HA, ha, ha Chris Moyles

tlw1

re: Moyles - the obvious joke is he is getting paid per joke now.

I used to listen to him, but now listen to Chris Evans

inkyfingers

I've no particular axe to grind with Moyles, I think he's an idiot and a crap DJ but it's the BBC's fault that he's so overpaid and people must listen to him as his ratings are still pretty high. Would anyone else turn down that kind of salary just to get up early in the morning and talk crap for a few hours?

I did used to listen to him when he was first on Radio 1 but I think like all things he's got a shelf life and it's nearly over. The fact that he's on a 1 year contract with the BBC probably reflects that. Not sure what his future holds after the breakfast show...any other job will always seem like a step down after you've done what in Radio terms is the big one and none of his other career moves in TV have been successful. Fearne Cotton may be bloody annoying but she has much more of a face for TV!

I find most Radio 1 DJs annoying and now listen to Radio 2 mainly when in the car but I guess that reflects the fact that i'm about to enter my thirties.

pneumatic

I listen to Radio 4 :oops:

jim453

mr_poll wrote:

Hang on a minute - whatever you think about Chris Moyles wouldnt you be a tad pissed if your employer hadn't bothered to pay you for 2 months.

On top of that he has just split from his GF of 8 years so was feeling a tad delicate.

However I take all your points about Radio 1 DJ's - bunch of muppets. However you are all missing the worst of the bunch - Scott "f***wit" Mills who treats his listeners like 5 year olds. Whilst murdering the english language - please can any tell me what the hell OFF OF actually means, worst of it all it has now permeated the rest of the BBC, some TV announcer used it the other day. For example - Up next is Bradley Wiggins, off of Team Sky!!!!!!!!

Agree one million percent.

As for Moyles, he's a bit tragic I think. Too old for it really. However, i'd be a bit annoyed if i'd not been paid for two months. Wouldn't everybody? Comments about him being fat are surely beneath anyone who is not a moron.

zanes

[quote="verylonglegs"

Not a fan of Moyles either talent wise but the point about his employer not paying him is a valid one. He should have dealt with it privately however.[/quote]

+1. A rant like that in front of customers would be at least misconduct (if not gross) where I am.

schweiz

zanes wrote:

verylonglegs wrote:

Not a fan of Moyles either talent wise but the point about his employer not paying him is a valid one. He should have dealt with it privately however.

+1. A rant like that in front of customers would be at least misconduct (if not gross) where I am.

Customers? Surely licence fee payers are his employers financial backers!

Weejie54

Customers? Surely licence fee payers are his employers financial backers!

I would imagine that Moyles is self employed. He will be contracted by the BBC.
That is quite different from an employer/employee situation.

giant_man

Such a fat c%nt he is, can't stand listening to him if the radio in the car happens to fall upon radio 1. What a waste of airtime his show.

Cleat Eastwood

Bring back the hairy cornflake

all show no go

Ace comedian Stewart Lee summing up Chris Moyles' literary exploits perfectly...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtIeyWOga9A

zanes

schweiz wrote:

zanes wrote:

verylonglegs wrote:

Not a fan of Moyles either talent wise but the point about his employer not paying him is a valid one. He should have dealt with it privately however.

+1. A rant like that in front of customers would be at least misconduct (if not gross) where I am.

Customers? Surely licence fee payers are his employers financial backers!

I was going more along the lines of we pay the BBC and they provide a service for us. Although as others have said it's more complicated and of course you don't need to pay the licence fee to listen to him on the wireless.

andy162

According to MTV's resident lawyer & inventer of stuff, Mike Strutter...

"Chris Moyles does breakfast from 6.30 til 10"......
..."then lunch from 1 til 3 & dinner 7 while 9!...no wonder he's a fat f*ck!"

Chip \'oyler

andy162 wrote:

According to MTV's resident lawyer & inventer of stuff, Mike Strutter...

"Chris Moyles does breakfast from 6.30 til 10"......
..."then lunch from 1 til 3 & dinner 7 while 9!...no wonder he's a fat f*ck!"

Didn't realise Mike Strutter was on MTV. I love the Strutter stuff on the Dennis Pennis DVD I have.

Paul Kaye is a genius

bearfraser

Chris is aTW@ need i say more. The scary thing is the almount of Morons who actually find him funny ????????????????? :twisted:

andy162

Chip \'oyler wrote:

andy162 wrote:

According to MTV's resident lawyer & inventer of stuff, Mike Strutter...

"Chris Moyles does breakfast from 6.30 til 10"......
..."then lunch from 1 til 3 & dinner 7 while 9!...no wonder he's a fat f*ck!"

Didn't realise Mike Strutter was on MTV. I love the Strutter stuff on the Dennis Pennis DVD I have.

Paul Kaye is a genius

'tis on YouTube. Search "Mike Strutter celebrities"

ps....not if you're under 18 or the Vicar's listening!

DrewDubya

Personally I find this vitriolic hatred quite disturbing - along with the gross generalisations that have been thrown around. I am sure a lot of the posters wouldn’t like to be branded with the "Daily Mail Reader" tag - but a lot of the posts are, in essence, the exact type of journalism that you see in those type of papers.

For the record I quite like Chris Moyles, find him funny, and suspect that the amount that he is paid represents a fair market value for what he does (not think I necessarily think it should). I am also reasonably confident I don’t fit into any of the stereotypes that have been shared above about his listeners.

simonaspinall

pneumatic wrote:

I listen to Radio 4 :oops:

Nowt to be ashamed of there fella...in fact, i'd be far more embarrassed listening to radio 1.

Radio4 - The start of all good comedy on the BBC, great satire, good discussion by intelligent people and 'Any Questions'!

I'm so old before my time

softlad

DrewDubya wrote:

Personally I find this vitriolic hatred quite disturbing - along with the gross generalisations that have been thrown around. I am sure a lot of the posters wouldn’t like to be branded with the "Daily Mail Reader" tag - but a lot of the posts are, in essence, the exact type of journalism that you see in those type of papers.

For the record I quite like Chris Moyles, find him funny, and suspect that the amount that he is paid represents a fair market value for what he does (not think I necessarily think it should). I am also reasonably confident I don’t fit into any of the stereotypes that have been shared above about his listeners.

welcome to the forum, Chris....

keef66

I've listened to radio 4 since I was a youngster, with late night helpings of John Peel for a bit of variety. I'm even weaning my wife onto Radio 4.

These days Radio 1 just makes me angry. Too much of the music is rap or dance which I detest, and the DJ babble is mind numbing in it's banality. If that's all there was to listen to, I'd perforate my own eardrums with a QR skewer.

I am a grumpy old git.

softlad

Radio 1 DJ banter has always been sh1t though - Even going back to the days of Tony Blackburn, Simon Bates, Paul Burnett, DLT and even Steve Wright - they all talked a load of bollox....

finchy

softlad wrote:

Radio 1 DJ banter has always been sh1t though - Even going back to the days of Tony Blackburn, Simon Bates, Paul Burnett, DLT and even Steve Wright - they all talked a load of bollox....

+1.

The only daytime DJs I remember who actually cared about music rather than the sound of their own voices were Mark & Lard.

The rest of them are just pump out inane mindless shite.

Having worked in a job where radio 1 was on all day, it's utterly mind-numbing - every single DJ plays the same f**king songs as every other f**king DJ day after motherf**king day. I wouldn't mind if there were only about 20 singles out at any one time, or if they had very limited resources, but (blah blah blah blah)... (dies from sheer anger)

MICHAELCYCLES

The Chris Moyles show is about the only show worth listening to on Radio 1 and as the BBC's flagship radio station thats a sad state of affairs.

I listen to it every morning on my way to work because its just a load of mates sat around having a chat and a laugh, seems like a good way to start the day to me!

Chip \'oyler

MICHAELCYCLES wrote:

The Chris Moyles show is about the only show worth listening to on Radio 1 and as the BBC's flagship radio station thats a sad state of affairs.

I listen to it every morning on my way to work because its just a load of mates sat around having a chat and a laugh, seems like a good way to start the day to me!

So he gets paid a lot of money for doing bugga all then?

AndyD2574

I think Moyles is car crash radio!

He is SOOOO in love with himself and all his little cling on gang laughing at everything he says.........its just sh1t!.......simple!

Never listen to him now!

tebbit

Surely that is the same with the format, be it Steve Wright with his group of irritating sycophants or Chris Evans when he was doing the breakfast programme. As said before Mark and Lard were great, with a genuine interest.

IronHorse100

MICHAELCYCLES wrote:

I listen to it every morning on my way to work because its just a load of mates sat around having a chat and a laugh, seems like a good way to start the day to me!

not if it's a fat self-obsessed, unfunny cu-nt like Moyles and his bunch of sycophantic, boorish twats. I'd rather start the day by stapling my ball sack to my forehead.