Paul Whitehouse crashes the weather
14:48, Friday, 13 March 2009
The 35 minutes bewteen the end of You & Yours and Feedback at 1330 were definitely the most chaotic in the continuity studio today - just ask Tom Schafernaker, hapless weatherman, whose 1255 forecast was riotously cut to ribbons in support of Comic Relief.
Pictures of Whitehouse have been added to the 'Comics in Con' group at flickr.com. You can hear the whole thing, including poor Tom's somewhat inclement forecast and a burst of Mike Smash, here:
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Audio edited by Tom Rogers.
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At 15:29 13th Mar 2009, kleines c wrote::)
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At 17:33 13th Mar 2009, Sellco wrote:Excellent. I've been laughing out loud ever since ! Poor Tom.
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At 20:44 13th Mar 2009, bella wrote:Oh, poor Tom. And he sounds like such a nice lad, too. How about R4 Continuity folks doing strip teases for the next big charity bash?! I'd pay just to see how many of them are as tasty as they sound.
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At 11:46 14th Mar 2009, michaelkenward wrote:Just think yourself lucky you were not a farmer, fisherman or anyone else who needed to know about the weather.
Whitehouse came across like a talentless buffoon best kept to the broadcast channels he usually inhabits. Kids TV?
He was by far the worst of the "comic" continuity standins. Most actually managed to be funny rather than just cretinuous.
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At 20:02 14th Mar 2009, ramagel wrote:It wasn't terribly "worthy" was it. In fact the whole idea of the guest CA's was a little trivial. They did the best they could with the slots they were given, but let's not bother next year, eh?
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