A few times.
1) Blue Peter; demo'ing STIGA table hockey.
2) A few pilots that I don't _think_ air'd.
3) Club Reps Uncovered: I made a complete disgrace of myself on TV and maintain that their crew incisted that I get wrecked and _then_ sign the paperwork; and that they have many iligal practices. It taught me that just because something is on telly, even if it's proporting to be a 'documentary', that a lot of it can be so manipulated or fake... and as such, I feel sorry for people who look a tit on TV/media when in reality, they're normal people. Not all cases, but it happens a lot.
4) Big Breakfast, same as above without the booze. Was in a boxing ring wrestling inside sleeping bags. I was there to open my dad's shop with the ring for them, and "nobody turned up", yeh', right. Took 4 months to get the £100 I was origionally promised for opening up the shop for them, never saw the additional £100 they promised. They feed what I had to say, and when I said "Don't ask me what 'sport team' I play for 'cus I don't and I don't wanna lie and say I do; and them see it and I'll look like a twat" First question he asked was that, and I froze. I wish I said "I donno, I'm just doing what your producers told me" live on telly.

I don't think I would go on telly again unless under cirtain circamstances.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 10:02, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

In terms of work I've done with telly, well, my dad did mostly but I was involved...
... my Dad owned a shop called Skate Attack which was a really major skating/hockey shop, where we sorted out (from what I can remmeber)

- Pretty much any skating show you can think off, or show where padding was required (Ice Warriors, Starlight Express, disney on ice, The Mighty Ducks*... and loads more)
- Pretty much any Blue Peter like show that had skating, we were involved somewhere, at least a few times a year.
- We sold Micheal Jackson, Sulton of Bruni, the cast of eastenders.
- Most of disney's UK promotional stuff, for example, inside those costumes they needed padding.

* For these ones I went to a private screening and took my entire class to the premier down central.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 10:19, Reply)

How much did you get for Michael Jackson?
Did you have to mark him down as 'damaged'?
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 10:21, Reply)

We did a lot for him, but the main one was his skates that he used reguarly (apparently).
It was a pair of bright gold bouars (bowers? ermm.. you know, the brand that begins with 'b' that I can't spell). I have an A3 photo somewhere in my mum's attick of him with the skates, signed saying something like "Thank you Skate Attack" followed by his signature.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 10:44, Reply)

Those lowest common denominator shows
do indeed exploit the stupid - not that I'm saying you're stupid Gonz. You realised it, most of the hapless cretins making arses of themselves for the amusement of others have no idea that they are doing so.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 10:20, Reply)

They do, but it's not just the stupid, and I think it that however bad we blame the presenters for this sort of thing, the production team are far worst.
America is worst, they even get them to do reinactments and act things out.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 10:46, Reply)