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Comments on: teamakers for CBC prez https://hughmcguire.net/2007/08/06/teamakers-for-cbc-prez/ aging idealist. ai and education, open web, open publishing. Fri, 07 Dec 2007 21:56:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 By: Hugh https://hughmcguire.net/2007/08/06/teamakers-for-cbc-prez/comment-page-1/#comment-4848 Fri, 07 Dec 2007 21:56:41 +0000 https://hughmcguire.net/2007/08/06/teamakers-for-cbc-prez/#comment-4848 i heard it today and it was even worse than i remember it. it’s basically a bunch of upper-middle class actors trying to sound like lower-middle class soldiers by dropping their gs and saying “friggin'” a lot, and it just ends up sounding exactly like you would imagine if the CBC tried to make a radio play about the army.

]]> By: jeremy clarke https://hughmcguire.net/2007/08/06/teamakers-for-cbc-prez/comment-page-1/#comment-4847 Fri, 07 Dec 2007 16:54:24 +0000 https://hughmcguire.net/2007/08/06/teamakers-for-cbc-prez/#comment-4847 It’s funny, I had totally written it off as well, but lately i’ve been talking to people who feel like it’s a really interesting program and arguing in its favor.

Maybe it has improved over time, so people who tried it near the beginning were turned off but now it’s matured so people are picking it up fresh… Or maybe we can all agree to dissagree and watch the Strombo-Hour together.

]]> By: Hugh https://hughmcguire.net/2007/08/06/teamakers-for-cbc-prez/comment-page-1/#comment-4846 Fri, 07 Dec 2007 15:39:11 +0000 https://hughmcguire.net/2007/08/06/teamakers-for-cbc-prez/#comment-4846 i don’t have a problem with radio plays in general, but i have a problem with this one. it strikes me as a totally phony, completely dishonest piece of art – badly written, badly acted. and the cloying hagiographic tone of it all smacks of the worst kind of public broadcasting kowtow … “Lefty CBC proves to Canada’s New Government that they support the *heck* out of our Troops” …

In any case, I don’t have a problem with the subject matter – life in Afghanistan for Canada’s military – it’s just that this show to my ears doesn’t sound *anything* close to an honest portrait of life in Afghanistan.

but that’s just my opinion!

]]> By: Bill https://hughmcguire.net/2007/08/06/teamakers-for-cbc-prez/comment-page-1/#comment-4843 Fri, 07 Dec 2007 05:23:25 +0000 https://hughmcguire.net/2007/08/06/teamakers-for-cbc-prez/#comment-4843 Afghanada is a great show! I make sure to listen to it each week!
I’m a long time fan of old time radio plays. I love the stories and characters Afghanada has each week. Here’s hoping they bring a season 3 to the airwaves!

]]> By: Paul https://hughmcguire.net/2007/08/06/teamakers-for-cbc-prez/comment-page-1/#comment-1901 Tue, 06 Nov 2007 00:29:19 +0000 https://hughmcguire.net/2007/08/06/teamakers-for-cbc-prez/#comment-1901 destroy the CBC
lets shut it down and save a billion dollars
Rick Mercer shouldn’t be on television anyways
he should be somewhere in the Arctic saving polar bears

]]> By: web1979 » Blog Archive » Comments are a Must https://hughmcguire.net/2007/08/06/teamakers-for-cbc-prez/comment-page-1/#comment-1095 Mon, 13 Aug 2007 00:40:45 +0000 https://hughmcguire.net/2007/08/06/teamakers-for-cbc-prez/#comment-1095 […] importantly though, comments provide a crucial forum for freedom of expression. Hugh McGuire recently directed my attention to The Tea Makers blog — an anonymous blog from a CBC insider […]

]]> By: Hugh https://hughmcguire.net/2007/08/06/teamakers-for-cbc-prez/comment-page-1/#comment-1081 Sat, 11 Aug 2007 02:45:51 +0000 https://hughmcguire.net/2007/08/06/teamakers-for-cbc-prez/#comment-1081 grumpy boris! ;-)

]]> By: Boris https://hughmcguire.net/2007/08/06/teamakers-for-cbc-prez/comment-page-1/#comment-1078 Fri, 10 Aug 2007 22:12:24 +0000 https://hughmcguire.net/2007/08/06/teamakers-for-cbc-prez/#comment-1078 ll use to bring on as many contract workers as we can, full time permanent." that's a contradiction, or at best a damn stupid practice. Nothing in this world is permanent, least of all your fucking job. no contract, 2 weeks notice. fuckup and die. or, contract, 6 month renewable. fuckup and die. destroy entertainment. go meet your neighbors.]]> “The other half we’ll use to bring on as many contract workers as we can, full time permanent.”

that’s a contradiction, or at best a damn stupid practice. Nothing in this world is permanent, least of all your fucking job.

no contract, 2 weeks notice. fuckup and die.
or, contract, 6 month renewable. fuckup and die.

destroy entertainment. go meet your neighbors.

]]> By: jer https://hughmcguire.net/2007/08/06/teamakers-for-cbc-prez/comment-page-1/#comment-1042 Wed, 08 Aug 2007 15:43:08 +0000 https://hughmcguire.net/2007/08/06/teamakers-for-cbc-prez/#comment-1042 I seriously grunted and sighed as soon as I read the word “Afghanada”. What reeky shit. All the CBC fiction is pretty much unlistenable.

Second place: the one about the coffee shop with the people who just hang around being dumb.

]]> By: Ella https://hughmcguire.net/2007/08/06/teamakers-for-cbc-prez/comment-page-1/#comment-1026 Tue, 07 Aug 2007 01:00:42 +0000 https://hughmcguire.net/2007/08/06/teamakers-for-cbc-prez/#comment-1026 s from their Havergal & UCC accents, I don’t know what it would be</blockquote> mwa ha ha ha ha]]>

if there is anything worse than CBC writers and actors pretending to be “grunts” by dropping g’s from their Havergal & UCC accents, I don’t know what it would be

mwa ha ha ha ha

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