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Whataday
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I would say the negative comments on here are an indication that you are, dare I say, I little past it 
The concept of dipping in and out of television is even more relevant than ever before, with most young viewers keeping one eye on the TV, one eye on Twitter.
This was a perfect way of remodelling Red Nose Day for a new generation, with the presentation consisting of bitesize chunks of micro events to discuss on the likes of twitter etc, and to download on itunes. The old style telethon is better suited to CiN.
People are raving about Adele's performance, and the Smithy sketch, the Inbetweeners etc. It has still made an impact, but maybe not with the people that used to long for Dawn French to snog Hugh Grant or to see Chris Evans drop a cow pat on Patsy Palmer's head.
However, I would say that the order was a bit out. Alan Carr shouldve been on a lot earlier, with perhaps Jonathan Ross taking the last slot. The totaliser had no sense of importance (although perhaps this was deliberate and they didnt want to place such an emphasis on figures in these hard times).
Oh, and the Downtown Abbey thing just wasn't funny and past it. And that's coming from a French & Saunders/Victoria Wood fan.
Personally, I would have loved to have seen Dawn and Lenny hosting together, to give it a bit of a shock 'must watch' factor. But apart from that it was a good fundraiser overall (including the lead up events) and definitely talked about. Not least, a highly SUCCESSFUL fundraiser.
The concept of dipping in and out of television is even more relevant than ever before, with most young viewers keeping one eye on the TV, one eye on Twitter.
This was a perfect way of remodelling Red Nose Day for a new generation, with the presentation consisting of bitesize chunks of micro events to discuss on the likes of twitter etc, and to download on itunes. The old style telethon is better suited to CiN.
People are raving about Adele's performance, and the Smithy sketch, the Inbetweeners etc. It has still made an impact, but maybe not with the people that used to long for Dawn French to snog Hugh Grant or to see Chris Evans drop a cow pat on Patsy Palmer's head.
However, I would say that the order was a bit out. Alan Carr shouldve been on a lot earlier, with perhaps Jonathan Ross taking the last slot. The totaliser had no sense of importance (although perhaps this was deliberate and they didnt want to place such an emphasis on figures in these hard times).
Oh, and the Downtown Abbey thing just wasn't funny and past it. And that's coming from a French & Saunders/Victoria Wood fan.
Personally, I would have loved to have seen Dawn and Lenny hosting together, to give it a bit of a shock 'must watch' factor. But apart from that it was a good fundraiser overall (including the lead up events) and definitely talked about. Not least, a highly SUCCESSFUL fundraiser.