24/11/08
Hutchback
...that's why we will go back to my original idea, which is talking in excruciating detail about what we did today cause that's the only thing you can claim to have any.. even the vaguest chance of having any insight into and even then that would be pushing it.
Dr. Nostrum
Yeah
Hutchback
But, anyway, to go back to my theory – and I think this will now become the theme of our first podcast...
Dr. Nostrum
Is that cultural..?
Hutchback
...is that, strictly speaking, empirically ah, er, scientifically speaking, there is no difference between...
Dr. Nostrum
Big Brother
Hutchback
...what went on in the Big Brother house today...
Dr. Nostrum
Yeah
Hutchback
...and (pause) and the er (pause) Boer War.
(long pause)
Dr. Nostrum
Oh, ok, I get it, so basically any.. anything is entertainment? Or...
Hutchback
No!
Dr. Nostrum
...anything is cultural as long as it's, er, you can look at it?
Hutchback
Er, ah, erm, No, I would say it's not so much the, erm...
Dr. Nostrum
The importance
Hutchback
The actual, wh.. ah, er, wuh.. it's not the impact that an event has on the world (pause) because I think, clearly, the Boer War had more impact than day 47 in the Big Brother house, but...
Dr. Nostrum
But it didn't get as many viewers.
Hutchback
...it didn't get as many viewers and, and there are far more people that care what went on in the Big Brother house on day 47 than care about what happened in the Boer War, so therefore...
Dr. Nostrum
You think so?
Hutchback
Yes
Dr. Nostrum
What, even at the time it was happening?
Hutchback
No, no, no. Now.
Dr. Nostrum
Oh, now! Oh right, I thought you meant at the time of each event...
Hutchback
No, no but even, even...
Dr. Nostrum
Even then.
Hutchback
...even now, I would suggest...
Dr. Nostrum
Afghanistan...
Hutchback
Yes!
Dr. Nostrum
...is less important than...
Hutchback
Is less important than...
Together
...Big Brother.
Hutchback
Because...
Dr. Nostrum
Culturally.
Hutchback
...culturally, well, to, to...
Dr. Nostrum
Well maybe not in 10 years, but at the time?
Hutchback
No, because, er... (long pause)
Dr. Nostrum
Hard to say.
Hutchback
The.. if, you know, if you think about (pause) significance on an individual level...
Dr. Nostrum
Yeah, I don't spend much time...
Hutchback
...it doesn't matter. All these things they kind of don't really matter. They're kind of going on somewhere – everything's going on somewhere... (pause)
Dr. Nostrum
Yeah?
Hutchback
...Somewhere not in your direct, sort of, presence, therefore (pause) it's kind of up to you whether something's important or not.
Dr. Nostrum
Th.. there's another theme appearing, (pause) which is that a lot of the podcast isn't gonna be funny.
Hutchback
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