Melbourne Beats

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Thu Oct 01, 2009 2:23 pm

ppl think i'm Irish all the damn time.

C.I.A. · Post by **C.I.A.** » Thu Oct 01, 2009 2:36 pm

Lol! I think your accent is more Irish than Seppo, Kitty

Saw a freaky docco where they looked at the origin of the North American accent.. this spot in Ireland where everyone sounds like they come from bizzaro USA... did my head in.

I'm currently loving 'around the world in 80 gardens'. Dude hosting it is such a massive nerd and he gets so genuinely excited by the evolution of gardens and their reflection of society and our relationship with nature that I want to invite him over for tea and crumpets.

David Attenborough also on high rotation at the moment. Life of Birds, the earth series etc.

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Thu Oct 01, 2009 4:35 pm

But i like sounding like a 'seppo' cia!

witty_pseudonym · Post by **witty_pseudonym** » Thu Oct 08, 2009 1:28 pm

i hope last night's red faces gets hey hey canned for good.
how utterly fucking embarrassing.

calstro · Post by **calstro** » Thu Oct 08, 2009 1:52 pm

witty_pseudonym wrote:i hope last night's red faces gets hey hey canned for good.
how utterly fucking embarrassing.

Way to make Australia (Melbourne) look like the backwater arse end of the world....
Add this to the other "Aussie Pride" issues....and we really dont look as tolerant and accepting as most of us would like to think we are.
Whoever at 9 thought that was a good idea to bring that act back should be reemed.

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Thu Oct 08, 2009 2:51 pm

What a load of shit.

There was not one iota of malice or degradation in that skit, it was harmless (but ordinary) fun. The lead in the skit was even an Indian-Australian.

Storm in a teacup, thank God we're not America.

bonsai · Post by **bonsai** » Thu Oct 08, 2009 3:03 pm

Direkt wrote:What a load of shit.

There was not one iota of malice or degradation in that skit, it was harmless (but ordinary) fun. The lead in the skit was even an Indian-Australian.

Storm in a teacup, thank God we're not America.

could not agree more. anyone who sees this is as being racist light needs to wake the fuck up, seriously.

the colours/races displayed in the skit were not intended to portray a political view, merely as comedy. shame to anyone who speaks bad of our great country in a circumstance like this, find your long lost sense of humour and lose the PC bullshit real fast. you're more than welcome to move to the great, free land of the USA and gobble about your misplaced racial issues where someone (albeit an American) will actually take your side and listen.

I believe this shows how comfortable Australians really are with multiculturalism.. we don't need to drift into the same arena as American TV, we can crack a joke and find humour in it, without being at the expense of a racial group..

thank GAWD I'm NART American.

witty_pseudonym · Post by **witty_pseudonym** » Thu Oct 08, 2009 3:13 pm

but i just don't see the humour in it at all.
it's childish, it's distateful and it's out of place in today's society.
it's clearly poking fun. i wouldn't go so far as to call it racist, but seriously, minstrels haven't been about since the 1800s.

that's what it looks like to me. i suppose it's essentially a joke about michael jackson's whiteness...but it doesn't really come across like that imo.
i'd like to know what some aborigines thought of it. i just think it shows a level of ignorance that's pretty shameful tbh.
i thought we'd moved on from this mindset and this feels like a massive step back in what australia already significantly lacks in terms of race relations. it says absolutely nothing about multiculturalism, that's like saying someone imitating an asian person would be embracing multiculturalism.

Feigan · Post by **Feigan** » Thu Oct 08, 2009 3:27 pm

The majority of the performing group was Indian - so where the racial intent comes from I don't know.

I think the main reason it's been shit bagged is because of Harry's response which was miscontrued response because of how he perceived the act was and not what it actually was
which was a tribute to the Jacksons.

If anything - the only poor taste element is that it's so soon after MJ's death.

Blaxter · Post by **Blaxter** » Thu Oct 08, 2009 3:55 pm

Celebrity Master Chef is failing for me. 3 on 3 is lame.

I think Michelle should take the fat judges and put them through the paces of Biggest Loser.

calstro · Post by **calstro** » Thu Oct 08, 2009 5:30 pm

Feigan wrote:The majority of the performing group was Indian - so where the racial intent comes from I don't know.

How about the Andrew Symonds 'monkey' incident?

Racism is not just white versus dark.

Indians can and have been racist towards African Americans too.
http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?250317

Feigan · Post by **Feigan** » Thu Oct 08, 2009 5:58 pm

calstro wrote:
Feigan wrote:The majority of the performing group was Indian - so where the racial intent comes from I don't know.
How about the Andrew Symonds 'monkey' incident?

Racism is not just white versus dark.

Indians can and have been racist towards African Americans too.
http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?250317

My point was based on this article that I read earlier today - http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/stor ... 22,00.html

The group is of a multicultural background, not just an Indian lead.

sorry if I confused Calstro

If anything out of Red Faces was offensive last night - it was the guy who did the beat box burp performance. That was horrid

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Fri Oct 09, 2009 12:39 am

bonsai wrote:
Direkt wrote:What a load of shit.

There was not one iota of malice or degradation in that skit, it was harmless (but ordinary) fun. The lead in the skit was even an Indian-Australian.

Storm in a teacup, thank God we're not America.
could not agree more. anyone who sees this is as being racist light needs to wake the fuck up, seriously.

the colours/races displayed in the skit were not intended to portray a political view, merely as comedy. shame to anyone who speaks bad of our great country in a circumstance like this, find your long lost sense of humour and lose the PC bullshit real fast. you're more than welcome to move to the great, free land of the USA and gobble about your misplaced racial issues where someone (albeit an American) will actually take your side and listen.

I believe this shows how comfortable Australians really are with multiculturalism.. we don't need to drift into the same arena as American TV, we can crack a joke and find humour in it, without being at the expense of a racial group..

thank GAWD I'm NART American.

That's easy for you to say coming from a fairly multicultural city with many different people from different backgrounds all getting along etc etc... Not everyone has been so fortunate...

Blaxter · Post by **Blaxter** » Fri Oct 09, 2009 10:30 am

Secret Millioniares FTW.

mixtress · Post by **mixtress** » Fri Oct 09, 2009 3:22 pm

Can we move on now?

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Fri Oct 09, 2009 4:56 pm

bonsai wrote: the colours/races displayed in the skit were not intended to portray a political view, merely as comedy. shame to anyone who speaks bad of our great country in a circumstance like this, find your long lost sense of humour and lose the PC bullshit real fast. you're more than welcome to move to the great, free land of the USA and gobble about your misplaced racial issues where someone (albeit an American) will actually take your side and listen.

I believe this shows how comfortable Australians really are with multiculturalism.. we don't need to drift into the same arena as American TV, we can crack a joke and find humour in it, without being at the expense of a racial group..

thank GAWD I'm NART American.

What a crock of shit.

'Misplaced racial issues' huh?

The skit hardly needed blackface to be funny.

Us Americans are glad your not one of us either mate.

Blaxter · Post by **Blaxter** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 1:12 pm

Skit was dumb. Surely we're all on the same page.
Why the fuck anyone would bother to defend Hey Hy is beyond me, and makes re-think how unAustralian I am.

Amick · Post by **Amick** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 1:25 pm

No point flogging a dead horse...errrr seal...

Blaxter · Post by **Blaxter** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 1:30 pm

lol @ Amick

youthful_implants · Post by **youthful_implants** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 3:41 pm

I dont think they were any more offensive than the topless 13 year old boy the week before smearing his naked body with vegemite.

that was disgusting.

Feigan · Post by **Feigan** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 4:28 pm

youthful_implants wrote:I dont think they were any more offensive than the topless 13 year old boy the week before smearing his naked body with vegemite.

that was disgusting.

The burping beatbox guy was the worst ever.

amzie · Post by **amzie** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 4:38 pm

For lack of True blood, I have gotten in to The Vampire Diaries. Its like Vampires 90210, guilty pleasure.

Feigan · Post by **Feigan** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 5:11 pm

Half way through season 2 of Trueblood at the moment Amzie - and I'm loving it.

so so so good.

is there a season 3?

Amick · Post by **Amick** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 5:20 pm

Feigan wrote:is there a season 3?

Not until 2010.

Blaxter · Post by **Blaxter** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 5:26 pm

Pizza and 2.5 men FTW tonight.

mecka · Post by **mecka** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 5:53 pm

Feigan wrote:Half way through season 2 of Trueblood at the moment Amzie - and I'm loving it.

so so so good.

is there a season 3?

No. Season 2 only finished up in the states about a month ago.

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 11:21 pm

Blaxter wrote:2.5 men FTW tonight.

OMG FAIL

mixtress · Post by **mixtress** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 1:00 am

mecka wrote:
Feigan wrote:Half way through season 2 of Trueblood at the moment Amzie - and I'm loving it.

so so so good.

is there a season 3?
No. Season 2 only finished up in the states about a month ago.

I'm just gonna keep cycling through Seasons 1 & 2 til 3 is out. My Mum's up to Ep 10 on Season 2. She's junkie hooked.

Feigan · Post by **Feigan** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 9:02 am

Damn it, I might slow down then, I finished episode 8 last night.

I haven't liked a show this much for long time.

Does anyone know if 'The Pacific' is being released soon (sequel to Band of Brothers)

mixtress · Post by **mixtress** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 1:09 am

I just watched a show called Blown Away - Twisted Terror, about the tornado that hit Parkersburg USA last year.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PB0l6EEMcw

The maddest 42 seconds I've ever seen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1Fb_k_MYKY

250 houses torn to the ground but only 9 people died. Fucking amazing. Never seen anything like it.

Blaxter · Post by **Blaxter** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 10:50 am

deviant wrote:
Blaxter wrote:2.5 men FTW tonight.
OMG FAIL

Charlie fucken Harper is the snizshit.

I lol'd last night when 20 to 1 featured him straight after 2.5 men.

mixtress · Post by **mixtress** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 11:42 pm

I'm trying out for Deal Or No Deal at the end of October. Any hints to make sure I get on stage? Don't wanna be podium.

Blaxter · Post by **Blaxter** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 1:05 pm

Do you have to take a partner as well? some one who is on the posdium?

mixtress · Post by **mixtress** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 1:19 pm

Nope, I've seen peeps go on their own. The mega guess just gets doled out to whoever's on the podium though, no second chance to win stuff if I fail on stage.

Blaxter · Post by **Blaxter** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 1:28 pm

More chance to not go on podium if theres 2 of you. Double ya chances to win cash etc

Blaxter · Post by **Blaxter** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 1:29 pm

double post

calstro · Post by **calstro** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 2:22 pm

Let me find out for you Mixxy

mixtress · Post by **mixtress** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 2:39 pm

But Blax, double the people means half the money since you have to split it. I'm greedy like that. Hit me up Cal, whatever you can find out I'd appreciate. Inside scoop ftw

Blaxter · Post by **Blaxter** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 2:59 pm

mixtress wrote:But Blax, double the people means half the money since you have to split it. I'm greedy like that. Hit me up Cal, whatever you can find out I'd appreciate. Inside scoop ftw

50% chance of getting picked vs double the winnings

mixtress · Post by **mixtress** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 3:48 pm

Wanna come?

Blaxter · Post by **Blaxter** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 3:51 pm

mixtress wrote:Wanna come?

What kind of question is that to ask a red blooded male?

On a cereal not, I think doubling you chances of playing the game would supercede the odds of being picked and hopefully taking home more money.
I'm not sure if I'm TV material.

Post by **JAMESSSS** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 5:18 pm

I think you do need two people. We were told that anyway.

mixtress · Post by **mixtress** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 5:32 pm

interesting, I'm sure I've seen people go on with no one on the podium. Will check out the deets at the audition at the end of the month.

And sorry JRad

Amick · Post by **Amick** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 10:21 am

New South Park episode was absolutely and utterly shite. Where's the consistency?

mecka · Post by **mecka** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 10:31 am

really? butters the pimp? lololol i thought it was hilarious.

Amick · Post by **Amick** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 10:52 am

Nah poorly written and seemed slapped together last minute. Very average...

nic · Post by **nic** » Sat Oct 17, 2009 10:33 am

image

calstro · Post by **calstro** » Sat Oct 17, 2009 8:01 pm

30 Rock is back. As good as ever.

amzie · Post by **amzie** » Sat Oct 17, 2009 9:37 pm

i second that Calstro, " would you like to ask me for change for ten dollars", laughed my ass off

witty_pseudonym · Post by **witty_pseudonym** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 10:29 am

started watching weeds on the weekend.
tis lol. do like.