From: greenyammo@blueyonder.co.uk 
  
 Slitheen wrote: 
 > "greenyammo"  wrote in message 
 > news:DElte.15571$Vo6.6997@fe3.news.blueyonder.co.uk... 
 > 
 >>John Russell wrote: 
 >> 
 >>>"mo"  wrote in message 
 >>>news:d93oup$mdm$1@news7.svr.pol.co.uk... 
 >>> 
 >>> 
 >>>>>Writing about "Big Brother" etc is just going to look horribly dated in 
 >>>>>ten years time. 
 >>>> 
 >>>>I completely agree with that, as all of the reality sh1te is very much Of 
 >>>>The Moment and will hopefully GO AWAY pretty soon.  It's a bit like the 
 >>>>scene with The Beatles in The Chase.  I'm sure it looked great in 64/65, 
 >>>>but 
 >>>>now it justs looks dreadful..... 
 >>>> 
 >>>> 
 >>>> 
 >>> 
 >>> 
 >>>It's TV entertainment! It's only suppossed to entertain those of us who 
 >>>are alive now, not those who might watch repeats in 50 years time! 
 >> 
 >>Alive NOW! or alive when you wrote that. Or Alive in five years on DVD or 
 >>Alive etc etc etc. 
 > 
 > 
 > Yadda. 
 > 
 > I can't think of *any* show that doesn't use modern cultural references, as 
 > Doctor Who just did, so your argument falls flat on its face anyway, in my 
 > book. 
 > 
 > 
 Well you're not trying very hard are you? - And I will take you on your 
 word "As Dr Who just did" That is... directly referencing other specific 
 tv shows. 
  
 How about... 
  
  
 Eastenders 
 Teletubbies 
 Cracker 
 The Prisoner 
 Captain Scarlet 
 Space 1999 
 One foot in the grave 
 Fawlty Towers 
 The Magic Roundabout 
 Star Trek 
 24 
 Ramsay's kitchen Nightmare's 
  
  
 etc.etc.etc. 
  
 There's probably some refernce to some arse TV show up there in that 
 list, care to find it for me? 
  
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