Favourite TV Shows

Laces Out Dan! · 08-27-2009, 03:05 PM

Right now...Entourage and Summer Heights High.

Also, for other kinda shows...Heli-Loggers and The Deadliest Catch.

LoathsomePete · 08-27-2009, 03:16 PM

I caught an episode of Extreme Logging: Ice Loggers a few weeks ago at a hotel back in Tacoma Washington and I just had to laugh as I was watching it because it reminded me so much of my time at my last lumberyard. You've got the management out with their clipboard just walking around, fancy shoes, pressed pants and a work jacket along with a hard hat and they just walk around, occasionally looking at you then writing something down. Then you've got the safety supervisor driving around trying to be friendly with everyone but at the same time kind of coming off as a douche because he's just this middle management guy. From there you've got the somewhat young guy who's been there for years and is extremely good at his job and has probably turned down opportunities for advancement because of all the extra stress that comes with it. Then you've got some of the younger, ****ier guys who think they're hot shit because they're driving around in heavy machinery (Use to be me) but still occasionally fuck something up. Finally you've got the truck drivers... Oh my lord are a lot of truck drivers a like, incredibly impatient (for good reason), overly sensitive when it comes to their work, and constantly taking stupid risks to avoid fines or get their job done faster. This described my last work place down to a T and I think I'm going to continue watching it just to see if anymore similarities rise up.

jackhammer · 08-27-2009, 04:14 PM

Mock The Week is the business:

Urban Hat€monger ? · 08-27-2009, 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by toretorden

Right now I'm watching a lot of Top Gear (UK of course) .. So much in fact that I'm constantly checking out cars now when I'm out where there's traffic.

Thank you Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May for a lovely show.

I watch that show every week even though a have zero interest in cars.

Astronomer · 08-27-2009, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

I watch that show every week even though a have zero interest in cars.

Ditto. I think they are hilarious.

Has anyone read any of Clarkson's books?

Zen · 09-02-2009, 06:30 AM

Only deal with greatness so...

Past; The Sopranos, The Wire, Twin Peaks, Six Feet Under, The Office UK, The X-Files, The West Wing, Seinfeld, The Shield, Spaced, Black Books, Buffy, Blackadder, Arrested Development, 24 & Scrubs (Both are dead and have been to me since like their third seasons, but I LOVED them up till then.)

Currently watch; True Blood, Mad Men, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Friday Night Lights, Chuck, Lost, It's Always Sunny In Philly, South Park, Simpsons, Peep Show & Lost.

Actually that's pretty much everything I've ever watched, think I went a bit overboard.

debaserr · 09-02-2009, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Zen

Only deal with greatness so...

Past; The Sopranos, The Wire, Twin Peaks, Six Feet Under, The Office UK, The X-Files, The West Wing, Seinfeld, The Shield, Spaced, Black Books, Buffy, Blackadder, Arrested Development, 24 & Scrubs (Both are dead and have been to me since like their third seasons, but I LOVED them up till then.)

Currently watch; True Blood, Mad Men, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Friday Night Lights, Chuck, Lost, It's Always Sunny In Philly, South Park, Simpsons, Peep Show & Lost.

Actually that's pretty much everything I've ever watched, think I went a bit overboard.

i laughed

Mojo · 09-02-2009, 01:36 PM

^^ Why? I don't think you can fault that list. Only potential slip up's lie in the few I have never seen.

jackhammer · 09-02-2009, 03:22 PM

The Wire is now almost finished it's 5th series run on the BBC

debaserr · 09-02-2009, 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by jackhammer

The Wire is now almost finished it's 5th series run on the BBC

i have been going through it. pretty good. a tad overrated in my opinion. im near end of season 4. season 3 was my favorite probably.

08-27-2009, 03:05 PM	#161 (permalink)
Laces Out Dan! I love Puck Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: British Columbia Posts: 4,614	Right now...Entourage and Summer Heights High. Also, for other kinda shows...Heli-Loggers and The Deadliest Catch. __________________ We are entirely smooth, We admit to the truth, We are the best at what we do.

08-27-2009, 03:16 PM	#162 (permalink)
LoathsomePete Cardboard Box Realtor Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hobb's End Posts: 7,648	I caught an episode of Extreme Logging: Ice Loggers a few weeks ago at a hotel back in Tacoma Washington and I just had to laugh as I was watching it because it reminded me so much of my time at my last lumberyard. You've got the management out with their clipboard just walking around, fancy shoes, pressed pants and a work jacket along with a hard hat and they just walk around, occasionally looking at you then writing something down. Then you've got the safety supervisor driving around trying to be friendly with everyone but at the same time kind of coming off as a douche because he's just this middle management guy. From there you've got the somewhat young guy who's been there for years and is extremely good at his job and has probably turned down opportunities for advancement because of all the extra stress that comes with it. Then you've got some of the younger, ****ier guys who think they're hot shit because they're driving around in heavy machinery (Use to be me) but still occasionally fuck something up. Finally you've got the truck drivers... Oh my lord are a lot of truck drivers a like, incredibly impatient (for good reason), overly sensitive when it comes to their work, and constantly taking stupid risks to avoid fines or get their job done faster. This described my last work place down to a T and I think I'm going to continue watching it just to see if anymore similarities rise up. __________________ Last.FM 101 Albums That May Not Change Your Life, But I Really Like And You Might Too

08-27-2009, 04:14 PM	#163 (permalink)
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09-02-2009, 01:36 PM	#168 (permalink)
Mojo Melancholia Eternally Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: England Posts: 5,018	^^ Why? I don't think you can fault that list. Only potential slip up's lie in the few I have never seen. __________________ Last.FM \| Echoes and Dust

09-02-2009, 03:22 PM	#169 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	The Wire is now almost finished it's 5th series run on the BBC __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

09-02-2009, 06:30 AM	#166 (permalink)
Zen Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Chester, England Posts: 63	Only deal with greatness so... Past; The Sopranos, The Wire, Twin Peaks, Six Feet Under, The Office UK, The X-Files, The West Wing, Seinfeld, The Shield, Spaced, Black Books, Buffy, Blackadder, Arrested Development, 24 & Scrubs (Both are dead and have been to me since like their third seasons, but I LOVED them up till then.) Currently watch; True Blood, Mad Men, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Friday Night Lights, Chuck, Lost, It's Always Sunny In Philly, South Park, Simpsons, Peep Show & Lost. Actually that's pretty much everything I've ever watched, think I went a bit overboard.