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This is a normal post "Not
broad enough appeal".
 (I helped save b3ta! somegreybloke, Mon 5 Nov 2012, 12:01, , Reply)
This is a normal post i'll chuck money at you!
but it might be coppers and they might be sharpened.
 (I helped save b3ta! tickle I was away, Mon 5 Nov 2012, 12:14, , Reply)
This is a normal post How annoying.
I think this kind of thing would be really good late night in between shows.

I'm beginning to realise that for anyone who wants to make a success in any realm of the entertainment world, your trial is not whether your work is good or bad; rather more simply, whether enough people 'like it.'

And what a shit measure of talent people are. They don't know what they like. You have to take risks and introduce it to them for the most part.
 (BarryFromTheShitFarm Oh, Mon 5 Nov 2012, 13:01, , Reply)
This is a normal post Just been watching a thing about Channel four being 30 years olsd
Up until about 10 years ago this is EXACTLY the kind of thing they would have shown on a friday or saturday night.

I think the internet has driven TV to be MORE bland and 'all things to everyone' because if you have niche tastes, then there's the internet.
TV can't afford to show niche, difficult stuff anymore.
 (I helped save b3ta! Joe Scaramanga with a G-double-O-D vibration, Mon 5 Nov 2012, 13:16, , Reply)
This is a normal post you're right but it's really scary that
SGB could be considered niche or difficult.
 (I helped save b3ta! tickle I was away, Mon 5 Nov 2012, 13:21, , Reply)
This is a normal post Good point.
I guess the internet is a double edged sword. Whilst it's fantastic people like Ben Wheatley have been able to found a career from it, the downside is it has now become an incredibly saturated market. A market where it isn't about whether your work is 'good' or how hard you've worked on it, it is literally about appealing to enough people. Which is a shame, because of that people like SGB just won't get the success they deserve.

I'm also part of the problem in that sense being that I display my shite on the 'net too.

Gone are the days when a TV boss will take a risk on an act they've seen on stage at some murky venue. It is now trial by popularity.
 (BarryFromTheShitFarm Oh, Mon 5 Nov 2012, 13:33, , Reply)
This is a normal post It's actually even
weirder than that. A few years ago the BBC asked me to pitch ideas to them for short comedy things they could put on their website. Guy said SGB would be perfect, but the problem was it already had a following and they wanted completely new stuff.

And then you pitch new stuff and they go "Hmmm, but how can we be sure people will like it?"

I'm just happy YouTube is there so it's not necessary to jump through hoops of flaming bullshit.
 (I helped save b3ta! somegreybloke, Mon 5 Nov 2012, 21:11, , Reply)