Originally posted by Caliban
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Somehow I suspect that he'd reach for his libel lawyer should that be done, so rather too daeshy to rishk, methinksh... -
Yes it was wonderful to have Skellers back - but does ff's Facebook gang not find the him a little less welcome than your favourite CBH?Originally posted by Caliban View PostErratic hours this week (US-UK air timetables, plumbing work at home &c.) mean I've consumed more Breakfast than usual - what an unexpected delight to find Mr Skelly at the helm earlier this week.
And what a disappointment to find that Lemmintrelawney's Return today led not to a further stint from IS but the lithping attentions of the Clammy one
Still, thanks to iPlayer, I was able to catch up with yesterday's offering from the wharfside at Tromsø (who knew that Bergen is a 6 day sail away from Tromsø ...!)
But today... back down to the musical equivalent of Davy Jones's Locker
If contracts run to Easter wouldn't it make sense to put the Lady on a Mike Ashley zero hours contract both to win brownie points with the Paymasters and facilitate dismissal should her sickness record continue to be so poor?Comment
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Originally posted by antongould View Post
(Not that I know who the Facebook gang is). You hear the odd criticism of Our Man
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It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.Comment
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Oh goodie, the theme to Dick Barton - Special Agent, just what I listen to R3 to hear. Will the listener who requested this kindly report to nurse, she has something waiting for him which may free him up somewhat...Comment
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Not exactly the most extreme of pieces to play. A piece which is surely within the British Light Music cannon and not a million notes away from the final section of William Tell - it hits the target!Originally posted by muzzer View Post
Should it be on Radio 3 breakfast - in an ideal World no, but in the present format - no problem - I like the tune anyway.Comment
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There will be an immediate public inquiry into why it was the cannon and not the ball that hit the target. Ministers deny any suggestions of sabotage or that defence procurement was at fault.Originally posted by Old Grumpy View PostComment
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...and it could possibly also backfire if it turns out to be a cancrizans cannon...Originally posted by oddoneout View Post
Anyway, off to prepare a cannon of lamb in a Cannon cooker for the local Cannon from a recipe that I copied on a Cannon photocopier; I might listen to some Philip Cannon while doing this (more appropriate than Un Ballo in Maschera, methinks)...Comment
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Oh I don't know. After a blunder(buss or otherwise) of that magnitude I would think not showing your face might be a sensible tactic.Originally posted by ahinton View Post
I had to look up concrizans, didn't recognise the term although recognised the JSB example given - I have a feeling it's been played recently?Comment
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Another request from Monica this morning I think as a filler in Strictly Come Carolling........Originally posted by french frank View PostComment
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Interesting email from someone with inside information about being a radio (commercial) presenter: they get bored and LIKE anything that relieves the tedium of a 2-3 hour programme in a sound-proof studio, so interacting with the audience is welcome; and they like making and playing programme trails.
Solution? Relieve them of their boredom by junking the overlong daytime programmes (for which RW was partly responsible). I checked R3's morning schedule in 2000:
6am Morning on 3 (Penny Gore)
9am Composer of the Week (Donald Macleod)
10am Work in Progress (Frances Barber),
10.05am Masterworks (Stephanie Hughes)
11.30am Morning Performance (Humphrey Burton),
2015:
6.30am Breakfast (PT or CBH)
9am Essential Classics (RC or SW)
No wonder they get bored.It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.Comment
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presumably the producer of the 180-minute Morning on 3 would be even more bored than the producer of the 150-minute Breakfast ...... if its minutes we're countingComment
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I would be happy with a long breakfast programme, but all the more reason to add a bit of change to the rest of the morning.Originally posted by mercia View Post
In fact, Morning on 3 didn't have listener requests, phone-ins, emails &c so presumably the presenters were told to put up with their boredom, rather than inflict their amusements on the audience.
It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.Comment
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