Educated black man
A few days ago I was flipping around and came to an episode of that show that had that Steve Urkel
character. I had read about that character before and had a general
idea of his demeanour, but since I had never seen the show before, I
had little idea how overwhelmingly annoying he was. I tried to watch
the show a while for purely educational reasons, but couldn't take it
more than a minute since I felt an almost overwhelming urge to reach
through the screen and strangle him.
Perhaps different cultures just like their entertainment in higher and lower keys. For example, I was delighted to learn that despite of what I had read, the video clips showcased in "America's Funniest Home Videos" do not include additional sound effects. But there is an extrovert host and a studio audience. Contrast this with the Finnish version of this show a few years ago. The host, who might perhaps be best described as an extremely introverted version of Homer Simpson, sat alone on a chair, watched the clips and occasionally interjected a melancholical comment. Sometimes he went to get coffee or a cookie before watching the next clip, or came up with an anecdote. I don't know if they have reworked the show since then, but it would a shame if they did.
Long time ago, maybe when I was in my early teens, there was a series of documentary reports that I remembered liking. Then one day, one episode aired and it was about the plight of Third World children who are forced to work in mines. The film clips showed the viewers little kids who were covered in dirt and looking all sad while they were working in the mine, and as background music, the editor had chosen that mining song of Seven Dwarves from the Disney movie "Snow White". I don't know exactly what happened, but I remember wondering later why we didn't see any more hard-hitting reports by that guy.
Perhaps different cultures just like their entertainment in higher and lower keys. For example, I was delighted to learn that despite of what I had read, the video clips showcased in "America's Funniest Home Videos" do not include additional sound effects. But there is an extrovert host and a studio audience. Contrast this with the Finnish version of this show a few years ago. The host, who might perhaps be best described as an extremely introverted version of Homer Simpson, sat alone on a chair, watched the clips and occasionally interjected a melancholical comment. Sometimes he went to get coffee or a cookie before watching the next clip, or came up with an anecdote. I don't know if they have reworked the show since then, but it would a shame if they did.
Long time ago, maybe when I was in my early teens, there was a series of documentary reports that I remembered liking. Then one day, one episode aired and it was about the plight of Third World children who are forced to work in mines. The film clips showed the viewers little kids who were covered in dirt and looking all sad while they were working in the mine, and as background music, the editor had chosen that mining song of Seven Dwarves from the Disney movie "Snow White". I don't know exactly what happened, but I remember wondering later why we didn't see any more hard-hitting reports by that guy.
The Finnish King in the old Home videos, Mr. Kettunen alias Markus Kajo:
http://www.yle.fi/tv2/?p=jutut&ID=1379
http://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markus_Kajo muinoin.
Nykyisin Nelosella on kotivideo-ohjelma, jossa Sampo Marjomaa on aika hyvä ja erilainen, kenties tähän päivään ja tosi-tv-katsojille suunnattu persoona, muttei tuon ohjelman kokonaisuus - juontajasta huolimatta - tavoita Markus Kajon sfäärejä.
http://www.nelonen.fi/sarjat/sarjat.asp?s=2&sID=2&SerieId=879&cat=4
Tyylilajeista ei pitäne kinastella, kuten ei Beethovenia ja Lordia voine verrata keskenään. Hyviä molemmat omalla alallaan.
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