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Minx
Joined: 09 Dec 2006 Posts: 4088 Location: France/Spain/Peterborough/Tenerife
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Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2011 6:18 pm Post subject: The Manic Alan Carr and equally manic sidekick |
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Can anything be that funny???? I've turned the radio off in the room where I'm sitting, but elsewhere in the house it sounds like someone's let a herd of wild animals loose ... braying, cackling, shrieking.
It must be a laugh a minute working on that show. _________________ Minx
To err is human, to forgive - canine. |
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ruddlescat
Joined: 16 Sep 2010 Posts: 18010 Location: Near Chester
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Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2011 7:01 pm Post subject: |
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I'd love to see and hear a herd of Wilderbeest sweeping majestically past my front window - provided Alan Carr is trampled somewhere underneath
There doesn't seem to be any other way of shutting him up
Or a herd of elephants - even better _________________ Are you ready for a Ruddles? |
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Lord Evan Elpuss
Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 3417 Location: Cloud Cuckoo Land
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Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2011 7:06 pm Post subject: |
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There was a time when I would have had Radio 2 on all afternoon on saturdays. That was in the days when the saturday line-up went something like: Mo Dutta (early breakfast) SOTS (These if I was on holiday) Tried, but couldn't enjoy Wossy, even if the music was generally good so didn't listen to that one. Then came Comedy hour (It was funny in those days, it was the era of News Huddlines, It's Been A Bad Week etc) POTP, Richard Allinson, Paul Gambaccini. Then various equally good shows, viz: live gigs, Documentaries, The Critical List (Stuart Maconie) Bob Harris. Aahh, those were the days. Sadly there's very little left for me nowadays. _________________ Lord Evan Elpuss, Your ideal job is a Lumberjack. |
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Minx
Joined: 09 Dec 2006 Posts: 4088 Location: France/Spain/Peterborough/Tenerife
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Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2011 7:40 pm Post subject: |
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Yes, the memory of eating our evening meal to the educated, knowledgeable and polished tones of Paul Gambacini ... happy days! Never to be experienced again, I fear. _________________ Minx
To err is human, to forgive - canine. |
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Lord Evan Elpuss
Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 3417 Location: Cloud Cuckoo Land
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Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2011 11:19 pm Post subject: |
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The good news is that 'Gambo' is still there. He comes on at 8:00pm. _________________ Lord Evan Elpuss, Your ideal job is a Lumberjack. |
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Helen May
Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 19382 Location: Cheshire
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Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2011 11:39 pm Post subject: |
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Minx wrote: | Yes, the memory of eating our evening meal to the educated, knowledgeable and polished tones of Paul Gambacini ... happy days! Never to be experienced again, I fear. |
Ah yes Allinson usually while I was making the meal followed by Gambo............. it seems light years away somehow. They were the good times.
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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littlepieces
Joined: 10 Jan 2010 Posts: 1098 Location: Lowestoft
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Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2011 3:58 am Post subject: |
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I have seen Alann carr live and he is funny but he just dosen't work on the radio _________________ I found out how you can hurt an insect.It's the bees knees |
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Lord Evan Elpuss
Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 3417 Location: Cloud Cuckoo Land
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Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2011 9:45 am Post subject: |
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This is it, comedians are really meant to be seen as well as heard; on stage or TV. Certainly not playing at being DJs on the radio. If they wanted a life spinning records, surely they would have followed that path from the word go! _________________ Lord Evan Elpuss, Your ideal job is a Lumberjack. |
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ruddlescat
Joined: 16 Sep 2010 Posts: 18010 Location: Near Chester
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Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2011 12:01 pm Post subject: |
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Like many other so called 'comedians' of our age he isn't at all funny to me - just plain irritating and the same goes for the likes of Ricky Gervaise who seems to find it amusing to poke fun at the most unfortunate members of our society
To me comedy on radio and TV has been dead since the mid 90's and Radio 2 should stick to playing music _________________ Are you ready for a Ruddles? |
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Ian Robinson Site Admin
Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 3609 Location: Chorley, Lancashire
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Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2011 4:43 pm Post subject: |
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I'm another one who used to love a day out with my girlfriend, then back home for a nice meal - accompanied by Allinson, Maconie, Gambo. I do things differently now, possibly because the schedule change.
Having said that, we were out driving a few weeks back when Carr & Sykes came on and - to our surprise - we really enjoyed it. It was a fun, lively, pick-me-up. Yes, they can be irritating but if you're in the mood to go with the flow it's pretty good. |
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Cherskiy
Joined: 08 Dec 2006 Posts: 3701 Location: near Amble, Northumberland
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Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2011 12:30 pm Post subject: |
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I'm afraid Alan Carr for me is the radio equivalent of dragging a nail down a blackboard.... _________________ 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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littlepieces
Joined: 10 Jan 2010 Posts: 1098 Location: Lowestoft
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Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2011 5:18 pm Post subject: |
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ruddlescat wrote: | Like many other so called 'comedians' of our age he isn't at all funny to me - just plain irritating and the same goes for the likes of Ricky Gervaise who seems to find it amusing to poke fun at the most unfortunate members of our society
To me comedy on radio and TV has been dead since the mid 90's and Radio 2 should stick to playing music |
Don't even get me started on Gervaise the man is so far up himself _________________ I found out how you can hurt an insect.It's the bees knees |
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Minx
Joined: 09 Dec 2006 Posts: 4088 Location: France/Spain/Peterborough/Tenerife
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Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2011 6:43 pm Post subject: |
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When we were at school we used to play a game where you nominated two of the most repulsive boys you could think of, and each girl had to decide which one she would snog if she really had to. (Small things, small minds etc...)
So, revisiting my youth today, and not having been quick enough to load up Mozilla to get Absolute Radio on my computer, I caught a few minutes of Chris Evans. And thought, if I had to spend half an hour listening to either of Chris Evans and Alan Carr, who would it be?
Chris Evans. Defo! _________________ Minx
To err is human, to forgive - canine. |
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mark occomore
Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 9955 Location: UK
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Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2011 6:55 pm Post subject: |
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It's entertainment. Graham Norton laugh can be sometimes ignoring, but Alan Carr is just over the top. |
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Minx
Joined: 09 Dec 2006 Posts: 4088 Location: France/Spain/Peterborough/Tenerife
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Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2011 6:57 pm Post subject: |
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Ain't entertaining me Mark. _________________ Minx
To err is human, to forgive - canine. |
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ruddlescat
Joined: 16 Sep 2010 Posts: 18010 Location: Near Chester
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Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2011 7:06 pm Post subject: |
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Well I am quite happy to ignore Mr Norton's laugh and indeed the rest of his show
Yet another irritating presenter in the style of Evans Carr and Ball _________________ Are you ready for a Ruddles? |
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mark occomore
Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 9955 Location: UK
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Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2011 8:27 pm Post subject: |
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When Biggins covered I thought he would have been awlful, but was a refreshing change. Maybe he could replace Carr? |
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