According to the Today programme this morning, in the US there is a new TV reality show about the lengths parents will go to big up their child’s coming-of-age birthday party called My Super Sweet Sixteen. For some reason, calling the show “Pimp My Teenager” was deemed inappropriate, it would seem.
Month: January 2007
BBC cuts will mean more quality – werewolf
Terrible news! According to Mark Thompson, the BBC’s appalling 3% license fee rise will lead to an abandonment of reality TV and cheap imports and an increase of quality output (in an article in the print edition of the Guardian that doesn’t appear to be online). Apparently, “big pieces” such as the excellent Planet Earth… Continue reading BBC cuts will mean more quality – werewolf
A tall story
I’m 6’4″ and I’ve been using buses on an almost daily basis for my entire adult life. At no point have I ever been asked to get off the bus because of my height blocking the drivers’ view. So this story doesn’t convince. What’s worse is that this is the Telegraph nicking yesterday’s Metro stories.… Continue reading A tall story