tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post4991140209264982049..comments2024-03-28T14:22:54.579+00:00Comments on Coronation Street Blog: Five lessons for the Corrie powers that beGlenda Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03366238040782331941noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-38741591215188038842014-05-18T15:09:39.018+01:002014-05-18T15:09:39.018+01:00Thanks to all who seconded my opinions! John McE -...Thanks to all who seconded my opinions! John McE - so right, character development is key. As others have said, the writers/producers/powers that be seem to be under the impression that they have to dazzle viewers with too many characters, many fast moving scenes and sensationalism in order to keep them interested. Not so! Wish they'd cull the cast and plot lines and go back to the core Kristinehttp://onelondonone.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-70886302607072956142014-05-18T14:17:33.368+01:002014-05-18T14:17:33.368+01:00Kristine, I completely agree with your comments, w...Kristine, I completely agree with your comments, well said Carry On Blogging!https://www.blogger.com/profile/18385353388512683288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-38348128151493780492014-05-18T13:24:00.596+01:002014-05-18T13:24:00.596+01:00Thank you Graeme for posting these clips.
How I ap...Thank you Graeme for posting these clips.<br />How I appreciate now the relative simplicity of the show back then.<br />I'm reminded of how much, over the many years, I cared for these characters as if I knew them, for indeed, I felt then I did.<br />The show today reflects the way life is for many these days, just as the show reflected the way things were then.<br />People's problems andAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-71088272376587660022014-05-18T13:07:36.510+01:002014-05-18T13:07:36.510+01:00Thank you for all your lovely comments, glad you e...Thank you for all your lovely comments, glad you enjoy the old clips as much as I do :) Carry On Blogging!https://www.blogger.com/profile/18385353388512683288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-81934521193073597042014-05-18T09:18:37.328+01:002014-05-18T09:18:37.328+01:00Wonderful clips, perfectly demonstrating why us ol...Wonderful clips, perfectly demonstrating why us older viewers still long for the days of Annie, Elsie, Bet etc.<br /><br />And why also, we still long for the first 20 years to get a full airing on one of ITVs endless channels. They can repeat far less popular shows, so why in God's name can't they show the most popular show in the land?<br /><br />There is one other thing these vintage John McEnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-371722998704852572014-05-18T05:30:49.184+01:002014-05-18T05:30:49.184+01:00Beautifully written thank you Beautifully written thank you lizzirizzardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-61467118003020077182014-05-18T02:18:07.448+01:002014-05-18T02:18:07.448+01:00Superb as always Graeme!Superb as always Graeme!Bethnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-74153725743216872932014-05-17T22:09:01.445+01:002014-05-17T22:09:01.445+01:00May I say that I agree with Anonymous No.1 and Kri...May I say that I agree with Anonymous No.1 and Kristine, you said it SO well! Exactly so, imo.<br />and Anonymous No. 3, I absolutely second your opinion and have thought as much myself. <br />Thank you Graeme your comments are always in line with my own thoughts and you certainly do have a way of putting your thoughts down so well.Talianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-8947456672652989192014-05-17T22:03:06.504+01:002014-05-17T22:03:06.504+01:00Well written as always, Graeme.
Although actors ...Well written as always, Graeme. <br /><br />Although actors might have been hired in the early days partly because of their appearance eg Elsie had to be attractive for the role, these days it seems actors get hired primarily on looks. How is it that Michelle, Katy, Sophie and numerous others become part of the furniture when the actors clearly can't do the job? There must be hundreds of Humpty Dumptynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-61722203992918494332014-05-17T21:18:39.721+01:002014-05-17T21:18:39.721+01:00Nailed it again, Graham! As I watched these I real...Nailed it again, Graham! As I watched these I realized that what these snippets demonstrate is what today's writing lacks - whimsy, and, most of all, WIT! Wit is hard. It takes, well, wit; which is to say, cleverness and humour, and that takes intelligence and education, both of which seem on the decline these days. Today's episodes are like a sledgehammer, compared to the scalpel of the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-71056730460458435362014-05-17T20:46:01.578+01:002014-05-17T20:46:01.578+01:00I have been thinking about these very things recen...I have been thinking about these very things recently. <br /><br />When an actor decides to leave the program, why can't they just move away for the reason most people move: a new job, etc? Why does every departure have to be "explosive"?<br /><br />And why don't any married couples put some effort into working through the hard times and save their marriages? I wonder whether weAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-4662759900192543972014-05-17T19:40:57.221+01:002014-05-17T19:40:57.221+01:00Agree 100%. I too long for the characters of old....Agree 100%. I too long for the characters of old. Far too much bed hopping these days; I can't keep track of who used to be with who.<br /><br />Anonymous (from Canada)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-13066636277085504082014-05-17T18:36:08.879+01:002014-05-17T18:36:08.879+01:00Graeme, once again you've reduced me to tears....Graeme, once again you've reduced me to tears. You have such a way with putting things together, and finding all those clips, well! Thank you, and please never give up blogging.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-50820333483791071702014-05-17T18:35:47.274+01:002014-05-17T18:35:47.274+01:00Bravo for this. Back in the day, it was strong wri...Bravo for this. Back in the day, it was strong writing, storyline development and the understated acting by talented actors that made us really care what happened to Rita, Hilda, Ivy and the rest. When something "big" happened to anyone, it wasn't a sensationalized "big," i.e. an hysterical cat fight. It was only big in that characters' life, as when Ernest or Len diedKristinehttp://onelondonone.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830446634490957159.post-10173184804655403362014-05-17T17:31:07.848+01:002014-05-17T17:31:07.848+01:00Agreed. On every count.Agreed. On every count.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com