Subject: Messageboard Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 12:30:59 +1000 From: Mark Longmuir To: Mark Longmuir Mark: Channel 4... (05-Jul-1999 12:42:30) Nessa (UK): And don't get fobbed off by any messages saying "not planned for the current schedule" or anything similar - its a standard stock reply they use. (n/t) (05-Jul-1999 12:59:33) Matt: And you don't need to submit your e-mail address - so you can all be British for a while if it helps!! :) (n/t) (05-Jul-1999 14:46:31) Serena: Nessa wins the car!!! You were correct! C4 responded with that message!! (n/t) (05-Jul-1999 19:31:47) Matt: And people get paid to write stuff like that... who'd be in the PR business?? (n/t) (05-Jul-1999 19:58:35) Molly: I can't find the message. What is the title of it? (n/t) (05-Jul-1999 16:30:50) Lorna: Go to A-Z listings at the top of the posts window...It will list them alphabetically. May the campaign begin! (n/t) (05-Jul-1999 16:48:59) Molly: But what's the name of the post? I've looked for Whose Line Is It Anyway? things, but I couldn't find it. (n/t) (05-Jul-1999 17:44:44) Matt: It's called "Whose Line Is It Anyway?"! Look harder Molly! :) (n/t) (05-Jul-1999 18:26:32) Matt again: It's looking good so far - keep posting your pleas! And I would suggest that you should not remain anonymous when doing it. It looks far more viable if names are attached. (n/t) (05-Jul-1999 18:52:24) Molly: I finally found it, and there are some good messages on there. (n/t) (05-Jul-1999 23:42:58) Matt the Crusader: It's 7am UK time, I've just got home from work and found there are now 14 messages on the Ch4 site all advocating the return of our show. You're all doing brilliantly - PLEASE add a further plea for WL?'s revival to the site if you haven't already! :) (Mark, this was a fine idea!) (n/t) (06-Jul-1999 02:08:59) Matt: Now 5pm UK time and 17 posts. Keep going! (n/t) (06-Jul-1999 12:06:37) Molly: I sent a message to both the whoseline mailing list and alt.tv.whose-line. So hopefully the people there will post. (n/t) (06-Jul-1999 13:45:36) Matt: 9pm UK time - 20 posts! Let's really put the pressure on! (n/t) (06-Jul-1999 16:04:04) Molly: An Update and More (07-Jul-1999 00:17:36) Crusader: 24 posts! More than any other thread on the forum. Please add to them if you've yet to post! We're going to get our show back - I can feel it in my water... :) (n/t) (08-Jul-1999 02:54:45) Whose Line is it Anyway? posted by Mark on 17:23 5/7/1999 (web page) (email) So, are there any more episodes of this to be shown? And are more being made? Sure, there might be the new US version... but it's missing something without good old Clive at the helm, and Josie, Steve, Niall, Caroline, Stephen, Jim, Tony, etc. working as a contrast in humour styles to the Americans/Canadians on the show. Follow ups to this message: 19:07 5/7/1999 19:38 5/7/1999 20:01 5/7/1999 20:50 5/7/1999 00:20 6/7/1999 16:15 6/7/1999 02:31 10/7/1999 Include article text in reply Re: Whose Line is it Anyway? posted by C4VE on 19:07 5/7/1999 Sorry no plans for another series at the moment. This is a follow up to message: 17:23 5/7/1999 Follow ups to this message: 00:25 6/7/1999 Include article text in reply Re: Whose Line is it Anyway? posted by Matt on 19:38 5/7/1999 Cannot agree more with Mark. While the US version is a new experience for long-time Whosers, we need the return of Clive et al in the UK. If, as the Ch4 reply states, there are no plans for any future series in the UK, then I can assure you that there are plenty of people with Anderson/Frost/Slattery/ withdrawal symptoms who would issue a heartfelt plea to reconsider. This is a follow up to message: 17:23 5/7/1999 Include article text in reply Re: Whose Line is it Anyway? posted by Samantha on 20:01 5/7/1999 The problem with the American version of WLiiA? is that it airs on the network ABC which is owned by Disney. As a result, it is terribly censored and loses a lot of it's humour. Also, there is little variation in the American versions contestants. The Britons are sorely missed. The British version is superior and I for one would LOVE to see another series made. I miss Clive et al :) This is a follow up to message: 17:23 5/7/1999 Include article text in reply Re: Whose Line is it Anyway? posted by Ang on 20:50 5/7/1999 (email) Whose Line is just not the same without Clive at the helm. I miss seeing Steve Frost, Tony, Josie and everyone else. This show has a large following of whom dearly miss seeing our favourite Britons. This is a follow up to message: 17:23 5/7/1999 Follow ups to this message: 21:43 5/7/1999 Include article text in reply Re: Whose Line is it Anyway? posted by Lorna on 21:43 5/7/1999 (email) I agree. The US version is sadly lacking. The British version is still fiercely popular, here and in the US et all. Clive, Tony, Josie,etc cannot be replaced. Why don`t channel 4 wake up and realise just how popular this show is? The British version is less censored and more fun, cheap to produce, and loved worldwide....What is the problem C4? This is a follow up to message: 20:50 5/7/1999 Follow ups to this message: 23:27 5/7/1999 00:01 6/7/1999 Include article text in reply Re: Whose Line is it Anyway? posted by Disappointed Fan on 23:27 5/7/1999 Hey, I asked this question about a week ago and C4 never bothered to respond. I still want to know who decided to end this show. DId C4 not comission a new series or did Hat Trick end it on their own. We need to know so we can lobby the right people for another series. We need Clive and all the other British performers who are far superior to Drew Carey. Come on C4Ed let us know who made this horrible decision. This is a follow up to message: 21:43 5/7/1999 Follow ups to this message: 00:14 6/7/1999 Include article text in reply Re: Whose Line is it Anyway? posted by Jessica on 00:01 6/7/1999 I agree totally as well. When I first heard of the american WL I was excited ... but only because I thought it was offering a double dose of my favourite show. Not ever dreaming that the start of the new version would lead to the death of the old. This is amazing tv ... highly funny and entertaining ... from all I can see has large amounts of fans ... and from what I hear quite cheap to produce ... so where is the problem? I can't see (and I don't want to see, and I really hate the idea) of not having another British series, and losing Clive and Steve Frost and all the rest. I love the other guys who are also on the american, but I wouldn't want to lose those familiar faces as well. This is a follow up to message: 21:43 5/7/1999 Include article text in reply Re: Whose Line is it Anyway? posted by Nattie on 00:14 6/7/1999 (email) I must agree with all the previous posters. The UK series would be sorely missed, since it holds so many great memories and associations for me. I've been watching for a good six years or so, and it has always been a favourite of mine. The performers on the UK series have a completely different sort of humour from the US ones (so I've been told), which I prefer. Let's hope Hat Trick or C4 reconsider. This is a follow up to message: 23:27 5/7/1999 Follow ups to this message: 01:48 6/7/1999 Include article text in reply Re: Whose Line is it Anyway? posted by david on 00:20 6/7/1999 In "Re: Whose Line is it Anyway?", Samantha wrote: > The problem with the American version of WLiiA? is that it airs on the network ABC which is owned by Disney. As a result, it is terribly censored and loses a lot of it's humour. Also, there is little variation in the American versions contestants. i agree totally with what was saidabove in that message by samantha and what everybody has said, i do in fact see wliia? every day but still get very tired of not seeing new episodes. it is one of my all time favorite shows and i very much would hate to see it be canclled. david This is a follow up to message: 17:23 5/7/1999 Include article text in reply Re: Whose Line is it Anyway? posted by Serena on 00:25 6/7/1999 C'mon C4!! You have got gold here, a cheap program that is loved world wide, how can you go wrong with that?? I really hope the person upstairs who made this decision reconsiders. This is a follow up to message: 19:07 5/7/1999 Follow ups to this message: 08:45 6/7/1999 Include article text in reply Re: Whose Line is it Anyway? posted by Mol on 01:48 6/7/1999 (web page) (email) I would like to say I miss the UK version terribly, and it's a sad day because Channel 4 isn't going to film anymore. I miss Clive, Steven Frost, Stephen Fry, Tony Slattery and Josie Lawernce. I do like the US version, but the UK version was the original and the best. Please I hope you change your minds and find it in your hearts to start taping the UK version again. :) This is a follow up to message: 00:14 6/7/1999 Follow ups to this message: 02:30 6/7/1999 Include article text in reply Re: Whose Line is it Anyway? posted by Kat on 02:30 6/7/1999 Hey!! ITA!! I miss Clive and his version of WLIIA? It was and is a great show and I wish they would continue it for many years to come :o) Kat This is a follow up to message: 01:48 6/7/1999 Follow ups to this message: 06:24 6/7/1999 Include article text in reply Re: Whose Line is it Anyway? posted by Lisa on 06:24 6/7/1999 I just wanted to add another voice to the crowd. Whose Line is it Anyway? is a show that has worked for over a decade, so why stop now? Just because the concept has travelled across the Atlantic doesn't mean the British series can't live on. The talent in the UK could sustain the show for another decade, regardless of what is done in America. Please don't get rid of such an amazing show! This is a follow up to message: 02:30 6/7/1999 Follow ups to this message: 08:31 6/7/1999 Include article text in reply Re: Whose Line is it Anyway? posted by Lint on 08:31 6/7/1999 Come on, Ch4--as you can see, the show is still popular and many, many people would be sad to see it go. It would be a bad mistake to simply drop the original version. The American version is good, but it is a poor substitute for the unique hilarity of British improv. The US show should be a complement, not a replacement! Put on a new UK season, please! This is a follow up to message: 06:24 6/7/1999 Include article text in reply Re: Whose Line is it Anyway? posted by Dean on 08:45 6/7/1999 I agree with Serena and the others. This can't be expensive to make, we are all missing Clive;s banter big time! This is a follow up to message: 00:25 6/7/1999 Include article text in reply Re: Whose Line is it Anyway? PLEA posted by Dana on 16:15 6/7/1999 (web page) (email) I completely agree with all of the others who have posted here. I can honestly say that I have never met anyone who has seen the show and not loved it. This show has triggered the formation of an entire society of fans who are completely obsessed with the show, web pages, a newsgroup, messageboards, live chat, and even an annual CONVENTION. If that doesn't say to you that it is worth it to keep producing the show, I don't know how to change your minds! I thank you very much for your work to produce the US version. The UK version has already been stripped from the televisions of Americans, by Comedy Central. Please don't take away all of our hope of ever seeing the show again! WLiiA is a work of GENIUS which is LOVED BY ALL. dana This is a follow up to message: 17:23 5/7/1999 Follow ups to this message: 18:38 6/7/1999 Include article text in reply Re: Whose Line is it Anyway? PLEA posted by Shari on 18:38 6/7/1999 WLiiA is the best show I've ever seen. The quick wit, the talent... Ch4 should definately reconsider. I've gotten so many people addicted to the show.... don't give up on us... give us more UK! Shari This is a follow up to message: 16:15 6/7/1999 Follow ups to this message: 19:32 6/7/1999 Include article text in reply Re: Whose Line is it Anyway? PLEA posted by Nick on 19:32 6/7/1999 I'm voicing my support for the British version of Whose Line. As many other people here have pointed out, the US version is good, but not as good as the original UK version. I really miss Steve Frost, Caroline Quentin, and Tony Slattery, and others who used to be on such as Paul Merton. I know the British eps which are run on The Comedy Network here in Canada are extremely popular. Please reconsider. This is a follow up to message: 18:38 6/7/1999 Include article text in reply Re: Whose Line is it Anyway? PLEA posted by Micheal on 19:38 6/7/1999 (web page) (email) Just writing to say I agree with all of the posts here. C4 should definitely reconsider. There is no one that doesn't like WL. If you ask me, C4 are making a big mistake by not making another UK series. The US version doesn't even come close to it. I miss the banter between Clive and Greg Proops! Include article text in reply Re: Whose Line is it Anyway? PLEA posted by Julie on 21:15 6/7/1999 (web page) C4, why would you take WLiiA off the air? The show is inexpensive to produce, it's still one of the funniest shows on TV, and it's fully loved around the world! The US version is amusing, but it can in no way compare to the UK version!! Clive is just brilliant; his banter with Greg is one of the most entertaining things on the show. Steve, Rory, Josie, et al are greatly missed! Please, don't make the mistake of throwing away such a great show. There's nothing to gain by doing so. Include article text in reply Re: Whose Line is it Anyway? PLEA posted by Lori on 23:30 6/7/1999 (email) In total agreement with the above posts...please reconsider and bring us another British season of WLiiA! Follow ups to this message: 07:05 8/7/1999 Include article text in reply Would it be cheaper to tape in LA? posted by Andy on 22:21 7/7/1999 (email) Okay, Channel 4. In reading your reply, you were very vague on your plans for the series (i.e not planned AT THIS TIME...). If cost is a consideration (even though it must be cheap enough to do), why not do like you did on the 10th Anniversary series and use the Los Angeles set/facilities if studio space is a cost problem. Just don't forget to send over some of the UK performers and Clive, of course. I don't really think Drew is all that bad, but I agree the US show has some problems. Though funny, there isn't enough of a rotation of the performers (Wayne Brady is essentially a third regular behind Colin and Ryan). Though I like the idea of adding people new to the show (like Ian Gomez, Denny Siegel), I think that Wayne needs to be rotated out much more often. I guesss that's really a rant for the Hat Trick site, though. Please consider taping future series of the UK show. It's still popular as you can see by these posts, but if yo combine it with the US episodes, you'd have the show on almost year-round! Include article text in reply Re: Whose Line is it Anyway? PLEA posted by MQ on 07:05 8/7/1999 I've watched WLiiA? religiously since it all started and I think it is a mighty shame that one of Channel 4's best loved, most successful flagship shows is simply going to be discarded like a used tissue. Has any serious thought gone into this? The American version has its moments but the programme really needs its British input, and I think many fellow WLiiA? fans would agree that Greg, Ryan and Colin work at their very best when they have the likes of Steve, Josie, Niall and Tony around them. And with respect to Drew Carey, no episode of WLiiA? is the same without Clive. The number of messages on this thread surely must go some way to proving that the audience for WLiiA? will always be there and will always ache for more. The show is fun, cheap, simple and downright hilarious - and it MUST continue! This is a follow up to message: 23:30 6/7/1999 Follow ups to this message: 14:18 8/7/1999 Include article text in reply Re: Whose Line is it Anyway? PLEA posted by Brigid on 14:18 8/7/1999 I totally agree with all that has been said about bringing this show back. I would say it's my absolute favourite show. And not just mine if age brackets/whatever are part of that ... I have friends of all ages who watch it ... and family members who watch it (every week, especially new episodes). It's popular to a wide range of people, areas/countries/regions/whatever, ages, etc. What could be wrong with soemthing like that? This is a follow up to message: 07:05 8/7/1999 Include article text in reply Re: Whose Line is it Anyway? posted by kris on 02:31 10/7/1999 (email) We need Whose Line Is It Anyway? It just wouldn't make ANY sense to take it off! It is the absolute BEST 'game show', if that's the proper term. KEEP WLIIA?!!!!!!!! This is a follow up to message: 17:23 5/7/1999 Include article text in reply -- Mark Longmuir - longmuir@labyrinth.net.au Homepage: http://www.labyrinth.net.au/~longmuir/ Whose Line is it Anyway? - http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Lot/8451 "Stop tap dancing, you fool!" --------------------------------------------------------------------- [Image] [Image] Whose Board is it, Anyway? Channel 4... Monday, 05-Jul-1999 12:42:30 130.194.1.91 writes: I've just posted a message to the Channel 4 forum (which seems to be their main feedback tool) just asking about future WLiiA? things, and it would be good if we could get a lot of discussion under that topic. The forum is at http://www.channel4.com/c4info/index_r4.html and a lot of responses to the post may demonstrate to Ch4 that the show does have quite a big following... perhaps enough to help ensure they do continue to support the show in its UK version. The post is, naturally, advocating the UK version over the US. I suggest not responding to it in terms of the usual Clive/Drew arguments ("the US is just as good...") because half the point is to tell Ch4 that we want more UK episodes made, not them importing the (probably cheaper) US episodes. It might also be good if some of the posts at least appeared to come from UK e-mail addresses, since that's where their viewers are... :) Also if a red post appears under there, that's channel 4 responding... which would at least indicate they've seen the post :) Mark. Mark ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Message thread: Mark: Channel 4... (05-Jul-1999 12:42:30) Nessa (UK): And don't get fobbed off by any messages saying "not planned for the current schedule" or anything similar - its a standard stock reply they use. (n/t) (05-Jul-1999 12:59:33) Matt: And you don't need to submit your e-mail address - so you can all be British for a while if it helps!! :) (n/t) (05-Jul-1999 14:46:31) Serena: Nessa wins the car!!! You were correct! C4 responded with that message!! (n/t) (05-Jul-1999 19:31:47) Matt: And people get paid to write stuff like that... who'd be in the PR business?? (n/t) (05-Jul-1999 19:58:35) Molly: I can't find the message. What is the title of it? (n/t) (05-Jul-1999 16:30:50) Lorna: Go to A-Z listings at the top of the posts window...It will list them alphabetically. May the campaign begin! (n/t) (05-Jul-1999 16:48:59) Molly: But what's the name of the post? I've looked for Whose Line Is It Anyway? things, but I couldn't find it. (n/t) (05-Jul-1999 17:44:44) Matt: It's called "Whose Line Is It Anyway?"! Look harder Molly! :) (n/t) (05-Jul-1999 18:26:32) Matt again: It's looking good so far - keep posting your pleas! And I would suggest that you should not remain anonymous when doing it. It looks far more viable if names are attached. (n/t) (05-Jul-1999 18:52:24) Molly: I finally found it, and there are some good messages on there. (n/t) (05-Jul-1999 23:42:58) Matt the Crusader: It's 7am UK time, I've just got home from work and found there are now 14 messages on the Ch4 site all advocating the return of our show. You're all doing brilliantly - PLEASE add a further plea for WL?'s revival to the site if you haven't already! :) (Mark, this was a fine idea!) (n/t) (06-Jul-1999 02:08:59) Matt: Now 5pm UK time and 17 posts. Keep going! (n/t) (06-Jul-1999 12:06:37) Molly: I sent a message to both the whoseline mailing list and alt.tv.whose-line. So hopefully the people there will post. (n/t) (06-Jul-1999 13:45:36) Matt: 9pm UK time - 20 posts! Let's really put the pressure on! (n/t) (06-Jul-1999 16:04:04) Molly: An Update and More (07-Jul-1999 00:17:36) Crusader: 24 posts! More than any other thread on the forum. Please add to them if you've yet to post! We're going to get our show back - I can feel it in my water... :) (n/t) (08-Jul-1999 02:54:45) Back to main board ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Prev Page Next Page Now viewing page 4 of 5 (06-Jul-1999 01:41:19 to 03-Jul-1999 02:58:39) [Image] Message subject: Name: (optional) Email address: (optional) Type your message here: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Back to main board ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Copyright © ITW Newcorp, Inc. 1997-1999 All rights reserved. [Image] [Image] Whose Board is it, Anyway? An Update and More Wednesday, 07-Jul-1999 00:17:36 205.188.199.183 writes: Well I just checked the board and it looks good. We have 22 people so far. I'm happy nobody has bashed the US show. Everybody is being very civil. Now let's keep the thing rolling. :) Molly ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Message thread: Mark: Channel 4... (05-Jul-1999 12:42:30) Nessa (UK): And don't get fobbed off by any messages saying "not planned for the current schedule" or anything similar - its a standard stock reply they use. (n/t) (05-Jul-1999 12:59:33) Matt: And you don't need to submit your e-mail address - so you can all be British for a while if it helps!! :) (n/t) (05-Jul-1999 14:46:31) Serena: Nessa wins the car!!! You were correct! C4 responded with that message!! (n/t) (05-Jul-1999 19:31:47) Matt: And people get paid to write stuff like that... who'd be in the PR business?? (n/t) (05-Jul-1999 19:58:35) Molly: I can't find the message. What is the title of it? (n/t) (05-Jul-1999 16:30:50) Lorna: Go to A-Z listings at the top of the posts window...It will list them alphabetically. May the campaign begin! (n/t) (05-Jul-1999 16:48:59) Molly: But what's the name of the post? I've looked for Whose Line Is It Anyway? things, but I couldn't find it. (n/t) (05-Jul-1999 17:44:44) Matt: It's called "Whose Line Is It Anyway?"! Look harder Molly! :) (n/t) (05-Jul-1999 18:26:32) Matt again: It's looking good so far - keep posting your pleas! And I would suggest that you should not remain anonymous when doing it. It looks far more viable if names are attached. (n/t) (05-Jul-1999 18:52:24) Molly: I finally found it, and there are some good messages on there. (n/t) (05-Jul-1999 23:42:58) Matt the Crusader: It's 7am UK time, I've just got home from work and found there are now 14 messages on the Ch4 site all advocating the return of our show. You're all doing brilliantly - PLEASE add a further plea for WL?'s revival to the site if you haven't already! :) (Mark, this was a fine idea!) (n/t) (06-Jul-1999 02:08:59) Matt: Now 5pm UK time and 17 posts. Keep going! (n/t) (06-Jul-1999 12:06:37) Molly: I sent a message to both the whoseline mailing list and alt.tv.whose-line. So hopefully the people there will post. (n/t) (06-Jul-1999 13:45:36) Matt: 9pm UK time - 20 posts! Let's really put the pressure on! (n/t) (06-Jul-1999 16:04:04) Molly: An Update and More (07-Jul-1999 00:17:36) Crusader: 24 posts! More than any other thread on the forum. Please add to them if you've yet to post! We're going to get our show back - I can feel it in my water... :) (n/t) (08-Jul-1999 02:54:45) Back to main board ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Prev Page Next Page Now viewing page 4 of 5 (06-Jul-1999 01:41:19 to 03-Jul-1999 02:58:39) [Image] Message subject: Name: (optional) Email address: (optional) Type your message here: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Back to main board ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Copyright © ITW Newcorp, Inc. 1997-1999 All rights reserved.