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PostPosted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 6:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

gfloyd wrote:
I didnt see you leading the moral outrage when Stuart Maconie did features on 1970's kids tv shows.

Your sense of moral outrage when temporarily AWOL at that moment.

I wonder why.


There's quite a simple answer, actually: I didn't hear it. I rarely listen to radio 2 at that time now, since Evans has forced me out of the habit.

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I think much of your criticism of Evans is just hypocrisy


Yeah right. "Toilet seats". High standard network radio, for sure.
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 6:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Yeah right. "Toilet seats". High standard network radio, for sure.


I'll bet you that Radio 4 has done features on them as well in the recent past.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/hometruths/20050516_antique_loos.shtml

John Peel in fact.

Want to start ranting about him as well, do you?
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 6:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

gfloyd wrote:
firewirefred wrote:

Yeah right. "Toilet seats". High standard network radio, for sure.


I'll bet you that Radio 4 has done features on them as well in the recent past.


At least it would be a "feature" designed for grown-up listeing and worth listening to for its intelligent and considered style. It doesn't sound much like Evans treatment of the same subject quite managed the intellectual heights as appealing to people over the age of 12.

gfloyd wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/hometruths/20050516_antique_loos.shtml

John Peel in fact.

Want to start ranting about him as well, do you?


My point precisely. John Peel's sardonic wit versus Evans' childishness. QED.
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 6:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

firewirefred wrote:


At least it would be a "feature" designed for grown-up listeing and worth listening to for its intelligent and considered style. It doesn't sound much like Evans treatment of the same subject quite managed the intellectual heights as appealing to people over the age of 12.


Back tracking now I see.

So you first said it wasnt a fit subject for national radio.

But now you have changed your mind.

And now you are trying to compare it to another broadcast you havent heard.

You've dug a nice hole for yourself.

Dig up!
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 7:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

gfloyd wrote:
firewirefred wrote:


At least it would be a "feature" designed for grown-up listeing and worth listening to for its intelligent and considered style. It doesn't sound much like Evans treatment of the same subject quite managed the intellectual heights as appealing to people over the age of 12.


Back tracking now I see.


How on earth do you work that out? Radio 4 by its very nature would never patronise its listeners - whereas Evans does by his very style.

Let me remind you of Markey's comment:

mark occomore wrote:
So what do you like sitting on a plastic or Wooden seat and what colour roll do you use? Laughing


That really says enough for me. Dear oh dear.

gfloyd wrote:
So you first said it wasnt a fit subject for national radio.


I said Evans' treatment of this (as described by Markio) is hardly worthy of network radio - and I also said that this would even rank low on the worst local radio. The key is "Evans" here, not the subject. I expect this from Evans.

gfloyd wrote:
But now you have changed your mind.


I think you're getting a little bit confused.

gfloyd wrote:
And now you are trying to compare it to another broadcast you havent heard.


I'm making informed assumptions. I assume that John Peel's treatment would have had a clever, intellectually-stimulating twist. I assume that Evans will just be childish. As he very often is - and that's why I cannot bear to listen to the bloke.

gfloyd wrote:
You've dug a nice hole for yourself.


Looks to me like you're doing the digging. Come hell or high water you'll defend your ginger-topped hero regardless of the depths to which he'll stoop to cling to his audience - however low their IQ.

gfloyd wrote:
Dig up!


Wake up!


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PostPosted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 7:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

In fact he features things on the show which people really know nothing about. I didn't know they had a toilet conferences.


Something different everytime..
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 7:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

mark occomore wrote:
In fact he features things on the show which people really know nothing about. I didn't know they had a toilet conferences.


Yeah right.


mark occomore wrote:
Something different everytime..


And, for drivetime, at great expense to all licence-fee payers - regardless of the depths to which presenters will stoop in the name of national network entertainment.
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 7:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

firewire fred is right, Chris evens is really appalling. It is like listenig to a kindergarten. Total rubbish. Why can thy not have a professional radio dj doing the show?
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 7:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

firewirefred wrote:

I said Evans' treatment of this (as described by Markio) is hardly worthy of network radio - and I also said that this would even rank low on the worst local radio. The key is "Evans" here, not the subject. I expect this from Evans..


Have you heard it? No. There is no point to your post. Your were off on one of your snide bitter little rants and you were exposed as a hypocrite.
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 8:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Chris prefers a wooden bog seat.... ( I listened to the show Razz )
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 9:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

What, as his halo I presume?
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 10:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

gfloyd wrote:
Have you heard it? No. There is no point to your post. Your were off on one of your snide bitter little rants and you were exposed as a hypocrite.


Read my original reply to Mark, Erio. For heaven's sake! What did I write? I wrote "Please tell me this is not true.....". Now what does that tell you?

let me explain in words of very few syllables: it tells you that even though I already have a very low estimation of Evans as a radio broadcaster, I'm not in the least surprised to find that he has to stoop to such items in his pathetic radio show. Asking listeners wht colour bog roll they have? That's utterly, utterly childish - and everything I expect from him.

I don't HAVE to listen to his pathetic show - marco's revelation is enough to convince me that it's worth avoiding. And believe me I will.

You've really got Evansitis bad! My recommendation is get it seen to.
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 6:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

firewirefred wrote:
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let me explain in words of very few syllables: it tells you that even though I already have a very low estimation of Evans as a radio broadcaster, I'm not in the least surprised to find that he has to stoop to such items in his pathetic radio show. Asking listeners wht colour bog roll they have? That's utterly, utterly childish - and everything I expect from him.

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Over 5 million don't think so. Also Lesley Douglas dosn't. OK, we now know you don't enjoy him, so don't take this away from others. Wink
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mark occomore wrote:
Over 5 million don't think so. Also Lesley Douglas dosn't. OK, we now know you don't enjoy him, so don't take this away from others. Wink


What on earth are on about, Marko? How can anyone "take away from others" a personal view? I need remind you what this little discussion is about, since you've obviously forgotten one of your own posts in which you remind of the depths of mediocrity to which your hero will stoop in the name of satisfying the entertainment needs of so-called millions:

firewirefred wrote:
mark occomore wrote:
Fantastic show. I like the feature this evening ( Monday ) talking to the man about Toilets..


Fantastic show? Blimey........................ It sounds absolutely rivetting. Rolling Eyes

mark occomore wrote:
So what do you like sitting on a plastic or Wooden seat and what colour roll do you use? Laughing


Tell me you're joking, Mark. Please. Has network radio come to this? The worst of local radio on a national level - only much worse, by the sound of it.

No - I didn't listen to it, before you ask. I had much better things to be doing, like poking both eyes with a sharp stick, for instance.


Asking people to phone in to tell O Ginger One what colour bog roll they use is quality primetime network radio broadcasting? That's what we're talking about. So Lesley Douglas still likes him - along with "5m" others? She's a fool then, and you're all suckers.
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 9:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Asking people to phone in to tell O Ginger One what colour bog roll they use is quality primetime network radio broadcasting? That's what we're talking about.


Having admitted that you have not listened to the show, YOU have no way of knowing whether that statement is true. In fact it is FALSE.

Why dont you take your repeatitive spam to the gripes section & stop hijacking this thread.
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 9:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

firewirefred wrote:


let me explain in words of very few syllables: it tells you that even though I already have a very low estimation of Evans as a radio broadcaster, I'm not in the least surprised to find that he has to stoop to such items in his pathetic radio show. Asking listeners wht colour bog roll they have? That's utterly, utterly childish - and everything I expect from him.

I don't HAVE to listen to his pathetic show - marco's revelation is enough to convince me that it's worth avoiding. And believe me I will.

You've really got Evansitis bad! My recommendation is get it seen to.


Ignoring your trolling comments, since you have admitted that it t is good enough for Radio 4 then what is the problem with a similar feature on Radio 2?
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 9:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Radio 4 may have got the dates right... Chris was bleating on about the "upcoming" Toilet Convention when in fact, it had already been held. Laughing
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gfloyd wrote:
Ignoring your trolling comments, since you have admitted that it t is good enough for Radio 4 then what is the problem with a similar feature on Radio 2?


You're either ignoring my previous comments or things aren't quite sinking in. My comment was about "treatment". John Peel's delivery on Home Truths and elsewhere was always, perceptive, laconic, self-depracating and intelligent. Chris Evans is just childish and utterly desperate for attention. And he shouts in an annoying voice.

That was (and is) my point. The fact that he was supposedly asking people to phone in telling him what colour bog roll they use doesn't surprise me in the least - it's exactly the "standard" of broadcasting I'd expect from him, and indicative of the lowering of standards on Radio 2.

If you're happy with that, then good for you. Does it inspire me to listen to the fool? It certainly does not.
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 9:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

You cant possibly discuss the treatment of anything without having heard the item. To suggest anything else is just utter nonsense.

Perhaps you & Scott should have a special section where you can discuss the contents of radio shows you havent heard and will never listen to?
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gfloyd wrote:
You cant possibly discuss the treatment of anything without having heard the item. To suggest anything else is just utter nonsense.


I can discuss my lack of surprise at the topics that Evans selects for his "show" - and I can comment on my lack of inclination in listening to his horrible voice. That's easy.

gfloyd wrote:
Perhaps you & Scott should have a special section where you can discuss the contents of radio shows you havent heard and will never listen to?


I'm commenting on the broadcaster, not the show - and of the low standards of "entertainment" I have come to expect from said broadcaster. On the rare occasion that I do hear him ("hear" rather than "listen" you understand) I'm never disappointed. It is always unbearable.

The fact that he did a piece on toilet seats and toilet roll surprises me not one bit. I don't need to listen to him - MarkO's account was enough to put me off even more.
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Chris Evans' toilet humour?

(Bog roll)
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The Other one was broken. So which one does Wrighty use?

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The other what was broken?
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according to Chris, his normal studio was "broken" so he's having to use Sarah Kennedy's studio. He doesn't sound any better though..... Rolling Eyes
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SantaFefan wrote:
according to Chris, his normal studio was "broken" so he's having to use Sarah Kennedy's studio. He doesn't sound any better though..... Rolling Eyes


Ken Bruce uses it. I have seen Bob Harris on the webcam using the same studio.
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Was that the studio that he microwaved to death? Rolling Eyes
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mark occomore wrote:
Ken Bruce uses it. I have seen Bob Harris on the webcam using the same studio.


Lots of people use the same studio. Radio 2 has two main self-op studios (in addition to production studios) which alternate with each live on-air job.
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Was that the studio that he microwaved to death? Rolling Eyes


Steve Wrights? Laughing
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mark occomore wrote:
Briant wrote:
Was that the studio that he microwaved to death? Rolling Eyes


Steve Wrights? Laughing


No - that other gobby pillock whose name eludes me just this minute...........
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Desmond Carrington goes on webcam sometimes wearing a baseball cap. I can only presume he gets his fashion sense from Loudmouth.
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