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British TV show gathers Bostonians to talk about the election
By adamg on Fri, 11/02/2012 - 10:05am
The BBC's World Have Your Say has rented out Old South Meeting House today and stuffed it with "U.S. voters" who are supposed to be answering the world's questions about the presidential elections. The show airs live tonight on BBC World TV, 8:10 p.m., our time.
H/t Sarina Tracy and Ami Chitwood.
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So depending on whom the Beeb
So depending on whom the Beeb stuffed the room with, viewers in the UK might be assured of a Jill Stein Presidency?
No doubt
the BBC will stack the 'voters' and of course include some 'colourful' characters. Then of course there's the Boston accent thing.
nice touch on adding the u to "colourful"
On the other point, I think that some of the viewership in East Anglia might recognize some components of said accent.
Good grief
This is going to be another one of those programs where Americans look like f**king idiots. Lovely.
And ...
Don't we?
(Actually, the Brits are the stereotypically misbehaved oafs in Europe now)
right on!
sounds like someone has recently seen or been part of a hen or stag party in Prague!
Why, are you on the show?
Why, are you on the show?
Har-har.
Har-har.
So in an attempt to examine the zeigeist of the American voter,
they decided Boston was a good place to go? Yikes. Salt Lake City or Charleston would have been just as representative (i.e., not very).
Helps to read the linked information
I'd also appreciate it if they got their (#&#%^P(! trucks out of the bicycle lane - or, at least, light them properly and display their permit.
I'm kind of sorry that I'm not one of the Stuffees
This could have been great fun.