Nothing Trivial - First Episode
Television (Excerpts) – 2011
What colour is Vine Street on the Monopoly board?– A pub quiz question from the show
Sex on a Stick might all be losers in love, but through the noble and pointless art of pub trivia, maybe they can finally be winners.– From publicity material for the show
New local series Nothing Trivial seems to have been ordered up just for me. It made me laugh: “It would be like rooting a cheese grater.” It made me cry. I mean, really cry. “There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved.” It made me learn stuff: the 54th element on the periodic table is xenon. What more do you want out of a TV show?– Deborah Hill Cone reviewing the first episode, 17 July 2011 NZ Herald
Every once in a while, a programme comes along that is specially created just for 43-year-old, angsty, Scrabble-playing, red-wine-drinking solo mothers from Parnell with a shameful stock of random pop-culture factoids. Not awfully often, I’ll grant you, but when they do, it’s just spooky.– Deborah Hill Cone reviewing this episode, 17 July 2011, NZ Herald
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