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  • Paulie55
    Full Member
    • Jan 2012
    • 87

    Rob Cowan and Herbie Goldberg

    Isn't it about time Herbie Goldberg was given his own show? Every day I hear this man's name read out.
    Surely there are other well-informed listeners who merit a mention? Has he a share in the programme?
  • Ferretfancy
    Full Member
    • Nov 2010
    • 3487

    #2
    Is he real? I sometimes think that he is a character from the Henry Root letters, or like those ladies who write gushing letters to the Radio Times, you know, "Well done BBC ! "

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    • french frank
      Administrator/Moderator
      • Feb 2007
      • 30252

      #3
      Originally posted by Ferretfancy View Post
      Is he real? I sometimes think that he is a character from the Henry Root letters, or like those ladies who write gushing letters to the Radio Times, you know, "Well done BBC ! "
      I'm sure he is real. I remember him contributing to the BBC R3 boards, c 2000. But one might assume that not many people write/email/text/ring in ...
      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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      • antongould
        Full Member
        • Nov 2010
        • 8780

        #4
        We established some time ago that Mercia is Rob Cowan and I have always thought Herbie was yet another of Caliban's aliases.......

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        • Nick Armstrong
          Host
          • Nov 2010
          • 26523

          #5
          Originally posted by antongould View Post
          We established some time ago that Mercia is Rob Cowan and I have always thought Herbie was yet another of Caliban's aliases.......

          Are you calling me a smart-***e?!
          "...the isle is full of noises,
          Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
          Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
          Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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          • antongould
            Full Member
            • Nov 2010
            • 8780

            #6
            Originally posted by Caliban View Post

            Are you calling me a smart-***e?!
            If the trousers fit......

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            • Nick Armstrong
              Host
              • Nov 2010
              • 26523

              #7
              Originally posted by antongould View Post
              If the trousers fit......
              Studiously avoiding any 'cap' metaphors, I see, anton

              "...the isle is full of noises,
              Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
              Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
              Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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              • vinteuil
                Full Member
                • Nov 2010
                • 12793

                #8
                Originally posted by Ferretfancy View Post
                Is he real? I sometimes think that he is a character from the Henry Root letters, or like those ladies who write gushing letters to the Radio Times, you know, "Well done BBC ! "
                ... are we referring to Rob or Herbie here? I think they're both Henry Root characters

                Actually I think H Goldberg is R Cowan....

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                • cloughie
                  Full Member
                  • Dec 2011
                  • 22115

                  #9
                  Originally posted by Ferretfancy View Post
                  Is he real? I sometimes think that he is a character from the Henry Root letters, or like those ladies who write gushing letters to the Radio Times, you know, "Well done BBC ! "
                  He's probably the husband of the lady from Cheltenham who used to get frequent mentions on Les Dawson's Blankety Blank.

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                  • Flosshilde
                    Full Member
                    • Nov 2010
                    • 7988

                    #10
                    Originally posted by antongould View Post
                    If the trousers fit......
                    Does my ar*e look smart in these?

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                    • Lancashire Lass
                      Full Member
                      • Feb 2012
                      • 118

                      #11
                      HG set the Brainteaser this morning. But I didn't listen long enough to find out whether he'd also e-mailed in the answer, thus getting his name read out twice.

                      It really is rank amateurism of the presenters to keep giving him a name-check, however much he bombards them with e-mails. CFM don't favour specific listeners like this. I suspect even the most ardent fans of the new regime are fed up with it.

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                      • Ferretfancy
                        Full Member
                        • Nov 2010
                        • 3487

                        #12
                        Fulsome praise from Sarah Walker for Herbie's quiz setting this morning These puzzles are supposed to get more difficult as the week progresses, but Herbie's offering was a pushover today. The trouble is that this feature on the programme tends to develop a hideous fascination, like the enjoyment of scratching an itch.
                        I must get out more.

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                        • Nick Armstrong
                          Host
                          • Nov 2010
                          • 26523

                          #13
                          Originally posted by Ferretfancy View Post
                          Fulsome praise from Sarah Walker for Herbie's quiz setting this morning These puzzles are supposed to get more difficult as the week progresses, but Herbie's offering was a pushover today. The trouble is that this feature on the programme tends to develop a hideous fascination, like the enjoyment of scratching an itch.
                          I must get out more.
                          If it's raining, come and have a scratch over on the AA thread
                          "...the isle is full of noises,
                          Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                          Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                          Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                          • Anna

                            #14
                            As Caliban denies being Herbie, and if people are fed up with Mr. Goldberg's name being mentioned so often can I suggest that the AA regulars get together and submit some of the less cryptic brain teasers that there have been over the years? It may be that Herbie's are the only ones that Rob considers are up to scratch so he would probably welcome an influx of past ingenious puzzles which are only solveable when the very last clue is revealed.

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                            • Dave2002
                              Full Member
                              • Dec 2010
                              • 18009

                              #15
                              Originally posted by antongould View Post
                              We established some time ago that Mercia is Rob Cowan and I have always thought Herbie was yet another of Caliban's aliases.......
                              Mercia = Rob Cowan.

                              That's news to me, though not implausible.

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