View Full Version : After being subjected to The Wedge...
ManWithNoName
8 Aug 2006, 20:27
I was subjected to it tonight, I thought I'd sit through the episode, to give it a go.
I found it the worst, most painful half hour of television I've ever been seen. It was pathetic, unfunny poorly written and downright pointless. At no point did I find anything remotely funny. The laugh track was overused, at one point it was apparently funny because some man was speaking with an Indian accent. People complain about the lack of Australian programs on TV, but if this is the standard of it, then bring on American programs.
Get this **** off my TV and bring back Seinfeld.
Black JuJu
8 Aug 2006, 20:39
It's pretty awful isn't it?
The girl I'm seeing a bit of at the moment likes it. I had to pretend I hadn't seen the show. It's put a strain on things I think. ;)
True_Believer
8 Aug 2006, 20:41
The only saving grace was the 4 episodes of the simpsons and one of futurama.
Crosby87
8 Aug 2006, 21:13
And it's not just one week, but it's the same crap sketches week after week.
I was subjected to it tonight, I thought I'd sit through the episode, to give it a go.
I found it the worst, most painful half hour of television I've ever been seen. It was pathetic, unfunny poorly written and downright pointless. At no point did I find anything remotely funny. The laugh track was overused, at one point it was apparently funny because some man was speaking with an Indian accent. People complain about the lack of Australian programs on TV, but if this is the standard of it, then bring on American programs.
Get this **** off my TV and bring back Seinfeld.
The thing is, they use the same running skits for the last 6 weeks. ie the fat chicks in the pokies, Shane warne press conference type thing and the Sandra Sully skit.
.. at one point it was apparently funny because some man was speaking with an Indian accent.You're kidding!! The "Indian Accent" routine is a timeless classic that will never die!! Bring back Mahatma Cote!!!
Financialpanther
8 Aug 2006, 21:37
You're kidding!! The "Indian Accent" routine is a timeless classic that will never die!! Bring back Mahatma Cote!!!
Damn right - a laugh is always had with any conversation with Tax Office employees or Telstra call centre staff.
Stevolution
8 Aug 2006, 22:19
And it's not just one week, but it's the same crap sketches week after week.
I like to refer to The Wedge as Groundhog Day: The Series.
Browney2006
8 Aug 2006, 22:52
I was subjected to it tonight, I thought I'd sit through the episode, to give it a go.
I found it the worst, most painful half hour of television I've ever been seen. It was pathetic, unfunny poorly written and downright pointless. At no point did I find anything remotely funny. The laugh track was overused, at one point it was apparently funny because some man was speaking with an Indian accent. People complain about the lack of Australian programs on TV, but if this is the standard of it, then bring on American programs.
Get this **** off my TV and bring back Seinfeld.
:thumbsu:
jorel6669
8 Aug 2006, 23:37
You're kidding!! The "Indian Accent" routine is a timeless classic that will never die!! Bring back Mahatma Cote!!!
Bloody hell! They have that w@nker on Sports Central every week in Perth. The only thing worse is Brad Hardie's fake laughing at Fat Cat Ritchie. :thumbsd:
peternorth
9 Aug 2006, 11:35
Bloody hell! They have that w@nker on Sports Central every week in Perth. The only thing worse is Brad Hardie's fake laughing at Fat Cat Ritchie. :thumbsd:
maybe they could use the laughing track from the wedge.
is sports central like sports tonight? or is it focussed on WA? anything like western front?
wouldnt call it top notch comedy but it is watchable, unlike that piece of crap known as thank god you're here
wouldnt call it top notch comedy but it is watchable, unlike that piece of crap known as thank god you're here
Do you have a pencil lodged in your brain?
FrangaRoo
9 Aug 2006, 12:44
Do you have a pencil lodged in your brain?
Surely.
The Wedge - Cant believe it hasnt been cancelled.
Thank god youre here - Something different to try and lift the standard of Aussie (crap) TV
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v327/bo5ton/simpsonsoftheweek/Homr/40.gif
ManWithNoName
9 Aug 2006, 13:42
wouldnt call it top notch comedy but it is watchable, unlike that piece of crap known as thank god you're here
No, it's not watchable. I feel dumber having watched it.
Corrosion
9 Aug 2006, 17:48
Anything with that Fat Pizza chick in it, is going to be a failure.
Channel 10 loves putting on trash, bar the footy, Simpsons and Futurama.
Adrian Shelton
9 Aug 2006, 22:56
I dont need to watch it, I lived in Melton:D (the 2 chicks at the pokies is very close to real life, trust me!!!:p )
As if the show isn't bad enough, the canned laughter is just a kick in the appendage. There's nothing better in a comedy where you actually have some silence to pick up the subtle jokes. You really don't need some fake audience telling you when you should be laughing.
FrangaRoo
10 Aug 2006, 07:34
Anything with that Fat Pizza chick in it, is going to be a failure.
Channel 10 loves putting on trash, bar the footy, Simpsons and Futurama.
What are you talkin' bout. Toula is going to be a star!:D
Yeah, Channel 10 blows (obviously except for above mentioned programs)
Magpiespower
10 Aug 2006, 08:04
The ads for the new Channel 10 'comedy' Real People doesn't look promising either...
ManWithNoName
10 Aug 2006, 09:29
The ads for the new Channel 10 'comedy' Real People doesn't look promising either...
It's Jennifer Adams though.
peternorth
10 Aug 2006, 10:05
The ads for the new Channel 10 'comedy' Real People doesn't look promising either...
i mentione this in the aussie tv failures thread. i have already nominated it for failure.
and as jarryd said, yes j adams is in it so a bit of a perve factor there.
Warwick
10 Aug 2006, 11:36
i mentione this in the aussie tv failures thread. i have already nominated it for failure.
and as jarryd said, yes j adams is in it so a bit of a perve factor there.
Can't see David Tench lasting too long either. Imagine if channel 10 didn't have Big Brother! It takes up on average around 22 hrs per week during the season. They would not be able to fill the holes.
I wanna see ch 10 circa 1989. When it was on life support.
The problem is there are so many tweens who love the crap ch 10 spits out and it seems that this is their demographic and if the tweenies like it then the rest of the country has to suffer.
Girls from 12-16 should not be given any viewing rights at all.
Warwick
10 Aug 2006, 11:48
I wanna see ch 10 circa 1989. When it was on life support.
The problem is there are so many tweens who love the crap ch 10 spits out and it seems that this is their demographic and if the tweenies like it then the rest of the country has to suffer.
Girls from 12-16 should not be given any viewing rights at all.
I agree. Girls aged 8-16 + mobile phones = channel 10's survival.
I agree. Girls aged 8-16 + mobile phones = channel 10's survival.
Kids that young should not be given many rights at all, yet they are dictating their parents life and making it hard for anyone else. But thanks to singple parent lesbians (you know the ones that whine when kids get disciplined the way they should) kids have more rights than adults these days.
Go outside and eat dirt kids and play rather than stay indoors getting fat eating rubbish food, draining your parents cash flow with uneccasary phone allowances and letting their fragile young minds being corrupted by fast food television.
No wonder a lot of recent school leavers can't spell let alone construct a sentence.
peternorth
10 Aug 2006, 12:11
I wanna see ch 10 circa 1989. When it was on life support.
a fantastic show on the ABC! :thumbsu:
Can't see David Tench lasting too long either. Imagine if channel 10 didn't have Big Brother! It takes up on average around 22 hrs per week during the season. They would not be able to fill the holes.
the old station testing screen would be the highest rating show on ch 10 then surely.
Go outside and eat dirt kids and play rather than stay indoors getting fat eating rubbish food, draining your parents cash flow with uneccasary phone allowances and letting their fragile young minds being corrupted by fast food television.
but then ch 10 wont be able to show honey we're killing the kids! :eek:
TigerCraig
10 Aug 2006, 12:13
but then ch 10 wont be able to show honey we're killing the kids! :eek:
I actually watched that last night - only because the kid gos to my son's school
Shocker
but then ch 10 wont be able to show honey we're killing the kids! :eek:
The irony is not lost on tv execs.
I actually watched that last night - only because the kid gos to my son's school
Shocker
I watched it too and reinforced my view on sparing my future kids the trauma of growing up in such a ****ed up world. I think i will wait a few more years! :D
TigerCraig
10 Aug 2006, 12:20
What hope did the poor kid have ?
We live in an unusual area - pretty affluent, but with a small enclave of housing commission etc. Actually think its good for my kids, but you do get a few pretty feral families.
peternorth
10 Aug 2006, 12:33
What hope did the poor kid have ?
We live in an unusual area - pretty affluent, but with a small enclave of housing commission etc. Actually think its good for my kids, but you do get a few pretty feral families.
i thought they were very working class, and laughed a lot during the show at some of the stuff the kid would do. but in the end i felt for the family i mean:
- living in housing commission ? (Tigercraig can you confirm this for me?)
- mums name is Stormy!
- single parent - always a tough job
- mother is large as well, so im guessing genetics wouldnt help the kid.
- no father. dont count the guy the mums seeing as a father figure.
- grandad whos still living in the 40s. the way he spoke to the kid was disgusting!
was good to see the two bond in a positive way.
i actually like the show, shows me what NOT to do when I have kids. :D
TigerCraig
10 Aug 2006, 12:42
i thought they were very working class, and laughed a lot during the show at some of the stuff the kid would do. but in the end i felt for the family i mean:
- living in housing commission ? (Tigercraig can you confirm this for me?)
- mums name is Stormy!
- single parent - always a tough job
- mother is large as well, so im guessing genetics wouldnt help the kid.
- no father. dont count the guy the mums seeing as a father figure.
- grandad whos still living in the 40s. the way he spoke to the kid was disgusting!
was good to see the two bond in a positive way.
i actually like the show, shows me what NOT to do when I have kids. :D
I'm guessing it's HC. Sydney's northern beaches is a strange area. You go from $1.5m plus houses with Beamers in the drive to fibro HC around the corner - with a lot of transient renters in the beachside units.
I don't really know them. My daughter has moved to high school, and my son is the year behind the girl in the show. Apparently she is a pretty sweet kid, but cops a bit (Knowing kids will probably cop more after last night).
Yes, when you see a name like Stormy you worry.
It was all pretty feel good at the end, but in 6 months time it will be interesting to see how they are going.
Grandad was a disgrace
ManWithNoName
10 Aug 2006, 23:03
I'm guessing it's HC. Sydney's northern beaches is a strange area. You go from $1.5m plus houses with Beamers in the drive to fibro HC around the corner - with a lot of transient renters in the beachside units.
I don't really know them. My daughter has moved to high school, and my son is the year behind the girl in the show. Apparently she is a pretty sweet kid, but cops a bit (Knowing kids will probably cop more after last night).
Yes, when you see a name like Stormy you worry.
It was all pretty feel good at the end, but in 6 months time it will be interesting to see how they are going.
Grandad was a disgrace
What kind of mother gives an 8yo a rump steak?
pluga_4
10 Aug 2006, 23:16
The thing is, they use the same running skits for the last 6 weeks. ie the fat chicks in the pokies, Shane warne press conference type thing and the Sandra Sully skit.
you mean to say you'e been watching it the past 6 weeks :D