I Am Supposed To To What I Am Told
Body & Soul2 mins ago
You've Been Framed
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I just have to have my occasional rant about this dreadful 'entertainment' that is still being shown after thirty (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) years.
Honestly, I know its cheap TV, but just how funny can a child hurting themselves - and the editing cutting the sound of crying, and the visuals before the face crumples into distress or contorts with agony - be, even for a dubbed audience that would have to be deranged to still find such nonsense funny after fifteen seconds, never mind an entire show's worth.
I find it repugnant that people are paid to send clips of their children hurting themselves for the 'entertainment' of viewing audiences, and it says something about those audiences that this pain-fest is still running and has been since 1990.
Honestly people, we are better than thinking that someone else's toddler being frightened or hurt, or both, is somehow funny - I think it should be taken off air today.
And ... breathe ...
OK - see you next year!!
Honestly, I know its cheap TV, but just how funny can a child hurting themselves - and the editing cutting the sound of crying, and the visuals before the face crumples into distress or contorts with agony - be, even for a dubbed audience that would have to be deranged to still find such nonsense funny after fifteen seconds, never mind an entire show's worth.
I find it repugnant that people are paid to send clips of their children hurting themselves for the 'entertainment' of viewing audiences, and it says something about those audiences that this pain-fest is still running and has been since 1990.
Honestly people, we are better than thinking that someone else's toddler being frightened or hurt, or both, is somehow funny - I think it should be taken off air today.
And ... breathe ...
OK - see you next year!!
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See some of the stuff that parents do to frighten their little toddlers on Youtube and think its funny, some of these kiddies will grow up being terrified of all sorts of harmless things and situations.
Look at clowns, I think that these days, more people are terrified by them than amused, including adults!
Look at clowns, I think that these days, more people are terrified by them than amused, including adults!
Haven't watched it for ages. Different presenters tend to be better or worse at selling the show, but eventually all clips seemed to be folk falling over or getting hurt. It was good when it first came out, but now past it's sell by date. But in fairness, with the vast number of TV channels these days, and limited advertising revenue, what sort of quality can you expect for the budgets available ? This is one reason it's good to have a BBC which doesn't need to compete with the LCD progs/companies.
Well most of what's shown today must be repeats from years ago anyway but that aside most of it is not children hurting themselves at all it's usually them falling asleep in daft places or getting very messy. The majority of clips are of adults and the animal ones are usually extremely funny (to me).
