[natfatbat]

(I'm no fan of rude people and hearing some pre madonna complaining to the backroom staff would probably make good radio.)

Actually, it's prima donna not pre madonna.

I thought he meant Before Madonna complaining to back stage staff. Like "wasn't Guy Richie nicer before he got married" Kind of complaining.

P.s. Is that picture you Ice T? You look like Carl Pilkington

[Console]

It is Karl Pilkington. You can tell by the roundness and the gormlessness.

[natfatbat]

It is Karl Pilkington. You can tell by the roundness and the gormlessness.

Just checking!

[Andy B]

Apparently the darts thing is from his standup show...I read about it in this morning's Metro.

[S4B]

So he didn't think it up on the spot? Gone down even further in my estimation then!

[Andy B]

Oh I missed the bit where Aled was going through his reasons today as I was in a tunnel at the time...

What did this woman do that was so horrible? I can't listen again on this computer as it doesn't have real player and my broadband is buggered at home.

[xavkoenig]

Chris Rock barely acknowledged Aled when he went to prep him before the interview, as he was reading a newspaper. Then Aled told them that Chris Rock would be on in '12 minutes' to which his PR woman said 'there's no f***in' way' because they wanted him to go on exactly at 8am. That was what I gathered from the fallout after the interview. Bring back Will Ferrell, Nelly Furtado, Gordon Ramsay, Russell Brand, Alan Carr or anyone with a sense of humour, I say. Please! An actual nice person. I went back and listened to the Drew Barrymore interview, and that was a ton better than this, and it only went wrong because Chris decided to suddenly say 'I already have a girlfriend' and be all unfriendly at the end which screwed up everything else in the interview. The Halle Berry interview was admittedly really awkward.

[shamrock student]

And he used the darts and drinking gag on his johnathan ross interview tonight again...Lord, are all his writers on strike in the US or something!

[S4B]

I deliberately avoided Jonathan Ross tonight as I couldn't stand any more of that man!

[shamrock student]

But hey, actually on reflection was it one of the most entertaining couple of hours of radio in a long time. I mean who could have seen it all coming, complete with post interview backlash...fantastic!

[Guest Account]

I think the on air version of what we heard came across well and this is all credit to the team. they made it sound better as they had to work their arses off to get what they did. i think they even said they were knackered afterwards.

I was listening and i just kept thinking "Show him the desk, Show him the desk" even if he did this at 8.15 and kept trying to talk for an hour we would have know Chris was unhappy and he could have taken the piss a bit more.

Did anyone notice how many records he played during that hour. The music department have tried to book Chris Rock for next week all 5 days but he is busy unfortunatly.


cheers oh hello

[MK Chris]

I deliberately avoided Jonathan Ross tonight as I couldn't stand any more of that man!

He admittedly (though I only saw the last bit of his interview) seemed a lot better on there.

How good does Hannah (I think it's Hannah, she and her other half are in a dinosaur programme) from S Club 7 look with black hair..

[franczola]

I turned off during the Chris Rock interview. I find him offensive and hippocritical.

How is he allowed to use the "N word" so much to describe black people? I dont understand how his sell-out black american audiences find this so funny? Is he allowed to say it because he is black? Any why are the black community of the Uk accepting this?

I dont remember Jim Davidson or Bernard Manning getting as much publicity as this rude and offensive man.

Franc'

[Ste_Michaels]

i was really gutted about the whole thing, i have loved chris rock for years, have all 3 of his stand up dvds, and he just cracks me up, so i thought moyles and rock would be comedy gold, looked forward to it all week, and it was lame!! he just didnt want to know, which is a shame, then last night on rossy he was very funny! still love the guy, but he could have made an effort for moyles...

[Travis Bickle]

I have been critical of a hell of a lot of Moyles interviews as I think he is simply incapable of getting the best out of his guests. The way he just talks about himself just makes me want to turn the radio off. I dont mind usually, but when there is a guest in, talk about them. A perfect case in point is Gordon Ramsey. Ramsey is an interesting man who who is also a good laugh but all Moyles does is constantly intereupt him and Ramsey just nervously chuckles. All the good guests on the Moyles show are good in spite of Moyles, not because of him.

Having said all of that, I dont blame Moyles at all for that interview yesterday. I thought that the little that Rock did say was actually quite funny, but he clearly was tired and couldnt be bothered to put in any effort at all. One thing that does annoy me is when Moyles comes out with the "they dont get the show" cobblers. All that is is an excuse to absolve himself of any blame and to excuse his own lame interview technique. As bad as the Rock interview was it didnt make me want to turn off, which is what I do on most of Moyles interviews.

[MK Chris]

Moyles' interviews with Ramsay are pretty much always funny because they work well together. I don't think he 'nervously chuckles' at all. If he was that uncomfortable, he wouldn't bother coming in again.

[Paul]

I have it on good authority that the beer and darts gag was also wheeled out on Steve Wrights show, Radio 2.

Paul.

[Sunny So Cal]

I don't think the interview was that bad. The only thing Chris Rock was guilty of was being tired. Although, there were times when I was questioning whether he was stoned but other than that, it was OK. As for Gordon Ramsay, I think his interviews are brilliant. He is obviously very comfortable with Chris and from watching all his shows and other interviews, that's just his laugh. It's not a nervous chuckle.

[Travis Bickle]

I have it on good authority that the beer and darts gag was also wheeled out on Steve Wrights show, Radio 2.

Paul.

Whilst exactly repeating a gag like that isnt great, most comedians do it.I am a big fan of Russelll Brand and most of what he does in interviews is just watered down stuff that he does on stage and he is still a popular Moyles guest. Granted, he also puts in far more effort than Chris Rock did.

[Yudster]

I get the impression that what upsets Chris Moyles (and Rachel and the rest of the production team I imagine) is that even though they have 8 million listeners, franchises like Chris Rock still don't take an appearance on his show as seriously as they would an spot on a TV show with half that audience - and they don't put in the effort accordingly. He has said before that he finds that attitude disrespectful to the show and to Radio 1 in general, and I think he's right. I think the Chris Rock thing is a classic example.

The 3 minute condensed version of the interview sounded ok though.

[asy1mpo]

Did anyone watch Jonathan ROss show. Chris Rock was on and he did that drinking darts joke .... again!!

[Andy B]

I read in the Metro again (sorry but it's free so it's the only paper I read with any regularity) that it's not just TCMS that he's upset, apparently newpapers, magazines and TV shows up and down the land are saying "Never book that man again"

So maybe this will be his first and last UK tour, he obviously doesn't like it here anyway....

[saturday]

Yeah, I had a little search around the Net and it appears he's not been the best person to interview on a number of occasions. Maybe it's all gone to his head?

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[MK Chris]

Colin Murray, before he played his "In the company of" interview with Rock said how he's been a fan of him for a while and thinks he's one of the top comedians in the world (which as I've said, I don't agree with), but the guy was a nightmare and it was like pulling teeth. They played it, but made clear beforehand that it was heavily edited to cut out the long silences and awkwardness. He even tried to make excuses for him, saying that you never really know, he could have been given some really awful news the night before, which I guess is true, but unlikely. I didn't really listen to much of the actual interview, as I got out the car, but suffice to say that Murray sounded deeply disappointed that someone he clearly wanted to be an excellent interviewee, wasn't.

[vilsioni]

Hi guys does anybody know where i can get a copy of or listen too the chris rock interview?

the link before doesnt work

cheers