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End of SM:TV to Ministry of Mayhem to MoM (July 2003)

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fanoftv posted:


I did notice it. it looked quite random, but I expect it was planned, thus why there were two of them. This is the sort of risky stuff saturday mornings needs.


I'm not so sure such arse achingly unfunny set pieces like that are what is needed at all. I'd have said the doctor/scientist (whatever the hell he is) who keeps saying 'It's totally fact' is perhaps a little more risky, or indeed, risque.

Having said that, any greater emphasis on Holly's breasts is always welcome.
JA
james2001 Founding member
teenage-monkey posted:
And should replace Tutenstein with All That / Amanda Show or My Parents Are Aliens?


I know there are many shows that could repalce TutenStein as there's so many much better shows that CITV either have the rights to or could buy the righs to. The problem is that now they've started showing it, they probabally have a commitment to show so many episodes.
NJ
Neil Jones Founding member
russnet posted:
I see the SMTV website has gone to the big fat empty website heaven.


Those sort of things scare me for some reason. And I don't know why.

Generally holding pages like those are left up until the domain expires which take the holding page with it. smtvlive.co.uk (according to this expires August 3rd this year.
BE
besty
russnet posted:
I see the SMTV website has gone to the big fat empty website heaven.


You can still acess the site at http://www.smtvlive.co.uk/smtv/

Plus Challenge Ant, Wonkey Donkey and Splatoon games can still be acessed
JA
james2001 Founding member
Neil Jones posted:
russnet posted:
I see the SMTV website has gone to the big fat empty website heaven.


Those sort of things scare me for some reason. And I don't know why.

Generally holding pages like those are left up until the domain expires which take the holding page with it. smtvlive.co.uk (according to this expires August 3rd this year.


Hmmm.... I see the name Ant & Dec productions on that page!
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A former member
I thought the Doctor on MoM was a lot funnier this week, which is a good job because there were two sketches with him!

I agree with fanoftv, there wasn't enough in this weeks show, which is a shame cause I really liked it. Maybe get rid of Tutenstein altogether or have just one epidsode of Spongebob. Seemed strange that even with less time they put the doctor in twice.
JA
james2001 Founding member
Though I still felt that for some reason they had more time than SM:TV Gold. Even though both shows are the same length I always felt SM:TV Gold was rushed & strapped for time, not sure why (regular SM:TV never felt like that). Still, the more they can cram in of the doctor, the better. When I first saw him I never thought I'd like him, bus as it turns out, he's quite funny.

Also, one thing I've thought about the twins is maybe they can promote them to celebrity interviewers. At least then we'll get more character from them rather than the incresing tedium of them sitting on the phones, talking in unison with silly voices.
FA
fanoftv
james2001 posted:
Though I still felt that for some reason they had more time than SM:TV Gold. Even though both shows are the same length I always felt SM:TV Gold was rushed & strapped for time, not sure why (regular SM:TV never felt like that). Still, the more they can cram in of the doctor, the better. When I first saw him I never thought I'd like him, bus as it turns out, he's quite funny.

Also, one thing I've thought about the twins is maybe they can promote them to celebrity interviewers. At least then we'll get more character from them rather than the incresing tedium of them sitting on the phones, talking in unison with silly voices.


I presume it was rushed due to them having to fit in two 11 minute parts of sabrina, two 11 minute episodes of spongebob/all grown up, a 10-15 minute ep of chums, a couple of other 5 minte sketches per show, along with live links and at least one game per show in the same slot.

I just felt that last week was better with them having only one spongebob and more live stuff. They should keep adding on items. Though I like the idea of them mixing stuff around so that you don't get the same things for weeks on end.

I thought about the twins in an earlier post, I said that they could either work in the green room or as make up artists or something.

I still can't stop singing the tune. I actually find myself singing the fast paced non rock backing music most of the time! They could do with something that will get viewers to watch on a weekly basis, or get kids talking. SM:tv had this effect with Pokemon, Chums and the eat it and ant's songs in the postbag. The doctor is great, but then again if it is the person that played Dad on globoloco, he & stephen have good chemistry.
I liked the Baby aswell yesturday, and how Holly rubbed her face on his belly for the fun off it, he looked pleased that she had!
Just more insane characters introduced into the show would make it seem like a minstry of mayhem.

Anyone know how the ratings did, or won't we find out till tomorrow?
TE
teenage-monkey
I think they showed show 11 minute episodes of Jimmy Neutron, Invader ZIM and Spongebob Squarepants. Or they could show My Parents Are Aliens and an 11 minute episode of Spongebob Squarepants.

In the last two shows, I think Holly and Stephen have had alot more to do then Michael. Anyone else agree? I really wanted to see him do that challenge thing each week - shame it didnt happen. Perhaps I should e-mail them and request they should do that?
FA
fanoftv
teenage-monkey posted:
I think they showed show 11 minute episodes of Jimmy Neutron, Invader ZIM and Spongebob Squarepants. Or they could show My Parents Are Aliens and an 11 minute episode of Spongebob Squarepants.

In the last two shows, I think Holly and Stephen have had alot more to do then Michael. Anyone else agree? I really wanted to see him do that challenge thing each week - shame it didnt happen. Perhaps I should e-mail them and request they should do that?


Jimmy Neutron is already on CiTV, so the episodes they would show would be repeats, as we are experiencing with Spongebob. Viewers won't watch repeats all of the time. Invader Zim. What happened over that? It was on 5 times (daily for alien week) last september, and it hasn't been on since. That may work, I actually watched Tutenstein though yesturday, it wasn't that bad. It hasn't got the appeal of Spongebob or Sabrina, but it's ok. If anything they should try and get rights to show Yakety Yak, great new show, hasn't been on long so not so many people will have seen it before.

I wonder why they dropped that Michael's mission thing. It would have been good to have him on a mission. Not on an O.B. but record it in the week, reveal the next one on Saturday morning. Wasn't he supposed to be going to premieres too? That would be good to cause mayhem at a premiere.

Is Holly still working on CBBC? It would be good if one week she, or get another person with BBC clearence for a week to go and bombard the bungalow and plug the Ministry.
TE
teenage-monkey
Practically, CiTV asked Nickelodeon if they could borrow Invader ZIM and they let them.

Yakkity Yak is fantastic - I love it. Nicktoons TV are doing a great job with promoting it with the 7:30am and up to half way through the week.... showing it at 4pm. Aswell as the Wakkity Yakkity weekends where its played for 6 hours in-between 4 of the most popular Nicktoons.
I don't think it's done fantastic as its 4pm showing has been taken off, but I think that's because it clashes with My Dad the Rockstar on Nick which is also new. I think they have an hour of FOP until Feburary in which Mr Bean : TAS will probably take the 4pm slot.

Holly working on CBBC? That'd never happen if she was on MOM. She's been taken off the XChange Presenter list and the CBBC presenter list. Still no sign of Rani from Nick L8R on there - but I think she's going to XChange in February and has that new show on CBBC soon.
Also, If someone advertised MoM on Dick n Dom, there would be a law suit.
FA
fanoftv
teenage-monkey posted:
Practically, CiTV asked Nickelodeon if they could borrow Invader ZIM and they let them.


So they basically paid for 5 episodes as it would fit in with the theme of alien week? Interesting way of doing it. And good on for nick letting them show it!

[quote-"teenage-mokey"]Holly working on CBBC? That'd never happen if she was on MOM. She's been taken off the XChange Presenter list and the CBBC presenter list. Still no sign of Rani from Nick L8R on there - but I think she's going to XChange in February and has that new show on CBBC soon.
Also, If someone advertised MoM on Dick n Dom, there would be a law suit.[/quote]

Oh yeah, that awful word, law suit!
Why can't it happen? If she's freelance she could do both shows (I presume she isn't if she's stopped doing xchange).
It'd be interesting to see what Steve Ryde thinks of MoM. When SM:tv started he was producer at CiTV, and now he's working on Dick & Dom I wonder what how he feels about it.

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