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The Eternal Breakfast Debate in a New Place
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Originally posted by underthecountertenor View PostYou’re clearly very worked up about the short exchange.
Originally posted by underthecountertenor View PostFrom what I remember of Richard Baker, I’d be surprised if he went off-script once in his professional life.
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Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View Post
That's one reason why he was so much better than the current crop.
Anyway, I always preferred Peter Woods's impeccable delivery. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SLocpFVqD8
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Originally posted by underthecountertenor View PostHang on. I thought you said that he could ad lib perfectly. Now you seem to be agreeing that he probably never went off script. So where's the evidence of his perfect ad libbing?
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Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View PostI interviewed RB once before writing a newspaper review of a concert he MC-ed in Scarborough. Even when he was unprepared, his sentence construction and flow of speech were impeccable. In other words, he sounded as though he cared.
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Originally posted by underthecountertenor View PostFair enough, although I would take issue with the implied suggestion that PT/IS sound as if they don't care.
It seems to meIt 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.
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Originally posted by vinteuil View Post... what does that mean?
.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.
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Whenever I watched Richard Baker, I felt as though I'd gatecrashed somebody's dinner party.
There are IMVHO two essential differences between Petroc Trelawny and Tom Service.
Firstly, PT definitely has a welcome air of self-deprecation about him - something that could never be said about TS.
Secondly, I can always understand what PT says - again, something that, at least in my case, certainly could not be said of TS.
I particularly liked the way PT responded to the listener who pointed out that clouds don't burn back, but evaporate.
I never listen to 'In Tune' (it's 'Pointless' followed by the 6.00 news on Radio 4 chez nous), but I do rate Sean Rafferty highly.
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