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In this episode we look at how ads tell us about the social embarrassment of taking public transport (I Don’t Buy It). There’s lots of talk about new shows, some Quotes and Letters to Boxcutters, a quick look at Crap TV and a week’s worth of television news.

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As fans of Futurama (which I think we all are) it becomes our duty to see the new Al Gore film An Inconvenient Truth or at least watch this trailer on YouTube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BjrOi4vF24

Wow! The big 40! I wonder when we’ll get sick of discussing episode numbers.

This week, along with a whole barrel of news we have:

• Jess talking about Big Brother;
• A discussion on the nature of television as a business with Tom Elliot;
• I Don’t Buy It looks at the power of fried chicken as a stimulant;
• The return of the much missed Quotes;
• and we read some of your correspondence in Letters to Boxcutters.

All of this and the wonderful Matt Govoni filling in for an absent Ross.

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We’ve had some pressure to put pictures of ourselves up on the site. It seems people really want to imagine the faces of the people talking. Well, here we are!

From the left: Brett, Josh, Ross.

Pinch me because I think I am dreaming. No need for large descriptions. This episode of Boxcutters kicks substantial tail-bone. Cower before the power of two I Don’t Buy It’s. Gasp in amazement at all the Television News for the week.

Isn’t that enough for you? What about the gruesome reality of Crap TV in which Ross uncovers the truth about Survivor? You might also like to find out about Dead Like Me in Things You May Have Missed or Maybe You’ve Seen Them. Brett discusses how What’s Good For You actually isn’t and we discover that Josh likes cartoons.

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What a BIG week in TV it has been. Channel 9 are slashing and burning news people all over the place and now talking about cutting pay packets as well. Possibly because they were a little jealous about all the attention they were missing out on, channel 7 has got in on the redundancy act with an announcement of Global Television taking over management of the Coventry Street studios. What a massive stroke of prescience that we just happened to have arranged for channel 9 newsman, James Talia, to join us in the studio to co-host the show.

Along with a bumper news segment-slash-inquisition of our co-host, Jess McGuire has another Big Brother special report that makes us feel a little like all the action is happening in the UK version, leaving us with a bit of a Bland Brother. Our eagle eyes have picked up two new I Don’t Buy Its - as if you need to squint really hard to make them out… Ross almost crosses over into the Crap TV realm with 7′s plans for the AFL broadcasting rights next year. And we take a look at a couple of things coming up on network schedules after half-time when we all change sides.

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You might have caught this on The Chaser’s War on Everything last Friday. It is truly gold!

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When Ross mentioned the snippet about Michelle Rodriguez’s quote I hadn’t been aware she was already out from her 60 day sentence. Here’s an update:

Michelle Rodriguez had received a 60-day jail sentence for DUI probation violations. She checked herself in on Thursday evening and was released 4 and half hours later due to jail overcrowding.

A spokesman for the LA city attorney’s office said Rodriguez was released after just less than four and a half hours as part of a book and release program typical for non-violent offenders with sentences of less than 90 days. Steve Whitmore, a spokesman for the LA County Sheriff’s Department, said the early release program was implemented in 2002 “as a last resort” to meet budget cuts that reached $180 million.

Over the weekend, Rodriguez not only was spotted stateside — but she was back in the celebrity swing of things. On Saturday, Rodriguez was seen at the Ultimate Fighting Championships at the Staples Center, alongside Paris Hilton, David Spade and others.

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The engine is primed and ready to fire - it’s time to rev up this week’s Boxcutters.

Josie Parelli and Jeff Jenkins from Chartbusting 80s are our very special guests this week. We get loaded and have a good time in the studio and we’ve got some spectacular results for the viewers of our video podcast.

Along with that: we take a look at the controversial Big Brother nominations show with the stoush between Gretel and Michael; we’ve got a review of 10’s new comedy, The Wedge; Ross has a new bank ad he doesn’t buy; we dip into the Boxcutters letter bag; and there’s heaps of news to cover in a very big week in television.

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