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Tube Talk: Kim And Kiefer Keep It Real
Thursday, 25 July 2002, 12:02 am | John T. Forde
Amid the mindless crap generated by politicians during election time, it’s nice to know there are two tireless troupers fighting for good tube time. More >>
Tube Talk: John Campbell’s Angry Inch
Friday, 19 July 2002, 9:39 am | John T. Forde
Like his immovable Ken Doll hairdo, John Campbell’s career seems to defy the laws of gravity. As chief anchor of TV3 News, he defies the norms of other newsreader sock puppets by actually attempting to do political commentary. More >>
Tube Talk: Ozzy And Ruby Serve Up The Trash
Thursday, 11 July 2002, 8:48 am | John T. Forde
Election coverage is undoubtedly the most boring point of the TV year. To compensate, TVNZ have served up a symphony of entertaining trash. And with Sex and the City and starved meerkat Ally McBeal’s now gone, the trash-fest couldn’t be more welcome. More >>
Tube Talk: TV’s New Legal Beagles
Wednesday, 3 July 2002, 2:31 pm | John T. Forde
Like its top-rating programme, Big Brother , TVNZ sees all and knows all. Last week, I was cyber-spanked by TVNZ for incorrectly stating that new lawyer drama The Guardian is on TV3. (It’s on TV2 on Thursdays at 8.30pm, possums.) By way of contrition, I’ll ... More >>
Tube Talk: In search of TV beefcake
Thursday, 27 June 2002, 10:39 am | John T. Forde
Like most swinging Singletons in this city, I’m in search of the perfect companion to ride my Sin Carriage of Love. Unfortunately, since New Zealand doesn’t having a dating culture and men are largely dogs, I’ve been spending more and more time ... More >>
Tube Talk: When Bad News Attacks
Wednesday, 19 June 2002, 9:45 am | John T. Forde
After half an hour of watching Judy Bailey holding back the tears, or reporters shivering as they stand outside Parliament delivering some poorly researched speculation dressed up like a story, even TV2’s inane Big Brother looks like a tempting alternative. More >>
Tube Talk: Carrie On, Sex And The City
Wednesday, 12 June 2002, 2:36 pm | John T. Forde
And oh, how they talk. Blow jobs, funky spunk, vibrators, spanking, bad breath, faking orgasms, rimming, and men who want to date their mothers - you name it, Carrie and the girls have tried, dissected and dissed it. More >>
Tube Talk: Showbiz 'Aint News, TVNZ
Wednesday, 5 June 2002, 2:14 pm | John T. Forde
Let's speak plainly - TVNZ's news and current affairs are a joke. Last week's fawning coverage of Bill Clinton's Auckland visit demonstrated just how banal, poorly researched and trashily focused our TV reporting has become. More >>
Tube Talk: Take A Bow, Shortland Street
Wednesday, 29 May 2002, 3:40 pm | John T. Forde
There were many noteworthy events on TV this week – David coming out to his mother in Six Feet Under, Aiden proposing to Carrie in Sex & The City, the unashamed hideousness of Michelle Boag’s teal pantsuits. But the week belonged, appropriately ... More >>
Tube Talk: When Talk Show Hosts Attack
Wednesday, 22 May 2002, 12:38 am | John T. Forde
When it comes to humiliating yourself on television, noone does it better than the British. More >>
Tube Talk: Is The West Wing Losing Its Sheen?
Thursday, 16 May 2002, 9:22 am | John T. Forde
Praise the Lord and pass the broccoli, "The West Wing" has returned! Grandiose, witty and slightly pretentious, "West Wing" follows the workings of the staff of the Oval Office, home of the American President. More >>
Tube Talk: Watch Or Be Watched
Thursday, 9 May 2002, 10:36 am | John T. Forde
Why do we watch reality TV? For the same reason that dogs lick their balls - because we can. And there sure is a lot of it around, possums. "Big Brother", "Temptation Island", "City Beat", that dreadful gardening show with Lyn of Tawa.... ... More >>
Tube Talk: The little strip show that could
Wednesday, 1 May 2002, 4:24 pm | John T. Forde
This is the tale of two new Kiwi TV comedies - both made in Wellington, both pitched at the urban youth demographic, and both currently screening on TV3. One is charming and shows promise; the other one stinks, and will hopefully die a quick ratings death ... More >>
Tube Talk: 24 Reasons To Trust No One
Wednesday, 24 April 2002, 1:25 pm | John T. Forde
Sometimes, television gets so obsessed with being socially responsible, that it forgets one of its primary objectives: to entertain us. More >>
Tube Talk: Tally Ho, Old Trout
Wednesday, 17 April 2002, 1:50 pm | John T. Forde
Like any good Catholic boy, I love funerals. The hats, the flowers, the clenched jaws, and the creeping realisation you’ll eventually die yourself it’s all good. Add the fabulously dysfunctional Royal Family farewelling their gin-swilling queen ... More >>
Tube Talk With John T. Forde - Death Becomes Them
Wednesday, 10 April 2002, 10:40 am | John T. Forde
Royal funerals, Alliance party bitch-slapping, Rhys Morgan wearing denim in The Strip.... This week's TV has truly been a cornucopia of delights More >>
Tube Talk: TV As A Fabulous Freak Show
Thursday, 4 April 2002, 2:48 pm | John T. Forde
Some people think TV is educational. Personally, I think of TV as a fabulous freak show, where we can feed our endlessly voyeuristic desires for trash. More >>
