So what TV show would be cricket, then?
UK's "Cracker"!
I just think you're freakin' out 'cause you have to fight someone prettier than you.
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javachik - Apr 26, 2010 1:36:36 pm PDT #7951 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Dana - Apr 26, 2010 1:39:49 pm PDT #7952 of 30000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Oh, that was a great show.
DavidS - Apr 26, 2010 1:42:53 pm PDT #7953 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
So what TV show would be cricket, then?
What are the distinguishing traits of cricket as opposed to other sports?
Don't they have tests that go on for days? So I'm thinking long form. It's a highly skilled sport but has odd rules, so a bit eccentric. Also an odd combination of Old British Empire culture being ruled by its ex-colonies.
I'm imagining a combination of The It Crowd and MI-5.
javachik - Apr 26, 2010 1:43:44 pm PDT #7954 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
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"but has odd rules, so a bit eccentric"
See?? Just like Cracker himself!
Dana - Apr 26, 2010 1:47:27 pm PDT #7955 of 30000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
It's a highly skilled sport but has odd rules, so a bit eccentric.
Doctor Who?
Comics?
DavidS - Apr 26, 2010 1:58:28 pm PDT #7956 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Doctor Who?
That kind of crossed my mind. Has he ever had a companion from southeast Asia?
Kathy A - Apr 26, 2010 2:01:36 pm PDT #7957 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Tegan Jovanka from Australia was about as close as he's gotten to SE Asia.
§ ita § - Apr 26, 2010 2:01:47 pm PDT #7958 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Don't they have tests that go on for days?
They have matches that go on for days. Tests are series of matches. That's how hard core they roll. And they break for tea.
Sue - Apr 26, 2010 2:51:04 pm PDT #7959 of 30000
hip deep in pie
I say cricket is like Coronation Street. Takes a long time for a story to roll out, but those who like it are fanatical about it.
Jessica - Apr 26, 2010 2:52:53 pm PDT #7960 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
When I want football or hockey (read: urgency and adrenaline), I watch "Kidnapped" or "Damages".
This one works double because I find both football AND Damages to be far to convoluted to watch!
Cricket - neverending games with esoteric rules and tea breaks, largely ignored by Americans? Sounds like classic Who to me.