Quote from: dave.woodhall on September 01, 2014, 11:01:09 AMI do have a bit of sympathy with less on that one. He's from the seventies school of wacky, zany presenters and Hardeep has the image of being a bit of an eejit so Les was bound to do it light-heartedly. He should have had the ability by now to turn it round once he saw which way it was going but it wasn't really his fault when Hardeep decided he wanted to be taken seriously. That Hardeep bloke is a prat. Fair play to Ross for not giving two hoots about him.
I do have a bit of sympathy with less on that one. He's from the seventies school of wacky, zany presenters and Hardeep has the image of being a bit of an eejit so Les was bound to do it light-heartedly. He should have had the ability by now to turn it round once he saw which way it was going but it wasn't really his fault when Hardeep decided he wanted to be taken seriously.
Quote from: saunders_heroes on September 01, 2014, 11:17:23 AMQuote from: dave.woodhall on September 01, 2014, 11:01:09 AMI do have a bit of sympathy with less on that one. He's from the seventies school of wacky, zany presenters and Hardeep has the image of being a bit of an eejit so Les was bound to do it light-heartedly. He should have had the ability by now to turn it round once he saw which way it was going but it wasn't really his fault when Hardeep decided he wanted to be taken seriously. That Hardeep bloke is a prat. Fair play to Ross for not giving two hoots about him. How does he come across in this?http://thebirminghampress.com/2014/09/fool-for-your-lovin/
Quote from: dave.woodhall on September 08, 2014, 11:03:33 AMQuote from: saunders_heroes on September 01, 2014, 11:17:23 AMQuote from: dave.woodhall on September 01, 2014, 11:01:09 AMI do have a bit of sympathy with less on that one. He's from the seventies school of wacky, zany presenters and Hardeep has the image of being a bit of an eejit so Les was bound to do it light-heartedly. He should have had the ability by now to turn it round once he saw which way it was going but it wasn't really his fault when Hardeep decided he wanted to be taken seriously. That Hardeep bloke is a prat. Fair play to Ross for not giving two hoots about him. How does he come across in this?http://thebirminghampress.com/2014/09/fool-for-your-lovin/I cannot stand the bloke, but that's not difficult from me. I don't find him remotely funny, different humours and all that, but is he being serious?:'The thing is that there’s a lot of shit telly now, whereas when I was on it seemed to be more meaningful.'I obviously have an agenda, a bias, so i think 'what a cock', but if it's tongue in cheek then it's not so bad. He's right there is a lot of shit on telly, especially when he pops up on it.
Show some respect Olney. Dave is an editor, moderator, author and journalist.
It was an odd one. He came across in parts okay, defensive, prickly and patronising. I got the overall impression that if you met him and talked you'd find him decent enough but he'd get arsey if you disagreed with him.
Quote from: dave.woodhall on September 09, 2014, 09:30:14 AMIt was an odd one. He came across in parts okay, defensive, prickly and patronising. I got the overall impression that if you met him and talked you'd find him decent enough but he'd get arsey if you disagreed with him.That's kind of what i was expecting. Who have you interviewed and disliked the most? Or shall we say the most 'prickly'?I'm always intrigued by this sort of thing. I never take anyone's opinion of a fellow showbiz counterpart but rather the not so famous. I don't like Bruce Forsyth, and apparently he is a dick, same person said Ronnie Corbett is a dick. Shirley Bassey was a right bitch to an old chef pal. And for those with kiddies ... Mr Tumble. The face you want to smack, is a massive prick. I know someone who works in a special needs school and he was a bellend diva apparently. Obviously could have been off days etc, but that's boring. I'll stick with my rhetoric.
Quote from: edgysatsuma89 on September 09, 2014, 11:54:13 PMQuote from: dave.woodhall on September 09, 2014, 09:30:14 AMIt was an odd one. He came across in parts okay, defensive, prickly and patronising. I got the overall impression that if you met him and talked you'd find him decent enough but he'd get arsey if you disagreed with him.That's kind of what i was expecting. Who have you interviewed and disliked the most? Or shall we say the most 'prickly'?I'm always intrigued by this sort of thing. I never take anyone's opinion of a fellow showbiz counterpart but rather the not so famous. I don't like Bruce Forsyth, and apparently he is a dick, same person said Ronnie Corbett is a dick. Shirley Bassey was a right bitch to an old chef pal. And for those with kiddies ... Mr Tumble. The face you want to smack, is a massive prick. I know someone who works in a special needs school and he was a bellend diva apparently. Obviously could have been off days etc, but that's boring. I'll stick with my rhetoric.I've never interviewed anyone who I instantly disliked. If they're good enough to take the time to talk I'm grateful for that. There's been two or three spectacularly great ones, though. Ian Lavender, who I was in awe of as I love Dad's Army, Michaela Strachan who is beyond lovely and surprisingly Jasper Carrott, who I thought would run through a perfunctory plug the tour few minutes but turned out to be a very nice, intelligent bloke who ended up chatting for ages about mutual acquaintances, football, the outside perception of Birmingham and just about everything.
Quote from: dave.woodhall on September 10, 2014, 12:00:18 AMQuote from: edgysatsuma89 on September 09, 2014, 11:54:13 PMQuote from: dave.woodhall on September 09, 2014, 09:30:14 AMIt was an odd one. He came across in parts okay, defensive, prickly and patronising. I got the overall impression that if you met him and talked you'd find him decent enough but he'd get arsey if you disagreed with him.That's kind of what i was expecting. Who have you interviewed and disliked the most? Or shall we say the most 'prickly'?I'm always intrigued by this sort of thing. I never take anyone's opinion of a fellow showbiz counterpart but rather the not so famous. I don't like Bruce Forsyth, and apparently he is a dick, same person said Ronnie Corbett is a dick. Shirley Bassey was a right bitch to an old chef pal. And for those with kiddies ... Mr Tumble. The face you want to smack, is a massive prick. I know someone who works in a special needs school and he was a bellend diva apparently. Obviously could have been off days etc, but that's boring. I'll stick with my rhetoric.I've never interviewed anyone who I instantly disliked. If they're good enough to take the time to talk I'm grateful for that. There's been two or three spectacularly great ones, though. Ian Lavender, who I was in awe of as I love Dad's Army, Michaela Strachan who is beyond lovely and surprisingly Jasper Carrott, who I thought would run through a perfunctory plug the tour few minutes but turned out to be a very nice, intelligent bloke who ended up chatting for ages about mutual acquaintances, football, the outside perception of Birmingham and just about everything. I don't mind Jasper Carrott. I know people who know him well and they say he's a very nice chap. I love his early stand up stuff as well.