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[sqbr]

Anyway. Anyone watch The Gruen Transfer? It was..interesting. A mix of commentary, humour, and offensively smarmy ad execs.

I think where it's going to suffer compared to, say "Spicks and Specks" or "The New inventors" is that unlike inventors and musicians, nobody likes ad executives. This may be an insurmountable flaw in the "watch ad executives talk for 30 minutes" format, although I did get some joy from watching them prove just how smarmy they really were (the two dumpy guys anyway, the other two weren't so bad)

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[sonictail.livejournal.com]

Yet another ABC panel show, what a big surprise. But it feels like a John Safran idea made to sell the advertising industry. I will admit I was surprised by some of the stuff that came out of their discussion and they hit on some excellent points. But like with all panel shows, you're never sure how it's going to turn out due to the guests. it's obvious that the left were supposed to be funny and right were meant to be smart, but he wasn't quite getting it.

And will isn't confortable yet, stypid glasshouse.

give it a little settling in time for them to find their niche and it'll work, and i'll quite happily watch smarmy execs for half a hour, this is something that has little focus.

[alias_sqbr]

I think it does have potential, but I'm not as confident that potential will be reached. Still, I'm curious to see where it goes from here.

And yes, they do like panel shows don't they?

[kadeton.livejournal.com]

What TV exec wouldn't like panel shows? They're cheap to run, without spreading the stain of reality television. All you need is a good presenter and a group of people with a sense of humour, and it's instant success.

[alias_sqbr]

Absolutely :)