RD
Brilliant thread!
Some favourites of mine happen during the inane, repetitive commentaries on all news channels during breaking news (Iraq war, The Huntley Trial, Bush's visit, Jackson's arrest, England's rugby team arriving at Heathrow, etc)...
"Truly unprecedented scenes"
"A sensational development"
"These remarkable pictures on our screens now"
"Scenes that we have never witnessed the like of before"
But despite their endless attempts to dramatise the news, nothing will ever beat the rush of adrenalin I used to get in the 1980's when BBC1 would suddenly flash up a "News Report" slide. That was real excitement.
Oh, and a special one for all Gordon Burns fans...
"Just, errr, bear with me for one moment"
Some favourites of mine happen during the inane, repetitive commentaries on all news channels during breaking news (Iraq war, The Huntley Trial, Bush's visit, Jackson's arrest, England's rugby team arriving at Heathrow, etc)...
"Truly unprecedented scenes"
"A sensational development"
"These remarkable pictures on our screens now"
"Scenes that we have never witnessed the like of before"
But despite their endless attempts to dramatise the news, nothing will ever beat the rush of adrenalin I used to get in the 1980's when BBC1 would suddenly flash up a "News Report" slide. That was real excitement.
Oh, and a special one for all Gordon Burns fans...
"Just, errr, bear with me for one moment"
NE
Oh, drag yourself away from the TV and come out for a drink...
rdobbie posted:
But despite their endless attempts to dramatise the news, nothing will ever beat the rush of adrenalin I used to get in the 1980's when BBC1 would suddenly flash up a "News Report" slide. That was real excitement.
Oh, drag yourself away from the TV and come out for a drink...
TW
Hello, this is Breakfast with Natasha Kaplinsky and Dermot Murnaghan.
I prefer:
Hello, this is Breakfast with Sian Williams and Bill Turnbull.
The fact that when they introduce the newsreader on Breakfast they never say their surname: "Now here's Kate/Moira/Luisa/Jules with the day's main stories" - how are ordinary people supposed to know who they are?
Hello, this is Breakfast with Natasha Kaplinsky and Dermot Murnaghan.
I prefer:
Hello, this is Breakfast with Sian Williams and Bill Turnbull.
The fact that when they introduce the newsreader on Breakfast they never say their surname: "Now here's Kate/Moira/Luisa/Jules with the day's main stories" - how are ordinary people supposed to know who they are?
KA
Katherine
Founding member
Two that annoy me:
'The top of the hour'. A hellish spawn followed latewr by some news channels referring to half past the hour as the 'bottom of the hour'! What a stunning example of innovative imagination!
Let's hope that they don't add quarter to and quarter past to it, although they'll be fighting it out for the 'middle of the top and bottom of the hours'!
"To win hearts and minds". Since Iraq, this bloody phrase has haunted my every viewing hour of news channels!
'The top of the hour'. A hellish spawn followed latewr by some news channels referring to half past the hour as the 'bottom of the hour'! What a stunning example of innovative imagination!
Let's hope that they don't add quarter to and quarter past to it, although they'll be fighting it out for the 'middle of the top and bottom of the hours'!
"To win hearts and minds". Since Iraq, this bloody phrase has haunted my every viewing hour of news channels!
NH
Nick Harvey
Founding member
"Firemen are fighting the fire with breathing apparatus" never ceases to amuse me.
DJ
Back to mispronunciations, there is one there's really pees me off . . . when any weather forecaster,
newsreader, holiday show presenter, or any other relevant TV face pronounces the word "Balearics"
as though it's though it's an area of the Irish Republic, rather than a group of Spanish islands!
I hate it when they say "Bally Arics", when it should be pronounced the way it's spelt.
So, all of you TV peeps out there, rembember . . . it's pronunced "Bal-ear-ics". Anyone who
even thinks of pronuncing it the other way, deserves a right good kick in the "Bally Arics" !
newsreader, holiday show presenter, or any other relevant TV face pronounces the word "Balearics"
as though it's though it's an area of the Irish Republic, rather than a group of Spanish islands!
I hate it when they say "Bally Arics", when it should be pronounced the way it's spelt.
So, all of you TV peeps out there, rembember . . . it's pronunced "Bal-ear-ics". Anyone who
even thinks of pronuncing it the other way, deserves a right good kick in the "Bally Arics" !
:-(
A former member
Famous closing lines:
"And that's the way it is." (CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite)
"Goodnight!" **giant smile** (CBC National News with Knowlton Nash)
"Thanks for watching." **disinterested scowl** (CBC National News with Peter Mansbridge)
"And that's the kind of day it's been." **vacant gaze** (CTV National News with Lloyd Robertson)
"From all of us here at NBC News, goodnight." (NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw)
"That's our broadcast for tonight." (ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings)
What was Cliff Michelmore's closing line from "Tonight"?
"And that's the way it is." (CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite)
"Goodnight!" **giant smile** (CBC National News with Knowlton Nash)
"Thanks for watching." **disinterested scowl** (CBC National News with Peter Mansbridge)
"And that's the kind of day it's been." **vacant gaze** (CTV National News with Lloyd Robertson)
"From all of us here at NBC News, goodnight." (NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw)
"That's our broadcast for tonight." (ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings)
What was Cliff Michelmore's closing line from "Tonight"?