A peek into the world of television
Posted on Friday, December 14th, 2007 at 8:14pm. #
Ridiculously, I was announced yesterday, in a recording of a podcast, as “one of the BBC’s uber-bloggers”. I would doubt that seriously; I rarely say anything of any vague importance, and quite often get things wrong. And, these are my own thoughts, rather than the BBC’s - as the BBC allows us to do.
Of course, I overhear quite a lot of things at work, but never blog about them. Someone told me something today and then horrifiedly said “Don’t blog about it, will you?”. Don’t panic. I won’t. Ever. Promise.
However, when I overhear things in a public place then I’ll behave like any other member of the public, and blog furiously (assuming, of course, that I won’t ruin anyone’s plans by doing so).
Today, for example, I was queueing in the Post Office in the BBC’s White City complex (a Post Office open to the public, as all the stores are there) and had to overhear someone with a BBC ID badge talking far too loudly into his mobile phone. And here was the conversation:
Yeah.
Yeah.
No, mate.
Well, it’s, like “Ace Ventura meets Back To The Future”
No, mate.
No, he wanted something with more jokes.
You know, something easier to understand.
No, mate.
Yeah, mate.
I know nothing about television, but I thought that “x meets y” didn’t really happen in real life; it was just a device to illuminate the ridiculous world of television commissioning.
Never for a million years did I think it happens in real life.
Photo: Kate Bolin. Used under licence
