Journeys through the late-night TV underworld

[altariel]

BBC2 was showing some chap playing Bach. He strode into an empty church - wearing a long black coat and shades - did his stuff, and then strode out again. Now I know what hitmen do in between gigs.

Switching over, I caught the last 20 minutes of The Passion of the Christ. I fear Monty Python may have ruined me for good on that one.

Now I'm looking for late night poker. Or Law and Order. There must be some Law and Order showing somewhere...

Comments

[kalypso-v.livejournal.com]

Oh, my mother told me about him! He was going round playing all the organs left from the time of Bach, or something like that - there was definitely some Munro-bagging angle. And he did just walk in, drop his coat, play, grab his coat and walk out.

[glitterboy1.livejournal.com]

Excellent stuff! Much better than union meetings.

I hope you can manage some sleep later...

[spacefall.livejournal.com]

Woo, this means that we are all safe from assassination during the Radio 3 BachFest!

[jomacmouse.livejournal.com]

Of course there must be Law & Order somewhere. Are there not four of the beggars wandering around the ether? Except on this side of the Equator, where they've all drifted off somewhere else for the summer...possibly to a late night television slot near you :)

[mikekellner.livejournal.com]

Now I'm looking for late night poker.

That is the latest plague to infest US late night TV. It has to be the lowest cost programming ever. Celebrity Texas Hold'em. It makes Bowling look like must see TV. My other two favorites to watch are the discount knife & sword sales show, and half hour infomercials for "Male Enhancement" products. They have the sleaziest people I have ever seen on TV. I have this picture in my mind that when the show is over, they pull a big zipper on their backs and reptile aliens step out of the people suits they were wearing.

If this is what it is like when they only have 100 channels to fill, what will the worst show on at 3 am be like in another few decades when there are 1000 channels? Is there an award show for the worst TV of the year?

mk

[oursin.livejournal.com]

And I thought The Beat that My Heart Skipped was based on extreme implausibility ('enforcer' for vaguely criminal enterprises - clearing squatters out of properties, etc - runs into his old piano teacher and gets back into piano-playing).