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Old 17-01-2015, 17:12
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I'm 56 and totally out of touch with modern music and most mainstream light entertainment but even I have heard of Cheryl Cole and knew she had a Geordie accent! Some people are so famous you become aware of them by a sort of cultural osmosis, whether you want to or not.

It's a valid point though. As we get older and the makers/presenters of shows become much younger than us, we'll miss more and more of the cultural references. Then we'll be reduced to watching recordings of old stuff and pining about the good old days...

Ray Mears isn't the first guest to play the "serious" card. I remember Spike Milligan took the opportunity to slag off fox-hunting.
That must have been a long time ago - I didn't think room 101 had been going that long

Must admit, I found Ray Mears extremely boring. It was like an edition of Newsnight.
I thought Katherine's diatribe about Cheryl Cole was the best thing about it TBH.
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Old 17-01-2015, 17:18
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so this is/was the knife with a 8-10 year waiting list? it's been pulled altogether.

http://www.raymears.com/Bushcraft_Pr...oodlore-Knife/
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Old 17-01-2015, 17:29
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I'm 56 and totally out of touch with modern music and most mainstream light entertainment but even I have heard of Cheryl Cole and knew she had a Geordie accent! Some people are so famous you become aware of them by a sort of cultural osmosis, whether you want to or not.

It's a valid point though. As we get older and the makers/presenters of shows become much younger than us, we'll miss more and more of the cultural references. Then we'll be reduced to watching recordings of old stuff and pining about the good old days...

Ray Mears isn't the first guest to play the "serious" card. I remember Spike Milligan took the opportunity to slag off fox-hunting.

That must have been a long time ago - I didn't think room 101 had been going that long

Must admit, I found Ray Mears extremely boring. It was like an edition of Newsnight.
I thought Katherine's diatribe about Cheryl Cole was the best thing about it TBH.
Just checked. It was in 1999. Spike appeared in series 4 of the programme, Paul Merton's first as host, taking over from Nick Hancock.

I didn't enjoy Katherine's Ryan's input at all. Just weird and not amusing.
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Old 17-01-2015, 18:12
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Just checked. It was in 1999. Spike appeared in series 4.
Put his own house into Room 101 IIRC 😁
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Old 17-01-2015, 18:28
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I didn't enjoy Katherine's Ryan's input at all. Just weird and not amusing.
This could quite easily be copied-and-pasted to describe anything Katherine Ryan appears on.

She must be doing some serious favours for someone because she appears on loads of panel shows all the time, but is always so unfunny and just rambles on about nothing of any worth. She's on TV everytime you change the channel!
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Old 17-01-2015, 18:49
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Just checked. It was in 1999. Spike appeared in series 4 of the programme, Paul Merton's first as host, taking over from Nick Hancock.

I didn't enjoy Katherine's Ryan's input at all. Just weird and not amusing.

A typical chav tactic - call something weird.
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Old 17-01-2015, 19:10
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That must have been a long time ago - I didn't think room 101 had been going that long

Must admit, I found Ray Mears extremely boring. It was like an edition of Newsnight.
I thought Katherine's diatribe about Cheryl Cole was the best thing about it TBH.
BIB, that's where the host comes in Ray Mears isn't a comedian, it's the hosts job to winkle out the jokes, fair play to him Ray Mears was certainly laughing along and seemed to be enjoying himself.
If the item itself isn't funny, get the guest going and pick apart their reasoning with good gags.
I think it's one of the weaknesses of the new format, the guests have to pick stuff from categories, so they probably end up picking stuff that doesn't even make their passing irritation list, they don't have a dog in the fight.
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Old 17-01-2015, 19:16
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A typical chav tactic - call something weird.
You're clearly Melvin Bragg, and I claim my Fiver.
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Old 17-01-2015, 20:41
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I LOVE ray mears. Such a classy, intelligent man.
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Old 17-01-2015, 21:08
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I guess I've done very well then . I heard the name at the start but since it meant nothing to me I'd forgotten it (other than Cheryl + F something) by the time I'd come on here. You have to know she was trying to do a Geordie accent to get the joke and I was so lost by then nothing made sense, it was like a series of unconnected statements and very hard to follow if you're not in on it.

There are people out there like me who know nothing about modern pop and girl groups in particular, it's very common above the age of 40. Generally on programmes like Room 101 you can get by and still get most of the joke but this was all so "specialised" like knowing she had a Geordie accent, it may be so strong that it comes through in her singing but you wouldn't know that unless you've heard her sing (maybe fans are familiar with her speaking voice but most singers you know from their songs).
Stop being so wilfully ignorant, it is very irritating. And it was clearly a Geordie accent, even though it crossed to Jamaican on a couple of words (which was remarked upon). I know little about Cheryl, but I know of her existence simply by being awake and sentient for the last few years.
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Old 17-01-2015, 21:32
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I just watched this, expecting it to be rubbish based on what people have said on this thread, but actually found it quite funny. Yes, the selections weren't always that great, but I thought Frank did a great job of spinning some decent jokes out of it.
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Old 17-01-2015, 22:08
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A typical chav tactic - call something weird.
How rude. Why call me a name for just expressing an opinion? I rarely call anything weird and I thought her diatribe was weird so I said so. It wasn't a tactic.
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Old 17-01-2015, 22:17
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I LOVE ray mears. Such a classy, intelligent man.

Is that you Ray.... it is you isn't it....cheeky!
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Old 17-01-2015, 22:22
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I LOVE ray mears. Such a classy, intelligent man.

Yet boring as f***, what in gods name was he doing on room 101, as for the American comedian ? WTF is she on....Frank Skinner really earned his salary for that episode.
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Old 17-01-2015, 23:10
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Yet boring as f***, what in gods name was he doing on room 101, as for the American comedian ? WTF is she on....Frank Skinner really earned his salary for that episode.
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Old 18-01-2015, 01:44
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Is that you Ray.... it is you isn't it....cheeky!
No. It's not ray. He's great. Did anyone see his bbc series on the American Wild West he did a year back or so? Brilliant.
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Old 18-01-2015, 02:31
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I LOVE ray mears. Such a classy, intelligent man.
He's not that intelligent.. His comments on Putin were complete nonsense. He didn't send troops into Ukraine for a start
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Old 18-01-2015, 03:34
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He's not that intelligent.. His comments on Putin were complete nonsense. He didn't send troops into Ukraine for a start
Well, that's your opinion.
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Old 18-01-2015, 04:22
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This could quite easily be copied-and-pasted to describe anything Katherine Ryan appears on.

She must be doing some serious favours for someone because she appears on loads of panel shows all the time, but is always so unfunny and just rambles on about nothing of any worth. She's on TV everytime you change the channel!
She's pretty, white, foreign but not ethnic, a single working mother who is self employed... she ticks all the boxes for acceptable diversity. Hell, book her and Reginald D. Hunter and it's a PC fest.
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Old 18-01-2015, 08:01
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Just checked. It was in 1999. Spike appeared in series 4 of the programme, Paul Merton's first as host, taking over from Nick Hancock.

I didn't enjoy Katherine's Ryan's input at all. Just weird and not amusing.
Nor did I, ended up fast forwarding through her choices,
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Old 18-01-2015, 08:51
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He's not that intelligent.. His comments on Putin were complete nonsense. He didn't send troops into Ukraine for a start
Nothing personal, but I believe Ray's opinion on that more than yours. He seems very intelligent and I know nothing about you.
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Old 18-01-2015, 08:54
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Isn't Canada in North America, so technically....an American, but I take your point, although I still win.
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Old 18-01-2015, 09:49
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He's not that intelligent.. His comments on Putin were complete nonsense. He didn't send troops into Ukraine for a start
Well, that's your opinion.
Agreed, there is plenty of evidence that he did, the Soviets had a long history of operating like that which has been continued by the Russians.
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Old 18-01-2015, 09:49
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He's not that intelligent.. His comments on Putin were complete nonsense. He didn't send troops into Ukraine for a start
Yes he did and they're still there, only a fool would believe otherwise. He's already admitted he sent troops to Crimea after initially denying it.
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Old 18-01-2015, 12:19
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Yes he did and they're still there, only a fool would believe otherwise. He's already admitted he sent troops to Crimea after initially denying it.
As Crimea IS Ukraine, that pretty much proves Ray was right.
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