Arcanum_V Posted April 29, 2003 Share Posted April 29, 2003 If you get the chance, take a look at Manor House on PBS. I'm not sure if it's been broadcast outside of the U.S., but it's a reality series (sort of) set in an Edwardian manor house with a family of five and their fourteen servants. It's a lot like Gosford Park or Upstairs, Downstairs, only it's more detailed. For Adventure!, you get a strong lesson in turn-of-the-century English social relationships between the haves and the have-nots that work for them, so you can really get that condescending frown towards your footman just right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayre el KaBeer Posted April 29, 2003 Share Posted April 29, 2003 We got it here in Australia over a year ago, I think it was a rerun but I can't remember. It's worth a watch but, the younger members of the staff always make it seem like some lame soap opera, the rest of the people there make the show/documentary/experiment work. The kid talking to his teacher about station deserves a belting hehehe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harlequin Posted April 30, 2003 Share Posted April 30, 2003 heh, ::laugh couldn't have said it better myself Ayre. it is neat though and quite a bit of information can be gleaned out of it, once you ignore the drama. which might i add, isn't over the top. it's not an american show so people aren't trying to kill/slap/maim each other or revolt against the masters, eat anything disgusting, etc. it's mostly just a bit of romance and the stress of trying to adapt to 19th century life. ::thumbsup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finbar Posted April 30, 2003 Share Posted April 30, 2003 Hey! The Brits started that stuff, thank you! ::sneaky2 Read: I am aware that other countries were doing it first, but their shows tend to get translated over the most...And some of their daytime shows have nudity! ::nervous In fact, I could argue that this is a show the Brits copied from us (there was a series of an American family placed in a house that was in the early 1900's just last year; also great!)...Disclaimer: Brits are generally good people...Unfortunately, as Monty Python has warned us, they are very strange birds.... ::bigsmile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayre el KaBeer Posted April 30, 2003 Share Posted April 30, 2003 I'd check the dates before I made any claims Finbar. ::tongue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harlequin Posted April 30, 2003 Share Posted April 30, 2003 there's actually a surprising number of american shows based off or straight stolen from the bbc. *cough* trading spaces *cough* but i have no idea if that's the case here.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayre el KaBeer Posted April 30, 2003 Share Posted April 30, 2003 Unfortunately this site is for pbs and copyrighted for 2003, and I couldn't find another site. I'm pretty sure it first came out in 2000 maybe 2001 so ill try to find out as soon as I get some time for a proper look.Don't want to ruin it, I'm on post 318! Couldn't resist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finbar Posted April 30, 2003 Share Posted April 30, 2003 Bloody hell. ::angry I hate yes and no answers..... ::tongue The second (2001) and fourth (2003) series ("Manor House") were British and New Zealand, respective. There was also a (third series (2002)) "Pioneer House" that was American. With a fifth series on the way...However, the first series ("1900 House" (1999), the one I was referencing) was made by Wall to Wall Televsion (Channel 4, British), AND WNET Channel 13 (American), ie, it's made on both sides of the pond, like a lot of PBS shows are...Follow that? ::sleeping Basically, I was sorta right (American and prior series) while being sorta wrong ::sneaky2 ...Sorta fun doing the checking, actually...If for no other reason than to show me that I track some really weird stuff ::hehe ....FR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayre el KaBeer Posted April 30, 2003 Share Posted April 30, 2003 Thanks Finbar, saved me the time to look for it... Oh by the way I'll never forgive the people that brought Big Brother! B@STARDS!!! It takes up a whole channel (pretty much) and is the most annoying crap in the world, but we had to get it too!!! ::angryNO!!! 318 now 319!!! Damn you to hell Big Brother, for you are truelly evil!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finbar Posted April 30, 2003 Share Posted April 30, 2003 Side Note 1: My least favorite argument (not here, but when TV is discussed) is that American TV gets blamed for a lot of stuff that other nations do worse (sex and violence), but that American TV gets called "base and a time-waster", whereas other nations are, by default, "great and educational". Sorry about the knee-jerk reaction...Side Note 2: "Trading Spaces"??? EW!Side Note 3: "1900 House" was great because of the fun everyone had doing it, especially the kids' reactions, which ran the gamut from "Yes!" to "Do I have to?"All the info, none of the drama! ::tongue FR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finbar Posted April 30, 2003 Share Posted April 30, 2003 Oh, and as to the "I'm not sure it's been seen outside the US": It's evidently been seen in the US, Brtitain, and Australia/NZ...FR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayre el KaBeer Posted April 30, 2003 Share Posted April 30, 2003 Hehe I could attest (right word? me tired, almost 6:30am no sleep yet! ::teleport I hate having to work graveyard shift on short notice! anyway...) to that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finbar Posted April 30, 2003 Share Posted April 30, 2003 Go to sleep! Sheesh...FR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayre el KaBeer Posted April 30, 2003 Share Posted April 30, 2003 Good idea that man! err I think, no offense if your not... I'm not trying to be funny I really don't know... hey Harle any chance of a 'foot-in-mouth' smilley? I should go off to bed now nighty night everybody! ::sleeping ::sarcasm damn forgot to turn the computer off, stupd conservation shows allways tellin' you turn this off and check this and don't hunt any damn whales I'll hunt whales if i damn well want next they'll be telling me elphants are on their damn list... Damn them and thier iglu's... diesel spills ill give them diesel spill... Eggplants too!!!... ....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finbar Posted May 1, 2003 Share Posted May 1, 2003 I want partial credit, at least! ::tongue FR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finbar Posted May 1, 2003 Share Posted May 1, 2003 I want partial credit, at least! ::tongue FR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayre el KaBeer Posted May 1, 2003 Share Posted May 1, 2003 WoW! see what sleep deprivation does to me! Oh by the way I just got back from work... Now I need a few hours sleep and then I get to roleplay ::thumbsup What is it with fridays and roleplaying?Oh by the way FB here's a coke for you too ::cola hmmm looks like el cheapo generico brand... oh well not my fault. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harlequin Posted May 1, 2003 Share Posted May 1, 2003 hrm, i'll give the foot smiley a try, if not maybe i can manage a "banging head on wall" smiley.... ::thumbsup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix Posted May 2, 2003 Share Posted May 2, 2003 How about a smiley that's holding a sign saying "No, I'm a cat."I bet some people would never post text again!This was going around the e-mail circuit at some point:The most useful phrase one can learn in Russian (after \"Ya loobloo peat vodku\" - I love to drink vodka) has to be \"Nyet, Ya koshka\" or \"No I'm a cat.\" It provides an excellent answer to almost any question asked of you....Do you know where the kiosk is? No, I'm a cat. Would you give me the pleasure of joining me for dinner tonight? No, I'm a cat. Did you remember to do the dishes? No, I'm a cat.Try it out for a few days and I promise you'll get asked fewer questions! Meow, I say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harlequin Posted May 2, 2003 Share Posted May 2, 2003 ::biggrin ::laugh ::laugh ::laugh ::biggrin i like!!! cat smiley here i come! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayre el KaBeer Posted May 4, 2003 Share Posted May 4, 2003 How's this for some more smilleys? see no evil, speak no evil and hear no evil... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix Posted May 4, 2003 Share Posted May 4, 2003 Bizarre, I was just thinking the same thing not two hours ago! That's a great idea, little monkeys and everything, except the Cult Of Mal (if it's still around) would probably use it for propaganda purposes.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayre el KaBeer Posted May 4, 2003 Share Posted May 4, 2003 I had the thought a while ago but this thread reminded me of it, im not really sure what triggered it, i guess it was the foot in mout thing but i could be wrong.The cult of Mal now they're a worry! ::ninja ::ninja ::ninja Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix Posted May 4, 2003 Share Posted May 4, 2003 Mal hasn't posted in a while; we don't have anybody to make fun of..You don't suppose he's trying to emulate his namesake by taking off in to the great abyssal yonder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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