[pressgang] One Easy Lesson and Deadline

[Vince Deehan]

Thanks Laura.

I see that you and Katta have already done episode 4! I will probably watch
it tomorrow morning, before I head out to work.

Ouch! Your line about the acting ability of Kelda Holmes' acting is a real
stinger. I have to speak up for Kelda here, as
although I think she does have a slightly unconventional way of speaking, I
actually find it really charming and very natural.

She also is the star of one of my all time fave episodes, SHE'S GOT IT
TAPED - which is easily one of my most watched episodes.

Kelda also starred in a widely seen anti-drugs advert that was shown on UK
TV back in the late 80s. I vaguely
recall seeing a comedy show doing a skit on it, which seemed to negatively
refer to the way Kelda spoke her lines.

Thanks again for your observations.

Katta, I now have two of your videos to watch. I look forward to catching
up.

Vince







On Sun, Feb 6, 2022 at 8:48 AM Laura Nunn <laura.nunn at gmail.com> wrote:

> Over the last seven days, Eldest girl (9) and I watched One Easy Lesson
> and Deadline.
>
> Our thoughts:
>
> *One Easy Lesson*
>
> This was the first PG episode I ever watched, and only then by accident as
> my mum had recorded ITV instead of CBBC while I was out!
>
> This was also the first episode that really "grabbed" my daughter. The
> plot was easier to follow, and she thought it was funny. She has a real
> soft spot for Colin, which is worrying as I was more of a Kenny girl.
>
> She absolutely loved the Pings and kept spotting them throughout the
> episode.
>
> As a grown up I keep realising how pretty Spike is. And also how genuinely
> dreadful some of the acting is *cough* Sarah *cough*.
>
>
> *Deadline*
>
> Another winner for my daughter. She thought Colin was hilarious again
> (though not sure she completely understood the idea of a print run /
> deadline / why they couldn't photoshop Tommy Anderson).
>
> A really unpleasant line about Sarah who will do the article "once we've
> sewn her wrists up". Not a budgie's chance in a microwave that would make
> it in today!
>
> The main story about Sullivan's sewage was funny mainly because every
> single one of the jokes around it would have been funny if they'd used the
> word "shit". But because they used "sewage", it fell flat. "Mr Sullivan I
> hear you're full of sewage" etc. etc. ad infinitum. As a 9 year old, I
> wouldn't have been able to make the leap to complete the idiom - not sure
> even as a 14 ish year old I'd have got there. This feels like dialogue
> written for an older audience and then babied down.
>
> We enjoyed spotting a Ping in a pot plant.
>
> A recycling of the joke about Tommy Anderson being the one who... (implied
> scandal), which was done about Spike at the school dance 3 episodes ago.
>
> The end credits with Sarah arranging for Gary Morris to get beaten up was
> very well done. Another winner!
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