooooo HD!!!! Damn you!

Jagger

11-15-2008, 10:28 AM

"No Flipping!"

Where's the Remote? are pleased to select in the Talk Show category:

The Larry Sanders Show

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The only "Talk Show" I wanted to choose. Yes, it might be fictional but the show used real guests to great effect. This is simply a superb and very funny show. The cast is fantastic. Rip Torn as Artie, Jeremy Tambor (of Arrested Development fame) as "Hey Now" Hank! I'd highly recommend this to anybody.

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