Talksport have sacked James Whale for comments made about the London mayoral 
election!

"Commander Gideon"  wrote in message
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> Talksport have sacked James Whale for comments made about the London
> mayoral election!

Is it not because he wants to run for it himself?
Cheers
Jeff

"Jeff Lawrence"  wrote in message 
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> "Commander Gideon"  wrote in message
> news:fvpp4s$hdm$1@registered.motzarella.org...
>> Talksport have sacked James Whale for comments made about the London
>> mayoral election!
>
> Is it not because he wants to run for it himself?

Hmm, it seems that was the last one. Apparently he told listeners to vote 
for Boris.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7385370.stm
Cheers
Jeff

"Commander Gideon"  wrote in message 
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> Talksport have sacked James Whale for comments made about the London 
> mayoral election!
>

I used to be a bit of a fan of James Whale. Then I grew up.

AC

On 6 May, 15:51, "AC"  wrote:
> "Commander Gideon"  wrote in message
>
> news:fvpp4s$hdm$1@registered.motzarella.org...
>
> > Talksport have sacked James Whale for comments made about the London
> > mayoral election!
>
> I used to be a bit of a fan of James Whale. Then I grew up.
>
> AC

The JW Radio Show (on tv) in the 90s was mildly entertaining;
Particularly the way he used to cut people off, often just before they
got really silly.  I remember one person "owned" him during a phone-in
about cheap alcohol.  It was something like:

 Caller:  I know where you can drink as much as you want for 50p
 Whale: Where would that be, exactly? (
 Caller:  Scunthorpe baths!
               -Whale then cuts him off, but too late alas.

On 6 May, 15:51, "AC"  wrote:
> "Commander Gideon"  wrote in message
>
> news:fvpp4s$hdm$1@registered.motzarella.org...
>
> > Talksport have sacked James Whale for comments made about the London
> > mayoral election!
>
> I used to be a bit of a fan of James Whale. Then I grew up.
>
> AC

I still think he's excellent. Talksport will be the loser here as
he'll go to another station and boost their ratings instead.

Moon Squirter wrote:
> On 6 May, 15:51, "AC"  wrote:
>> "Commander Gideon"  wrote in message
>>
>> news:fvpp4s$hdm$1@registered.motzarella.org...
>>
>>> Talksport have sacked James Whale for comments made about the London
>>> mayoral election!
>>
>> I used to be a bit of a fan of James Whale. Then I grew up.
>>
>> AC
>
> The JW Radio Show (on tv) in the 90s was mildly entertaining;
> Particularly the way he used to cut people off, often just before they
> got really silly.  I remember one person "owned" him during a phone-in
> about cheap alcohol.  It was something like:
>
>  Caller:  I know where you can drink as much as you want for 50p
>  Whale: Where would that be, exactly? (
>  Caller:  Scunthorpe baths!
>                -Whale then cuts him off, but too late alas.

Remember the night he walked out in the huff?:-) I also remember listening
to him when he was at Metro. The reception wasn`t too good at the time as
I`m a little south of Newcastle, but then Radio Tees started to broadcast
his nightly shows as well.

mick

Jeff Lawrence wrote:
> "Jeff Lawrence"  wrote in message
> news:482068af$0$51518$dbd41001@news.wanadoo.nl...
>> "Commander Gideon"  wrote in message
>> news:fvpp4s$hdm$1@registered.motzarella.org...
>>> Talksport have sacked James Whale for comments made about the London
>>> mayoral election!
>>
>> Is it not because he wants to run for it himself?
>
> Hmm, it seems that was the last one. Apparently he told listeners to
> vote for Boris.

Hardly crime of the century!

In message <fvpp4s$hdm$1@registered.motzarella.org>, Commander Gideon 
 writes
>Talksport have sacked James Whale for comments made about the London mayoral
>election!
>
>
On LBC he used to take the piss out of the advertisers. I guess he's 
always been a bit self destructive as the one thing you never do on 
commercial radio is bite the hand that feeds you.

Oh well, in the end there is always the late night slot on Radio Norwich 
;-)


-- 
Edward Cowling   http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/easterdate/

He was ok at times but DID annoy me the way he endlessly plugged his book. 
The same way that Jon Gaunt does. Quite shamelessly too and bigging it up 
like its a work of art.

Edward Cowling London UK wrote:
> In message <fvpp4s$hdm$1@registered.motzarella.org>, Commander Gideon
>  writes
>> Talksport have sacked James Whale for comments made about the London
>> mayoral election!
>>
>>
> On LBC he used to take the piss out of the advertisers. I guess he's
> always been a bit self destructive as the one thing you never do on
> commercial radio is bite the hand that feeds you.

His whole career is based around taking the piss out of everyone. That's 
why he is so entertaining.

"Stephen O'Connell"  wrote in message 
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> Jeff Lawrence wrote:
>> "Jeff Lawrence"  wrote in message
>> news:482068af$0$51518$dbd41001@news.wanadoo.nl...
>>> "Commander Gideon"  wrote in message
>>> news:fvpp4s$hdm$1@registered.motzarella.org...
>>>> Talksport have sacked James Whale for comments made about the London
>>>> mayoral election!
>>>
>>> Is it not because he wants to run for it himself?
>>
>> Hmm, it seems that was the last one. Apparently he told listeners to
>> vote for Boris.
>
> Hardly crime of the century!

No, but breaking rules that he, as a very experienced broadcaster,
must have been very well aware of.
He should've known better.
-- 
Col

Steal a spaceship and head for the sun,
Shoot the stars with a lemonade ray gun.

Col wrote:
> "Stephen O'Connell"  wrote in message
> news:fC%Tj.25319$j7.467331@news.indigo.ie...
>> Jeff Lawrence wrote:
>>> "Jeff Lawrence"  wrote in message
>>> news:482068af$0$51518$dbd41001@news.wanadoo.nl...
>>>> "Commander Gideon"  wrote in message
>>>> news:fvpp4s$hdm$1@registered.motzarella.org...
>>>>> Talksport have sacked James Whale for comments made about the
>>>>> London mayoral election!
>>>> 
>>>> Is it not because he wants to run for it himself?
>>> 
>>> Hmm, it seems that was the last one. Apparently he told listeners to
>>> vote for Boris.
>> 
>> Hardly crime of the century!
> 
> No, but breaking rules that he, as a very experienced broadcaster,
> must have been very well aware of. He should've known better.

Probably. But he is James Whale!  :-)

In article <48208f5d$1_3@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com>, "Col"  wrote:
>
>"Stephen O'Connell"  wrote in message 
>news:fC%Tj.25319$j7.467331@news.indigo.ie...
>> Jeff Lawrence wrote:
>>> "Jeff Lawrence"  wrote in message
>>> news:482068af$0$51518$dbd41001@news.wanadoo.nl...
>>>> "Commander Gideon"  wrote in message
>>>> news:fvpp4s$hdm$1@registered.motzarella.org...
>>>>> Talksport have sacked James Whale for comments made about the London
>>>>> mayoral election!
>>>>
>>>> Is it not because he wants to run for it himself?
>>>
>>> Hmm, it seems that was the last one. Apparently he told listeners to
>>> vote for Boris.
>>
>> Hardly crime of the century!
>
>No, but breaking rules that he, as a very experienced broadcaster,
>must have been very well aware of.
>He should've known better.

but Ian Hislop did the same the other week on Have I Got News For You, he 
clearly said "vote Boris" when they started talking about the mayoral 
elections, and it was shown before the election, the only difference is you 
cant tell whether he really meant it.

Aw

On Tue, 6 May 2008 17:09:23 +0100, "Stephen O'Connell"
 wrote:

>Jeff Lawrence wrote:
>> "Jeff Lawrence"  wrote in message
>> news:482068af$0$51518$dbd41001@news.wanadoo.nl...
>>> "Commander Gideon"  wrote in message
>>> news:fvpp4s$hdm$1@registered.motzarella.org...
>>>> Talksport have sacked James Whale for comments made about the London
>>>> mayoral election!
>>>
>>> Is it not because he wants to run for it himself?
>>
>> Hmm, it seems that was the last one. Apparently he told listeners to
>> vote for Boris.
>
>Hardly crime of the century! 

No, but it's against the rules and he would have been fully aware of
that fact.

"Stephen O'Connell"  wrote in message 
news:bm0Uj.25336$j7.467311@news.indigo.ie...
> Col wrote:

>>
>> No, but breaking rules that he, as a very experienced broadcaster,
>> must have been very well aware of. He should've known better.
>
> Probably. But he is James Whale!  :-)

He certainly had the arrogance to imagine he was untouchable.
-- 
Col

Steal a spaceship and head for the sun,
Shoot the stars with a lemonade ray gun.

On Tue, 6 May 2008 17:09:23 +0100, "Stephen O'Connell"
 wrote:

>Hardly crime of the century! 

It's sufficient to get their license revoked.

Nick.

On 6 May, 17:57, "Stephen O'Connell"  wrote:
> Edward Cowling London UK wrote:
>
> His whole career is based around taking the piss out of everyone. That's
> why he is so entertaining.

Yes, except when you've heard it a few times it becomes boring and
predictable, just like the same topics he kept discussing.

In message 
, 
clippertyclop  writes
>On 6 May, 17:57, "Stephen O'Connell"  wrote:
>> Edward Cowling London UK wrote:
>>
>> His whole career is based around taking the piss out of everyone. That's
>> why he is so entertaining.
>
>Yes, except when you've heard it a few times it becomes boring and
>predictable, just like the same topics he kept discussing.

On LBC he did start feeling his voice had to be heard every 5 seconds or 
the earth would stop rotating. This meant he often interrupted someone 
quite interesting with inane nonsense.

Sad because some of his regular "pose" were quite good.

-- 
Edward Cowling   http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/easterdate/

middlelight@googlemail.com wrote:
> On Tue, 6 May 2008 17:09:23 +0100, "Stephen O'Connell"
>  wrote:
> 
>> Jeff Lawrence wrote:
>>> "Jeff Lawrence"  wrote in message
>>> news:482068af$0$51518$dbd41001@news.wanadoo.nl...
>>>> "Commander Gideon"  wrote in message
>>>> news:fvpp4s$hdm$1@registered.motzarella.org...
>>>>> Talksport have sacked James Whale for comments made about the London
>>>>> mayoral election!
>>>> Is it not because he wants to run for it himself?
>>> Hmm, it seems that was the last one. Apparently he told listeners to
>>> vote for Boris.
>> Hardly crime of the century! 
> 
> No, but it's against the rules and he would have been fully aware of
> that fact.

I would think that all broadcasters know that. It doesn't seem to stop 
some of them from breaking that rule repeatedly (perhaps not directly, 
but by implication, selectivity and omission).

JW only has himself to blame, but it's interesting that someone who said 
"vote Boris" is the one to get the sack.

If political impartiality weas properly enforced, there'd have been 
sackings galore at the BBC over the last twenty-five years.

"Dom Robinson"  wrote in message 
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> On 6 May, 15:51, "AC"  wrote:
>> "Commander Gideon"  wrote in message
>>
>> news:fvpp4s$hdm$1@registered.motzarella.org...
>>
>> > Talksport have sacked James Whale for comments made about the London
>> > mayoral election!
>>
>> I used to be a bit of a fan of James Whale. Then I grew up.
>>
>> AC
>
> I still think he's excellent. Talksport will be the loser here as
> he'll go to another station and boost their ratings instead.

Nah, Caesar the Geezer was the man.

I'm not being sarky, I just grew out of the same old same old. I loved the 
late night TV show (remember charlie chuck?), but Whale never changed. To me 
he is like what DLT and Co. became.

And I'll never forgive him for introducing me to Derek Achora. He was an 
obvious fraud even back then.

AC

"Stephen O'Connell"  wrote in message 
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> Jeff Lawrence wrote:
>> "Jeff Lawrence"  wrote in message
>> news:482068af$0$51518$dbd41001@news.wanadoo.nl...
>>> "Commander Gideon"  wrote in message
>>> news:fvpp4s$hdm$1@registered.motzarella.org...
>>>> Talksport have sacked James Whale for comments made about the London
>>>> mayoral election!
>>>
>>> Is it not because he wants to run for it himself?
>>
>> Hmm, it seems that was the last one. Apparently he told listeners to
>> vote for Boris.
>
> Hardly crime of the century!
>

It fucking is, he won.

AC

"JNugent"  wrote in message 
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> middlelight@googlemail.com wrote:
>> On Tue, 6 May 2008 17:09:23 +0100, "Stephen O'Connell"
>>  wrote:
>>
>>> Jeff Lawrence wrote:
>>>> "Jeff Lawrence"  wrote in message
>>>> news:482068af$0$51518$dbd41001@news.wanadoo.nl...
>>>>> "Commander Gideon"  wrote in message
>>>>> news:fvpp4s$hdm$1@registered.motzarella.org...
>>>>>> Talksport have sacked James Whale for comments made about the London
>>>>>> mayoral election!
>>>>> Is it not because he wants to run for it himself?
>>>> Hmm, it seems that was the last one. Apparently he told listeners to
>>>> vote for Boris.
>>> Hardly crime of the century!
>>
>> No, but it's against the rules and he would have been fully aware of
>> that fact.
>
> I would think that all broadcasters know that. It doesn't seem to stop 
> some of them from breaking that rule repeatedly (perhaps not directly, but 
> by implication, selectivity and omission).
>
> JW only has himself to blame, but it's interesting that someone who said 
> "vote Boris" is the one to get the sack.
>
> If political impartiality weas properly enforced, there'd have been 
> sackings galore at the BBC over the last twenty-five years.


Sigh.....

OK,

Who what where when source link......

AC

AC wrote:
> "Stephen O'Connell"  wrote in message
> news:fC%Tj.25319$j7.467331@news.indigo.ie...
>> Jeff Lawrence wrote:
>>> "Jeff Lawrence"  wrote in message
>>> news:482068af$0$51518$dbd41001@news.wanadoo.nl...
>>>> "Commander Gideon"  wrote in message
>>>> news:fvpp4s$hdm$1@registered.motzarella.org...
>>>>> Talksport have sacked James Whale for comments made about the
>>>>> London mayoral election!
>>>>
>>>> Is it not because he wants to run for it himself?
>>>
>>> Hmm, it seems that was the last one. Apparently he told listeners to
>>> vote for Boris.
>>
>> Hardly crime of the century!
>
> It fucking is, he won.

That's democracy for you! Change is good.

In message <PmyUj.25358$j7.467276@news.indigo.ie>, Stephen O'Connell 
 writes
>
>>>>> Is it not because he wants to run for it himself?
>>>>
>>>> Hmm, it seems that was the last one. Apparently he told listeners to
>>>> vote for Boris.
>>>
>>> Hardly crime of the century!
>>
>> It fucking is, he won.
>
>That's democracy for you! Change is good.
>
>
>
Boris good !!??  I like to think I've an open mind, but not so open the 
wind blows through it :-)


-- 
Edward Cowling   http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/easterdate/

"AC"  wrote in message
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>
> "Dom Robinson"  wrote in message
> news:e207c32f-20a2-42f8-9446-6602b8134f22@m44g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...
> > On 6 May, 15:51, "AC"  wrote:
> >> "Commander Gideon"  wrote in message
> >>
> >> news:fvpp4s$hdm$1@registered.motzarella.org...
> >>
> >> > Talksport have sacked James Whale for comments made about the London
> >> > mayoral election!
> >>
> >> I used to be a bit of a fan of James Whale. Then I grew up.
> >>
> >> AC
> >
> > I still think he's excellent. Talksport will be the loser here as
> > he'll go to another station and boost their ratings instead.
>
> Nah, Caesar the Geezer was the man.
>
> I'm not being sarky, I just grew out of the same old same old. I loved the
> late night TV show (remember charlie chuck?),

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3kW5J7PDi8

mick

Edward Cowling London UK wrote:
> In message <PmyUj.25358$j7.467276@news.indigo.ie>, Stephen O'Connell
>  writes
>>
>>>>>> Is it not because he wants to run for it himself?
>>>>>
>>>>> Hmm, it seems that was the last one. Apparently he told listeners
>>>>> to vote for Boris.
>>>>
>>>> Hardly crime of the century!
>>>
>>> It fucking is, he won.
>>
>> That's democracy for you! Change is good.
>>
>>
>>
> Boris good !!??  I like to think I've an open mind, but not so open
> the wind blows through it :-)

Well change is good, as it usually freshens things up. You'll just have to
give Mad Boris a chance to see what freshness he brings to London!

> I used to be a bit of a fan of James Whale. Then I grew up.
>

I was going to say the same, I used to watch the James Whale Show on
ITV then, about half way though the 2nd series, I just stopped, by
that time I was 14, so I wanted something more intelligent.

I only ever listened to him once on Talksport, and he was belittling
the trainee newsreader (an easy target) trying to make himself sound
cleaver.

googlegroups@trashmail.net wrote:
>> I used to be a bit of a fan of James Whale. Then I grew up.
>>
>
> I was going to say the same, I used to watch the James Whale Show on
> ITV then, about half way though the 2nd series, I just stopped, by
> that time I was 14, so I wanted something more intelligent.
>
> I only ever listened to him once on Talksport, and he was belittling
> the trainee newsreader (an easy target) trying to make himself sound
> cleaver.

Is that the intelligent spelling of clever? ;-)

mick

On 8 May, 22:53, "Stephen O'Connell"  wrote:
> Edward Cowling London UK wrote:
>
>
>
> > In message <PmyUj.25358$j7.467...@news.indigo.ie>, Stephen O'Connell
> >  writes
>
> >>>>>> Is it not because he wants to run for it himself?
>
> >>>>> Hmm, it seems that was the last one. Apparently he told listeners
> >>>>> to vote for Boris.
>
> >>>> Hardly crime of the century!
>
> >>> It fucking is, he won.
>
> >> That's democracy for you! Change is good.
>
> > Boris good !!??  I like to think I've an open mind, but not so open
> > the wind blows through it :-)
>
> Well change is good, as it usually freshens things up. You'll just have to
> give Mad Boris a chance to see what freshness he brings to London!

Scrap the congestion charge?

Stephen O'Connell wrote:
> Edward Cowling London UK wrote:
>>
>> Boris good !!??  I like to think I've an open mind, but not so open
>> the wind blows through it :-)

You could have fooled me.

> Well change is good, as it usually freshens things up. You'll just
> have to give Mad Boris a chance to see what freshness he brings to
> London!

Poor people are mad - rich people are eccentric.

"Commander Gideon"  wrote in
news:fvpp4s$hdm$1@registered.motzarella.org: 

> Talksport have sacked James Whale for comments made about the London
> mayoral election! 
> 
> 
> 

Good riddance to the prick.

> Who what where when source link......

Every single day on the BBC.

Simon
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In alt.radio.uk.talk-sport Commander Gideon  wrote:

> Talksport have sacked James Whale for comments made about the London mayoral 
> election! 

  No worries, we'll get him back to doing Frankenstein movies where he belongs
in no time at all.

--
alt.flame Special Forces
"I ate them before they ate me." -- Idi Amin

On May 11, 2:56 pm, Phil  wrote:
> "Commander Gideon"  wrote innews:fvpp4s$hdm$1@registered.motzarella.org:
>
> > Talksport have sacked James Whale for comments made about the London
> > mayoral election!
>
> Good riddance to the prick.

He's found a new berth on Bid TV with Paul Ross, Jonathan's brother.

Telly sales. Quite a come-down!

Mick.

On 27 Jun, 23:58, Mick Tully  wrote:
> On May 11, 2:56 pm, Phil  wrote:
>
> > "Commander Gideon"  wrote innews:fvpp4s$hdm$1@registered.motzarella.org:
>
> > > Talksport have sacked James Whale for comments made about the London
> > > mayoral election!
>
> > Good riddance to the prick.
>
> He's found a new berth on Bid TV with Paul Ross, Jonathan's brother.
>
> Telly sales. Quite a come-down!

I saw Whale tonight and he was shite.

fr.

On May 6, 5:49 pm, "Frank Incense"  wrote:
> He was ok at times but DID annoy me the way he endlessly plugged his book> The same way that Jon Gaunt does. Quite shamelessly too and bigging it up
> like its a work of art.

Okay, I'm going to chip in now as a sometime Bitter
Ender to his show on Radio Aire.

Firstly, he is dyslexic - genuinely. Given the amount
of promotion that so-called celebrities such as Katie
Price and Wayne Rooney do of their ghost-written
CV's his is hardly out of proportion, particularly as
being James Whale it's a fair bet to wager he really
did write it himself.

What's also nice is that he hasn't got a chip on his
shoulder over dyslexia and it hasn't stopped him
achieving more in a long career than a whole lot of
people.

Cutting off? That's partly opportunism of the signal
delay kind, and often it depends on his mood. Some
measure of how popular he was prior to getting the
Friday night television show - and he's worth ten of
Jonathon Ross - was that he was still attracting
listeners to the somewhat stand-offish Radio Aire
at that point in time at which what is now referred
to as "the M62 corridor" was pioneering an evening
superstation for ILR, which Radio Aire was not part of.

On the other hand, he always critical of the public
service aspect of BBC local radio which allowed, in
his view, any old windbag to spout any old kind of
poorly thought-out crap and be treated deferentially.
I'm sure he never saw his own maturation as any
kind of self-fulfilling prophecy but it's very hard to
argue, and retain a modicum of credibility, that his
own standards haven't just been applied to himself
on this one.

It's kind of one of those things where if you don't
like the remit of the station then perhaps you should
leave. And, as talkSPORT is reliant on advertising
sponsorship to stay in business, and his show does
not count as politics, debate or any other of the
PSB slots stations can accountably demonstrate
balance (even if it is reminiscent of a gyroscope)
in, then yeah, his personal opinion doesn't and
shouldn't count.

Odd how nobody has pointed out that talkSPORT
broadcasts on AM and digital to the whole of the
UK yet he took it upon himself to become partially
involved in an aspect of the democratic process
which affects a neligible geographical proportion
of his audience.

As a host my finding was that if you rung up with
something to say he was willing to hear you out
and discuss, if you rung up being a prick you got
cut off. I tried both approaches. Actually it was
more nerve-wracking doing it over the phone into
someone else's show than live-to-air speech
broadcast work ever was.

Thanks for tipping me off about the book though
as I'd no idea he'd written one.

G DAEB
COPYRIGHT (C) 2008 SIPSTON
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In article <5daaac93-557d-4942-a5f6-a9bcd2f03981
@d77g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>, sipston_777@my-deja.com says...
> On May 6, 5:49 pm, "Frank Incense"  wrote:
> > He was ok at times but DID annoy me the way he endlessly plugged his book.
> > The same way that Jon Gaunt does. Quite shamelessly too and bigging it up
> > like its a work of art.
> 
> Okay, I'm going to chip in now as a sometime Bitter
> Ender to his show on Radio Aire.
> 
And I'd have read it had it been more conscise. I generally see endless 
streams of half-width paragraphs from you and move on to the next post.
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