So Popmaster is allowed to return to Radio 2, but they're still doing
the 'celeb' ones instead. Of course, it means the 'celeb' can come on and
promote whatever they're doing at the moment, get help with answering the
questions and the Beeb doesn't have to pay for any prizes.

Can't see it going back to normal any time soon :(

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Thus spake Mark Fraser (mfraser@ukgateway.net) unto the assembled multitudes:
> So Popmaster is allowed to return to Radio 2, but they're still doing
> the 'celeb' ones instead. Of course, it means the 'celeb' can come on and
> promote whatever they're doing at the moment, get help with answering the
> questions and the Beeb doesn't have to pay for any prizes.

It's amazing how useless musical celebs can be on Popmaster.   Chris Squire
and Steve Hackett guested on Wednesday and I thought SH was particularly
clueless, even with what I thought were easy questions.  Best stick to the
guitar-playing, Steve :-)

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                                 Andy Clews
                            University of Sussex
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> It's amazing how useless musical celebs can be on Popmaster.   Chris 
> Squire
> and Steve Hackett guested on Wednesday

Who? ........... never 'eard of them.

;-)

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> Thus spake Mark Fraser (mfraser@ukgateway.net) unto the assembled
> multitudes:

> It's amazing how useless musical celebs can be on Popmaster.   Chris
> Squire
> and Steve Hackett guested on Wednesday and I thought SH was particularly
> clueless, even with what I thought were easy questions.  Best stick to the
> guitar-playing, Steve :-)

'Twas always the way though - I noticed the same sort of thing when they had 
occasional celebs on there before, and indeed when you got a member of the 
public who was a part-time DJ or something they never seemed to get any 
benefit out of their supposed expertise.

    Chris

Thus spake J B (jb@invalid.com) unto the assembled multitudes:

>> It's amazing how useless musical celebs can be on Popmaster.   Chris 
>> Squire
>> and Steve Hackett guested on Wednesday

> Who? ........... never 'eard of them.

Chris Squire is bass player with Yes.  Steve Hackett was with Genesis from
1971 to 1978, but has been quite successful in his own right since.

Apropos nothing, SH was in the audience at the 'G2' Genesis tribute band's
concert at Charterhouse on November 3rd and I was sitting in the same row
as him a few yards away.  A fantastic gig that was.   I think SH was
impressed too - one of his comments later was that he was chuffed that his
"little doodles" from his days with Genesis were still appreciated so much.


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                                 Andy Clews
                            University of Sussex
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Thus spake Chris Brown (extremespamrice@yahoo.com) unto the assembled multitudes:

> 'Twas always the way though - I noticed the same sort of thing when they had 
> occasional celebs on there before, and indeed when you got a member of the 
> public who was a part-time DJ or something they never seemed to get any 
> benefit out of their supposed expertise.

But then it's all too easy for us to be critical from the listeners' side. 
It's a different story when you're on air and being listened to by
millions.  The Popmaster contestants (back in the days when Joe Public took
part) often used to say that.


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                                 Andy Clews
                            University of Sussex
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>
>> Who? ........... never 'eard of them.
>
> Chris Squire is bass player with Yes.  Steve Hackett was with Genesis from
> 1971 to 1978, but has been quite successful in his own right since.

Methinks you missed my winkey face thingy, but my brain was a little fuddled 
as I thought you meant Steve Howe


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> Thus spake Chris Brown (extremespamrice@yahoo.com) unto the assembled 
> multitudes:
>
>> 'Twas always the way though - I noticed the same sort of thing when they 
>> had
>> occasional celebs on there before, and indeed when you got a member of 
>> the
>> public who was a part-time DJ or something they never seemed to get any
>> benefit out of their supposed expertise.
>
> But then it's all too easy for us to be critical from the listeners' side.
> It's a different story when you're on air and being listened to by
> millions.  The Popmaster contestants (back in the days when Joe Public 
> took
> part) often used to say that.
>
>


*Proper* Popmaster returns this month apparently.


Norman

Thus spake Norman (blah@blah.net) unto the assembled multitudes:

> *Proper* Popmaster returns this month apparently.

Oh goody.  I thought the blanket ban on phone-in competitions was ludicrous.


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                                 Andy Clews
                            University of Sussex
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> Thus spake Norman (blah@blah.net) unto the assembled multitudes:
>
>> *Proper* Popmaster returns this month apparently.
>
> Oh goody.  I thought the blanket ban on phone-in competitions was
> ludicrous.

I know what you mean, but OTOH I think a lot of the output has been improved 
by it.

    Chris

Thus spake Chris Brown (extremespamrice@yahoo.com) unto the assembled multitudes:

>>> *Proper* Popmaster returns this month apparently.
>>
>> Oh goody.  I thought the blanket ban on phone-in competitions was
>> ludicrous.

> I know what you mean, but OTOH I think a lot of the output has been improved 
> by it.

In many cases, yes.  I did used to enjoy the 'public' Popmaster though
whenever I had the chance to lusten in.  The celeb version rendered it
meaningless (and the celebs were very often completely useless).


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                                 Andy Clews
                            University of Sussex
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A.Clews@DENTURESsussex.ac.uk wrote:
> Thus spake Chris Brown (extremespamrice@yahoo.com) unto the assembled
> multitudes:
>
>>>> *Proper* Popmaster returns this month apparently.
>>>
>>> Oh goody.  I thought the blanket ban on phone-in competitions was
>>> ludicrous.
>
>> I know what you mean, but OTOH I think a lot of the output has been
>> improved by it.
>
> In many cases, yes.  I did used to enjoy the 'public' Popmaster though
> whenever I had the chance to lusten in.  The celeb version rendered it
> meaningless (and the celebs were very often completely useless).

Hopefully we'll get the "finals" of the 2007 games before they launch into a 
bunch of new contestants. Otherwise, if I'd been a 39 or 36 pointer in 2007 
I'd been feeling rather hard done by! Not that I shall probably hear it - my 
current working schedule doesn't give me time to listen and I'll be hard 
pressed to find much time to "Listen Again".