- Thu Oct 28, 2004 12:22 am
#158167
Here are some more for everyone to knit-pick, if you could:
Word or Words (1997)
Chris would play a clip of a celebrity talking with a particularly obvious word missing. Callers would then suggest humorous words which could fill the gap.
Sports Talk (2001-2002)
Spoof of Will Kinder (who knows nothing about football) presenting a Five Live football phone in show similar to 606. He originally co-presented the feature with Chris, but then did it on his own, along with professional Five Live jingles. It would often feature Chris and Dave as callers and featured Will generally ‘*’ everything up. The feature seemed to divide the audience between those who hated it and those who didn’t understand it, but the team seemed enjoy making it, sometimes twice a week.
Dizzy Lizzie (2001)
Lizzie would be put in a swivel chair and spun for 30 seconds whilst listening to nauseating music. Then she would be pushed off and made to carry an apple and orange. It was accompanied by a lovely little jingle too. The feature was created after someone suggested the name Dizzy Lizzie for a feature.
Bang Will’s Head Against the Studio Window (2001)
Will would wear a helmet, then bang his head as many times as he could against the studio window in 30 seconds. For some reason Will didn’t think this idea was very safe, so didn’t bang his head particularly hard. This feature was accompanied by a nice little jingle similar to Dizzy Lizzie.
Hello, I’m Listening (1999(?) – 2001)
Saturday show feature where Chris phones up someone and they have to answer with “hello, I’m listening” (much like Frasier Crane). There would sometimes be variations of this, with different phrases. Sometimes callers would be from Chris’ phone book or from emails to the show, and even ‘International Hello, I’m Listening’.
Where’s Aled (2004)
Aled hides in a different place in the UK every day and the listeners have to find him. When they find him they have to say a predetermined ‘password’. Aled would give some vague clues through the show as to his location. The winners won the chance to win a trip to Portugal to watch some of the Euro 2004 games. It sounded like a good idea (even though it was probably invented by some sort of ‘creative department’) but it dragged on a bit. They bring this feature back occasionally for outside broadcasts.
Buzz Off (2004-)
Chris brings a song from his eclectic home CD collection for the three other team members and the audience to decide how long it should be played. After each representative is bored of the song they ‘buzz’ it off. It was first decided that the audience buzzed when 2000 text messages had been received, but it then changed to a vote. The theme for this feature is Maria Callas - O Mio Babbino Caro. Some people say this feature is similar to one from a James Whale TV show. A little known fact about this feature is that Dave wanted to call it ‘Bell End’.
Secret Squirrel (2001)
A couple (usually boyfriend and girlfriend) are on the phones. One of them knows something (a secret) about the other which they have decided is a good idea to revel on the radio. The guilty one has three guesses as to what the secret is, and can win prizes if they are correct. This feature was originally invented to fill up time in Chris’ extended three hour show but he exclusively revealed to chrismoyles.net (ha) that it was a good idea but took too much research.
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