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50 years has produced a lot of television. Generally, a channel buys rights to a series - say of an old sitcom, then runs it in a manner similar to how the show was originally aired - the good episodes, the bad, the strange etc. Why?
On the Cherry Picking Channel, only the best episodes of a given
series make the cut. The viewer sees a potpourri of first rate TV. The day is divided into categories: sitcom, animal adventure, documentary, live news, sports etc. In that slot, you see the pick of the litter: in the sitcom slot you might see an episode of Threes Company one day, Bosom Buddies, the next day, Welcome Back Kotter the next day - with the only commonality that all are sitcoms, and each episode is among the best that series has to offer. "Animal adventure" might one day have the episode of Wild Kingdom where Jim wrestles the python, the next day a Nature program featuring hippos fighting crocodiles etc - in each case, the program is selected for being first rate.
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Hmmm... first, define "best". I think there's going to be some dissent. |
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You mean it's not a migrant farmworker fruit harvesting marathon weekend? |
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"Best" would be defined by a country-specific group of degree-holding TVolologists. It may be that "best" varies from country to country. The Australian version of this channel might consist entirely of shows where Jim wrestles the python. |
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'Wrestling the python' has another connotation entirely here. Not sure how advertisers would line up to sponsor a channel with nothing but male masturbation films. |
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I'm betting John "Aussie" Symonds and Craig "Rugs-A-Million" Wicks would be first in the queue, [CF]. Too bad Big Kev has died. |
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And the cherry popping channel...? |
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I misread this as "Cherry Picking Camel" and I thought "Yes, that could work - camels have those long stretchy necks, they probably like cherries too..." |
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They'd be good at spitting out the pips. |
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Wouldn't that upset Gladys Knight? |
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Having a panel choose the episodes, rather than, say, polling, sounds good. |
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Director Alex Cox's Moviedrome series, broadcast in the UK in the '80s/'90s, showed hand picked (cult) movies. |
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Some I'd already seen, some I disliked, but a lot were great new experiences; films that I probably wouldn't have otherwise seen yet became some of my favourites. |
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Conversely, 'top 100' program lists generated by public polls tend to include a larger amount of seen before/*currently* popular content. Democratically fine, but arguably less engaging choices. |
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So I like the idea of CPC and its selection process - not because the 'TVologoists' would always get it right by everyone - they couldn't - but more because they'd probably choose a few gems that I'd never seen or thought to see before. |
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//"best" varies from country to country// - being able to tune into other countries' versions of this channel would be a nice touch too. |
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The only (personal) downside is that I'd never actually get to watch CPC because my wife has pre-booked the TV for the next 20 years or so for (Celebrity) Big Brother, Lost, every soap going and anything involving Ant and Dec... [ + ] |
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Have done, but we can only get decent reception via satellite round here, and can't afford another digibox subscription. One channel at a time, video recorder decomposing in the corner. |
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I think that only leaves getting another wife, but I'm not gonna be lucky enough to find someone who'll fall for *that* trick again... ;) |
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Nose Picking Channel - go around video taping people
picking their noses. Traffic lights are good locations for
people in cars. Follow up each programme with special
lessons in advanced rolling and flicking techniques, etc.
Then there are the intensive training seminars, complete
with tapes, books et all. Could even spawn a new religion
- think I'm already a believer. |
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For bit about hippos fighting crocodiles a big + |
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