Posts by Joe Wylie
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OnPoint: MSD's Leaky Servers, in reply to James George,
There is no doubt that Bennett is responsible for this farce.
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Capture: Two Tales of a City, in reply to Leigh Russell,
Thank you very much for that, a labour of love and an eminently bookmarkable resource.
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Hard News: The Advocate, in reply to Danyl Mclauchlan,
anti-journalism: advertorials (the lavish news coverage of the KFC double-down burger was probably the nadir of this in NZ journalism) and faux-controversies ('was New Zealand originally settled by a race of Nodic immortals? John Ansell says Yes!').
Somehow I doubt that either of those examples would trigger the squeamishness of a compulsive forelock tugger like Roughan. Perfectly proper fodder for the rabble who, once they're past the tagging stage, require only the merest goading to question their betters.
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Capture: BOTY Potty., in reply to Sofie Bribiesca,
Great pics Sofie & Lilith. With that distinctive headgear on the adults they have to be California quail. I remember a male hanging around some farmyard ducklings when I was a kid, as if he badly wanted to be involved. As rearing quail young is apparently a family affair I wondered if he was the survivor of some tragedy.
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Hard News: Irony Deficient, in reply to Rich of Observationz,
Fritzl jokes
Austrian Fritzl joke by the interesting Manfred Deix. Getting a bit old now, but naturally the Austriches were onto it first.
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If these horrible efforts are any indication, if left unparodied in the mass media our elected reps will attempt to fill the irony vacuum themselves. While I'm currently mightily underwhelmed by Mayor Bob's attempt at a Borat knock-off, that may change if a further episode shows him and his dubious sidekick rolling naked around their hotel room as they squabble for possession of some hilariously dodgy piece of porn.
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Hard News: Irony Deficient, in reply to Graeme Edgeler,
Maori TV’s dubbed & subtitled Mister Ed had more laughs than the original.
I think you're being a little mean on the original. Now, and when I grew up it seemed old, of course, but actually, it's pretty darn good.
No mention there of the alleged peanut butter driven lip-sync, or of the spooky claim of backwards satanic lyrics in the theme tune. On the plus side, there's a passing reference to Studebaker as the show's sponsor. That the only cars featured in early episodes were Studebakers gave the show a really surreal twist.
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Hard News: Irony Deficient, in reply to Sacha,
public service TV
Maori TV here, then.
Maori TV's dubbed & subtitled Mister Ed had more laughs than the original. When the talking horse phoned an unsuspecting woman pretending to be her secret admirer, she excitedly told a friend "He sounds like a Tainui man!"
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Hard News: Irony Deficient, in reply to Simon Bennett,
By its very nature, commercial TV is risk-averse and satire by its very nature is risky.
Which is why Clarke & Dawe survive on public service TV.
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When the mood seizes them, Danyl McLachlan, Scott Yorke and Lyndon Hood all write political satire as good as anything in the New Zealand tradition.
No mention of David Haywood.