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

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fanoftv
_Melmo_ posted:

Yep, definitely agree... it seemed far less scripted today too. When the doctor was walking back and forward behind Stephen, he was in absolute fits of laughter, which was quite refreshing to see. Spelling Smackdown was boring though, but the mayhem at the end was funny... with the guy from 'Stars in their Eyes Kids' being gunged, although they had to remove his wig first... , hehe. It seemed to be a little more unscripted and more fun gags. I also noticed that they did many of the links from the sofa area today, surrounded by the audience.


Indeed it was nice. It's been like this for the past few weeks now including a dew sketches and games, and lots of innuendo, plus the crew are surprising Stephen, Michael & Holly more too.

It's nice to have the sofa back. They got rid of it at one point (not literally, but it wasn't on the show), and then they've bought it back and it's nice, very Saturday Morning TV. I wonder what the ratings are doing for it against the Mysti Show.
JB
JasonB
fanoftv posted:
_Melmo_ posted:

Yep, definitely agree... it seemed far less scripted today too. When the doctor was walking back and forward behind Stephen, he was in absolute fits of laughter, which was quite refreshing to see. Spelling Smackdown was boring though, but the mayhem at the end was funny... with the guy from 'Stars in their Eyes Kids' being gunged, although they had to remove his wig first... , hehe. It seemed to be a little more unscripted and more fun gags. I also noticed that they did many of the links from the sofa area today, surrounded by the audience.


Indeed it was nice. It's been like this for the past few weeks now including a dew sketches and games, and lots of innuendo, plus the crew are surprising Stephen, Michael & Holly more too.

It's nice to have the sofa back. They got rid of it at one point (not literally, but it wasn't on the show), and then they've bought it back and it's nice, very Saturday Morning TV. I wonder what the ratings are doing for it against the Mysti Show.


I've also noticed they're not using Ray as much as they used to, or have they ran out of ideas for him?
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Andrew Founding member
Well Ray wasn't used at all today, besides being stood at the side.

The Doctor was funny again today, particularly when he 'lost a toe' and when the 'All blown up' (before you blow make sure you put on your protection) went wrong.

The baby's sketch is quite good as well. The show was helped by having good guests, you always get a lot of laughs out of Sam and Mark.

Annoyingly though the screen kept flickering every few minutes, although I don't know if that was nationally or just in my area.
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JasonB
Andrew posted:
Well Ray wasn't used at all today, besides being stood at the side.

The Doctor was funny again today, particularly when he 'lost a toe' and when the 'All blown up' (before you blow make sure you put on your protection) went wrong.

The baby's sketch is quite good as well. The show was helped by having good guests, you always get a lot of laughs out of Sam and Mark.

Annoyingly though the screen kept flickering every few minutes, although I don't know if that was nationally or just in my area.


I got the flickering screen in my area, so you're not the only one!.

It felt a bit like SM:TV this morning with Sam and Mark helping out in the All growen up sketch though i thought it was getting a bit repetetive(?) at first but its growen on me!.
JA
james2001 Founding member
Yes, I've noticed this week the more freedom and the more sketches.It is defiantly becoming much more SM:TV like. Much better than when it started. Again though, it's JUST like SM:TV which also got off to a shakey start but became a much loved programme.
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Andrew Founding member
FriendsFanatic posted:
I've just downloaded MoM's first show title's from tv history.co.uk , I now prefer the original title lengh to the ones they use now and the original theme its self (where it said "Ministry Mayhem"). Anyone else think MoM should write another 2 verses to the theme and release it as a single?.


They did seem quite long though didn't they.

Also, that opening in the studio, with them all saying good morning was awful wasn't it. No wonder they don't do that anymore.

Anyone know how long they kept the original long titles?

Also, what with the differing lengths of the titles, the re-done music adding the "of", and recolouring the logo from pink to blue theres been quite a few different versions really hasn't there!
JB
JasonB
Andrew posted:
FriendsFanatic posted:
I've just downloaded MoM's first show title's from tv history.co.uk , I now prefer the original title lengh to the ones they use now and the original theme its self (where it said "Ministry Mayhem"). Anyone else think MoM should write another 2 verses to the theme and release it as a single?.


They did seem quite long though didn't they.

Also, that opening in the studio, with them all saying good morning was awful wasn't it. No wonder they don't do that anymore.

Anyone know how long they kept the original long titles?

Also, what with the differing lengths of the titles, the re-done music adding the "of", and recolouring the logo from pink to blue theres been quite a few different versions really hasn't there!


They used the long titles until show 3 someone said a few pages back, re-dubbed it with the american voice on show 2 and cut it from show 3.

Does anyone have the full lengh titles with the re-dubbed american accent in a video or a mp3 format?.
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Andrew Founding member
Interesting CITV schedules during the first week of Euro 2004 from Monday 14th June....

On Monday and Tuesday CITV runs from 3pm to 4pm. Young Kids shows at 3pm and then Starfinder is back at 3.30pm. Remember it was pulled from the schedules way back last year. It's showing every day

On Wednesday, CITV runs from 3.15pm to 5.30pm. Starfinder is at 3.45pm. The post-5pm extension is probably to make up for reduced hours on the other days. The 5pm show is My Parents are Aliens. Episode 'The Family Way' starring Barbara Durkin as Sophie.

On Thursday, CITV is even shorter and is on from 3pm to 3.30pm. The only show is Starfinder.

Friday's schedule isn't available yet but I predict it will be a long one like the Wednesday
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i hate sleepover club soo much! why did they have to knock my parents are aliens off the air for such a bad show!? Sad ive created a site to say how much i hate it!haha!i dont think citv will be pleased Very Happy my website!
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rob Founding member
Give the Doctor his own series!! He's one of my faves on the ministry. Thought that Ray in a Darkness-esque suit was hilarious!
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JasonB
MoM is getting better and better each week!. The doctor is getting funnier each week. Its amazing how he gets away with turning science defenitions in to something rude!Laughing though they seem to of scrapped the "funnies" at the end of the experiment. Not sure about Mucho Lucho being on MoM is it a hit on CITV?

I missed Spelling Smackdown as i missed the first 8 shows, but i think it is ok. Is it me or was the girl who was on Spelling Smackdown last week been on Spelling Smackdown before?.

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