Travis Bickle wrote:Aled, just wondering what your views are on the John Cleese interview? I believe you see a list of people 'doing the rounds' but did Chris go out of his way to get him on the show or was he specifically offered to you?
Also, as you may have seen in the General section, there is quite an interesting discussion on whether Cleese would be appealing to the target demographic of the show. Was that an issue with Rhys, yourself and anyone else in charge of the show?
Did you feel that the interview went well and held appeal to the target audience?
Blimey, I am asking a lot of questions here, but do you think it is worth questioning why we can have an interview with a guy who talked predominantly about a time way before your target audience were born and who did most of his best work before they were born, yet we cant have half an hours worth of music dedicated to one year prior to 1990 on the Golden Hour?
For what it is worth, I had no problem with Cleese whatsoever. I am just curious at the choice and the possible issues surrounding it.
You're asking very political questions - whichever way I answer could land me in trouble with various people.
We don't chase anyone to come on the show unless it's a rare event like a birthday or there's an editorial reason to have them on. We select who we want on from the people who ask to come on.
The issue with Rhys was how long the interview went on for and that it resulted in us dropping more songs than we normally play.
It was a different interview. I was impressed to see it resulted in him trending worldwide - even if that was because he swore
The Golden Hour decision is right. There are people like me who don't know, and don't like music from before their teenage years and we want them to have a 'awww!' moment when we play a song.
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