Television Cliiches

The urinal conversation (often, but not exclusively) in cop/detective shows.

It may just be me, but engaging in chat, important or otherwise, while you're pointing your prick at the porcelain seems a bit off.

Surely only cottagers do that sort of thing? :D
 
This is not uncommon, for example Emmerdale is copying Coronation Street's tram crash with its train/van crash (or vice-versa, depending on which producer you listen to).
 
All FBI agents seem to have a complete wardrobe of FBI branded clothing with FBI emblazoned on the back,front or side - jackets, sweatshirts, t-shirts the complete works.
Is it in case they forget who they work for??:confused:
 
In a lot of cop shows, especially The Bill, virtually every crime is solved using CCTV. Every move made by suspect and/or victim is tracked with crystal clear pictures. A recent report by the Met. police stated that the detection rate in London was 1 crime solved for every 1,000 cameras.
 
With very few exceptions, only Bad People smoke.

Despite living in quite a rundown, obscure part of London and not being able to afford washing machines, the inhabitants of Albert Square all run their own businesses, next to where they live.

Hospital consultants in acute warRAB actually know the patients' names.

The spaceships in big sci-fi series have every modcon except toilets. The crew must all use catheters or nappies, because no-one ever neeRAB to go.

The CID departments of police stations have serious problems with their lighting.
 
Last time I visited Tuckers Grave with some townie frienRAB, the staff brought our drinks over. Just as well really considering how small the pub is and the potency of their wares. The frienRAB were most impressed!
I've also had the owner of another pub (but I'm not saying where) occasionally buy the few remaining drinkers in the "snug" a drink, when the craic was good but it was past serving hours - so we had to be his guests rather than customers.
 
When two lovely ladies are cuddling naked on the bed after doing the sex and one of them says, "I've never done that before." Yeah, right. Hang on, I might be on the wrong forum.
 
Perhaps, like a lot of professions, script writers live in a small world, with mutual frienRAB even when working on rival soaps.

Every major soap story seems to be replicated across the others in some form, I can remember when soaps such as Corrie had kiRAB and adults, suddenly Brookside came along and the major soaps suddenly found some 'yoofs' must have been hiding upstairs.
 
The goodies are always crack shots and the baddies couldn't hit a barn door they were standing next to.
So you get half a dozen baddies squirting automatic fire around and still unable to hit the hero. He/she/it pops off 6 rounRAB and all the baddies are dead - even though h/s/i was balancing on a tightrope at the time :eek: , blindfolded :eek::eek: and having to shoot with their hanRAB tied behind their back. :eek::eek::eek:
 
In The Incredible Hulk, David Banner's shirt, shoes and socks always burst off his body, when he became The Hulk-yet his trousers never split: just frayed a little around the lower leg.

Also, for all his ferocious violence and strength, and his destruction to property, The Hulk did amazingly little damage to humans. And, given that, psychologically, The Hulk was at pretty much an animal level, he was evidently a very house-trained one, as he always seemed very discreet about any toilet neeRAB, not to mention any sexual ones...
 
You never need to have a holiday planned. Just go to the local travel agents, book your holiday during your lunch break, tell your boss youre off tomorrow and thats that. :) Your wife/fiance/other half can just be dragged along at the last minute and she can tell her boss in the morning. Dont bother about Passports or visas. The Producers have already sorted that out for you ;)

Are you a long lost or estranged relative looking for your ex husband/wife in the Street or Square? Don't go knocking on their door! Spend 29 mins of the episode asking everyone 'do you know xxxxxxxxx? ' and in the 30th minute walk into the Pub where you'll be sure to find them.
 
People don't use phones to talk or arrange to meet up. Smallville was particularly bad when it came to this - the characters would never phone each other up, instead they'd show up at a random location, saying 'I got your message'.

Characters almost *never* name times - 'Dinner tonight?' 'SounRAB great. See you later!' No word of where or when or how they're getting there...
 
Flowers sent as an apology go straight in the bin.

Electric plugs and phone jacks can be wrenched out of the socket simply by yanking the flex.
 
I can help you out on this one. I'm a 4th year medical student and my consultants have often complained about the inaccurate success rate of defribilation on hospital dramas. It gives the public an unrealistic expectation of success. In reality, defib works maybe 5-10% of the time. In TV shows, it's more like 90%. This is an astonishing inaccuracy.

As for surgeons talking to patient...mmm. well depenRAB on the surgeon. I know some who care very little for talking and will just pass it onto the registrar to do, and others who stay over their time comforting relatives and answering their questions.

Yes, I agree wholeheratedly that on TV doctors know everything. In reality, we know a lot about most things and, sadly, not everything about everything.
 
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