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Fog on the Tyne



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PostPosted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 8:32 pm    Post subject: It's that HAM Again Reply with quote

I had the misfortune of having to listen to the final hour of the "Pete Mitchell sitting in for the Lexmeister Show" this morning, can someone please send this waste of space back to hospital radio where he belongs!
Not only did we have to endure the usual inane list ( today's was of famous tv butlers and dear old Pete hadn't even heard of Brabinger from To The Manor Born...dur!!), but we also had the return of the crapiest quiz on radio where Pete reads out the Radio Two schedule to the lucky punter and then asks him about it ( and Pete even got part of it wrong!). Even Mo Dutta's quiz seems like Mastermind in comparison.
Mr Mitchell , I realise you're only sitting in but if you can't come up with anything better that this garbage then don't bother...just play the tunes ( which incidently weren't at all bad)
Hope the Dark Lord's just got 1 week off.
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 8:37 pm    Post subject: Re: It's that HAM Again Reply with quote

Fog on the Tyne wrote:
but we also had the return of the crapiest quiz on radio where Pete reads out the Radio Two schedule to the lucky punter and then asks him about it ( and Pete even got part of it wrong!).


Please tell me you are joking? Shocked
This sounds beyond parody. Next people will be calling for Tim Smith to return. Rolling Eyes
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 8:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

No seriously, he read out the schedule for today and said ,"obviously I,m sitting in for Alex but can you name 2 OTHER regulars who are on holiday" I think the contestant came up with Wogan and Alex and Pete said that he was correct.
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 9:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Talk about 'written on the back of a fag packet'.... ye gods. Rolling Eyes Rolling Eyes Rolling Eyes

Pete Mitchell was brought to R2 for what reason, exactly? Confused
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 9:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cherskiy wrote:

Pete Mitchell was brought to R2 for what reason, exactly? Confused


Douglas could only afford one half of Geoff & Pete so she signed the cheapest one.
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 9:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You mean she couldn't find the £2 coin in her purse to pay for Geoff as well? Laughing Laughing Laughing
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 6:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

This morning, he referred to the quiz as "the one no-one's talking about".

I've got news for you, Pete - we are, and we're telling you it's a complete pile of sh**e! Laughing Laughing Laughing
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 5:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cherskiy wrote:
This morning, he referred to the quiz as "the one no-one's talking about".

I've got news for you, Pete - we are, and we're telling you it's a complete pile of sh**e! Laughing Laughing Laughing


Hopefully tomorrow he will refer to his show as "the one no-one's listening to".
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 7:22 pm    Post subject: Re: It's that HAM Again Reply with quote

Fog on the Tyne wrote:
I had the misfortune of having to listen to the final hour of the "Pete Mitchell sitting in for the Lexmeister Show" this morning, can someone please send this waste of space back to hospital radio where he belongs!


Fog...
I'm afraid I have to take umbrage at your remarks about sending PM back to Hospital Radio-

I do Hospital Radio, and myself and many of my colleagues are FAR more professional than he could ever hope to be.

Therefore, don't send the chancer to us.... he isn't good enough to get a gig on either of our 2 award-winning stations Laughing
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 8:53 pm    Post subject: Re: It's that HAM Again Reply with quote

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Fog...
I'm afraid I have to take umbrage at your remarks about sending PM back to Hospital Radio-

I do Hospital Radio, and myself and many of my colleagues are FAR more professional than he could ever hope to be.

Therefore, don't send the chancer to us.... he isn't good enough to get a gig on either of our 2 award-winning stations Laughing


Maybe hospital food then? Wink I think you guys do a sterling job on hospital radio, reminds me of when I used to Station Radio in the RAF, that was in the days when no one had a telly and very few had a radio even. We used to go to the NAAFI TV rooms, BBC1 & ITV, but the only radio was the internal station radio where I would do my 3 or 4 shows a week.

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 10:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks BB, although I wouldn't waste hospital food on PM either Laughing

Can't wait for the morning to hear if he improves.... or am I just wishful thinking? Smile
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 6:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well, there was an (unintentional?) dig at SOTS this morning, PM saying he used the SOTS t-shirt he was giving away was only good for "washing the windows".
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 11:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Apologies PJ, I didn't mean to sleight Hospital radio,I'm sure most of their broadcasting skills are superior to PM, at times he can barely complete a sentence without several ers and ums.
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 2:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Fog on the Tyne wrote:
Apologies PJ, I didn't mean to sleight Hospital radio,I'm sure most of their broadcasting skills are superior to PM, at times he can barely complete a sentence without several ers and ums.


Mark Radcliffe does lots of ers and ums but he is good Very Happy Very Happy
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 7:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I caught Petey the other morning - I thought he sounded like he'd been on the happy juice.
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 7:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

He's definitely enough to turn you to drink.... Rolling Eyes
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 9:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Fog on the Tyne wrote:
Apologies PJ, I didn't mean to sleight Hospital radio,I'm sure most of their broadcasting skills are superior to PM, at times he can barely complete a sentence without several ers and ums.


Fog,

No problem. We all fall into the occassional um and er... from a personal perspective, I usually do it when the brain is ticking over and thinking about which direction I want to take whatever it is I'm talking about.

However, in PM's case he really justs seems to do it constantly because he really can't think what to say next.
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 6:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

This morning he even had 'er' and 'um' in the middle of telling us a band's name.

Tomorrow, he advertised, was the last chance to discuss the "e-mail of the day".... hmmm - "Why are you on Radio 2?", perhaps? Smile
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 6:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cherskiy wrote:
This morning he even had 'er' and 'um' in the middle of telling us a band's name.


I heard that, too.... nearly choked laughing!

It's not that difficult a job Shocked

Mind you, he did read out my suggestion for dressing the mannequin.

I thought Batman's Utility Belt was a stroke of genius, personally... but I suppose I would Laughing
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 11:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sounds like I was lucky not to have heard him... Smile
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 7:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Rachel, you wouldn't have missed much.... he was erm even uum worse this eer morning!

At least the Dark lord is back on Monday Cool
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 5:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've got some terrible news to impart.

On the weekend of the clocks going forward to summertime, the Pete Mitchell show will lose 1 hour and only broadcast for 60 minutes.

I hope everybody bears up to this loss of half the show.

Be strong!
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 6:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

NO GF! Say it's not true!!

How,erm, will we umm, cope without err, oh wosisname, ah yeah, aaah, Pete Mitchell for a whole hour? Shocked
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 6:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I thought Max Bygraves had walked in for a second.... Laughing
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 6:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

For god's sake, don't let PM tell us any little stories..... we could be here for weeks! Laughing
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