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Author Topic: 0% Villa, 100% genius - Danny Baker now on Twitter  (Read 25285 times)

Offline brian green

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Re: 0% Villa, 100% genius - Danny Baker now on Twitter
« Reply #60 on: April 19, 2011, 07:34:18 PM »
The point Percy is that all humour whether Danny's, Manning's, Spike Milligan's or Bottom The Weaver's is based on ignorance.


We are all in the same queue for the graveyard so what is the point of laughing whether about a ministry of funny walks, blood donation, sticking a cucumber through the vicar's letter box and shouting the martians are coming or whatever?

Being funny and being sensible are mutually exclusive.

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Re: 0% Villa, 100% genius - Danny Baker now on Twitter
« Reply #61 on: April 19, 2011, 10:05:56 PM »
The great Danny Baker joined Twitter this week (username prodnose), and has already made it twice as enjoyable. Sample posts:

"Zonal marking can only work if the other team have previously agreed to only Zonal attack."



He might be a broadcasting genius, but obviously knows next to fuck all about the game.


It's almost as if he was joking.

Of course, but it still sounds like a glib dismissal of something he doesn't quite get, like some old duffer behind me down the match who always used to ask "Why are they marking space? When did space score a goal"?

That's meant to be a joke too, but he's still making a stupid point based on ignorance, like Bernard Manning.

Not really, he's just a person who is paid to be witty and amusing on the subject of football (amongst others) being witty and amusing about it.

I think you're taking this zonal marking thing a bit too seriously, it seems to get your goat like no other subject on here.

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Re: 0% Villa, 100% genius - Danny Baker now on Twitter
« Reply #62 on: April 19, 2011, 10:12:05 PM »
Rubbish. You should hear me go on about polo shirts.
« Last Edit: April 19, 2011, 10:18:04 PM by Percy »

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Re: 0% Villa, 100% genius - Danny Baker now on Twitter
« Reply #63 on: April 19, 2011, 10:33:56 PM »
Rubbish. You should hear me go on about polo shirts.

You should never discuss them with my Mrs. She's got an irrational HATRED of them.

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Re: 0% Villa, 100% genius - Danny Baker now on Twitter
« Reply #64 on: April 19, 2011, 10:34:40 PM »
Rubbish. You should hear me go on about polo shirts.

I was just about to say that!

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Re: 0% Villa, 100% genius - Danny Baker now on Twitter
« Reply #65 on: April 19, 2011, 10:34:49 PM »
Rubbish. You should hear me go on about polo shirts.

You should never discuss them with my Mrs. She's got an irrational HATRED of them.

Mine, too.

Offline Arsey

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Re: 0% Villa, 100% genius - Danny Baker now on Twitter
« Reply #66 on: April 19, 2011, 10:48:04 PM »
For those that care, Danny's return show: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/p00g11rz

The intro is fantastic. His BBC London show is a different beast from his 5 Live stuff but still a joy to listen to.

Complete technophobe here but can this get put on an ipod?

download radio downloader

subscribe to Danny Baker and it will download each show in mp3 format

Offline Percy McCarthy

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Re: 0% Villa, 100% genius - Danny Baker now on Twitter
« Reply #67 on: April 19, 2011, 10:51:55 PM »
Rubbish. You should hear me go on about polo shirts.

I was just about to say that!

I would have enjoyed that. Never mind.

Offline Arsey

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Re: 0% Villa, 100% genius - Danny Baker now on Twitter
« Reply #68 on: April 19, 2011, 10:56:57 PM »
I have some very old 606 shows he did that someone 'taped' and then uploaded in mp3.  Might have been on here that someone posted a link.

His All Day Breakfast Show (in colour) is well worth downloading.  Shame he gave up on the podcasts when then broadcaster went bump.

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Re: 0% Villa, 100% genius - Danny Baker now on Twitter
« Reply #69 on: May 20, 2011, 10:20:23 PM »
Hopefully you are all aware that he is BACK!!! Praise be....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/5live/

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Re: 0% Villa, 100% genius - Danny Baker now on Twitter
« Reply #70 on: May 21, 2011, 12:41:28 AM »
Hopefully you are all aware that he is BACK!!! Praise be....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/5live/

Indeed.

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Re: 0% Villa, 100% genius - Danny Baker now on Twitter
« Reply #71 on: May 21, 2011, 12:56:27 AM »
Fantastic news.

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Re: 0% Villa, 100% genius - Danny Baker now on Twitter
« Reply #72 on: May 21, 2011, 09:19:06 AM »
Fifteen minutes in and it's as if Gough, Irani, Savage, Murray and Quinn do not exist, tremendous stuff.

Sum your season up in five words or less?

"A gallic shrug"

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Re: 0% Villa, 100% genius - Danny Baker now on Twitter
« Reply #73 on: May 21, 2011, 09:22:43 AM »
Saturday mornings are once again as they should be.

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Re: 0% Villa, 100% genius - Danny Baker now on Twitter
« Reply #74 on: May 21, 2011, 09:45:40 AM »
Highly intelligent and fantastically witty , so glad he's back.

He may be a cockney, but he proves they're not all wankers !
« Last Edit: May 21, 2011, 07:16:05 PM by TimTheVillain »

 


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