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Post by jdl on Jul 30, 2020 17:47:53 GMT
Who was the other guy from that time who did a similar programme to Parkinson? I much preferred him, Parky was too smarmy for me. Unfortunately he died young, so hardly anyone seems to remember him. Including me! My memory is totally fucked these days. It must be all the drugs... Do you mean Russell Harty? And you think Parkinson was smarmy!!! It took me a while to get used to him, but I think it was mostly the odd way he spoke. His questions were much more intelligent than Parky's. Just checked him out on Wikipedia - died at 53. What a waste.
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Post by sword65 on Jul 30, 2020 17:48:33 GMT
On a smarmy level I think he was streets ahead of Parky.
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Post by jdl on Jul 30, 2020 17:49:15 GMT
My pet aversion is the BBC sports interviewers who have been coached to use open questions, especially the formula "How (emotion) are you to have (won/lost/drawn) that? Clare Balding is the prime offender but they all do it and it's painful. Open and closed questions, cant beat double glazing sales persons for expertise here, leading the punter to a soft close. Spawn of the Devil.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2020 11:32:22 GMT
I perceive this is a common modern interviewing technique. Too many journalists want to be later day John Humphrys. I prefer the Larry King school of interviewing - let your guest speak. Michael Parkinson was the master, just allowed his guests to talk, occasionally steering the conversation. For me Jonathan Ross was the first British "personality" host where it was a vehicle for his own ego. Now it seems they're all like it. Graham Norton is also a master of letting his guests shine, which is one reason why his show is as popular in the US as it is here. It just goes to show that is what people want. As Will Smith said of Norton: "A talk show (or interview) is like a tennis match. Graham is magnificent at setting the table for you to win." The problem with smart arses like Ross is that he will always try and make himself the star of his show. Sadly many journalists have the same philosophy.
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Post by headstone on Jul 31, 2020 14:16:26 GMT
On a similar note, I hate it on news programmes when the presenter hands over to the correspondent with a statement, not a question; they all do it. "easyJet are pulling out of Stansted, Ted"; "There were four people hurt in that car accident, Geoff" etc. I'm waiting for the day when the correspondent says nothing until a question is actually put to him/her.
On a different ranting topic (but the heat is getting to me), I wrote some years ago to the Advertising Standards Authority to complain about the plethora of "up to" adverts on TV. A detergent that kills up to 99% of all household germs is as effective, I said, as a plate of cornflakes, which also can kill up to 99% of household germs, because "up to" includes 1%, and possibly 0%. The ASA weren't impressed, so meaningless adverts continue to plague our commercial stations.
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Post by daveu on Jul 31, 2020 15:30:47 GMT
On a similar note, I hate it on news programmes when the presenter hands over to the correspondent with a statement, not a question; they all do it. "easyJet are pulling out of Stansted, Ted"; "There were four people hurt in that car accident, Geoff" etc. I'm waiting for the day when the correspondent says nothing until a question is actually put to him/her. On a different ranting topic (but the heat is getting to me), I wrote some years ago to the Advertising Standards Authority to complain about the plethora of "up to" adverts on TV. A detergent that kills up to 99% of all household germs is as effective, I said, as a plate of cornflakes, which also can kill up to 99% of household germs, because "up to" includes 1%, and possibly 0%. The ASA weren't impressed, so meaningless adverts continue to plague our commercial stations. Another similar pet hate of mine is when they start by asking the correspondent a question they've already answered.
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Post by hongkongstone on Aug 1, 2020 3:26:59 GMT
On a similar note, I hate it on news programmes when the presenter hands over to the correspondent with a statement, not a question; they all do it. "easyJet are pulling out of Stansted, Ted"; "There were four people hurt in that car accident, Geoff" etc. I'm waiting for the day when the correspondent says nothing until a question is actually put to him/her. On a different ranting topic (but the heat is getting to me), I wrote some years ago to the Advertising Standards Authority to complain about the plethora of "up to" adverts on TV. A detergent that kills up to 99% of all household germs is as effective, I said, as a plate of cornflakes, which also can kill up to 99% of household germs, because "up to" includes 1%, and possibly 0%. The ASA weren't impressed, so meaningless adverts continue to plague our commercial stations. It's not the "up to 99% of all known germs" I worry about, it is the remaing 1% - they sound as if they are pretty hard core. And, what about the unknown ones?
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Post by Sennockian69 on Aug 1, 2020 3:33:40 GMT
And from the same family as Covid - 19.
Ans this is a nasty mean family - the type that have killers amongst them.
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