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Post by xenomaniac on Nov 13, 2006 21:42:55 GMT
Ohh Gail's wailing of dispair was great. Although I have to say I was expecting a huge scream of rage, but hey, you can't have everything. This parenting class has the potential to be a comedy goldmine. In my mind this storyline has Gail somehow end up with an ASBO.
Tracey is clearly bonkers but her 'crazy antics' are so lovable that I'm actually rooting for her. The actress is leaving right? Rubbish.
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Post by pops on Nov 13, 2006 22:02:08 GMT
At first I thought the whole killing Charlie storyline sounded a bit desperate, but I'm now in the process of being converted. It could be really good, especially if it's a "how is Tracy going to do it/will she get away with it" type thing, rather than a whodunit. The only downside is that it'll pave the way for Tracy going. Charlie's pretty much run his course now and would get a bit too panto if he was still hanging around Weatherfield trying to seduce another gullible simpleton (Sarah?) this time next year, but I think she's still got potential. Kate Ford does a brilliant job of playing a complete bitch and still being incredibly watchable - unlike say Wendy Richard, who is so downright hateful as Pauline she makes me want to kick the telly in.
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Post by Nicholas on Nov 13, 2006 22:41:10 GMT
I thought both of these episodes show why the Street is streets (ugh) ahead of the competition. Very little really happened but it went with pace, drama and humour.
Tracey needs to do hardly anything to create real tension and while she and Charlie are both a bit panto, their story lines are dramatic and exciting.
I've always had a soft spot for Steve Macdonald, and I especially like him when he's on the receiving end of slapstick or, as this evening, just slaps.
The only thing I didn't like this evening was the Jamie and Frankie story: I just don't really care.
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Post by SweatShop on Nov 13, 2006 23:13:29 GMT
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
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Post by Adrian on Nov 16, 2006 12:25:14 GMT
"I just sit at the back an' text me mates." Fantastic. A
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Post by jetsetwilly on Nov 16, 2006 13:31:56 GMT
Gail: the "I'm off out and you lot can look after yourselves" flounce would have been a lot more powerful if (a) you hadn't made them their tea first and (b) you'd gone out clubbing and whoring instead of to the Rovers, where you always go.
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Post by pops on Nov 16, 2006 20:13:12 GMT
The whole Steve buying the Rovers/Becky coming back/Eileen moaning about having to work double shifts storylines have got me wondering why no one ever mentions Lloyd's mysterious absence.
I know Craig Charles's suspension was dropped on the writers and they probably weren't sure if and when they'd have to write him back in, but unless I missed a vital episode, I don't think anyone has ever explained where he's supposed to have gone.
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Post by pauliepoos on Nov 16, 2006 20:28:03 GMT
One of the (many) things that bothers me about soaps is the lack of long term memory. When the girls (and Sean) decided to shun Hayley, surely she could have reminded them how no one stuck up for Kelly when she was accused of nicking, and how everyone thought the worst of her. Those women change their minds more often than a gaydar bottom.
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Post by klee on Nov 17, 2006 10:57:50 GMT
Those women change their minds more often than a gaydar bottom. I'd beg to differ: Gaydar bottoms are generally hungrier than Cilla with the munchies. And speaking of Charlie's panto villain credentials - he's leaving Corrie to play Abanazar in Aladdin in Salford. How fitting.
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Post by Nicholas on Nov 23, 2006 8:56:50 GMT
I must say Jamie and Frankie sitting up in bed together as Danny came in was one of the funniest things I have seen in a long time. It almost looked like the start of a Morecambe and Wise sketch! However, Danny, finally, did some decent acting and I thought I even detected some emoting from him. I still don't really care about Jamie and Frankie, though. Roll on Cilla's imminent trauma! It'll be good to see her in a non-comedy plotline.
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Post by Adrian on Nov 23, 2006 9:35:17 GMT
Roll on Cilla's imminent trauma! It'll be good to see her in a non-comedy plotline. Ooh, what's that? A
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Post by jetsetwilly on Nov 23, 2006 10:23:52 GMT
I'm guessing breast cancer; she went in for a boob job and came out traumatised.
I don't like Cilla in non-comedy storylines because her Northern accent slips and she suddenly sounds refined. It's like Pat on EastEnders; every now and then you get a glimpse of her crystal clear tones underneath...
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Post by raspberry on Nov 23, 2006 11:27:51 GMT
I think it is skin cancer, thnks to the sun bed and the holidays in Spain. I also think she tells folk it is terminal after she realises Les and Illanna have slept together.
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Post by starchy on Nov 23, 2006 15:30:38 GMT
I must say Jamie and Frankie sitting up in bed together as Danny came in was one of the funniest things I have seen in a long time. It almost looked like the start of a Morecambe and Wise sketch! However, Danny, finally, did some decent acting and I thought I even detected some emoting from him. I still don't really care about Jamie and Frankie, though. Roll on Cilla's imminent trauma! It'll be good to see her in a non-comedy plotline. The bedroom scene was so funny. I started clapping my hands together with malicious glee, which is something I usually do while watching Corrie.
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Post by SweatShop on Nov 23, 2006 18:16:24 GMT
Anyone else finding the "trying to cover up the fact that Debra Stephenson is pregnant" that's going on really quite hilarious?
Her boobs have gotten so much bigger that it's comical and the ever-growing bump is getting harder to hide.
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Post by jetsetwilly on Nov 25, 2006 10:39:34 GMT
Anyone else finding the "trying to cover up the fact that Debra Stephenson is pregnant" that's going on really quite hilarious? Her boobs have gotten so much bigger that it's comical and the ever-growing bump is getting harder to hide. Where is Michelle Collins' enormous handbag when you need it?
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Post by pops on Nov 25, 2006 11:32:53 GMT
If only she hadn't left Danny - she could have spent all her time in Underworld standing behind racks of knickers or carrying a big clipboard like Leanne did. Those cafe aprons just aren't up to the job.
Can't wait for her maternity leave to start as I'm really not buying the whole Frankie/Jamie love affair. I'm completely with Sean on this one - Jamie could possibly claim to be confused, but Frankie should really know better.
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Post by jetsetwilly on Nov 25, 2006 11:49:09 GMT
I can believe that stepmothers and stepsons fall for one another; what I can't believe is that Frankie has spent 20 years bringing Jamie up as her son, and as the brother to her other son, and all of a sudden she goes "Actually he's quite fit" and all those maternal feelings she had went away. Unless she's just a dirty crypto incestuous slag, which would explain why she was so excited by Warren's return.
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Post by Michael on Nov 28, 2006 15:29:07 GMT
I can believe that stepmothers and stepsons fall for one another; what I can't believe is that Frankie has spent 20 years bringing Jamie up as her son, and as the brother to her other son, and all of a sudden she goes "Actually he's quite fit" and all those maternal feelings she had went away. Unless she's just a dirty crypto incestuous slag, which would explain why she was so excited by Warren's return. You know, it's phrases like 'dirty crypto incestious slag' that make me glad lowculture is around. I've had a week off work and my first day back is going so slowly. Hurrah for distractions like this. xxM
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Post by pauliepoos on Dec 3, 2006 19:52:29 GMT
Rosie! New hair! Glamour!! Did she not get it cut in the salon?
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Post by JonSpice on Dec 4, 2006 10:11:10 GMT
Rosie looked very Girls Aloud.
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Post by David Hunter on Dec 5, 2006 17:43:31 GMT
Can I just point out that Claire & Ashleys, not to mention the Rovers back room, are plastered with Christmas cards already. Who sends their cards out this early? I haven't even written mine. Have they saved them from previous years and put them up again? It wouldn't surprise me if a at least a couple were made out to Ashley and Maxine.
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Post by Nicholas on Dec 6, 2006 13:32:16 GMT
I knew I meant to mention this, but completely forgot. There were thousands of cards in Claire and Ashley's house. Frankly, if they start arriving now they should simply be returned to sender marked "Go Away" or something. Bah. Humbug.
Of course, Claire is a little strange at the best of times, and these might just be replies to thousands of cards she may have sent out in August.
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Post by richdidnt on Dec 6, 2006 18:21:40 GMT
I knew I meant to mention this, but completely forgot. There were thousands of cards in Claire and Ashley's house. Frankly, if they start arriving now they should simply be returned to sender marked "Go Away" or something. Bah. Humbug. Perhaps Rita ran out of Sympathy cards, so everyone decided to combine a card about Fred's death with a Christmas Card: "Merry Christmas! Sorry about your dead dad, but at least you can have more pudding this year. Blanche x x" Rich
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Post by Adrian on Dec 7, 2006 10:14:42 GMT
Is there a tradition in the England that no Christmas cards should be sent when there has been a death in the family during the year?
We have that in Ireland. This makes Claire and Ashley's Christmas Card Stash seem all the more suspect.
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