Mack the Beeb
March 23, 2018 6:08 AM Subscribe
Some of these would stand a fair chance of getting commissioned.
posted by Artw at 6:20 AM on March 23, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by Artw at 6:20 AM on March 23, 2018 [1 favorite]
Fun notion but the concatenation seems a bit off, grammar-wise. Generators aren't supposed to be pure word salad.
/nitpickery.
posted by freya_lamb at 6:26 AM on March 23, 2018
/nitpickery.
posted by freya_lamb at 6:26 AM on March 23, 2018
Most would be TV Go Home ready.
(Last updated in... god, 2003. And yet the world remains plagued with Nathan Barleys)
posted by Artw at 6:45 AM on March 23, 2018
(Last updated in... god, 2003. And yet the world remains plagued with Nathan Barleys)
posted by Artw at 6:45 AM on March 23, 2018
Some of the problems with the UK tv scene are that a) there are only so many commissioning editors, and they lean heavily towards male, pale and stale and b) those damn millennial snake people refuse to watch Monkfish 3: Prime Monkfish or whatever, meaning that they are chasing an ever-decreasing audience of people who don't know how streaming works and want to watch what is on TV.
posted by The River Ivel at 7:12 AM on March 23, 2018 [3 favorites]
posted by The River Ivel at 7:12 AM on March 23, 2018 [3 favorites]
A deceased politician with an abandoned list of contacts in a missing fire station must explore a financial scandal so they can finally close an arranged marriage. Stars Adrian Lester."Missing" is the polite way of saying it burned down.
posted by The Underpants Monster at 8:32 AM on March 23, 2018
Any of these would be better than Hard Sun.
posted by Atom Eyes at 9:03 AM on March 23, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by Atom Eyes at 9:03 AM on March 23, 2018 [2 favorites]
A nearly-retired cop with a plucky sidekick in a world that is about to die must solve a series of murders so they can finally ignore the premise. Stars John Actor.
* have not actually seen Hard Sun
posted by Artw at 9:08 AM on March 23, 2018
* have not actually seen Hard Sun
posted by Artw at 9:08 AM on March 23, 2018
Oh my, Hard Sun was irritating. Way to make the apocalypse drag, writers.
posted by threetwentytwo at 9:34 AM on March 23, 2018
posted by threetwentytwo at 9:34 AM on March 23, 2018
Really it should have been part of the Life on Mars/Ashes to Ashes series.
posted by Artw at 9:39 AM on March 23, 2018
posted by Artw at 9:39 AM on March 23, 2018
Thanks for turning me on to this perchance.org thing! I enjoy messing around with list-based generators, and this is one of the most flexible and extensible systems I've ever seen.
posted by Iridic at 9:51 AM on March 23, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by Iridic at 9:51 AM on March 23, 2018 [1 favorite]
Now I have a Threepenny Opera filk in my head, oh, wait....
A Neurotic Mefite with a nonexistent filk song based on Mack The Knife must finish his comment before closing the tab and resuming work wiith a meeting just 2 minutes away.
posted by ocschwar at 12:00 PM on March 23, 2018
A Neurotic Mefite with a nonexistent filk song based on Mack The Knife must finish his comment before closing the tab and resuming work wiith a meeting just 2 minutes away.
posted by ocschwar at 12:00 PM on March 23, 2018
An elderly town counsellor with an antique gun in a Gothic seaside town must solve a financial scandal so they can finally pay off an empty crime boss. Stars Nick Frost.
Yes, please.
posted by Ranucci at 12:45 PM on March 23, 2018 [1 favorite]
Yes, please.
posted by Ranucci at 12:45 PM on March 23, 2018 [1 favorite]
"A divorced gardener with an old parent in a dusty carpark must live up to their sexuality so they can finally re-open a niece museum. Stars Bradley Walsh."
This is literally indistinguishable from actual British drama.
posted by Mr. Bad Example at 3:35 PM on March 23, 2018 [4 favorites]
This is literally indistinguishable from actual British drama.
posted by Mr. Bad Example at 3:35 PM on March 23, 2018 [4 favorites]
"An adopted housewife with a Docklands ex-lover in a rusty museum must solve missing children so they can finally close their Facebook account. Stars David Tennant."
Wait. This wasn't an actual Dr. Who episode?
posted by tllaya at 4:47 PM on March 23, 2018 [2 favorites]
Wait. This wasn't an actual Dr. Who episode?
posted by tllaya at 4:47 PM on March 23, 2018 [2 favorites]
A sophisticated solicitor with a pleasant horse in a reclusive retirement community must ignore a high class escort so they can finally learn to cook again. Stars Nicola Walker.
I’d watch it.
posted by inflatablekiwi at 7:41 PM on March 23, 2018
I’d watch it.
posted by inflatablekiwi at 7:41 PM on March 23, 2018
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Thanks for this!
posted by Juso No Thankyou at 6:13 AM on March 23, 2018