26-07-2002 07:54									#181
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quote: Originally posted by Alexander's Horse He probably didn't like Apocalypse Now either

Wonderful wonderful film. Coppola at the height of his (admittedly self-indulgent, but this time it worked for the cause) powers.

	26-07-2002 07:56									#182
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quote: Originally posted by Jon Miller is finbar a playwright?? Jon Miller

I write for television. Too lazy to venture into the film world. Though I'm due to start developing a feature next month.

	26-07-2002 07:59									#183
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quote: Originally posted by SuperSneak Jon--no, Finbar writes for children's television. He's responsible for the Teletubbies. Currently he's working on a show tentatively called: Mr. Sphincter's Amazingly Retentive Kingdom of Correction and Minutiae.

Funny you should mention children's television, Sneak. I've just been landed with the task of writing 2 eps of a new children's series. The target audience is 8-11 year olds. My least favourite specimens in the entire universe.

	26-07-2002 08:00									#184
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Well, you just had a couple over to dinner...just focus on their eating proclivities. Oh, and kids love stuff about belching and farting.

	26-07-2002 08:03									#185
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I was never a big fan of belching and farting

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	26-07-2002 08:06									#186
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quote: Originally posted by finbar Funny you should mention children's television, Sneak. I've just been landed with the task of writing 2 eps of a new children's series. The target audience is 8-11 year olds. My least favourite specimens in the entire universe.

so you write stuff that you hate??

that explains the poor TV fair nowadays

the writers just do not love their audiences

Jon Miller

	26-07-2002 08:06									#187
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Yes, but you're a rather serious lad.

I can't wait to hear the sound of Finbar's teeth gnashing from a world away as he delves into the wacky world of anthropomorphism!

	26-07-2002 08:07									#188
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quote: Originally posted by SuperSneak Well, you just had a couple over to dinner...just focus on their eating proclivities. Oh, and kids love stuff about belching and farting.

There are already two kids' series here with those functions as the mainstay. I imagine they wouldn't get a guernsey in the States except on cable.

	26-07-2002 08:08									#189
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quote: Originally posted by Jon Miller I was never a big fan of belching and farting

For which we - and your nearest and dearest - are eternally grateful.

	26-07-2002 08:09									#190
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I am not that much younger than you SS.

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	26-07-2002 08:16									#191
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quote: Originally posted by Jon Miller so you write stuff that you hate?? that explains the poor TV fair nowadays the writers just do not love their audiences

No, I don't write stuff that I hate. Life's too short. That I don't much like children is a different thing altogether. It precludes pandering to them - writing down to them and patronising them - which is the most common fault with children's writing. Stretching and challenging them is the go.

	26-07-2002 09:15									#192
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Yeah...put lots of your big words in the dialogue. I'm sure if you drone on and on about grammar and who penned what song, you'll have a huge hit on your hands.

	26-07-2002 10:05									#193
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I suspect 8-11 year olds are into sex and shooting up these days.

	26-07-2002 10:15									#194
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quote: Originally posted by SuperSneak Yeah...put lots of your big words in the dialogue. I'm sure if you drone on and on about grammar and who penned what song, you'll have a huge hit on your hands.

At least we'd have a generation of kids whose priorities are worthwhile. Unlike this current crop of do-gooding, tree-hugging, whale-saving, illiterate little twayts who think to parse is to give up their turn on a Nintendo game.

	26-07-2002 10:15									#195
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yes, so do I

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	26-07-2002 10:17									#196
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quote: Originally posted by Alexander's Horse I suspect 8-11 year olds are into sex and shooting up these days.

I expect you're probably right. Unfortunately, the ABA - who hands out the precious "C" classification which the networks so crave because it earns them quota points - disagrees.

	26-07-2002 10:19									#197
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quote: Originally posted by finbar At least we'd have a generation of kids whose priorities are worthwhile. Unlike this current crop of do-gooding, tree-hugging, whale-saving, illiterate little twayts who think to parse is to give up their turn on a Nintendo game.

You know, I agree with the sentiment but my kids could buy and sell you and I at the same age. They are using the comp at 3 and reading at 5 these days.

	26-07-2002 10:37									#198
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If being a computer wizard is something to write home about. Look at most of the pathetic cases who infest this site.

Oh, and I was reading at 3.

	26-07-2002 10:39									#199
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quote: Originally posted by finbar Oh, and I was reading at 3.

Its a wonder you didn't go blind

	26-07-2002 11:14									#200
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Boom-tish!

	26-07-2002 14:01									#201
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quote: Originally posted by Ecthelion Hydey - why did my cactus have to die?

It was Gods will, no fault of your own.

God has a plan for all of us, even Cactii.

	26-07-2002 14:04									#202
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quote: Originally posted by Jon Miller that is so sad I liked Hydey Jon Miller

I have come back, just for you Jon.

	26-07-2002 14:09									#203
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quote: Originally posted by Alexander's Horse I suspect 8-11 year olds are into sex and shooting up these days.

Only at catholic schools in Melbourne.

Catholic teachers don't look behind the buildings

if they did they might catch the little boys getting hand jobs from the little girls.

	26-07-2002 15:50									#204
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quote: Originally posted by Hydey It was Gods will, no fault of your own. God has a plan for all of us, even Cactii.

Hydey Hydey Hydey - that poor guy is distraught about his cactus and you're toying with his emotions. Shame on you.

OTOH, I suppose it's a t'riffic answer if you haven't got a clue what might've killed the bugger.

	26-07-2002 16:01									#205
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quote: Catholic teachers don't look behind the buildings if they did they might catch the little boys getting hand jobs from the little girls.

oh , yes they DO look behind the buildings.

	26-07-2002 22:28									#206
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NEWSFLASH! Now that my plant has had a fan blowing on it for two days, it is pert and happy again!
I think I'll start playing it classical music as well....

	27-07-2002 04:48									#207
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quote: Originally posted by SuperSneak NEWSFLASH! Now that my plant has had a fan blowing on it for two days, it is pert and happy again!

Thats funny Mrs finbar does the same thing to make finbar pert and happy

	27-07-2002 05:12									#208
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That must be one powerful fan.

	27-07-2002 06:20									#209
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She is.

	27-07-2002 06:25									#210
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How do I get that image out of my mind?