Entertainment For Lively Minds
Help!
Posted by eddie g on 21 February 2011 - 10:58pm.
Look, the perception, often, is that the world of 'music radio' is glamorous but it's not always the case. I'm producing a show tonight and I'm here until one a.m. I've got stuff to do but there are also long periods of sheer ennui. So, hey, help me out Massive... tell me something interesting.
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Err...
...Gerry Rafferty died.
Bugg
gger....
I found out today...
that Robin Jacques, the peerless illustrator of children's books, was brother to Hattie.
Elvis recorded If I Can Dream
lying flat on his back.
He wanted some gravel in his voice, which didn't come naturally. Lying on his back let the saliva pool in the back of his mouth giving him the effect he wanted.
Didn't Lennon
do something similar on 'Revolution'? Or maybe, in his case, it was more to do with the drugs.
Terence Trent D'Arby
has 7 testicles
Growing
on the back of his neck
Every
2 weeks your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus to stop it from digesting itself.
and when you have a cold
It comes out of your nose!
okay, okay, okay - get this ...
... the guy who voices the part of Grandpa Pig in the kiddies smash hit show 'Peppa Pig' - David Graham - also does the part of The Wise Old Elf in 'Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom'. Not only that but he was also the voice of Parker and Brains in the Thunderbirds and the Daleks in the original Doctor Who!!!!
Doesn't that blow your mind?!!!
(I mentioned it before but only got a muted response)
Hope it helps. (smiley face)
Thanks Steerpike,
consider my response in this dark corner of Radioland thoroughly un-muted.
With you on this
And if only he had the short, spindly arms...
try this one
The most well known sentence with all the letters of the alphabet is "the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog" but the shortest sentence with all the letters is "Jackdaws love my big sphinx of quartz".
Oh, and one out of 20 people have an extra rib
It can be done in 26 letters
"JQ Schwartz flung DV Pike my box"
Many's the time I've had occasion to utter that sentence.
Typewriter
That's the longest word you can make from the top row of letters on a typewriter.
I think this fact alone proves beyond doubt that God exists.
While we're here
I've often wondered why we still have the qwerty keyboard on computers? I believe the qwerty set up was to stop typewriter keys jamming and locking together. Surely there must be a better set up to enable an easier and quicker keyboard set up to be used today?
I would really appreciate an answer to this.
It must be because we're used to it
I have seen other keyboard configurations that are supposed to be better, but they didn't seem to catch on. It's a nice reminder of history though - like the reason we drive on the left is because if you are a right-handed person, mounting a horse from the pavement is easier with your left foot in the left stirrup first. Throw your right leg over and you're away.
Cheers Austin
I didn't know about the drive on the left reasoning.
Fun with MS Word
Type ”=rand(x)” where x is a number, and you will generate x of "A quick brown fox..."
Similarly, for a page of Printer's Greek, try "=lorem(x)"
When I smoke cigars, I can blow the smoke out of my bum.
If you don't believe me, I'll show you the nicotine stains in my pants.
That's repulsive
And one I can't wait to use
Mike Nesmith's mum
invented tippex
Hey Eddie...
...should we be listening to the fruits of you labours and, if so, where do we find it? Tunein Radio means we have the technology - I think.
BBC Radio Wales...
until one...it's the most listened to show at this time of night throughout the UK apparently...
Very Welsh...
... isn't it? The massed choirs are always good to hear. Ah, now we have some Tavares. That's marginally more Word! I can see how you might get bored.
It's quite eccentric
and sometimes peculiar things happen. But, thankfully, I'm a freelance and I'm not here every night....
Do you know Mark Sandler?
Trails guru,
indeed I do.
( But don't tell him...)
good old Mark
He was the trails guru at Radio Sheffield back in the 90s when I worked with him.
I am also an occasional toiler in radio.
I can tell you one vaguely amusing story. I found myself having to call up John Humphrys once, which I did in a state of some nervousness. He was perfectly polite though, and I got through the call, and congratulated myself on my sheer professionalism.
So I made the next call, introduced myself but before I launched into my point I heard a voice say "Yes, and I'm John Humphrys, you have just spoken to me. Perhaps you should start writing names next to the numbers you have to dial."
Somewhat mortified, I apologized and hung up.
Hey,
thanks for all your comments...they helped greatly. I might ask for your help again when I'm next on... ( this friday actually! )
Carol Hersee
is the most viewed human in history, having been on our screens for a total of over 70000 hours on BBC Testcard F in the UK alone. She wasn't even supposed to be on the photo, but her sister (who was) lost her front milk teeth just before the photos were due to be taken.
Carol Hersee went on to make costumes for the movie Flash Gordon.