A Piscine Take On the World of the Pet-Owner ; Three Minute Wonder: Heavy Petting C4 Tv Watch
Evening Standard - London › March 13, 2007
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SERIAL detergent technicians (aka soap actors) may whine about the misery of being stereotyped (while simultaneously laughing all the way to the bank, and praying that the script editor doesn't write them out before the mortgage is paid off), but the same thing also happens to musical instruments on television.
Hear a tuba? It's going to be a comedy programme. Snare drum? Another soldier series. Mandolin? Someone being serenaded on a gondola. Solo cor anglais? Yet another documentary about ME (the disease that supposedly robs victims of the ability to walk, write or speak, although whenever I comment disparagingly upon it, dozens of sufferers instantly summon up the strength to write lengthy protest notes to me, then walk to the post office to mail them, having first stopped off at the library to photocopy reams of newspaper cuttings). Even the mighty organ ("the King of Instruments") is not immune from mockery, it seems, as witnessed by the following joke. Q: What do Scud missiles and church organists have in common? A: They're both offensive and inaccurate.See the full content of this document
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A Piscine Take On the World of the Pet-Owner ; Three Minute Wonder: Heavy Petting C4 Tv Watch
Until last night, the vibraphone hadn't yet found its natural televisual partner, but I'm now convinced that it should always be employed to accompany shots of tropical fish.
That's how it was used on last night's Three-M...See the full content of this document
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