What are you watching? What’s on TV in Australia (and why you should stream Taskmaster on SBS on Demand)

By Bobi

Okay. Good news, people. 

I have found “stuff” on television, and when I say television, I mean SBS. It’s not a lot but beggars can’t be choosers. 

But sometimes they can, and we are off to a flying start. 
I have stumbled across Taskmaster (SBS). So much lighthearted fun. It is my go-to when I just want to wind down at the end of the day and even better, because it was undiscovered, I have two seasons to look forward to.  (Juz’s note: Here, here. I binge watched Taskmaster during the pandemic. I don’t know why Channel 10 has not made a version.)

As I can feel everyone flinching as I end my sentence with a preposition – and where on earth should that comma go? Clearly, not where I put it – I will let you know that I was going to write this chat on grammar but, obviously, not now.  Nevertheless, I will share some of the jokes so as they are not wasted. 

This one is for BDD. 

This one is for the rest of us. 

And this one is just for me.

It is my favourite. 
I am enjoying Why Women Kill (SBS). It is a bit jumpy between timeframes but I am getting used to it. The best thing about it is that it is twisty – I like a twist – and the second best thing is that the whole season is available. 
I am also watching Untold Australia (SBS). It is a feel good series. I’ve only watched a couple of episodes but they left me warm and fuzzy and thinking that all is right with the world. 

I am going to recommend a movie just to shake things up: Return of the Hero (SBS). I am only half way through but I am enjoying it enough to put it on the list. 

Lastly, a book (yes, I know that is not a sentence). I am stretching things here but there is a television connection. It is The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman, he of Pointless fame. It is everything I like about a murder/mystery: a bit funny, many characters to either like or dislike, a bit twisty but with the clues there, and all wrapped up satisfactorily in the end. I am expecting a tv series to come out of this. 

I leave you with an unrelated thought:

Enjoy. 



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Von

Here’s an excerpt from an opinion piece on the front page of today’s digital West Australian, about the need for normalcy in the White House – “…if we see just a slither of them working as a team…”

My head hurts.

daisy 🌼

Thanks for the post, Bobi.😁

daisy 🌼

Aaaah, Bobi, the problem of using correct grammar and sounding like a fool.
“He is taller than I (am)”. 😁

It pains me when I opt to end a sentence with a preposition based on audience reception.

I don’t mind dying before grammar becomes altogether beyond hope.

Bobi

Hey Von, look what popped up when I googled slither. Does that make it more grammatically correct?

Von

No, but the snakes are cute.

daisy 🌼

I enjoyed The Queen’s Gambit, and even bought the the Gillian Hill CD with the Tut tut song. But Bridgerton left me cold. I didn’t get past the first totally unconvincing first episode.

brain dead dave

Appreciated the music joke and column in general, Bobi.

I see that beginning a sentence with “So” is very au courant and spreading. Reap what you so.

Bobi

🤣
I am a so-er and an and-er and a but-er. I have to heavily edit everything I write because they are creep-ers.

daisy 🌼

“So”. Does it mean settle in I have some news?

And “Anyway”; does it mean back to topic.
I can cope with both as long as it’s not “anyways”.

My friend has a chronic aversion to the “learnings”, that politicians are now saying. Yup, don’t add an “s” if it’s redundant, or already plural. Hopefully it will fade away just as the once trendy application of words like “celebrate”, when there is no party, and “journey” when no one is getting on a plane, train, shop, bike or car.

daisy 🌼

Oh and, “I can’t be clearer than that”.
“Let me be very clear”. Since covid, all of the pillows like to “I can’t be clearer”.
Could I be any clearer?

brain dead dave

Joe Biden just said ” more clearer”. The demise of language just can’t be put into words.

daisy 🌼

😮 Well (notice I started with a redundant word), the US educational system is in good hands. 😨

daisy 🌼

I just. He might have passed maths, science and running a nation.

Von

He doesn’t always enunciate distinctly. I don’t know if that has something to do with his stutter or not.

I imagine Dr. Biden will correct him in private. I’m happy he can form a whole subject/verb sentence.

Bobi

I am watching Planet America tonight, and in the morning so y’all don’t have to.
On the chin.
You’re welcome.

Von

Thanks, but I’ll be watching too.

I hope it is very boring with no surprises. In fact, I hope the same for the next 48 hours.

Bobi

I’m expecting boring but won’t it be a relief.

Von

Amen to that.

Bobi

As expected, all suitably boring.
Planet America was not as much fun as I expected. Just a rehash of stuff I’ve seen or read before.
They planted flags everywhere to make the place look crowded. Clever. Whosever idea that was, deserves a raise, plus more.
And a reminder that Australia has got to have one of the worst national anthems going. I vote for a new one, not because the old one is problematic but simply because it’s a dirge.
Just sharing that the dog over the back fence has taken to howling mournfully. I wish they would let him in.
Photo attached of doggo enjoying the opportunity to be on my bed. He is crushingly heavy but who am I to spoil his fun. He is off to the vet today to review his pain medication. He won’t like it.

Von

I couldn’t watch much of Planet America, trump’s ugly face kept popping up. I gave up and tuned back in for the inauguration. I agree the field of flags was a brilliant idea. It meant there was some movement in those big spaces that had no people in them.

Poor doggo. Review of pain meds probably means the vet had to mess with dog’s sore places. Extra treats tonight for him :), and a virtual ear scritch from me.

Bobi

Consider him scritched.
He is back on my bed for the moment. He won’t stay long. It is too crowded.
He had an injection. He is stoic.

Von

It’s astounding how stoic doggos can be when they sense you are trying to help them, or if they are just used to a process even if they don’t like it.

daisy 🌼

Yes, like the gggggrudging submission at bathtime. 🤣

daisy 🌼

I don’t trust the TAR Australia producers after the blatant producer cheating to squeeze out the two “white privilege males”, to make way for a politically correct win. I didn’t care who won, but when producers twice allowed the four, then three remaining teams to vote out their competition, that was a a sure way to remove the best team, who deserved to win. We all know that producers manipulate but that was the most outrageous example of it.