The Mayor Of Simpleton Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 http://uk.omg.yahoo.com/gossip/the-juice/x-factor-not-back-next-says-simon-cowell-084636645.html Thank God for this! Now let's have some PROPER TV, like in the 50s,60s, 70s, 80s and 90s before reality TV choked off the quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missunderstood Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 http://uk.omg.yahoo....-084636645.html Thank God for this! Now let's have some PROPER TV, like in the 50s,60s, 70s, 80s and 90s before reality TV choked off the quality. Bring back Ground force. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mayor Of Simpleton Posted November 3, 2012 Author Share Posted November 3, 2012 Yes indeed! Wonder where Charlie Dimmock went? I've seen Tommy Walsh doing ads and playing for Arsenal Celebrities, whilst Alan Titchmarsh is still on TV regularly, yet Charlie's vanished! BTW Alan, if Romford are looking for some new faces drop me a PM - got a full-back, utility defender and two strikers needing re-homing. Full-back is an Arsenal coach, the defender has been on trial with Swansea City, and the two strikers - well one is Conference standard and the other had trials with Leyton Orient in the summer. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wivenhoe Urchin Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 Disaster. I can't believe more people are interested in Strictly Come Dancing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big J R Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 Simon Cowell must have made his dosh by now ! No loss to me as I don't watch it. Dimmocks Charlie's. Now there's a name to remember. Made the whole show worth watching when she bent forward to adjust her water-feature ! ENJOY !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveB Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 I hope this is true. The show is destroying both music and TV and is one reason why the world of entertainment is currently full of talentless twats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yugow Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 This is really good news! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhodes Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 I’ll be really surprised if X Factor ends in its present format considering the success of the show this year with the likes of Rylan Clark, Ella Henderson, James Arthur, Union J and Jahmene Douglas not to mention the chemistry of the judges, it has been ‘must see’ tv hasn’t it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mayor Of Simpleton Posted November 26, 2012 Author Share Posted November 26, 2012 It's been a cancer of television, imho. I cannot believe that ITV has wasted years (not an intentional Iron Maiden reference) on Z Factor and its associated spin-offs. Saturday night used to be about proper entertainment (You Bet, Beadle, Stars In Their Eyes) and now it's about getting the lowest common denominators on the TV. I've heard better singers in the local clubs around Gloucester, and yes as part of my work I have to have a good eye and ear for talent. Rylan and his ilk will be sweeping up the aisles of the local Aldi store once people stop giving a damn about them. They will never be able to be on the same level as The Beatles, Queen, Duran Duran, Def Leppard, U2, The Rolling Stones, Metallica, Iron Maiden, Bon Jovi, The Who, Black Sabbath etc. These bands will still be popular in 100 years time, I sincerely doubt much of todays talent will barely get a mention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhodes Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 The Mayor of Simpleton – I’m afraid that I strongly disagree, I think the X Factor is the best programme on tv by a Country mile, the process from the hilarious four or five week audition stage, boot camp, judges houses and then the live shows, with the wide eyed contestants meeting the likes of Beyonce, Rihanna, No Doubt, Michael Buble and ‘Godess’ Mariah Carey, is riveting and has you glued, sorry, super glued to the screen and on the edge of your living room seat week in week out. I appreciate what you’re saying, and everyone is entitled to their opinion no matter how laughable, but You Bet, Beadle and Stars In Their Eyes aren’t exactly the Generation Game, Mike Yarwood or Morecambe and Wise are they let alone the X Factor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hookey Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 More Max Factor than X Factor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mayor Of Simpleton Posted November 26, 2012 Author Share Posted November 26, 2012 Well we'll have to agree to disagree, Rhodes. I cannot stand that show - I think it's moronic and base, to be polite. Shows like the X Factor kill creativity and individualism. I know of one lad who went on one of the shows, and he was rejected despite having a good voice and being a fantastic guitar player (he jams with David Murray from Iron Maiden and Chris Difford from Squeeze every month or so). He didn't have 'the look' they wanted and so he was out. I cannot help but think it's a bit Nazi-istic at times - you have to look great, you have to kiss the judge's backsides, you must comply with the mantra of the show etc. What a load of steaming cow crap! If Simon Cowell had been around in the 70s, he would have turned down a bucked-tooth Tanzanian/Indian singer, a bespectacled pianist called Reg from Pinner and also would have turned a blind eye to a morbidly obese tenor from Italy. Guess which superstars we would never have heard about from that little list? You Bet was one of the shows I really enjoyed watching as a kid (until the tw@t Darren Day ruined it!) It was informative, fun and not condescending like a lot of today's TV where you're told what to think, how to think (all very NWO but that's another post). This is one of my all time favourite challenges from You Bet, and the little lad doing it (probably a big lad now) is amazing: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horace Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 I can't remember You Bet! But then sometimes I can't remember my own name these days! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mayor Of Simpleton Posted November 27, 2012 Author Share Posted November 27, 2012 Horace, You Bet aired from 1988 until 1997 on either Friday or Saturday nights and was filmed at Shepperton Studios by LWT. It was first presented by Bruce Forsyth (1988-1990) and the Matthew Kelly (1991-1996) with Darren Day doing the last series in 1997. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horace Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 Thanks for that. Still can't remember it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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