Talk:Broken News

message: :Obviously, this was the only place I could express my outrage at something that the Radio Times billed as "hilarious". Oh yes, and I don't think there should be seperate pages for the news networks, because they say exactly the same thing as the main article! --Differentgravy 13:35, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, I agree with you on the separate pages thing - and the poor quality of the TV show. On the topic of which existing stations the fictional ones parody, I saw a strong element of Yorkshire's Look North in Look Out East, but I'm not sure whether to add anything because of the fairly generic nature of local news. ThomasHarte 14:15, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I always got more of a feel for the old style (Richard Whiteley-era) ITV Calendar News. The locations are clearly East Anglia based, though (I definitely remember Swaffham in one episode). It could of course be a meta-joke based on the fact that it's virtually impossible to get Anglia Television in Norfolk; I lived in Hunstanton for 18 years and we could only ever pick up Yorkshire TV... Kinitawowi 11:16, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

text: Yep, they (the sub-articles) need merging in, before they get out of control.  Morwen - Talk 15:50, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

text: I added various "mergeto/from" tags to reflect that sentiment. I can't imagine anyone will oppose, but wikipedia is meant to be about consensus, so... ThomasHarte 15:11, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

text: Thanks for putting the merge things in. It was another tried-to-be-funny BBC comedy, can anyone remeber a decent one apart from The Mighty Boosh? --Differentgravy 14:21, 4 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Although the second series was shockingly poor, I'm pretty sure I quite enjoyed the first series of Nighty Night - although it's hard to be sure now with my memories so badly tainted. Although I'm not persuaded it was really a comedy, I also enjoyed My Life in Film. It's a shame they seem to concentrate on rubbish like this and Blessed for their "mainstream" output. ThomasHarte 22:37, 4 November 2005 (UTC)
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message: Is this section entirely fair? While I won't deny certain elements appear to have been lifted from The Day Today ("a slab of frozen urine"), is it fair to say that 'News presenters and reporters with ridiculous names' and 'An American news station parody' was invented by TDT? smurrayinchester(User), (Talk) 12:06, 26 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. It sounds like it was written by a disgruntled The Day Today fan. BillyH 17:31, 26 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Which bits could be trimmed? I'd keep the slab/spear of urine and CNN/CBN:CBS/IBS bits, but I don't think the above ones or 'Parodies of over-elaborate graphics' are fair. smurrayinchester(User), (Talk) 18:09, 26 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I've already had a go at trimming it, but was rvted by what I assume wasn't a disgruntled TDT fan.  See the page history. fuddlemark (fuddle me!) 18:24, 26 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I've cut out a few items from the list. I also made a few minor additions, so it doesn't get confused with vandalism. smurrayinchester(User), (Talk) 18:44, 26 November 2005 (UTC)

text: Finally; someone I agree with! smurrayinchester(User), (Ho Ho Ho!) 15:34, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
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message: I've started a Wikiquote page (q:Broken News) to sort a lot of the quotes that have accumulated here. smurrayinchester(User), (Ho Ho Ho!) 16:25, 7 December 2005 (UTC)
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