h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I prefer the one-wheel type.

Me too...

Me three...
I never figured out how to ride my father's unicycle. Neither did he. I think it's still in the garage.
*runs the seven miles to home to her garage, rumages around, runs back and hands Bluebottle a unicycle*
Here. See?

Thanks Penguin Girl. *takes unicycle, and falls off of it.*
Has anyone got one of those unicycles they had on "The Monkees"? They looked fun.

What were those like? I wasn't born for the Monkees.

They were small, quite think, and you sat on them very near the ground.
Hmm - you've never watched "The Monkees"? The humour was typical American un-funny, but the songs weren't bad.

"Typical American Un-funny" good term. Describes most sitcoms very well.

I guess so - although many people I know don't understand "Yes, (Prime) Minister" enough to find it funny. I guess it depends on your sense of humour, but most writers for American sitcoms, with the exceptions of Friends and cartoons like "Futurama" and "South Park", don't seem to have one.

The problem with American sitcoms is that they won't make fun of anyone except themselves, and the writers would rather appeal a little to everyone than a lot to some people. When I can, I watch Canadian shows. Those are usually very funny.

Kids in the Hall. 'Nuff said.

'Nuff said, maybe, but not for me. "Kids In The hall" - describe?
And, to be fair, a lot of British comedies are appaling too - for example "Dinner Ladies" - but Britain seems to have a lot more successes. I guess a lot of it is accounting for taste. I watched "Absolutely Fabulous" once and was bored completely, yet many consider it to be marvellously funny. C'est la vie.

At least there are enough to choose from. The variety is a nice change.

Very true - you get something for everyone, and different senses of humour are catered for. Which is something that didn't seem to happen in older American sitcoms, and many British sitcoms, which assumed that there was only one sense of humour, and so often they all shared the same (bad) joke.

YES. I hate that.

I think everyone does. Luckily most shows seem to have got better and are more unique, yet there will always be poor quality. The advantage of the UK is that when you have (ignoring Sky & cable) a limited number of channels but very high competition, the programmes made for each channel are very high quality, even if they do not appeal to all. The more channels, the lower the quality as no-one is likely to watch your channel anyway, and it all becomes adverts.

That's true here. 100 or so channels and nothing on. AGAIN.

In the end, people want Quality and not Quantity. Still, I've moer or less given up on TV and just use the internet. Afterall, it is at least interactive, and easier to find something you're interested in.

Yes. I tend to tape things I'm interested in if they're on, and watch them when ever. Life is so much more relaxed with less TV.

Very true. That way you don't have to arrange a life around a TV, but TV around your life. You'd be surprised at the number of people who have TV as a priority - well, I was.

I used to watch it more, but then I voluntarily gave it up completely for about a month, and never really took it up again.