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Gnasty Gnome
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 Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 11:16 pm Post subject: A word of advice to Aled Jones..... |
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... leave the Big Show well alone. I don't care much for Steve Wright but you managed to make me want him back this afternoon.
I have not heard such a dire, inept and unstructured afternoon show for years; Jones struggling and completely out of his depth, and that irritating bird yakking away all the time. I might have heard of her before but I certainly don't want to hear her again.
Utter rubbish. |
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mark occomore
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| Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 7:00 am Post subject: |
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| TV presenter Melanie Sykes who hooked up with Des O Connor for the ITV afternoon chat show, Des & Mel which was axed. |
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gfloyd
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| Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 8:17 am Post subject: |
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Something worse than Steve Wright in the afternoon?
Whats the chances of that then? 
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Lord Evan Elpuss
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| Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 8:22 am Post subject: |
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Aled is usually a good stand in, at least he is when he deputises for Ken Bruce or Sarah Kennedy. Being at work, I wasn't able to listen to yesterday's show that closely but from what I did catch of it, I think I would soon have got fed up of it. Perhaps they should either tone down the sidekick or maybe Aled should do the show solo. Certainly not try and ape Wright, if indeed that's what he did.
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Ian Robinson
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I just don't understand why Radio 2 insist on teaming competent men with dizzy women - eg Danny & Zoe, Aled & Mel, Dara O'Briain & Claudia Winkleman, Mark Radcliffe & Emma Forbes/Liza Tarbuck. The women just natter inanely and crash into any structure and flow the show might have.
ETA: This is not a rant against women sidekicks, just the ones that for some reason get chosen. Sue Perkins and Sally Lindsey were excellent with Radcliffe, being able to compliment his rhythms and thoughts rather than trample all over every single word he said.
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MadeinSurrey
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| Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 9:08 am Post subject: |
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Agreed, but why do they think that two is better than one? Sometimes one voice is just fine.
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Ian Robinson
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| MadeinSurrey wrote: | | Agreed, but why do they think that two is better than one? |
Because they think a) we're all idiots and can't cope with one man when there's usually a fat bloke and his posse; and b) all women are stupid and need a woman's voice there or they'll not listen to a bloke on his own. |
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Boy Perkins
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| Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 9:12 am Post subject: |
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Clearly it is the fashion...
Always wonder why they have to have 2 people on TV to read the news!!
Listen to the sombre voice of the mature male while gawping at the 'blonde'?
Can't even do that on radio...  |
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MadeinSurrey
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| Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 9:13 am Post subject: |
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It's sad but you're not far wrong Ian!
"The fat bloke and his posse" are just so far out of date - I wonder how many of the audience for "love the show" are captive, i.e. in offices, factories, cars, where they can't turn off?
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nod
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| Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 9:32 am Post subject: |
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A bad afternoon 2-7pm full of pointless wittering and reading out texts 
Thankfully the mornings are OK upto to midday  |
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SantaFefan
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| Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 9:45 am Post subject: |
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 do I feel just a little shift of affection for Steve "Cat's Whiskers" Wright here?
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Boy Perkins
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| Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 9:48 am Post subject: |
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| An acquired taste... eventually |
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nod
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| Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 10:57 am Post subject: |
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| SantaFefan wrote: | | do I feel just a little shift of affection for Steve "Cat's Whiskers" Wright here? |
Not particularly, just this weeks offering is worse |
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Mark Mayhew
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Nothing wrong with the Drivetime Host this week.
Allinson is sounding good. |
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Toggy
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| Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 1:02 pm Post subject: |
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| I thought it was awful and agree that there is no need for 2 presenters, Aled is fine on his own, the Sykes woman is terrible. |
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Boy Perkins
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| Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 3:37 pm Post subject: |
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| Almost enough to drive one to R1??? |
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Mark Mayhew
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| Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 4:47 pm Post subject: |
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| Stick to TV Aled-you are rubbish at radio. |
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mark occomore
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| Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 7:20 pm Post subject: |
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| Ian Robinson wrote: | I just don't understand why Radio 2 insist on teaming competent men with dizzy women - eg Danny & Zoe, Aled & Mel, Dara O'Briain & Claudia Winkleman, Mark Radcliffe & Emma Forbes/Liza Tarbuck. The women just natter inanely and crash into any structure and flow the show might have.
ETA: This is not a rant against women sidekicks, just the ones that for some reason get chosen. Sue Perkins and Sally Lindsey were excellent with Radcliffe, being able to compliment his rhythms and thoughts rather than trample all over every single word he said. |
The men will soon be out numbered with all these females all of sudden taking to the airwaves on Radio 2. |
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mark occomore
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| Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 7:21 pm Post subject: |
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| Mark Mayhew wrote: | | Stick to TV Aled-you are rubbish at radio. |
He's not rubbish, just maybe Mel isn't the right pairing. Remember Mark has tryed out two females. |
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mark occomore
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| Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 7:31 pm Post subject: |
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| nod wrote: | A bad afternoon 2-7pm full of pointless wittering and reading out texts
Thankfully the mornings are OK upto to midday |
On Mondays show some drivers who texting in saying " They were stuck in Asda Car-Parks" from Aled right into Drive-time. Were they not allowed out until they had finished listening to these two. |
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nod
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| Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 7:58 pm Post subject: |
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What a punishment !  , 3hrs of that . let's hope they got out before 2 hrs of drive(l)time |
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SantaFefan
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| Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 8:07 pm Post subject: |
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well they could have captivated the country by texting in about the most items they had in their trollies or the number of rain drops on the windscreen...
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Lord Evan Elpuss
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| nod wrote: | | got out before 2 hrs of drive(l)time |
It's ok, that won't start until about Jan 5th!
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Boy Perkins
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| Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 8:54 pm Post subject: |
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| Surely they could have put on R3 with a nice bit of Schoenberg or Tippett to listen to ... |
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mark occomore
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| Lord Evan Elpuss wrote: | | nod wrote: | | got out before 2 hrs of drive(l)time |
It's ok, that won't start until about Jan 5th! |
Then some Radio's will have been re-tuned to something else once he returns Bob Harris next week Yeah!!!!!!! |
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nod
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| Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 8:50 am Post subject: |
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| Lord Evan Elpuss wrote: | | nod wrote: | | got out before 2 hrs of drive(l)time |
It's ok, that won't start until about Jan 5th! |
No, this week sadly |
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