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The trouble with EastEnders

(April 2007)

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PT
Put The Telly On
Tony Holland is still around but he comes across as a bit distant - certainly on the last interview I saw.

Julia Smith died about 10 years ago now. A bit of a strong ox - now I'd imagine she would be livid at the state of the soap at the moment.

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JO
Jonathan
onetrickpony posted:
Century Digital always use to play that song, shame they closed down to make way for Jazz radio or whatever it is.

Are the creators of EastEnders still alive today? I wonder what they make of EE at the moment

Interesting point. What do you think they would make of it?
JO
Johnny83
Jonathan posted:
onetrickpony posted:
Century Digital always use to play that song, shame they closed down to make way for Jazz radio or whatever it is.

Are the creators of EastEnders still alive today? I wonder what they make of EE at the moment

Interesting point. What do you think they would make of it?


They would throw a fit if they saw the state it was in now, at least Brookside wrapped up quite quickly when it got sh*te, EastEnders is going through a slow, painful death Laughing
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A former member
Jonathan posted:
onetrickpony posted:
Century Digital always use to play that song, shame they closed down to make way for Jazz radio or whatever it is.

Are the creators of EastEnders still alive today? I wonder what they make of EE at the moment

Interesting point. What do you think they would make of it?


I think Tony and Julia would not have allowed it to go down the route it has as such.
JO
Jonathan
onetrickpony posted:
Jonathan posted:
onetrickpony posted:
Century Digital always use to play that song, shame they closed down to make way for Jazz radio or whatever it is.

Are the creators of EastEnders still alive today? I wonder what they make of EE at the moment

Interesting point. What do you think they would make of it?


I think Tony and Julia would not have allowed it to go down the route it has as such.

Yes, I agree. Why do you think that?
PT
Put The Telly On
Well its a completely different show from the one Tony and Julia created. In fact in some respects its now worse than Eldorado - only with English language.
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A former member
Jonathan posted:
onetrickpony posted:
Jonathan posted:
onetrickpony posted:
Century Digital always use to play that song, shame they closed down to make way for Jazz radio or whatever it is.

Are the creators of EastEnders still alive today? I wonder what they make of EE at the moment

Interesting point. What do you think they would make of it?


I think Tony and Julia would not have allowed it to go down the route it has as such.

Yes, I agree. Why do you think that?


They would have appeard on an exclusive interview with GMTV, saying that they do not agree with all the gangsta storylines, fairground "disaster" and therfore being signed back up to put EE back on the past of its olden days.

They would not have wanted it to go the way it has because they had a vision for it and they would have felt that the vision has now gone cock-eyed.

Also the way that June Brown has been used over the past year or so in storylines have been pretty bad. The whole finding a baby in a church - i do wonder what she really thinks about it.
PA
pad
onetrickpony posted:
So thats how you spell criticise - ive always spelt it Critise Embarassed Its like me in normal life, swinging both ways - is that greedy?

Sorry *slaps myself* going off topic

Again, no one cares. Sorry to be harsh but really...

Tonight's episode was just pathetic. What the hell is with Dot in every episode?
LU
Luke
was that Dennis Pennis in tonight's episode?
JO
Jonathan
Luke posted:
was that Dennis Pennis in tonight's episode?

LOL it certainly was!
PM
Prime Minister
It's a shame Julia Smith died about 10 years ago - that 10 page exclusive interview in The Sun with her about the current state of the show would have made very interesting reading Smile
PM
Prime Minister
Last night's episode was beyond belief.

We had the character "Dot" (who has now been officially ruined), being driven all the way to Kent by her hubby Jim, because she was mourning the loss of "her only friend Pauline". They went to Kent because that's where Dot used to sing her prayers. Or something.

And when they got there, the writer decided to kick her in the teeth about 5 times as follows...

1) Finds out the vicar she loves is gone and is now a woman priest
2) Her long lost friend died 2 weeks before
3) The long lost friends priest of a son is now a religion hater
4) The priest then informs her that it is her fault her son was so bad and not God.
5) Then in the middle of the night a woman oh so happens to leave her baby in the church for Dot to find and she thinks its a sign from God.

Honestly, who writes this rubbish? Surely real life can't be this miserable? No-one ever smiles, tells jokes or messes around. I don't live in East London, but if it's really like EastEnders portrays it as, I certainly wouldn't want to live there.

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