Ep. 10: Being Frank with you about boxsets
A long overdue podcast. Here’s hoping it will be the only overdue thing in my life in the upcoming months. Even taking into account Rosemary‘s recent cold and my trip to Cork which are now like distant memories this is still late. I reckon my “condition” is taking its toll on my concentration levels and energy and I just don’t have enough of either to this on a weekly basis. Also Rosemary is, as she regularly points out, a very busy and important person. A lush more like! 
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This week’s guest is Frank Bradley. I met up with him in the Digital Hub so the sound is a little up and down. Let me know if it’s unlistenable please.
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00m35s TV News Roundup
00m54s The Apprentice is starting
01m49s Another show starting tonight: The Frontline (and they have a blog shock horror. And a Facebook page oh la but not a twitter account as suggested on their site.)
02m52s The Afternoon Show has a twitter account so now I’m really starting to think it’s time to move on…
04m55s Who is doing Sile Seoige’s blowout?
06m11s Happy Birthday Fair City
06m36s Rosemary watched the VMAs
10m25s Irish win big at the Emmy Awards
10m51s I declare that Gabriel Byrne was robbed at the Emmys when he didn’t win for his work on “In Treatment”
11m55s Interview with Frank Bradley
13m13s Frank tells me what has been the main cause of his changed TV viewing habits
14m25s I talk about what changed our TV habits: studying
14m50s Some talk about online DVD rental schemes
16m00s Frank talks about his experience of Moviestar, now Screenclick
16m26s Frank tells us about how he buys and then sells the DVDs. Clever!
17m58s Fast fowarding through ads is great!
18m14s Roseanne finds UPC interface unintuitive
19m26s I’m a sit down and read the manual type
20m17s Frank comments that he had to learn how to change start and finish time because RTÉ are notorious for running over
20m28s Frank tells us about his favourite boxset so far
22m53s Roseanne points out that they were careful with scripts in Shakespearean times
23m45s Frank can’t understand the attraction of watching a soap that is previewed in the celebrity mags
24m02s Roseanne talks about people’s reasons for watching soaps vs. series
24m28s Episode arcs in CSI
25m45s Frank talks about listening to Lost podcasts where the participants talk about having read books mentioned in the series
27m10s Frank shares that some series have episode specific podcasts kind of like the commentary in DVD extras
29m28s First boxset I watched was given to me by Rosemary’s father. It was Firefly and we would highly recommend it
30m34s I don’t buy boxsets myself; don’t see the point as I wouldn’t rewatch them
31m14s Rosemary tells us that the first boxset she bought was Buffy on VHS
31m29s She also bought Sex & the City on VHS and has a cautionary tale about trying to sell them in the Buy & Sell
33m21s Rosemary talks about how jaded Buffy is at this stage
33m49s I watched the Sopranos on boxset because I was never terribly interested in it when it was on
35m08s I don’t put my life on hold to watch television so it’s been a long time since I’ve watched a series religously except on boxset
35m47s I watched series 2 of Heroes on boxset because I only saw bits & pieces of if
36m30s Rosemary reckons teenagers are the only ones who watch series when they’re on
36m54s The last time I watched a show religiously was back when I was babysitting
37m30s Rosemary hates waiting the week especially when you know you won’t be home
37m52s Rosemary just started watching Mad Men
39m10s We’ve just started watching BSG which is so long you can’t watch a whole series in the week you’ve rented it in
40m05s Top tip: if you bring back a vid overdue to Xtravision and rent something immediately of same value fine is wiped
42m33s Rosemary’s sister gave us Weeds last Christmas
45m41s Rosemary has been watching “My so-called Life” on boxset
46m24s I used to hate the holodec episodes on Star Trek
47m33s Oh gosh darn it we don’t get a chance to tal about the OC boxset cos we run out of time
See you next week. If you would like to guest on the show just pop a comment to us below and we’ll get in touch.
Comments
Frank Bradley (Oct 12, 2009)
Hi Roseanne/Rosemary,
I finally listened to this episode earlier this morning on my walk. It was great. Thanks very much for having me on as a guest.
One small note the recording ends abruptly at 44:55, so we don’t get to hear the last few minutes.
Looking forward to the next episode. Just let me know if you’d like me to come on for a future episode. I’m watching this year’s Irish Apprentice, so perhaps I could chip in if you decide to feature that in the near future.
Frank
Roseanne (Oct 12, 2009)
Aha! Thanks Frank for the heads-up. I just realised that I accidentally aborted the updload when I was adding the MP3. All fixed now!
Roseanne
Seamus (Oct 20, 2009)
I was in Dublin for this podcast so catching up
Gabriel Byrne did deserve an Emmy, even more so for season 1. I think that the Walter [John Mahony .. father on Frasier] was the best character of season two.
The second to last episode with him was brilliant, he finally coming to terms with the pains of his life that lied buried beneath for so long..
Roseanne (Oct 20, 2009)
Hey Seamus,
Go raibh maith agat don teachtaireacht!
Aha we haven’t had season 2 yet! And I haven’t heard any mutterings about it’s imminent broadcast. However season 1 was a spring season so we may have to wait until after Christmas. John Mahony is a great actor and I really look forward to seeing him in this role.
Good to meet you when you were in Dublin albeit briefly. I’m not the party girl I once was and scarpered off home early! And no I wasn’t going home to cry about not even being nominated for a web award in the podcasting catergory I swear…
Roseanne
Seamus (Oct 20, 2009)
Hi Roseanne,
Hope I did not give anything away on season 2, am sure you’ll get it there soon, did see an advert on the BBC for it while I was in Dublin.
It was nice to meet you too.
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