chrismoyles.net
- Mon Mar 22, 2010 2:54 pm
#407666
I had to look this one up, as Dave couldn't tell it on air:
An eskimo is on holiday in wales when his car breaks down, he telephones the local garage, and a taff comes out to have a look...
He pops the bonnet up and shouts to the eskimo, "Ah, I see what you have done mate, you've blown a seal!"
"So what?" replies the eskimo, "You shag sheep!"
I love that Chris has now publically stated that he doesn't give a crap what people think. After restraining himself for so many months following the reprimands from The Beeb, he's now obviously said Screw it, I don't care if I get fired or fined -- I'm going to do the show how I want, say what I want, because I know that's what the listener's want.
The show is even better now that Chris has removed his self-imposed Beeb Nanny censor. He's really pushing the envelope with the show now.
From: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sh ... V-Biz.html
"In an exclusive interview for TV Biz, he said: "People have been listening to me on Radio One for ten years and they know what I like and what I don't like.
"And they know I can get a bit giddy or geeky about certain subjects. They know all that and they come back to it.
"In a way, when your average middle-aged, middle England person says 'Gosh, isn't it shocking what he's saying on his show?', well, good.
"I'm doing my job and appealing to the right people. I think we've forgotten that in this country, there are certain things for certain people. Nobody ever complains that Radio Two don't play enough Prodigy records, do they?"
He adds: "A mate of mine said to me once, 'If you were a t****r, as bad as they make you out to be, nobody would listen to your show'. I can actually be quite sweet, and nice, I think.
"If you don't know me, you don't necessarily get the humour instantly.
"But we've all got mates who are a bit quirky and you introduce them to the rest of your friends and they go, 'Hmm, I'm not too sure about them'. And after a while they get it."
Yet controversy is never far away from 36-year-old Moyles. His comment that, unlike numerous other celebs, he didn't go to Auschwitz when filming Who Do You Think You Are? caused outrage.
Then there was the time he said someone's ringtone was "gay".
He was using the term in the modern way to mean "naff", but ended up being accused of homophobia.
He says: "I've never talked about the 'gay' thing because it was immediately out of my hands.
"The kinds of people who think I'm homophobic because I used the word 'gay' to describe a phone, don't actually want to hear what I have to say about it.
"That would only get in the way of what they want to think."
The most recent storm was down to one of his guests.
Rapper Dappy secretly noted the phone number of a listener who texted in that she didn't like his band N-Dubz - and went on to bombard her with threatening calls and messages.
Moyles admits: "I feel let down by him. I've supported him and said, 'Do you know what, N-Dubz aren't just a bunch of dippy chavs, they're really good'. So for him to go and do something like that is a bit rubbish."
Although he defends his exuberant style, the Moyles I meet is a much quieter, more thoughtful, and more articulate version of the loudmouth we have come to know.
He also seems less boisterous on his Channel 4 series Chris Moyles's Quiz Night, on tonight at 10pm.
But he says it is not deliberate. "A lot of people say I'm nicer on telly.
"But if you see someone smiling when they're saying something a bit off, you know they're just taking the Mick.
"On radio you just have to work it out from the tone of their voice," he adds.
Although he struggled with his first forays into TV, including Channel Five's Live With Chris Moyles in 2002, he now has a hit on his hands.
And he confesses he likes TV because; "It's more glamorous and the money is way, way better." (Beeb cutbacks recently meant a reduction to his £630,000 Radio One salary).
Salary
The Quiz Night combines chat with a gameshow element, and celebs so far this series have included his old mates Christine Bleakley, David Walliams and Peter Andre.
And when Katy Perry dropped out of filming, it wasn't a problem - Moyles simply called his pal James Corden and got not just him but also his flatmate, actor Dominic Cooper, to fill in.
At Radio One he has one burning ambition - to get a bigger breakfast audience than Radio Two's Chris Evans.
He says: "We didn't manage to beat Terry Wogan on ratings but I'd like to beat Chris.
"It's not about him - if my mother was hosting the Radio Two show, I'd still want it - in a pure ego, tick the box way, even just for one month.
"I never want to leave this job so I try not to think about what I'll do next.
"Obviously I've got to move on when the time's right but I can't see when that will be.
"It's great and at the moment, I never want that to end."
An eskimo is on holiday in wales when his car breaks down, he telephones the local garage, and a taff comes out to have a look...
He pops the bonnet up and shouts to the eskimo, "Ah, I see what you have done mate, you've blown a seal!"
"So what?" replies the eskimo, "You shag sheep!"
I love that Chris has now publically stated that he doesn't give a crap what people think. After restraining himself for so many months following the reprimands from The Beeb, he's now obviously said Screw it, I don't care if I get fired or fined -- I'm going to do the show how I want, say what I want, because I know that's what the listener's want.
The show is even better now that Chris has removed his self-imposed Beeb Nanny censor. He's really pushing the envelope with the show now.
From: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sh ... V-Biz.html
"In an exclusive interview for TV Biz, he said: "People have been listening to me on Radio One for ten years and they know what I like and what I don't like.
"And they know I can get a bit giddy or geeky about certain subjects. They know all that and they come back to it.
"In a way, when your average middle-aged, middle England person says 'Gosh, isn't it shocking what he's saying on his show?', well, good.
"I'm doing my job and appealing to the right people. I think we've forgotten that in this country, there are certain things for certain people. Nobody ever complains that Radio Two don't play enough Prodigy records, do they?"
He adds: "A mate of mine said to me once, 'If you were a t****r, as bad as they make you out to be, nobody would listen to your show'. I can actually be quite sweet, and nice, I think.
"If you don't know me, you don't necessarily get the humour instantly.
"But we've all got mates who are a bit quirky and you introduce them to the rest of your friends and they go, 'Hmm, I'm not too sure about them'. And after a while they get it."
Yet controversy is never far away from 36-year-old Moyles. His comment that, unlike numerous other celebs, he didn't go to Auschwitz when filming Who Do You Think You Are? caused outrage.
Then there was the time he said someone's ringtone was "gay".
He was using the term in the modern way to mean "naff", but ended up being accused of homophobia.
He says: "I've never talked about the 'gay' thing because it was immediately out of my hands.
"The kinds of people who think I'm homophobic because I used the word 'gay' to describe a phone, don't actually want to hear what I have to say about it.
"That would only get in the way of what they want to think."
The most recent storm was down to one of his guests.
Rapper Dappy secretly noted the phone number of a listener who texted in that she didn't like his band N-Dubz - and went on to bombard her with threatening calls and messages.
Moyles admits: "I feel let down by him. I've supported him and said, 'Do you know what, N-Dubz aren't just a bunch of dippy chavs, they're really good'. So for him to go and do something like that is a bit rubbish."
Although he defends his exuberant style, the Moyles I meet is a much quieter, more thoughtful, and more articulate version of the loudmouth we have come to know.
He also seems less boisterous on his Channel 4 series Chris Moyles's Quiz Night, on tonight at 10pm.
But he says it is not deliberate. "A lot of people say I'm nicer on telly.
"But if you see someone smiling when they're saying something a bit off, you know they're just taking the Mick.
"On radio you just have to work it out from the tone of their voice," he adds.
Although he struggled with his first forays into TV, including Channel Five's Live With Chris Moyles in 2002, he now has a hit on his hands.
And he confesses he likes TV because; "It's more glamorous and the money is way, way better." (Beeb cutbacks recently meant a reduction to his £630,000 Radio One salary).
Salary
The Quiz Night combines chat with a gameshow element, and celebs so far this series have included his old mates Christine Bleakley, David Walliams and Peter Andre.
And when Katy Perry dropped out of filming, it wasn't a problem - Moyles simply called his pal James Corden and got not just him but also his flatmate, actor Dominic Cooper, to fill in.
At Radio One he has one burning ambition - to get a bigger breakfast audience than Radio Two's Chris Evans.
He says: "We didn't manage to beat Terry Wogan on ratings but I'd like to beat Chris.
"It's not about him - if my mother was hosting the Radio Two show, I'd still want it - in a pure ego, tick the box way, even just for one month.
"I never want to leave this job so I try not to think about what I'll do next.
"Obviously I've got to move on when the time's right but I can't see when that will be.
"It's great and at the moment, I never want that to end."
not heard that before
