Grumpy blogger eats own words
Sorry talented Duncan and beautiful Heather.
Now this is unusual. There are a couple of things I’ve never been good at: apologising and eating my words.
Earlier this week, I put up a post about the first edition of TV3’s new programme Story which plays in the slot that was Campbell Live.
It was a pretty negative piece of writing that neither the programme nor its presenters deserved. It was picky and hypercritical. And, as I say, undeserved.
The thing is I broke the first rule of reviewing – never review the first programme in a series. It’s on that programme that things are most likely to go wrong. Nerves usually. So you have to allow any programme to bed in before you put pen to paper.
But actually there was nothing wrong with the first Story and nothing wrong with the two I’ve watched since. In fact it’s bloody good. Duncan and Heather make a wonderfully comfortable duo and the stories are crisp, informative and entertaining.
Sometimes, however, even normally quite rational people can be at odds with the world and themselves. And someone has to pay!
Put it down to indigestion, or a bad night’s sleep, or the early ravages of that disease that elderly folk get and you’re not allowed to make jokes about. You know, the only disease where you get to hide your own Christmas presents.
Oh god, now I’m going to have to eat those words as well.
Anyway, sorry talented Duncan and beautiful Heather.
Oh dear, more trouble. Look, I’m not suggesting that Duncan isn’t beautiful or Heather isn’t talented.
Give it away, Brian!
Media trainer and commentator Dr Brian Edwards posts at Brian Edwards Media.
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