And actually it looks like I didn't sign up until I was 14. Can't believe I've gone on the radio and lied like that.
The oven topic was definitely a winner, that kid knows nothing.
The oven topic was definitely a winner, that kid knows nothing.
Iain Lee on talkRADIO
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Great call from Russ for the radio geeks. Iain asked Russ whether he had won him over from Ian Collins completely and Russ confirmed that he had, although Collins was his "first love" and still listened to him occasionally. Iain reminded us that he did a blog after the end of Absolute that said that he would longer be doing the type of radio he did at LBC and Absolute but someone else would start doing it.
https://www.facebook.com/iainlee/posts/291217297638704
But nobody came along and we have had to wait until talkRADIO launched to get the kind of late night show we have been longing for. The successor to Iain was Iain himself.
Personally, I couldn't see where such a show could come from, especially the way the industry has gone, so I thought the days where I would get excited about radio were essentially over. Just before talkRADIO started, I was very pessimistic. Even when I heard Iain was going to be on it, I assumed it would be formatted and fully serious. When it became clear that it would be free format, I was overjoyed but thought it would be not be viable in the long run, so I would just enjoy it while it lasts. I have forgot that we may well be on borrowed time, so Russ brought us back to reality by saying that the bosses may well eventually tell Iain to change format in 6 months or a year or 18 months down the line.
So the moral here is to enjoy the shows while we can.
https://www.facebook.com/iainlee/posts/291217297638704
Quote:
“The kind of radio I have been doing for the last 7 years at Absolute and LBC, and before that for god knows how long, XFM, has quite likely come to an end. 7 years is a long time to be doing what is essentially the same style of show. I loved most of it and really feel that I, along with my callers. Took the baton from the likes of Tommy Boyd, Clive Bull, Danny Baker and Nick Abbott and ran with it quite some distance. In the end, we ran out of puff and I think I may have dropped the stick about 18 months ago. Don’t panic. Someone new will find it, pick it up and when they realise what it is, start running again. I don’t think anyone has found the baton yet, but they will, I’m confident of that.
The odds of me doing another ‘manic phone in’ as the Radio Times called it? Slim at the moment. The Pocket Radio Show came close, and series one was an absolute joy. I am really proud of what I achieved using my Mac and my spare room. Nothing groundbreaking, not pushing the boundaries much, but a lot of fun. And thank you for your help with that.
There are whispers and mumbles in my right ear that I may end up doing a completely different kind of radio show. A straight show. A serious show. One that doesn’t require comedy phone ins. If this happens, Vinny and Barry will have to find a new home. Don’t worry. They will. Andre moved on successfully, and came back reincarnated as Mark and often pops up on Five Live. It’s a joy to hear him sounding sober. 4 years ago I would have scoffed at the idea of doing a magazine style show, talking about ‘issues’ and having serious guests. In fact, I successfully spoofed this style of radio on LBC a couple of times. They’re fun shows, try and check them out. But now, as I approach 40, with 2 kids, a mortgage and a blank future in front of me, the thought of doing something different, of growing up actually excites me. Could I do a straight show? I’ve always said I could, and if the challenge presents itself, which it may very soon, then I am going to grab it with both hands and try my best. I might not manage it, in which case, I will restart the PRS and try and get a job ‘dicking about’ as I like to call it.
When this new direction does emerge, I hope you will join me for the journey. I know most of you will at the start, but when you realise there is no punchline, no sly wink to camera, that my tongue is nowhere near my cheek, I suspect most of you will fall by the wayside and yearn for the ‘good old days’. I’ve seen it happen with Boyd and Abbot, and it will happen with me. And that’s fine. Keep an eye out for that new relay runner. He’s coming soon.”
“The kind of radio I have been doing for the last 7 years at Absolute and LBC, and before that for god knows how long, XFM, has quite likely come to an end. 7 years is a long time to be doing what is essentially the same style of show. I loved most of it and really feel that I, along with my callers. Took the baton from the likes of Tommy Boyd, Clive Bull, Danny Baker and Nick Abbott and ran with it quite some distance. In the end, we ran out of puff and I think I may have dropped the stick about 18 months ago. Don’t panic. Someone new will find it, pick it up and when they realise what it is, start running again. I don’t think anyone has found the baton yet, but they will, I’m confident of that.
The odds of me doing another ‘manic phone in’ as the Radio Times called it? Slim at the moment. The Pocket Radio Show came close, and series one was an absolute joy. I am really proud of what I achieved using my Mac and my spare room. Nothing groundbreaking, not pushing the boundaries much, but a lot of fun. And thank you for your help with that.
There are whispers and mumbles in my right ear that I may end up doing a completely different kind of radio show. A straight show. A serious show. One that doesn’t require comedy phone ins. If this happens, Vinny and Barry will have to find a new home. Don’t worry. They will. Andre moved on successfully, and came back reincarnated as Mark and often pops up on Five Live. It’s a joy to hear him sounding sober. 4 years ago I would have scoffed at the idea of doing a magazine style show, talking about ‘issues’ and having serious guests. In fact, I successfully spoofed this style of radio on LBC a couple of times. They’re fun shows, try and check them out. But now, as I approach 40, with 2 kids, a mortgage and a blank future in front of me, the thought of doing something different, of growing up actually excites me. Could I do a straight show? I’ve always said I could, and if the challenge presents itself, which it may very soon, then I am going to grab it with both hands and try my best. I might not manage it, in which case, I will restart the PRS and try and get a job ‘dicking about’ as I like to call it.
When this new direction does emerge, I hope you will join me for the journey. I know most of you will at the start, but when you realise there is no punchline, no sly wink to camera, that my tongue is nowhere near my cheek, I suspect most of you will fall by the wayside and yearn for the ‘good old days’. I’ve seen it happen with Boyd and Abbot, and it will happen with me. And that’s fine. Keep an eye out for that new relay runner. He’s coming soon.”
But nobody came along and we have had to wait until talkRADIO launched to get the kind of late night show we have been longing for. The successor to Iain was Iain himself.
Personally, I couldn't see where such a show could come from, especially the way the industry has gone, so I thought the days where I would get excited about radio were essentially over. Just before talkRADIO started, I was very pessimistic. Even when I heard Iain was going to be on it, I assumed it would be formatted and fully serious. When it became clear that it would be free format, I was overjoyed but thought it would be not be viable in the long run, so I would just enjoy it while it lasts. I have forgot that we may well be on borrowed time, so Russ brought us back to reality by saying that the bosses may well eventually tell Iain to change format in 6 months or a year or 18 months down the line.
So the moral here is to enjoy the shows while we can.
Disappointed that the globule guy from LBC has discovered the show. I had forgotten how boring an old man singing foreign national anthems and saying globule was. The call where this clearly very old man recounted how many times he'd wanked off to various boyish looking celebrities was pretty unpleasant too.
The last hour of the show was a reprise of the presenterless show from 30 July 2006. That night, the presenterless show was pulled by management after an hour and was further overshadowed by the failure of the dump button later in the show. LBC reported themselves to Ofcom, but the matter was considered resolved given that it was due to a technical error and the prompt reporting.
http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/enf...lletins/obb68/
Last night, there were enough callers to make it viable and Iain played music underneath. The dump button was pressed a few times but because of the double dump system there was no need to halt proceedings to wait for the delay to build up again like in the old days.
http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/enf...lletins/obb68/
Last night, there were enough callers to make it viable and Iain played music underneath. The dump button was pressed a few times but because of the double dump system there was no need to halt proceedings to wait for the delay to build up again like in the old days.
Sorry if this has already been posted but where can I find full podcasts for Iain ? Can you get them ?
Originally Posted by radamfi:
“The last hour of the show was a reprise of the presenterless show from 30 July 2006.”
“The last hour of the show was a reprise of the presenterless show from 30 July 2006.”
I've said on here before that I am a convert to Iain Lee, and I'm really enjoying his shows in general. But that last hour, for me, was a throwback to why I didn't like his shows when I first heard him. I could be about to make myself very unpopular on this thread ...
... but for me, I found it, then and now, a largely pointless and unfunny exercise. I gave it a proper go for about 30-40 mins, but I largely heard it as callers spending more time wondering when to speak than actually saying anything, and being more or less entirely unfunny when they did, saying nothing whatsoever of note. The poor sound quality of 'caller to caller' doesn't help, either.
I listen for Iain, and his clever interaction with those around him. To me, that last hour sounded like a bunch of unsophisticated teenage boys (and it is nearly all male callers). Each to their own, but speaking for myself, I hope it's not repeated very often.
Originally Posted by djm2211:
“Sorry if this has already been posted but where can I find full podcasts for Iain ? Can you get them ?”
“Sorry if this has already been posted but where can I find full podcasts for Iain ? Can you get them ?”
A couple of people record and edit it and upload their recordings
www.lentini.co.uk
(Periscope videos also available here)
https://drive.google.com/folderview?...Ws&usp=sharing
In addition, the whole talkRADIO output (24 hours a day) is available in 30 minute chunks using the Listen Again feature.
Originally Posted by radamfi:
“A couple of people record and edit it and upload their recordings
www.lentini.co.uk
(Periscope videos also available here)
https://drive.google.com/folderview?...Ws&usp=sharing
In addition, the whole talkRADIO output (24 hours a day) is available in 30 minute chunks using the Listen Again feature.”
“A couple of people record and edit it and upload their recordings
www.lentini.co.uk
(Periscope videos also available here)
https://drive.google.com/folderview?...Ws&usp=sharing
In addition, the whole talkRADIO output (24 hours a day) is available in 30 minute chunks using the Listen Again feature.”
Thank You. Hip Hip Hip !!!
Originally Posted by Los_Tributos:
“The call where this clearly very old man recounted how many times he'd wanked off to various boyish looking celebrities was pretty unpleasant too.”
“The call where this clearly very old man recounted how many times he'd wanked off to various boyish looking celebrities was pretty unpleasant too.”
Oh that was hilarious! I was almost in tears at the reveal just because it had dragged on for so long
Originally Posted by makeba72:
“callers being more or less entirely unfunny when they did, saying nothing whatsoever of note. The poor sound quality of 'caller to caller' doesn't help, either.
that last hour sounded like a bunch of unsophisticated teenage boys.”
“callers being more or less entirely unfunny when they did, saying nothing whatsoever of note. The poor sound quality of 'caller to caller' doesn't help, either.
that last hour sounded like a bunch of unsophisticated teenage boys.”
This is a fair point; I got on 3 times in the last hour
Originally Posted by Los_Tributos:
“Disappointed that the globule guy from LBC has discovered the show. I had forgotten how boring an old man singing foreign national anthems and saying globule was. The call where this clearly very old man recounted how many times he'd wanked off to various boyish looking celebrities was pretty unpleasant too.”
“Disappointed that the globule guy from LBC has discovered the show. I had forgotten how boring an old man singing foreign national anthems and saying globule was. The call where this clearly very old man recounted how many times he'd wanked off to various boyish looking celebrities was pretty unpleasant too.”
Very old? I met him in 2007 and I thought he looked a few years older than me. I just looked at his website
http://www.croydonloony.co.uk/
which says he was at a school from 1979 to 1987, which would make him around 47.
The website also shows his "hunkwatch" statistics.
Originally Posted by radamfi:
“Very old? I met him in 2007 and I thought he looked a few years older than me. I just looked at his website
http://www.croydonloony.co.uk/
which says he was at a school from 1979 to 1987, which would make him around 47.
The website also shows his "hunkwatch" statistics.”
“Very old? I met him in 2007 and I thought he looked a few years older than me. I just looked at his website
http://www.croydonloony.co.uk/
which says he was at a school from 1979 to 1987, which would make him around 47.
The website also shows his "hunkwatch" statistics.”
Fair play, he obviously just has a creepy old man voice!
Originally Posted by makeba72:
“
I listen for Iain, and his clever interaction with those around him. To me, that last hour sounded like a bunch of unsophisticated teenage boys (and it is nearly all male callers). .”
“
I listen for Iain, and his clever interaction with those around him. To me, that last hour sounded like a bunch of unsophisticated teenage boys (and it is nearly all male callers). .”
Sure it wasn't the John Holmes show, you were listening to ........ makeba ? sounds like the dross on his show !
Originally Posted by djm2211:
“Sorry if this has already been posted but where can I find full podcasts for Iain ? Can you get them ?”
“Sorry if this has already been posted but where can I find full podcasts for Iain ? Can you get them ?”
Unofficial full podcast feed: http://podcasts.mywebcommunity.org/lee.php
Originally Posted by wicksta:
“Is anyone else going to watch Iain record Richard Herring's podcast on Monday?”
“Is anyone else going to watch Iain record Richard Herring's podcast on Monday?”
It would be delightful to hear from anyone who attended the Herring/Lee podcast this evening.
I would have dearly loved to have been there.
Report all juicy gossip and tidbits here please.
Greatly appreciated.
Originally Posted by Lorelei LaFleur:
“It would be delightful to hear from anyone who attended the Herring/Lee podcast this evening.
I would have dearly loved to have been there.
Report all juicy gossip and tidbits here please.
Greatly appreciated.”
“It would be delightful to hear from anyone who attended the Herring/Lee podcast this evening.
I would have dearly loved to have been there.
Report all juicy gossip and tidbits here please.
Greatly appreciated.
”
Bonsoir Mme LaFleur.
I love listening to the Richard Herring Leicester Square Podcast. Was it that one?
His Talking Cock ones from a couple of years back were hilarious too, worth a listen.
I had a week not listening to evening radio last week but tonight Iain has one of his TalkRadio colleagues as a guest, Howard Hughes.
Originally Posted by Rich Tea.:
“Bonsoir Mme LaFleur.
I love listening to the Richard Herring Leicester Square Podcast. Was it that one?
His Talking Cock ones from a couple of years back were hilarious too, worth a listen.
I had a week not listening to evening radio last week but tonight Iain has one of his TalkRadio colleagues as a guest, Howard Hughes.”
“Bonsoir Mme LaFleur.
I love listening to the Richard Herring Leicester Square Podcast. Was it that one?
His Talking Cock ones from a couple of years back were hilarious too, worth a listen.
I had a week not listening to evening radio last week but tonight Iain has one of his TalkRadio colleagues as a guest, Howard Hughes.”
Bonsoir Rich.
Yes, it's the Leicester Square podcast and I think Iain is coming straight from it to do his radio show.
I'd forgotten Howard Hughes was due on as a guest - looking forward to it.
Originally Posted by Richard John:
“ This is a fair point; I got on 3 times in the last hour”
“ This is a fair point; I got on 3 times in the last hour
”
I heard you 4 times. I wonder if that's a record for a caller to the same radio show.
Originally Posted by Lorelei LaFleur:
“Bonsoir Rich.
Yes, it's the Leicester Square podcast and I think Iain is coming straight from it to do his radio show.
I'd forgotten Howard Hughes was due on as a guest - looking forward to it.”
“Bonsoir Rich.
Yes, it's the Leicester Square podcast and I think Iain is coming straight from it to do his radio show.
I'd forgotten Howard Hughes was due on as a guest - looking forward to it.”
Better keep listening then, I didn't know Richard Herring is on tonight.
Haha, I've just realised I thought he was doing another podcast with his former partner on TV, Stewart Lee not Iain Lee!
Caller Callum said he had a friend who was a wizard.
Can't believe Iain let him go without asking him for more details.
Can't believe Iain let him go without asking him for more details.
It's been many years since I've been excited by a radio show or presenter! During the day, whatever's been happening, it's great to think that there's 3 hours of fun lined up for later in the evening. The addition of Periscope is just genius and makes the show doubly brillant for me. Iain Lee, my newest and now most loved Radio God!
(For any regular losers/scopers, I'm Jan on there.)
Hip hip hip!
(For any regular losers/scopers, I'm Jan on there.)
Hip hip hip!
Is there a way to email Iain while he's on air to comment on something he's talking about?
I've had a look at the website, but can't see any email.
I've had a look at the website, but can't see any email.
Originally Posted by makeba72:
“Is there a way to email Iain while he's on air to comment on something he's talking about?
I've had a look at the website, but can't see any email.”
“Is there a way to email Iain while he's on air to comment on something he's talking about?
I've had a look at the website, but can't see any email.”
There's a contact form on the website but I'm not sure if he ever reads emails out - he reads tweets to @iainlee often though.
Or you're only on the phone for about 10 seconds if you ring up, they do call you straight back!
Originally Posted by Richard John:
“There's a contact form on the website but I'm not sure if he ever reads emails out - he reads tweets to @iainlee often though.
Or you're only on the phone for about 10 seconds if you ring up, they do call you straight back!”
“There's a contact form on the website but I'm not sure if he ever reads emails out - he reads tweets to @iainlee often though.
Or you're only on the phone for about 10 seconds if you ring up, they do call you straight back!”
Thanks. I'm not great on the phone, so I'll try a tweet. Appreciate your very quick reply - thanks again
BTW - where is that contact form? I could see one for talkRADIO as a company, but not for the on-air presenter
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