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mark occomore
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Lord 'eaven Elpusall.
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Moonraker
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Be afraid, be very afraid! It quotes Bob Shennan as saying:
"We are already discussing further projects with them and hope to keep the French and Saunders inimitable brand of humour on Radio 2 during 2011."
Thanks Bob, what have I ever done to upset you? |
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kengeo
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How underwhelmed I am, more (unfunny) celebs ....
Lets hope Ed Stewart still makes his now regular Xmas appearance.
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ColinB
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You gotta hand it to our Bob. He's certainly capable of coming up with creative, edgy ideas!
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mark occomore
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He's looking for Talent..... Who don't do much on the TV anymore.  |
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kengeo
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You say that in the loosest possible term of course |
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RockitRon
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"The addition of French and Saunders will strengthen Radio 2's impressive comedy portfolio. Comedians Graham Norton, Alan Carr and Paul O'Grady already host weekend shows on the station. "
Some of those might have been funny once. Or twice. Long time ago.
So this is BS's definition of comedy. Not original comedy series or new "standup" talent, but old chestnuts past their sell-by date, soft and mushy in the middle. All they're good for is talking the hind leg off a donkey (not a real one, of course)
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The Great Gildersleeve
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| Humour is subjective but I tend to agree with all that has been said...not having seen any ratings for the other comedy shows mentioned in the press release maybe I am wrong to ask but who said that Rhod Gilbert's Bulging Barrel Of Laughs, Hot Gossip, And The Winner Is and The Jason Byrne Show were/are successful. |
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Soulsister
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Sometimes you get a spooky premonition you are going to be in a minority of one and this is one of those occasions.
I love French and Saunders. I was even one of the 10 known worldwide fans of Jam and Jerusalem. I estimate this number based upon the comments on the POV board where my appreciative postings were like trying to sell snow to the eskimos. I even laughed myself silly at their last and universally slated joint comedy effort on the Beeb.
I occasionally find meself going on youtube watching their videos. Ab Fab, Vicar of Dibley and Dawn's Bjork and Catherine Zeta, the Abba classic and Jennifer's Cher amongst others.
Having said all that, I just can't see them working on Radio - Dawn in particular. Seeing her talk and hearing her talk are two entirely different things. For me they did some fantastic stuff, but do I think they will work on Radio 2? If I was a betting woman my bet is that this will probably be a turkey. |
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nod
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I like French and Saunders as well (good to hear JS is well  ) but the risk is transferring them to radio as it can be either be good or dire.
Comedy on R2 has never been funny to me
R2 seem to 'experiment' with 'celebs' and they can be very bad.Don't they try them out first ? Surely national radio shouldn't be a testing ground |
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aviddiva
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| Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2010 11:44 am Post subject: Christmas/New Year Shows on Radio 2 2010/11 |
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I'll be at my sister's on Boxing Day, all being well.
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mark occomore
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becky sharp
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Heard some of his show, whilst travelling, over the Christmas period last year and enjoyed it
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| Xmas Day on 2 does not sound bad. May tune in for Stewpot, deffers for Paul O'Grady 10AM!! As last a man with a good voice on Mid Morning on Radio 2 |
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Clive55
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| Hopefully, as O Grady does not like Christmas, not too many "seasonal" songs on his show |
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| French and Saunders plus Allan Carr - I think I may turn to the bottle! |
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mark occomore
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| Alan Carr is instead of Jeremy Vine............( I left that open to debate) |
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ColinB
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| Yuletide programming (it starts halfway through December and seems never to stop until New Year) is a complete no-go area for me - not just on Radio 2 but most BBC outlets. It's all full of the same old awful rubbish. |
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Lord Evan Elpuss
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| ColinB wrote: | | Lord 'eaven Elpusall. |
You called!
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mark occomore
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According to the bumper Christmas RT. How true it could be Lynn Parsons is hosting Early breakfast the week leading upto Christmas & the week leading upto New Year. ( I wonder when she finishes Smooth breakfast )
It be Chris Evans on breakfast the week leading upto Christmas, then Aled Jones the week leading upto New Year.
Richard Allinson is covering Ken Bruce the week leading upto New Year
Craig Charles is covering for Steve Wright ( 1-4pm ) & Patrick Kietly covering Drivetime. ( 4-7pm) - week leading upto New Year. |
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John W
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I'm sure last week Russell Davies sais he had a show on Christmas Day but I can't see it on the listings. I'll listen what he says tonight.
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Helen May
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The Christmas Radio Times isn't out yet. Although I bought 11-17 Dec on Friday along with this current week's.
I would expect it will be out later this week going on that.
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mark occomore
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| The Xmas RT was due out on the 4th December. |
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| Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2010 8:58 am Post subject: Christmas/New Year shows on Radio 2 |
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I'll give the Kenny Everett documentary a listen on I-player, hopefully.
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| mark occomore wrote: | | The Xmas RT was due out on the 4th December. |
I can assure you it wasn't Mark, and as I say there were 2 issues being sold on Friday 4th but not the Christmas one.
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Oops I was a day ahead of myself it was Friday 3rd Mark! Sorry. Time of year panic 
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Christmas edition of the RT was on sale on Sainsbury's in Aylesbury
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| Nickbucks wrote: | Christmas edition of the RT was on sale on Sainsbury's in Aylesbury
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... and at Sainbury's just up the road here in Milton Keynes, too. Not that I buy it - but I did see it on the shelves by the fag queue. |
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Some on these boards are in danger of being too negative.
Looking at the Xmas and New Year schedules the variety of programmes is actually quite impressive.
French and Saunders who knows may well turn out to be good radio. |
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| tireecoll wrote: | Some on these boards are in danger of being too negative.
Looking at the Xmas and New Year schedules the variety of programmes is actually quite impressive.
French and Saunders who knows may well turn out to be good radio. |
Yep, if this place were a thermometer, it would be more negative than central Scotland was last week. It’s just the cross we happy positive people have to bear- forums are stuffed full of miserable people whom spend their short pointless lives waiting to be offended, incensed or let down, and then moan about it. That’s the way it is, just let it wash over you. Seeing what it's like to be negative makes me feel lucky. |
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| Rachel wrote: | | Seeing what it's like to be negative makes me feel lucky. |
Hear hear. Me too! |
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Ah yes Colin but of course negative is not always what some people assume
If negativity includes an element of constructive criticism and by taking on board that criticism it leads to a better position then what some people think of as negative is in reality positive
So perhaps then they are the negative ones for not realising that 
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| ruddlescat wrote: | Ah yes Colin but of course negative is not always what some people assume
If negativity includes an element of constructive criticism and by taking on board that criticism it leads to a better position then what some people think of as negative is in reality positive
So perhaps then they are the negative ones for not realising that |
My remark to Rachel was slightly tongue-in-cheek. I half expected her to come back to with a comment along the lines of "Well you can flipping well talk"!!!
She loves me really.
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| ColinB wrote: | | Nickbucks wrote: | Christmas edition of the RT was on sale on Sainsbury's in Aylesbury
on Saturday . |
... and at Sainbury's just up the road here in Milton Keynes, too. Not that I buy it - but I did see it on the shelves by the fag queue. |
I bought it Saturday in Wimbledon
Having perused it, I shall be accesing internet radio & my DVDs for entertainment |
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Point taken Colin well you're the lucky one
I certainly don't think I can say the same 
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| Clive55 wrote: | | Hopefully, as O Grady does not like Christmas, not too many "seasonal" songs on his show |
So somebody who does not like Christmas gets a show on Christmas day! You couldn't write this stuff, could you.
Fortunately I don't like Mr O Grady (the voice that launched a thousand snores), so I won't be listening to Mr O Grumpy. |
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| Moonraker wrote: | | So somebody who does not like Christmas gets a show on Christmas day! You couldn't write this stuff, could you. |
Well, I could. Perhaps his show will be ideal for the (many) atheist listeners that exist in this country?
Sounds good to me! |
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| ColinB wrote: | My remark to Rachel was slightly tongue-in-cheek. I half expected her to come back to with a comment along the lines of "Well you can flipping well talk"!!!
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Nah I thought it would be better just to soak that one up. |
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Clive55
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Of the shows on 2 over Xmas, I'll probably tune into these-
XMAS DAY
8AM Junior Choice with Stewpot (I'll give it a whirl anyway & see how it goes)
10AM Paul O'Grady
7PM The London Palladium Story
8PM Eric & ernie
BOXING DAY
5PM Very tentatively- French & saunders. But I'll have the net ready for a webby radio alternative if it is too awful!
Otherwise there are a number of radio stations on the net I enjoy & will be turning to
One is an Israeli AC Music station 88FM- mellow popular music
US Country station WSM- a range of country
Failing these I'll be checking out Beeb shows on the i player! |
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