"It was horrendous-- tailbacks right down the road!"

[rebness]

If you ever needed proof that television these days is rubbish, that books are inherently superior, or indeed that the Bank Holiday is a conspiracy of boredom to better make the prole appreciate work, let me tell you of a delightful title in the British TV schedules yesterday:

Traffic Jams From Hell.

The fu--? Bank Holiday Monday, and the best ITV could offer was this?

When the voice-over announced that they would be 'interviewing victims of traffic jams"-- cut to a reconstruction with a devastated woman blowing her horn at the gridlock-- jerky camera movements tracing the devastation of unmoving traffic-- I honestly expected it to be revealed as a spoof programme a la Brass Eye. I mean, did the inherent silliness of the programme strike the producers at all? It's like one of those silly titles in The Simpsons such as "When Buildings Collapse!"

Now where the hell did I put The Dice Man...

Comments

[moon-chylde.livejournal.com]

Do you know what's even scarier? That some idiot in Hollywood will see that and make an American version.

[rebness.livejournal.com]

With Matrix effects-- slow-mo action as a car edges forward!

[moon-chylde.livejournal.com]

Oh god...don't give them any more ideas!

[jaffacakequeen.livejournal.com]

having experienced the pain of driving in bank holiday traffic, why would i want to watch it on TV as well? :-/ glad i didnt see that programme!

[rebness.livejournal.com]

Don't worry-- I taped it for you. It was an hour special! :-D

[verastar99.livejournal.com]

Multiple version of said crap production are already in existence here, and in occasional rotation.

and here's the shocker...its a damned hit.

*shakes head*

[rebness.livejournal.com]

There are no words.

Oh, wait...yes, there are... good grief! ;-)