Simon Mayo Posted Sun May 28 14:33:30 BST 2000 by Jon

At a bit of loose end, I ended up watching the Simon Mayo Lottery Show (or whatever it's now called) last night, having never watched anything to do with the Lottery for years. Or ever played it.

Mayo was doing lots of sub-Deayton topical asides throughout the show eg. "The prize is a trip abroad, so Noel Gallagher won't want it, then". On so on, ad nauseum.

There was one genuinely funny moment, however. Entering the final round, to determine who would win the holiday in Tenerife, Mayo asked one of the surviving contestants if he'd brought his passport along to give him luck (or some such crap). The hapless punter replied No, he didn't have one. And the flight's booked for next Saturday.

I don't know if he won, as I expected nothing more after this highpoint, and switched off.

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Posted By Anonymous on Tue May 30 13:30:57 BST 2000:

Yeah, Mayo. It's funny because over the weekend I thought of starting this exact battle of the DJs debate. It's my lifetime ambition to be a DJ and I can't help but take notes on different shows.

Mayo doesn't work on TV any more than Cox does on radio, but Mayo is clever, his menu of the day manages to be libellous regularly. He's like Greening, a bit too smart for a mainstream audience.

My vote goes to Evans, who Moyles is simply copying, basing a show on dissing others, and Mark and Lard are so formulaic that they just don't lend themselves to regular listening, you could tune in once a month and still know all the catchphrases etc.

Mark Goodier's so professional it hurts, makes the others just look like the shambles they are. For real thrills, try local radio, even though they're cutting out the creativity more than ever. I'm currently listening to a station without presenters, so no annoying people who like the sound of their own voice except the singers, but then no info on the artists either.

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Posted By Pink Moon on Tue May 30 23:21:11 BST 2000:

>For real thrills, try local radio, even >though they're cutting out the creativity >more than ever

In Luton, our local radio station is Chiltern Radio. It is very bad. What's worse is that everyone seems to listen to it all the time. I try telling people it's a pile of anodyne playlisted shite, but does anyone believe me? NO! They're all so brainwashed from having to sit and listen to it all day that they can no longer recognise that what they're listening to is slowly turning their brains to the consistency of chocolate spread. The interchangeable DJs only seem to speak in slogans, but one word that keeps resurfacing in their inane dribbling is "Variety", belying the fact that they just shuffle the same six records ALL DAY. If you're wondering why I hate this radio station so venomously, please take note that the Chiltern Radio 97.6 caters entirely for the yoof market and is responsible for large record sales of groups like Westlife. So the next time those polo-necked fools top the charts with another rubbish cover-version, you'll know who to blame. End of Rant.

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