[pressgang] One Easy Lesson and Deadline

[Vince Deehan]

Just been watching a video from 6 years ago of Kelda Holmes acting.  I love
it.
She's still totally cool.

https://youtu.be/CbCrDaq2ayQ

Vince

On Sun, Feb 6, 2022 at 1:06 PM Vince Deehan <vince.deehan at gmail.com> wrote:

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