the tv meme
Snagged from cassiopeia7 and others.
Name a TV show/series in which you have seen every episode at least twice:
Every episode at least twice! Wow. Um...
Spartacus. Edge Of Darkness. The Last Outlaw. MASH. The Young Ones. Catweazle. The State Within. Black Books (i think). Blackadder. Monty Python's Flying Circus. Ripping Yarns. Farscape (probably). Hornblower. Kolchak: The Night Stalker. Fingersmith. Mysterious Ways (i think). Long Way To The Top: Stories Of Australian Rock & Roll. The Fast Show. Firefly. Band Of Brothers. The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy. Supernatural up to 8x15.
Name a (current) show you can't miss:
Sons Of Anarchy. Hell On Wheels. RocKwiz.
Name an actor that would make you more inclined to watch a show:
All the ones I like! :) Let's just rattle a few off though...
Jason Isaacs. Jensen Ackles. Katey Sagal. Dan Feuerriegel. Michael Palin. Jim Beaver. Christopher Heyerdahl. Liam McIntyre. Callum Keith Rennie. Katrina Law. Gina Torres. Tommy Flanagan. Ade Edmondson. Lucy Lawless. Michael Sheen. Sean Pertwee. Joanna Lumley. Samuel West. Samantha Ferris. Paul McGann. Julian Ritchings. Robin McLeavy. David Tennant. Robin Weigert. Olivia Colman. Tony Curran. Misha Collins (gods, I watched an episode of Ringer for you, matey! *shakes fist*).
Name an actor who would make you less likely to watch a show:
James Spader. I have Spaderphobia.
Name a show you can, and do, quote from:
Heaps! If I like it, you can bet my brain's grabbed ahold of its writing. Monty Python. The Goodies. D-Gen. Ripping Yarns. Ab Fab. MASH. The Young Ones. Red Dwarf. The Fast Show. Supernatural. Band Of Brothers. Father Ted. Blackadder. Spartacus. Biker Mice From Mars... let's just say "All of them", okay?
Name a TV show which you’ve been known to sing the theme song:
Firefly. Red Dwarf. MASH. The Young Ones. Ab Fab. The Goodies. Sons Of Anarchy. The Beverley Hillbillies. Australia: You're Standing In It. The Brady Bunch. When The Boat Comes In. Minder. Wonder Woman. The Roadrunner Show. The Addams Family. Give Us A Break. The Aunty Jack Show. Spiderman. The Banana Splits. Sharpe. Gilligan's Island (you can sing Australia's national anthem to the tune of it y'know).
Name a show you would recommend everyone to watch:
Pretty much all of those listed under the first question, plus Sons Of Anarchy (the most Shakespearean show on telly!), Hell On Wheels, Deadwood, Due South, Fingersmith, The Venture Brothers, Granada television's Sherlock Holmes, Wire In The Blood, Aeon Flux, ANZACS, The X-Files, Case Histories, Scott & Bailey, Daria...
Name a TV series you own:
Supernatural. Spartacus. Edge Of Darkness. Battle Of The Planets. Band Of Brothers. Farscape. The Fast Show. Bubblegum Crisis. Red Dwarf. Black Books. Hornblower. Sharpe. Wire In The Blood. Sons Of Anarchy. Deadwood. The Venture Brothers. Invader Zim. Long Way To The Top: Stories Of Australian Rock & Roll. Daria. Fingersmith. Monty Python's Flying Circus. The Last Outlaw. The State Within. Dark Angel. Awake. Brotherhood. State Of Play. Kolchak: The Night Stalker. Due South. The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy. Ripping Yarns. There's more, but I'm not going through everything!
What is your favorite episode of your favorite series?
That's a terrible question. But I'll stick to the spirit of the meme and attempt to pull one out of the air... let's say... Supernatural 4x22 Lucifer Rising, because Jensen and Misha were just so amazing to watch working together there.
A show you mean to watch, but you just haven’t gotten around to yet?
Still haven't finished Deadwood. Still need to finish Sleepy Hollow, too. Um... I'm tempted to look into Shameless. And we're a little curious to have a look at the new Three Musketeers...
Ever quit watching a show because it was so bad?
Ayup.
Name a show you aren't interested in watching, not in the least:
The vast majority of them? I don't actually have a whole lot of patience for most mainstream fare, so there's an awful lot of television I just don't really care about ever seeing.
Name a show that’s made you cry multiple times:
Spartacus. Band Of Brothers. Farscape. Doctor Who. Supernatural up to 5x16 Dark Side Of The Moon. MASH.
Oldest TV show you like?
The Morecombe & Wise Show. The Avengers. The Munsters. The Addams Family. Monty Python's Flying Circus. The Aunty Jack Show.
Newest TV show you like?
Sleepy Hollow? I dunno... enjoyed Hannah Gadsby's 3-piece on Australian art that's just finished up. :)
What do you eat when you watch TV?
*shrug* It varies. There's no ritual involving food here.
How often do you watch TV?
At the moment... most days, about an hour or two. Other times... might not be keeping up with anything that's actually ON telly.
Do you have a favorite talk show?
What's the classification for this? If it's meaning those panel discussion thingies that talk about gossip and social mores, then no, but if it means what we used to refer to as "chat shows", then that would be Parkinson.
What’s the last TV show you watched?
We watched a doco last night called Born Rich, made by the heir of the Johnson & Johnson company.
What’s your favorite/preferred genres of TV?
Documentary. Drama. Sci-Fi. Comedy (particularly British and Australian). Action-Adventure. "Dramedy". But the bottom line is WELL WRITTEN. Preferably character-driven.
What's your least favorite genre of TV?
"Reality". Soaps. Things with too much shouting for no reason. Moronic shit.
What was the first TV show you were obsessed with?
Obsessed? That'd be Battle Of The Planets.
What TV show do you wish you never watched?
*shrug* Anything that felt like it was stealing time, I guess. But they wouldn't be things I ever watched again.
What’s the weirdest show you enjoyed?
Don't really know how to answer that.
What TV show scared you the most?
Kolchak: The Night Stalker. Back in the day. And Doctor Who, I guess. Also back in the day.
What is the funniest TV show you have ever watched?
Monty Python's Flying Circus. The Fast Show. Ab Fab. D-Gen. Blackadder. Ripping Yarns. The Big Gig. Full Frontal / Fast Forward. The Dave Allen Show. Big Girl's Blouse. Australia: You're Standing In It. DAAS Kapital.
Which do you think is the best TV series ever made?
Edge Of Darkness.
MASH.
Spartacus.
Monty Python's Flying Circus.
Yes, I'm putting more than one. There's bloody DECADES of good telly out there, you can't say just one! :)
Name a TV show/series in which you have seen every episode at least twice:
Every episode at least twice! Wow. Um...
Spartacus. Edge Of Darkness. The Last Outlaw. MASH. The Young Ones. Catweazle. The State Within. Black Books (i think). Blackadder. Monty Python's Flying Circus. Ripping Yarns. Farscape (probably). Hornblower. Kolchak: The Night Stalker. Fingersmith. Mysterious Ways (i think). Long Way To The Top: Stories Of Australian Rock & Roll. The Fast Show. Firefly. Band Of Brothers. The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy. Supernatural up to 8x15.
Name a (current) show you can't miss:
Sons Of Anarchy. Hell On Wheels. RocKwiz.
Name an actor that would make you more inclined to watch a show:
All the ones I like! :) Let's just rattle a few off though...
Jason Isaacs. Jensen Ackles. Katey Sagal. Dan Feuerriegel. Michael Palin. Jim Beaver. Christopher Heyerdahl. Liam McIntyre. Callum Keith Rennie. Katrina Law. Gina Torres. Tommy Flanagan. Ade Edmondson. Lucy Lawless. Michael Sheen. Sean Pertwee. Joanna Lumley. Samuel West. Samantha Ferris. Paul McGann. Julian Ritchings. Robin McLeavy. David Tennant. Robin Weigert. Olivia Colman. Tony Curran. Misha Collins (gods, I watched an episode of Ringer for you, matey! *shakes fist*).
Name an actor who would make you less likely to watch a show:
James Spader. I have Spaderphobia.
Name a show you can, and do, quote from:
Heaps! If I like it, you can bet my brain's grabbed ahold of its writing. Monty Python. The Goodies. D-Gen. Ripping Yarns. Ab Fab. MASH. The Young Ones. Red Dwarf. The Fast Show. Supernatural. Band Of Brothers. Father Ted. Blackadder. Spartacus. Biker Mice From Mars... let's just say "All of them", okay?
Name a TV show which you’ve been known to sing the theme song:
Firefly. Red Dwarf. MASH. The Young Ones. Ab Fab. The Goodies. Sons Of Anarchy. The Beverley Hillbillies. Australia: You're Standing In It. The Brady Bunch. When The Boat Comes In. Minder. Wonder Woman. The Roadrunner Show. The Addams Family. Give Us A Break. The Aunty Jack Show. Spiderman. The Banana Splits. Sharpe. Gilligan's Island (you can sing Australia's national anthem to the tune of it y'know).
Name a show you would recommend everyone to watch:
Pretty much all of those listed under the first question, plus Sons Of Anarchy (the most Shakespearean show on telly!), Hell On Wheels, Deadwood, Due South, Fingersmith, The Venture Brothers, Granada television's Sherlock Holmes, Wire In The Blood, Aeon Flux, ANZACS, The X-Files, Case Histories, Scott & Bailey, Daria...
Name a TV series you own:
Supernatural. Spartacus. Edge Of Darkness. Battle Of The Planets. Band Of Brothers. Farscape. The Fast Show. Bubblegum Crisis. Red Dwarf. Black Books. Hornblower. Sharpe. Wire In The Blood. Sons Of Anarchy. Deadwood. The Venture Brothers. Invader Zim. Long Way To The Top: Stories Of Australian Rock & Roll. Daria. Fingersmith. Monty Python's Flying Circus. The Last Outlaw. The State Within. Dark Angel. Awake. Brotherhood. State Of Play. Kolchak: The Night Stalker. Due South. The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy. Ripping Yarns. There's more, but I'm not going through everything!
What is your favorite episode of your favorite series?
That's a terrible question. But I'll stick to the spirit of the meme and attempt to pull one out of the air... let's say... Supernatural 4x22 Lucifer Rising, because Jensen and Misha were just so amazing to watch working together there.
A show you mean to watch, but you just haven’t gotten around to yet?
Still haven't finished Deadwood. Still need to finish Sleepy Hollow, too. Um... I'm tempted to look into Shameless. And we're a little curious to have a look at the new Three Musketeers...
Ever quit watching a show because it was so bad?
Ayup.
Name a show you aren't interested in watching, not in the least:
The vast majority of them? I don't actually have a whole lot of patience for most mainstream fare, so there's an awful lot of television I just don't really care about ever seeing.
Name a show that’s made you cry multiple times:
Spartacus. Band Of Brothers. Farscape. Doctor Who. Supernatural up to 5x16 Dark Side Of The Moon. MASH.
Oldest TV show you like?
The Morecombe & Wise Show. The Avengers. The Munsters. The Addams Family. Monty Python's Flying Circus. The Aunty Jack Show.
Newest TV show you like?
Sleepy Hollow? I dunno... enjoyed Hannah Gadsby's 3-piece on Australian art that's just finished up. :)
What do you eat when you watch TV?
*shrug* It varies. There's no ritual involving food here.
How often do you watch TV?
At the moment... most days, about an hour or two. Other times... might not be keeping up with anything that's actually ON telly.
Do you have a favorite talk show?
What's the classification for this? If it's meaning those panel discussion thingies that talk about gossip and social mores, then no, but if it means what we used to refer to as "chat shows", then that would be Parkinson.
What’s the last TV show you watched?
We watched a doco last night called Born Rich, made by the heir of the Johnson & Johnson company.
What’s your favorite/preferred genres of TV?
Documentary. Drama. Sci-Fi. Comedy (particularly British and Australian). Action-Adventure. "Dramedy". But the bottom line is WELL WRITTEN. Preferably character-driven.
What's your least favorite genre of TV?
"Reality". Soaps. Things with too much shouting for no reason. Moronic shit.
What was the first TV show you were obsessed with?
Obsessed? That'd be Battle Of The Planets.
What TV show do you wish you never watched?
*shrug* Anything that felt like it was stealing time, I guess. But they wouldn't be things I ever watched again.
What’s the weirdest show you enjoyed?
Don't really know how to answer that.
What TV show scared you the most?
Kolchak: The Night Stalker. Back in the day. And Doctor Who, I guess. Also back in the day.
What is the funniest TV show you have ever watched?
Monty Python's Flying Circus. The Fast Show. Ab Fab. D-Gen. Blackadder. Ripping Yarns. The Big Gig. Full Frontal / Fast Forward. The Dave Allen Show. Big Girl's Blouse. Australia: You're Standing In It. DAAS Kapital.
Which do you think is the best TV series ever made?
Edge Of Darkness.
MASH.
Spartacus.
Monty Python's Flying Circus.
Yes, I'm putting more than one. There's bloody DECADES of good telly out there, you can't say just one! :)