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Tash Jayasinghe
CibbuanoFrontline - We Aint Got Dames
February 23rd 2007 03:14
Episode: 1.7 'We Aint Got Dames'
What Happens: Figures show that women are tuning out on Frontline so it’s up to team to make the show more appealing to women. Mike Moore kicks up a stink over how shithouse Elliot Rhodes is so Brian decides to look for a ‘Friday Night Funnyman’ replacement.
The Issues/Cliches of Current Affairs television: Re-jigging the show for a different audience. Re-editing a story to suit the new look. Doctors molesting women patients.
Elliot-Watch:
MIKE MOORE: (laughs) Elliot Rhodes! He’s done it again. Our Friday night funnyman with the North Korean Conga. He’s a national treasure.
Celebrities: John Clarke and Byran Dane both appear, though neither says a word. Cheryl Kernot appears for an interview. Tim Smith and Campbell McComas also appear in the context of the ‘Great Debate’ show.
Celebrity mentions: Jimeoin. Ray Martin. Andrew Denton. Wendy Hughes. Stan Grant. Rodney Rude. Greg Evans. Vince Sorrento. Queen Mother. Kerry O’Brian. Roz Kelly.
Quotes:
MIKE MOORE: I don’t think we should be poaching people from other networks.
BRIAN: We poached you.
MARTIN DI STASIO: You’re right, we shouldn’t poach people.
MIKE MOORE: You should’ve been at that meeting today Geoffrey Salter.
GEOFF: Well, I wanted to…
MIKE MOORE: It was so patronising to women.
SHELLY: (walks in to room) Does Mike know you guys are playing with his computer?
MARTIN DI STASIO: Shelly, we are not playing with it, we’re modifying some of the settings.
SHELLY: Oh (walks out)
BRIAN: What was ‘Real Life’s first story this year?
EMMA: I dunno.
BRIAN: Stan Grant’s announcement that his wife’s just had a baby. Bet ya they induced the bloody thing to keep up with the ratings.
BRIAN: (About the stylist for a new promo) Is he… er, you know…(makes effeminate hand motion)
EMMA: Brian!
BRIAN: Hey! I don’t mind. Women love poofs.
BRIAN: I reckon we should go back to using American footage of baseballers getting hit in the nuts.
EMMA: Brian…
BRIAN: Well you find me a Friday night funnyman then.
EMMA: Or a woman. I mean, we’re chasing a female audience. That might help us.
MARTIN DI STASIO: Great, that’s what we need. A fat chick doing tampon jokes.
TELEVISION: The GPs of sleaze…
BRIAN: What is that?
EMMA: It’s a re-enactment of our doctor story.
BRIAN: Looks like a bloody Coke commercial.
MIKE MOORE: I found it chilling.
BRIAN: Shut up.
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