Ian Wright Live......it is sooooo bad!

starryapple · Joined: 01 Sep 2006 Posts: 11 Location: London

I love Ian, great travel programmes but isn't his live show just the worst........he is an embarrassment to watch. Embarassed

shell_e_anne · Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 130 Location: Dublin, Ireland

I dont have a problem with it Confused

. I like the way he mixes his passion for travel with his sense of humour. And considering they dont have a massive budget to spend on the show, I think they've done quite well at putting it together.
This small show just shows how big his personality is! Razz

starryapple · Joined: 01 Sep 2006 Posts: 11 Location: London

I rally can't agree, on his travel shows he appears to be relaxed and very much at ease but on his live show he overacts and tells very unfunny jokes.

shell_e_anne · Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 130 Location: Dublin, Ireland

well give him some credit, he preforms the live show infront of an audience
id imagine he'd be a bit nervous so fair play to him, not everybody would even think of doing it. Idea

starryapple · Joined: 01 Sep 2006 Posts: 11 Location: London

He is a TV presenter for pitys sake he should be able to preform in front of an audience.

shell_e_anne · Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 130 Location: Dublin, Ireland

well what experience do you have in the matter then?
what im trying to sy here is: its easier said than done!!! Idea

Guest · Posted: Sun Nov 12, 2006 7:10 am Post subject:

Ian is a nice guy i think he will be better at the next show

just believe him Rolling Eyes

ABLO · Joined: 14 Jan 2005 Posts: 39 Location: London

No way!

It's his amateurish, anything-goes manner in the show that makes it so appealing. It makes a refreshing change from the scripted, multiple-take shows that are all around us.

ABLO

starryapple · Joined: 01 Sep 2006 Posts: 11 Location: London

That is my whole point it is amatuerish and Ian is a professional who should know better than tell weak jokes and act so over the top.

P.S. ABLO just read you profile what is streetfighting all about? - explain!

ABLO · Joined: 14 Jan 2005 Posts: 39 Location: London

Guest · Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 7:35 am Post subject:

ABLO · Joined: 14 Jan 2005 Posts: 39 Location: London

Guest · Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 2:49 pm Post subject:

thank you for your explainning...that makes me feel better now
as you wish no body would remind this again Wink

starryapple · Joined: 01 Sep 2006 Posts: 11 Location: London

Sorry I didn't mean to start anything - just language differences, I understood what you meant.

PENILYN · Joined: 26 May 2006 Posts: 35 Location: UNITED STATES

I NEVER SAW IAN'S LIVE SHOW Sad

DAMN AMERICAN TELEVISION! Evil or Very Mad

auburn · Joined: 23 Jun 2006 Posts: 25 Location: Germany

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auburn · Joined: 23 Jun 2006 Posts: 25 Location: Germany

rchmontreal · Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2006 9:44 pm Post subject:

I'm going to have to try and catch that on Globetrekker.tv. The Ian Wright Live show was filmed here, in Toronto, in 2003 (I think), about 20 minutes from my house!! Had I known, I would have definitely attended at least one of the live shows!

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auburn · Joined: 23 Jun 2006 Posts: 25 Location: Germany

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starryapple · Joined: 01 Sep 2006 Posts: 11 Location: London

I presume globetrekker.tv is only available in Canada and the USA am I right?

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munizera01 · Joined: 02 Mar 2005 Posts: 143 Location: South Texas

To use a quote from Ian himself:

"That is just SAD!!!

wrightkerr28 · Joined: 25 Oct 2005 Posts: 88

the.collector · Joined: 31 Jul 2008 Posts: 82

Well..... there is some point in that......but.....its really hard to explain in words... i will give u an example.

Idea

When Charlie Chaplin was alive they held a Charlie Chaplin imitation contest. And CC participated himself under another false name.
And guess what? he himself came third!!!!!

So u see, its really hard to imitate yourself. Similar is the case of Ian Wright Live . You can literally feel the producers he has got on his back telling him "act nutty, moooooore nutty" And in trying to iamitate himself he came third...... Crying or Very sad

U see... a lot depends on the director and producer. They decide the target audience. And you can see that the target audience for this show is not the fans but the people who have never heard of LP. So thats why 10 mins of every episode are wasted in telling who Ian is, wat he does and why the hell is he there. So if this show was bad it is the production dept's fault. Dont blame Ian. He did wat he was told to do.

But the show is not all that bad!!! Its awesome. Highly recommended. I feel Pilot took a wrong turn in not going for season 2. They should have just changed the director, producer and made more episodes. Look how good Ians other shows are doin. I know you would say they include some travel. But you know...when u hav a celebrity lik Ian you can make a fantastic show even if he is enclosed in a prison cell. The director, Angela Gourley really screwed this one..... Crying or Very sad

munizera01 · Joined: 02 Mar 2005 Posts: 143 Location: South Texas

Well, "Ian Wright Live" aside for a minute, his Discovery Channel show was toned down quite a bit, but also had a bit of his humor in it; some a little slapstick esp toward the end, but he learned his lesson on the Live Show. Ian's most humorous segments came on GT when the unexpected happened; and he was with people; esp children. I love the time in the Tuscany episode when the olive grove tree just snapped and fell down when he was on the ladder pruning it; and he just went with it talking the whole time like it was planned while the farmer started laughing
his a** off.
Same episode he was taking the bus but didn't know you had to get it validated in a machine in the terminal; he was so frustrated since he was bragging to us how cheap it was to go by bus, and the conductor fined him extra money; he let go with a "f***ing bus terminal" that even PBS didn't catch! (Pls Pilot don't edit that one out!! Watch the Bolivia episode; full of classic Ian. Not planned, just his reactions to the country. Also Baja
California which wasn't much fun for him to do and you can tell it but it has its moments, such as Ian and the Whale! Fun episodes, at least for me, to watch.

the.collector · Joined: 31 Jul 2008 Posts: 82

yup......those were the good old days.....

shell_e_anne · Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 130 Location: Dublin, Ireland

munizera01 · Joined: 02 Mar 2005 Posts: 143 Location: South Texas

It was called "America the Wright Way"; and featured 6 episodes: Las Vegas, Chicago, New York, Nashville, New Orleans and Miami. All of which had been done by GT in some episode or other. You can see the blog comments if you log onto Travelchannel.com and click onto his show; parts of episodes are being shown on YouTube. I wish he had picked some more interesting material for the cities; and he could have picked some different cities in my opin. (except he did a great show on New Orleans). I understand this was his own production company that
filmed it).