Much as I don't want this blog to become a TV critic column, I have to make a quick mention of a really lame sit-com called "That 70's Show". It's based on the 'hilarious' comedy premise, that back in the 1970's people used to wear flares. That, at any rate, is the only even vaguely comedic element I can spot.

Just like British sitcom 'Allo 'Allo, it isn't funny. It doesn't matter how persistent a laugh track you play over it, it's still not funny! Are you listening Fox? Stop making this sort of crap, and spend the money on something useful, like getting Tom Martino a proper job.

There's worse news to come though. They're now trailing a new sitcom, called (try and contain your excitement) "That 80's Show". I'm not kidding. This is for real. Expect jokes about Rubik's cubes and leg-warmers.

Soapbox Time
When it comes to period comedy, the difference between That Shite Show... err Seventies Show and the various Blackadder series', is that Blackadder's comedy was about the characters and the events of that period, rather than "ooh look at the funny clothes they used to wear". But then, this is Fox. For that matter, this is an American TV network, so viewers are assumed (wrongly) to all be cretins, and everything has to be dumbed down. God forbid they'd put on anything challenging. It's so depressing the way that the American TV networks constantly underestimate the intelligence of American viewers.

Talking of which...

I'm not proud. It's 10.15pm, and I'm watching World's Wildest Police Videos again. I could give it up tomorrow if I wanted. Honest guv. As I write, I crazed madman is leading "the boys from Sumter County PD" on a jolly romp through No-Neck Alabama (or similar). He was driven mad, when he looked directly into Sheriff John 's teeth. The chase ended by his being rammed into a petrol pump by one of the Sumter County hardmen! Oddly enough, this causes the petrol pump to burst into flames, all over the nutter's car. I guess this must be what they call 'being in hot pursuit'.

I'll get my coat.