Friday, February 15, 2008

Things I have learned from watching TV credits

It sounds odd...

But tonight, I have mainly been watching TV

And I have found TV to be good... although some of the scruffier channels on my Sky Box are a bit odd...

Anyway, I watched my favourite show, (now that the writers are back) The Daily Show...

They have an extraordinary gift for taking stuff that should not be funny and wringing every last drop of comedy juice out of it... I laughed out loud several times...

Anywhoo, the host, John Stewart, who is hosting the Oscars next Sunday, is brilliant...

If I were an organised blogger, I'd go and find some clips...

But I'm not...

The funniest thing of all though was in the credits.

All through the show, from opening shot, to closing item, Mr Stewart sits resolutely behind his desk... he does not move, he may swing back and forward in his fancy chair, but he is not a Jay Leno, stand up, monologue type of guy...

And yet, in the Wardrobe credits, his "SHOES" are provided by Salvatore Ferragamo.

I am amazed at the ability of the producers to get a shoe sponsor for a show, in which, there are no shoe shots...


My other learning from tonight's credit watching? The Million Dollar prize in America's Got Talent is in the form of a 40 year annuity - in other words, the million you think you've won is actually $25,000 per year, for the next 40 years.

I can only imagine, that having read the small print, the 75 year old contestant is probably happier that she got knocked out...

3 comments:

  1. I shouldn't be still here but I am. Damn you internet addiction. Well I was looking up family holidays and getting nowhere. Telly is good, I keep trying to tell people this but they don't listen, oh no. But one day...............they will.

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  2. They do the annuity thing with the lotto too, don't they? I think it's because so many people went mad, and barricaded themselves into their homes with shotguns etc after winning large sums of money.

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  3. Dude you're watching way too much tv. You should come out and socialise with your friends ;)

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