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mark occomore
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Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 4:25 pm Post subject: Drive time Week 26th August. |
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Chris Evans was doing a Olympic Drivetime on Tuesday
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gfloyd
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Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 5:12 pm Post subject: |
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His show is getting a bit desperate with this and the bloody stay-cation on Wednesday.
Enough Olympics & if you want to spend your holidays at home, don't bore the rest of us please! _________________ His name was ernie ........ and he drove the fastest milk cart in the west..... |
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mark occomore
Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 9955 Location: UK
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Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 6:50 pm Post subject: |
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Is this Radio 2 material? I know he's trying something new, but it will disturb some listeners. |
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gfloyd
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Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 6:56 pm Post subject: |
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mark occomore wrote: | Is this Radio 2 material? I know he's trying something new, but it will disturb some listeners. |
I think they left 2 1/2 years ago
But its annoying me! _________________ His name was ernie ........ and he drove the fastest milk cart in the west..... |
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SantaFefan
Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 11258 Location: top of the cliffs in Norfolk
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Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 7:07 pm Post subject: |
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I was out in the jam-jar... luckily, I found an Aerosmith tape to listen to.
( I couldn't listen to the cd player as the 6 cd deck in the boot played up last weekend and following a vain attempt to repair it, I ripped it out and smashed it to pieces... ) _________________ Johnnie Walker read out my message on Pirate Radio! 13/8/07
I have heard how radio should be. |
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Rachel Guest
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Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 8:01 am Post subject: |
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I am getting a little concerned about our Chris – now, you know how I don’t like to criticise (it’s not in my nature) but last night’s show was……. , well …. not good. I don’t have a problem with the athletes coming on – let’s face it, in two or three weeks we will have forgotten who they all are (well there’s so many of them) so a bit of time in the limelight is good for them, they did well, so why not. It was the guessing game introduction for each one which was getting my hackles up and then the same questions to each one. It was like a verbal sheep dip for athletes.
“ Have you been done by Evans?”
“yeah I was on last night”
“that favourite bit question is a killer isn’t it?”
“yeah”
The Stay-cation thing is not just wrong. It’s completely wrong. Chris comes back from his holiday in America then plans to sit in a hot tub in a friends garden, live on air to tell us how great it is to have a holiday at home, and how much money we can save by not going abroad.
How much money would you save by doing the show from the studio? Let’s call it Drivetime, get a few interesting guests on and play some good music.
It’s all too “Captain of the B Ark” for me.
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MadeinSurrey
Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 3130 Location: The Beautiful South
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Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 8:10 am Post subject: |
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Well I hate to say I told you so....but!
Obviously Evans is bored and no doubt will soon be going AWOL.
Can we have a decent presenter for Drivetime again please? _________________ MiS |
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gfloyd
Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 4861 Location: Here, There, Everywhere.
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Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 12:31 pm Post subject: |
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MadeinSurrey wrote: | Obviously Evans is bored and no doubt will soon be going AWOL.
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The One Show is a funny place to go AWOL!
Isn't he taking over breakfast in the New Year anyway? Maybe that will curb his high jinks. _________________ His name was ernie ........ and he drove the fastest milk cart in the west..... |
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mark occomore
Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 9955 Location: UK
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Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 3:25 pm Post subject: |
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He in a bath tub in his friends back garden tonight with some of the Beijing swimmers.
I suppose something different and he said he would take the show on the road, or is he getting in deep water with his listeners. |
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mark occomore
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Minx
Joined: 09 Dec 2006 Posts: 4088 Location: France/Spain/Peterborough/Tenerife
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Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 5:42 pm Post subject: |
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Tonight's show sounds like an excuse to get to ogle the female members of the production team in their cozzies
Apart from which it's even more embarassing, crass and juvenile than the "normal" Drivetime. The lad's getting desperate... not to mention the listeners. |
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mark occomore
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Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 5:50 pm Post subject: |
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gfloyd
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Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 6:04 pm Post subject: |
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too much information thanks Mark!
Get him back in the studio asap. _________________ His name was ernie ........ and he drove the fastest milk cart in the west..... |
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Rachel Guest
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Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 7:01 am Post subject: |
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Hmmm ,well I listened to every second of the Stay-cation show. It was all a bit " It's a Knock Out" - back to normal today I hope.
The interviews with the Athletes were much better than Tuesday and the live music was fab - especially the encore at the end. |
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Rachel Guest
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Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 5:12 pm Post subject: |
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Enjoying the It's a Knockout Theme Tune this evening...
Touche' |
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mark occomore
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Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 5:56 pm Post subject: |
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The Staycation on Wednesday was brilliant. All request Thursday was great, but I bet most of the kids requests are from their parents Chris was speaking open minded about Hitler and ending of music. Getting ready for TV
I like him saying I'm Chris Evans, Chris Evans, Then Steve Wright, Steve Wright, I'm not |
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Helen May
Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 19406 Location: Cheshire
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Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 6:47 pm Post subject: |
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As you all know I don't listen to Chris Evans but what is the fixation with kids on Radio 2 in general?
Why don't they go and listen to Radio 1 and leave the station to those who have had enough of kids full stop? They must have been desperate as they even had JV asking for kids to phone in.........
I'm beginning to think he'll be better on in the morning, I'll find something else to listen to.
H _________________ 88 - 91 FM this is Radio 2 from the BBC!
I said it live on air in the studio with Jeremy Vine on 10/3/2005 |
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igs007
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Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 7:05 pm Post subject: |
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Good to see some of the Evans believers having second doubts!
But seriously, I listened on and off to each show this week, and granted I'm not his biggest fan, but the shows have been POOR, with only Tuesday's holding any meaningful structure.
Yesterday was a lazy jolly and poor old Saunders sounds more and more like the wingman puppet in Evans' sordid circus show. Like someone else said, the guy's just come off his hols and is doing a RADIO SHOW in a glorified bathtub. And he's supposed to win sony awards for this? And poor old Rebecca, her business news is a token intellectual bit for 2 minutes of the show. Dire.
I had to turn off today after 20 minutes when the music was grating. Really - there was more substance on Radio 1 today at 5.30pm, I can assure you, at least they had some Radio 4 girl reading out listeners' emails.
Evans is simply taking the mickey, put lightly. |
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igs007
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Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 7:07 pm Post subject: |
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Helen May wrote: | As you all know I don't listen to Chris Evans but what is the fixation with kids on Radio 2 in general?
Why don't they go and listen to Radio 1 and leave the station to those who have had enough of kids full stop? They must have been desperate as they even had JV asking for kids to phone in.........
I'm beginning to think he'll be better on in the morning, I'll find something else to listen to.
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Amen, Helen. It's embarrassing listen to this stuff. and this guy's taking over on primetime BBC1 next year?! |
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gfloyd
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Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 7:28 pm Post subject: |
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Helen May wrote: | As you all know I don't listen to Chris Evans but what is the fixation with kids on Radio 2 in general?
Why don't they go and listen to Radio 1 and leave the station to those who have had enough of kids full stop? They must have been desperate as they even had JV asking for kids to phone in.........
I'm beginning to think he'll be better on in the morning, I'll find something else to listen to.
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I tend to think the opposite. Families watch tv programmes together, why cant they listen to the radio together? _________________ His name was ernie ........ and he drove the fastest milk cart in the west..... |
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Toggy
Joined: 18 Aug 2008 Posts: 1239
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Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 8:39 pm Post subject: |
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Yesterday's program from the hot tub was certainly different
I can take or leave Chris but I can't listen to him for long, he's way too excitable.
Would he calm down if he was on breakfast I wonder, if not he might not last long, still there's always Simon Bates on classic, he's ok. |
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Helen May
Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 19406 Location: Cheshire
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Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 9:55 pm Post subject: |
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gfloyd wrote: | Helen May wrote: | As you all know I don't listen to Chris Evans but what is the fixation with kids on Radio 2 in general?
Why don't they go and listen to Radio 1 and leave the station to those who have had enough of kids full stop? They must have been desperate as they even had JV asking for kids to phone in.........
I'm beginning to think he'll be better on in the morning, I'll find something else to listen to.
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I tend to think the opposite. Families watch tv programmes together, why cant they listen to the radio together? |
Why do we have to go to kids level though? Television doesn't.
H _________________ 88 - 91 FM this is Radio 2 from the BBC!
I said it live on air in the studio with Jeremy Vine on 10/3/2005 |
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Ian Robinson Site Admin
Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 3612 Location: Chorley, Lancashire
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Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 8:07 am Post subject: |
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This week has been terrible. Too many gimmicks and too self-indulgent. Chris sitting in a mate's bath for 2 hours then going on about it for another 2 hours is not something listeners can really relate to. |
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mark occomore
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Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 7:37 pm Post subject: |
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It's just a little bit of fun. It's shame things like this get to people.
He's pictured on the front of Radio 2 homepage in his trunks. Keep people busy looking at the weekend. |
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Behind Geddon's Wall
Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 1553 Location: Kingston Upon Hull/ The Cloud Factory
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Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 8:17 pm Post subject: |
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Unfortunately, I caught odd bits of the post 5pm debacle (prfobably having been spoiled last week)
Radio 2 has certainly plumbed the depths!!! _________________ Geddon
You simply mustn't blame yourself -- the days were perfect
And so were exactly what I was born to spoil
For I am the Rider to the World's End
Bound across the cinder causeway
From the furnace to the quarry
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mark occomore
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Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 8:59 am Post subject: |
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Behind Geddon's Wall wrote: |
Radio 2 has certainly plumbed the depths!!! |
Nice pun How deep is a Hot-Tub? |
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gfloyd
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Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 9:24 am Post subject: |
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Behind Geddon's Wall wrote: |
Radio 2 has certainly plumbed the depths!!! |
Was the music piped in? _________________ His name was ernie ........ and he drove the fastest milk cart in the west..... |
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nod
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Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 1:00 pm Post subject: |
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Some great Drivetime shows this week
Far better than the standins and their endless text readings |
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RockitRon
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Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 1:30 pm Post subject: |
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Behind Geddon's Wall wrote: | Unfortunately, I caught odd bits of the post 5pm debacle (prfobably having been spoiled last week)
Radio 2 has certainly plumbed the depths!!! |
I can't believe he's allowed to get away with not just interrupting someone (the chap, being interviewed by the business girl, who was talking about the abundance of mushrooms in this wet summer, but shouting him down. No wonder she intimated she'd rather be working on JV's show. _________________ Ron |
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Minx
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Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 8:40 pm Post subject: |
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Seems to me as though everybody contributing to the Drivetime "experience" has to dumb down in order to survive. No wonder Martin Shenkleman was off like a shot after Johnny left, and Foxy sounds totally embarassed by being hectored to jump out of planes, sleep out in tents and strip off for his "bathtub experience", whilst he attempts to bring her down to his level. Hope she gets a shot at a professional slot with JV before her personality and reputation is pillaged by this loudmouth sensationalist . Johnny Saunders has just about lost all his credibility and sounds like a sycophantic fool being continually put down by the Ginger Whinger, whilst even Sally has lowered herself to his level - Lord knows what JW thinks, he used to allow her to be a credible human being on his show.
One can only hope that this week's antics signal that he is reaching his boredom threshold and he might push off to other pastures. |
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Ian Robinson Site Admin
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Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 8:43 pm Post subject: |
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I don't think Johnny's sycophantic. There are occasional sighs that suggest he's a bit fed up with it all. |
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Mark Mayhew
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Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 8:44 am Post subject: |
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Whilst out and about this past week with colleagues in their cars had the misfortune to catch some of the Drivetime Shows.
Truly dreadful extertainment in the extreme imho-rank entertainment.
How much worse can it get. |
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Rachel Guest
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Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 10:10 am Post subject: |
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The bathtub broadcast wasn't a bubbly idea at all, it was really bad idea, and someone should have pulled the plug on the thing long before turning on the taps. It would have been an amusing TV programme, which is probably why they made a video of it, and then encouraged people to go on line to watch it during the show. They knew before it went out that it wouldn’t work on radio.
I like Chris’ shows, and usually I go for things that make a splash but it was just plain awful from start to finish. The answer to the ultimate bath filling question- “ how long have I been in the hot-tub for now Johnny” was always going to be (as near as makes no difference) for those who could tread water that long, two hours.
It may have been a really balmy afternoon but it was a more barmy idea. A classic case of the Emperor’s new clothes or maybe the powers that be are a little wet behind the ears. |
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Cherskiy
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Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 10:20 am Post subject: |
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I'm just so glad I missed all of this. Working longer hours has its rewards! _________________ Author: “To the Ends of the Earth: A Snapshot of Aviation in North-Eastern Siberia, Summer 1992”
(Free to read via Kindle Unlimited) |
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gfloyd
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Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 10:31 am Post subject: |
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The interesting discussion though is how much should things be shook up? There are those who want to hear the exact same show over and over (Wogan, Bruce & Wright seem to specialise in this). This seems to be a winning forumla for a large part of the audience that are change-a-phobic, but if every show was like that the network would atrophy.
Then again some things dont work on radio despite the best intentions. Russell Brand and some of Evans latest shows come across as self indulgent. Evan seemed to have found a happy middle ground for the first couple of years, but now is getting a bit too up himself.
I think Douglas desperately needs to change things in daytime as every show is either way too complacent or up itself right now, probably because all the presenters have been doing their shows for too long. _________________ His name was ernie ........ and he drove the fastest milk cart in the west..... |
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nod
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Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 2:52 pm Post subject: |
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The problem is what is Douglas going to change to ?.
There isn't much around at present to change to, we simply get boring standings with boring text-in formats and ILR/R1 formats. They have very little to offer but time filling, no witty banter like Wogan or Bruce, no music knowledge like Johnie Walker or some of the specialist shows etc.
I know that CE isn't everyones cup of tea but at least he tries something new, I enjoyed most of his shows this week, the olympics and kids shows were good, the tub one was over endulgent but he tried..a lot more than can be said of time filling standings.
The choice of Bland or O'Leary doesn't offer much for the future |
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SantaFefan
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Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 3:15 pm Post subject: |
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Doesn't this just prove Evans is a cheap trick though?
He and Ms Douglas have thrown every gimmick in the book into the show and persistently rammed down our throats how great it all is.
But surely in reality, it isn't. He appears to be running out of steam yet his frantic delivery worsens as he seems to believe we're all sitting at home thinking he can do no wrong.
There's nothing clever or "brilliant" about spending the afternoon in a hot tub or somebody's living room.
The same can't be said for Johnnie Walker or Bob Harris or Brian Matthew though can it.. they soldier on without all the shouting, day trips, bells and gimmicks but are still adored by millions.
I listen to quite a bit of Drivetime.. for the early part at least, and I agree, he regularly embarrasses and talks down to people. The Mushroom incident was quite unbelievable really..
And I haven't even mentioned music... maybe that has something to do with it too. Funny how on the All Request Drivetime, it's all mostly great music and older music too! is there a message there? maybe today's music is so drab it doesn't lend itself to a great radio programme. Look at O'Leary's 3 hour dirge! it's painful.
None of this applies to Wrighty though.. his show differs and entertains everyday! it's the best. _________________ Johnnie Walker read out my message on Pirate Radio! 13/8/07
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nod
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Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 3:33 pm Post subject: |
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You won't fool me with that last line |
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mark occomore
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Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 3:40 pm Post subject: |
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I can't see how Steve Wright show would be moved to Drivetime, it's a different structure and format.
Yes Richard Allinson is only a stand-in and won't change the format. I think he does fit in nicely to drive time if Chris was to move to Breakfast? Richard does appeal too the evening listeners. There is a lot more he could add to the show apart from Email and Texts, but you need that too get the listeners on board.
Dermot would appeal to the female listeners at drive which Chris does. Dermot needs to lift his game a bit which he doesn't need to on the weekend show. It's all about music and interviewing and not a fast pace show. |
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nod
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Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 3:52 pm Post subject: |
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mark occomore wrote: | Richard does appeal too the evening listeners......but you need that too get the listeners on board. |
not this listener
mark occomore wrote: | Dermot would appeal to the female listeners at drive which Chris does. Dermot needs to lift his game a bit which he doesn't need to on the weekend show. It's all about music and interviewing and not a fast pace show. |
Don't let him near drivetime |
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