"Home and Away" drug - real or fictional?

doh.ie

Aside from the obvious element that I should get a life and avoid the practice of watching Home & Away during work, they've got this character back in doing some drug called 'bulbs'.

UK television regulations (and presumably the same here) forbid the broadcast of preparation of drugs, though this came a little close yesterday - so basically, I'm asking if anyone knows if it's fictional or real.

Of course, the drug is probably completely necessary to make watching this crap bearable...

ixoy

I assume the regulation applies to a certain time? Otherwise certain movies, such as Trainspotting, couldn't be aired.

On a 'Home and Away' note, I'm told by my sister that this Thursday (or soon) is an utterly hilarious edition of the show featuring a great dramatic stunt and

invovling severe character mutilation

. I'm assuming it's Duncan doing the bulbs...

fletch

Well you couldn't actually see Duncan "doing" the drugs so I take it, it's ok for them to broadcast the implication that he is doing the drugs. What's the bettin, the storyline is over in the next few days due to the shows inability to deal with controversial issues. Anyone remember the gay guy,(Pippa's son)....well, prob not cause he was shipped off the very next day after trying it on with Nick :rolleyes:

ixoy

fletch wrote:

Anyone remember the gay guy,(Pippa's son)....well, prob not cause he was shipped off the very next day after trying it on with Nick :rolleyes:

Christopher yeah? I thought he tried it on with Seb, Alan Fisher's son (or was that my imagination...). There was also a gay couple running a restraunt in it although they were on the periphary. And don't forget Shannon's lesbian crush on the author Mandy (I think) years ago which, if I remember correctly, was cut from the UTV broadcasts and why do I know so much about this....

doh.ie

fletch wrote:

Well you couldn't actually see Duncan "doing" the drugs so I take it, it's ok for them to broadcast the implication that he is doing the drugs. What's the bettin, the storyline is over in the next few days due to the shows inability to deal with controversial issues. Anyone remember the gay guy,(Pippa's son)....well, prob not cause he was shipped off the very next day after trying it on with Nick :rolleyes:

Sure you've got the right programme there?

True, you couldn't see him preparing the drugs, but he did imply they were composed of household objects which he then seemed to retrieve from the kitchen, which made me wonder if you could see what bottles they were.

doh.ie

ixoy wrote:

Christopher yeah? I thought he tried it on with Seb, Alan Fisher's son (or was that my imagination...). There was also a gay couple running a restraunt in it although they were on the periphary. And don't forget Shannon's lesbian crush on the author Mandy (I think) years ago which, if I remember correctly, was cut from the UTV broadcasts and why do I know so much about this....

I take it back. I thought Fletch was on about Coronation Street for a second there. Must have missed that whole Christopher story when I actually was busy at work all day.

Shannon/Mandy was heavily cut by ITV, that's true. They almost tried to pretend that storyline didn't exist, IIRC, making the storyline very confusing for anyone watching there...

"I assume the regulation applies to a certain time? Otherwise certain movies, such as Trainspotting, couldn't be aired."

It isn't time-specific, AFAIK. Any specific drug-preparation (as opposed to use) is very much prohibitied. I'd have to look at Trainspotting again to see exactly what it shows, but a TV version may have had to be watered down. Will see if I can dig out the legislation on that one.

"On a 'Home and Away' note, I'm told by my sister that this Thursday (or soon) is an utterly hilarious edition of the show featuring a great dramatic stunt and spoiler: I'm assuming it's Duncan doing the bulbs..."

It is Duncan, clearly the love-child of Alisa and an alien with his bulbous (pardon the pun) eyes. No wonder she tried to kill him shortly after he was born.

In any case, no one answered my question - are bulbs real...?

fletch

ixoy wrote:

Christopher yeah? I thought he tried it on with Seb, Alan Fisher's son (or was that my imagination...). There was also a gay couple running a restraunt in it although they were on the periphary. And don't forget Shannon's lesbian crush on the author Mandy (I think) years ago which, if I remember correctly, was cut from the UTV broadcasts and why do I know so much about this....

You might be right there about Christopher...(must jus have Nick(Chris Egan) on the brain...AAhhh will i ever 4get the best reason 2 have ever watched Home n Away)

gazzer

There is another drug storyline coming up soon involving a character who is hooked on crystal meth and goes on a bit of a shooting spree in the Bay... dont want to say what happens though but it involves a lot of the characters

doh.ie

bedlam wrote:

From
Urbandictionary.com :

A small, 1 serve cannister of Nitrous Oxide used for getting a kinda fun, but quite pathetic 5 minute high.
Possibly puts bubbles in your brain.

"Keen for a bulb?"
"Let's go do some bulbs."

Cool, cheers for that. My curiousity is satisfied.
Wonder why they keep nitrous oxide in that diner place...!

doh.ie

gazzer wrote:

There is another drug storyline coming up soon involving a character who is hooked on crystal meth and goes on a bit of a shooting spree in the Bay... dont want to say what happens though but it involves a lot of the characters

This would never have happened in Celia's day. Summer Bay really has gone downhill with the latest bunch of strays!

ixoy

doh.ie wrote:

This would never have happened in Celia's day. Summer Bay really has gone downhill with the latest bunch of strays!

Oh I dunno. Remember it's her bloodline (via Alf) that spawned the Satanic Duncan who this Thursday (or thereabouts) will:

Apparently drive Haylely and Noah off a cliff! Wheee!!!!!

.
I still think 'Home and Away' has never topped the moment when Bobby Fisher walked out of Ailsa's fridge. Class moments - not even Alf the Aborignee could top that.

gazzer

Was it in the Diner that Bobby popped out of the fridge?? Because remember when Alf had his brain tumour (but didnt know) and Ailsa popped out from the kitchen... that was sooo funny.

Home and Away is great for its quirky scenes..... have to say though.. i love the storyline about Kirsty and her twin (who isnt her twin now)... i mean they were meant to have this psychic connection and all.. A couple of years ago one of them was caught in a landslide and the other was able to say where she was cos of this 'connection'

pickarooney

Damn! I miss H&A. Haven't seen it since about 1997. Dunca was about 4 and a half then.

ixoy

gazzer wrote:

Was it in the Diner that Bobby popped out of the fridge??

Nah it was the house fridge. You see this impression in the fridge that bulges outwards and Bobby steps out and goes "Hey Ailse" and then we shot to credits. Great stuff!

Also great was when Selina had a prophetic vision (yes, she saw into the future) where Shane and someone else were having a fight on a cliff-top. In her vision the action was all blurry, to denote the kookiness of it all. How stylish!

doh.ie

ixoy wrote:

Oh I dunno. Remember it's her bloodline (via Alf) that spawned the Satanic Duncan who this Thursday (or thereabouts)...

Sounds good. But they will just ensure none of those involved are permanently injured. That show needs a hell of a cast cull.

ixoy wrote:

I still think 'Home and Away' has never topped the moment when Bobby Fisher walked out of Ailsa's fridge. Class moments - not even Alf the Aborignee could top that.

Ah, yes, we thought that was great television. Alisa's bout of dementia shortly before that was classic was well - subtitles appearing on her TV telling her Alf was going to kill here, constantly hearing whispering...

This was truly Home & Away's golden era, but I always maintain that the show was at its best back at the very beginning. I remember being genuinely freaked at the Summer Bay 'Nutter' who turned out to be the old school principal (whom Bobby and Carly had run a truck into!); early episodes even included such interesting plots as Lynn's crisis of faith (she was very devout) and Bobby's amnesia during the Bay's fun run.

Nowadays, it's all very predictable fluff, but once upon a time it was genuinely innovative, before it stopped doing relatively stand-alone stories and truly became a soap.

doh.ie

ixoy wrote:

Nah it was the house fridge. You see this impression in the fridge that bulges outwards and Bobby steps out and goes "Hey Ailse" and then we shot to credits. Great stuff!

Years later I wondered if Bobby had been a changeling... It was very much that kind of effect.

doh.ie

gazzer wrote:

Home and Away is great for its quirky scenes..... have to say though.. i love the storyline about Kirsty and her twin (who isnt her twin now)... i mean they were meant to have this psychic connection and all.. A couple of years ago one of them was caught in a landslide and the other was able to say where she was cos of this 'connection'

I'd forgotten all about that... Oh, that's too funny...

Ruu_Old

i think ive been watching home and away since it first aired on rte. is the one on rte quite recent to the one aired in oz or not?

doh.ie

Ruu wrote:

i think ive been watching home and away since it first aired on rte. is the one on rte quite recent to the one aired in oz or not?

No, they're not very close - it seems to be Easter in H&A on RTE1 now. The gap is at least three-four months, if not more. But the Aussies take a break for Christmas (one month) every year, but then RTE break regularly too.

Amazingly, in the UK where it vanished from ITV for over a year (18 months, possibly) prior the move to Five, they somehow picked up and during the last few years arrived at a point which is just mere weeks behind RTE...

DuFF-MAN

Here's what i think:

The script writers for H&W are a bunch of angry chimpanzees, smoking big cuban cigars, bashing their hairy primate knuckles on their type-writers, working for about three bananas an hour.

Why i think this?:

-How many disasters has that sudderland family been through, and they're still f***ing fighting? You'd think it wud bond them together!?!

-Suddenly the twins in that family are not twins...."oops, we made a mistake with the aul kids there"........BO***CKS

Don't get me started with that fool Alf!

Ruu_Old

alf would probably call u "a flamin' gallah" and/or "knock your block off"

tk123

OMG this is great i didn't think anybody would still be watching it - i started watching it again after catching a couple of episodes last week when I was off work!! A year or two ago they had a disaster on a boat..I think it was the 15th anniverary episode so they had all past cast like Frank and Steven and they all went out on this cruise and there was a storm....Anyhoo this ep aired one lunchtime while I was at work - it just happened to be on the canteen tv. Normally people would just ignore the tv but the whole canteen was watching home and away - even all the bosses lol!!!

Davey Devil

Bring back Angie Russell!!!!!!

I hate it but my mum and dad watch it religiously....I love going to the official website and reading Sally's diary and then spoiling it for them

By the way is the episode shown at 1.35 on RTE One a repeat of the previous day's 6.35 episode??

SprostonGreen

Deleted User wrote:

I hate it but my mum and dad watch it religiously....I love going to the official website and reading Sally's diary and then spoiling it for them

You can spoil it even more if you show them the website where Sally gets lashed out of it by some bloke. :cool:

Oh is this her naughty video? I heard about it but never bothered going looking for it....do you have the website link.

Although showing my parents a porn video may be just wrong and sick....let's do it!

SprostonGreen

Cant post links to those kind of sites I'm afraid.

Do you know what Glasgow Rangers' nickname is?

BolBill

SprostonGreen wrote:

Cant post links to those kind of sites I'm afraid.

Do you know what Glasgow Rangers' nickname is?

The Huns?????

In regards to Sallys porno flick, she'd no idea she was being taped and the quality is awful. Heard she got it taken off the net a while back.

therecklessone

Davey Devil wrote:

Bring back Angie Russell!!!!!!

*fap fap fap

doh.ie

bedlam wrote:

No it is the other way around (or at least any time I've been around for both) 6.35 is a repeat of that days 1.35 airing.

No, I think they're now changed this since or around the arrival of the no-different RTE TWO. The 6.30 (RTE2) episode on Monday is repeated at 1.25 on RTE1 on Tuesday and so on.

It used to be the way you described above, but now the afternoon ones are the previous day's. Something about keeping the 'repeats' (Fair City and Eastenders are in the same scheduling block) together.

gazzer

Bring back Angie Russell!!!!!!




You should read Sallys Diary on the Home and Away site cos there is some good news about that.... dont want to say too much though cos i dont know how to do that spoiler thing

fletch

Ever notice how you can stop watching Home n Away for months on end but all it takes is one episode to catch up on the pitiful storylines.
Oh and Australia must be FULL of runaway children who end up in Summer Bay. When they arrive, they are rebellious thugs, in trouble with the law and leave about 3months later, potential saints! :rolleyes:

BolBill

fletch wrote:

Ever notice how you can stop watching Home n Away for months on end but all it takes is one episode to catch up on the pitiful storylines.
Oh and Australia must be FULL of runaway children who end up in Summer Bay. When they arrive, they are rebellious thugs, in trouble with the law and leave about 3months later, potential saints! :rolleyes:

therecklessone

fletch wrote:

Oh and Australia must be FULL of runaway children who end up in Summer Bay. When they arrive, they are rebellious thugs, in trouble with the law and leave about 3months later, potential saints! :rolleyes:

Thats convict land for ya.

The amazing rehabilitating powers of the southern hemisphere...

ixoy

fletch wrote:

When they arrive, they are rebellious thugs, in trouble with the law and leave about 3months later, potential saints! :rolleyes:

Ya. And the people, often without jobs, just take the little rascals in. Pippa was the worst offender but Irene Roberts was also bad - taking in any old runaways, supporting them whilst working a minimum pay job.

Although there was one great character... Tracy I think her name was (I'm sure doh.ie remembers) who was consistently tormenting Sophie. She was irredemable and, in the end, they kicked her out of the house. But on the way out of Summer Bay a limousine passes her and this old one winds the window down and offers her a lift and she gets this evil smile, gets in, and drives off to victory... On a lesser note Pippa failed with Jack and he had to go to the navy to be finally redeemed.

gazzer

and what about Blakes sister??? didnt see go all bad and got carted off to jail.?

ixoy

gazzer wrote:

and what about Blakes sister??? didnt see go all bad and got carted off to jail.?

That's right - Karen wasn't it? I'm glad I can remember useful stuff...

gazzer

i always remember when Irene first came into it, she always wore a bikers jacket and had a cigerette permanantly in her mounth and a bottle of 'grog' in her pocket...

There was one episode where she was trying to get into Pippas house cos her kids (cant remember their names) were there and she tried to get in through the kitchen window..... and just look at her now. Never mind organised religions.... get to summer bay and the goodness willl change you to a better person in no time

ixoy

Indeed. It's no wonder then that, when she got a role in Alias Season 3, Melissa George, who played Angel the wife of Shane "died of septescema" Parish

sought, and got, to play an utterly irredemable uber bitch

.

doh.ie

doh.ie wrote:

No, I think they're now changed this since or around the arrival of the no-different RTE TWO. The 6.30 (RTE2) episode on Monday is repeated at 1.25 on RTE1 on Tuesday and so on.

It used to be the way you described above, but now the afternoon ones are the previous day's. Something about keeping the 'repeats' (Fair City and Eastenders are in the same scheduling block) together.

Yes and I think they did all this with absolutely no notice given to the viewer...

doh.ie

ixoy wrote:

Although there was one great character... Tracy I think her name was (I'm sure doh.ie remembers) who was consistently tormenting Sophie.

Ah, this was great fun. Your memory is very good. I think she was Tracey Turner. Kept torturing Sophie by getting her into all kinds of trouble - of course Pippa, who had only known Tracey a wet week, believed her over Sophie.

ixoy wrote:

But on the way out of Summer Bay a limousine passes her and this old one winds the window down and offers her a lift and she gets this evil smile, gets in, and drives off to victory...

I'd forgotten that. Was it ever revealed who that was? It's the kind of funky daft thing Home & Away did back when it was cool. Not so much ingenuity (if you can call it that) or cleverness for years now.

doh.ie

ixoy wrote:

Indeed. It's no wonder then that, when she got a role in Alias Season 3, Melissa George, who played Angel the wife of Shane "died of septescema" Parish.

Not to mention Julian McMahon (he'd be Carly's husband) early success in Hollywood with Profiler a few years ago and latterly Nip/Tuck.

I also recall a girl called Viv (played by Moouse or Mouche Something) who I feel in love with as a teenager, expected her to go on to great things, but once she left the Bay, she was never seen again. (She was the one whose evil Reverend father used to lock her and her sister under the stairs. As they do.)

BolBill

doh.ie wrote:

Not to mention Julian McMahon (he'd be Carly's husband) early success in Hollywood with Profiler a few years ago and latterly Nip/Tuck.

I also recall a girl called Viv (played by Moouse or Mouche Something) who I feel in love with as a teenager, expected her to go on to great things, but once she left the Bay, she was never seen again. (She was the one whose evil Reverend father used to lock her and her sister under the stairs. As they do.)

Mouche Phillips, didn't think she was any great shakes, but why do I remember her name so !!!!!

SprostonGreen

fletch wrote:

Oh and Australia must be FULL of runaway children who end up in Summer Bay.

Thats like in Neighbours, every year some kid one turn up in Ramsay St, a lovechild of Jim Robinson, he musta done some serious riding back in the day.

DuFF-MAN

Oh and Australia must be FULL of runaway children who end up in Summer Bay. When they arrive, they are rebellious thugs, in trouble with the law and leave about 3months later, potential saints!

here,here

Ruu_Old

i hated the way they changed the pippas a few years ago, i was getting used to the blonde one...

Who remembers the italian family (i think) the son was named Nico, they ran the general store i think. That was ages ago. There was a storyline where someone poisoned Nicos cows!!

ixoy

SprostonGreen wrote:

Thats like in Neighbours, every year some kid one turn up in Ramsay St, a lovechild of Jim Robinson, he musta done some serious riding back in the day.

What a man. Now he's living under a new name as a millionaire in Orange County, California and getting to bang a woman young enough to be his daughter. Respect.

Ruu

Ruu wrote:

i hated the way they changed the pippas a few years ago, i was getting used to the blonde one...

Who remembers the italian family (i think) the son was named Nico, they ran the general store i think. That was ages ago. There was a storyline where someone poisoned Nicos cows!!

Anyone know of a website that maybe charts and has pics of all the different characters that have been in it?

tk123

gazzer wrote:

i always remember when Irene first came into it, she always wore a bikers jacket and had a cigerette permanantly in her mounth and a bottle of 'grog' in her pocket...

There was one episode where she was trying to get into Pippas house cos her kids (cant remember their names) were there and she tried to get in through the kitchen window..... and just look at her now. Never mind organised religions.... get to summer bay and the goodness willl change you to a better person in no time

Finlay and Daaaaamien!! :cool:

Davey Devil

I'm still laughing after yesterdays episode, catch the repeat at lunch today if you can. All I'll say is car and cliff. It's a classic.

ixoy

Davey Devil wrote:

I'm still laughing after yesterdays episode, catch the repeat at lunch today if you can. All I'll say is car and cliff. It's a classic.

Dammit I didn't read about the fact today's afternoon episode was a repeat and so I didn't set the videotape All this after forgetting to watch last night, despite knowing of this plotline for over six months! And now I'll miss it