Monday, 8 March 2010

Quote of the Day

"Curiously, one thing that's left open to the broadcaster is the opening and closing credits. Rule 68 states that "each broadcaster [is] responsible for their own titles, music, branding etc". If I was running ITN – which, at the time of writing, I'm not – I'd make the most of this sole crumb of freedom by creating an insanely inappropriate title sequence in which a claymation Brown, Cameron and Clegg take turns performing sex acts on a cow, a kettle and a hole in the ground, all of it backed by the old It's a Knockout theme tune. Then it abruptly cuts live to the studio, where all three leaders have been waiting to speak, watching with mounting horror as this sickening cartoon unfolded on the monitors. As they storm out, a body language expert analyses their facial expressions, and the studio audience waves giant foam hands around. It might not affect the election either way, but who cares: that's entertainment."

-Charlie Brooker on the TV debates in
The Guardian

2 comments:

Ray
said...

Damnit I have the 'It's a Knockout' theme going through my head now.

Houdini
said...

That sounds like somebody who wishes his idol wasn't involved in the debates.

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