Sunday, January 11, 2009

The Saturdays

Having a day off I decided to emerge from the covers at about 11am. I flicked on the TV to be confronted by Saturday morning Television which has now been relegated to BBC2. Not something that I generally follow as it tends to appeal to a younger clientele than my day job. 

The presenter was asking the audience what the rubbishest (sic) CDs they had got for Christmas were.

One girl stuck up her hand and said "The Saturdays". Over the other side of the studio there was dismay, as apparently, over there, The Saturdays were considered the best thing since Pokemon. 

"Whoa!" said the presenter "We gotta problem here, it's all gonna kick off in the studio."

I was appalled, valued reader, utterly appalled. I considered writing the the BBC immediately. The presenter was clearly out of his depth and completely inept. When faced with someone who hated the Saturdays and yet owned their CD and someone else who loved the band, he could only resort to calming the situation down and not actually solve the problem. 

A problem, which clearly Saturday morning television itself has solved over 3 decades ago.






Honestly....WHERE IS OUR SENSE OF HISTORY PEOPLE?

And where is Noel Edmonds when you need him? Put them chuffing boxes down and do what society expects of you, man!

3 comments:

~Thirza~ said...

Well i've never even heard of the Saturdays... lol Guess i'm gonna get tracked down by the studio staff of the beeb and murdered in my sleep...And i agree that Noel should give up the boxes! Deal or No Deal is the most soul breaking programme i've ever seen. At least with swap shop everyone was a winner!!

the dave said...

01 811 8055. Well, from the second series onwards. I'm faaaar too young to remember it being 01 288 8055, or a sober Cheggers doing swaporama, or indeed Posh Paws himself.

Yellow said...

Pah! Dave you're only lying to make yourself look mature.

Everyone knows Dick and Dom were on the TV when you were 8.