strawberry alarm clock

risteard7 · 21-07-2012 09:39PM #1

prob not worthy of a thread but anyway.

do people actually find this show funny? jim jim or whatever his name is
thinks hes hilarious

a lot of the breakfast radio shows are doing the same trying to be funny in
the mornings, but this is by far the worst

Teyla Emmagan · 21-07-2012 09:40PM

I freakin hate that guy. Jim Jim! What kind of name is that for an adult!??

mattjack · 21-07-2012 09:41PM

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

I freakin hate that guy. Jim Jim! What kind of name is that for an adult!??

Dunno Teyla Teyla.

Sauve · 21-07-2012 09:41PM

There is an 'off' button on radios these days.

TheBody · 21-07-2012 09:41PM

The Colm and Jim Jim show was ok on 2FM a few years ago.

losthorizon · 21-07-2012 09:41PM

I'm into psychedelic music. What a let down!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOk2T6Uweao

Teyla Emmagan · 21-07-2012 09:43PM

mattjack wrote: »

Dunno Teyla Teyla.

It's just one 'Teyla', Matt. We've had this discussion before...

Samich · 21-07-2012 09:43PM

Is Jim Jim still around, the little bean head,

Pushtrak · 21-07-2012 09:45PM

Sauve wrote: »

There is an 'off' button on radios these days.

Its best to just avoid the "on" one.

Bipolar Joe · 21-07-2012 09:47PM

Morning radio is basically all rubbish. Obnoxious morons jabbing you in the ear with sound effects and over-the-top stings. Fucking awful.

Praetorian Saighdiuir · 21-07-2012 09:58PM

Its utter shiiiiiite! Jim Jim................better than James James I suppose.

Spin103.8 in Dublin has to be the worst station though.

I once heard a "broadcaster" call the Minister for Finance the "Money Minister", I died a little that day!

Whats next, the Minister for plasters?

Sky King · 21-07-2012 10:01PM

Bipolar Joe wrote: »

Morning radio is basically all rubbish. Obnoxious morons jabbing you in the ear with sound effects and over-the-top stings. Fucking awful.

In fairness radio 1 is alright.

Until they get that one with the speech impediment to do Whash ish shaysh in the payphersh. Then I get The Fury

I'm all for equal rights and all that gay shit but in fairness there's plenty of people who can read and speak properly out of work.

inmyday · 21-07-2012 10:01PM

risteard7 wrote: »

a lot of the breakfast radio shows are doing the same trying to be funny in
the mornings, but this is by far the worst

Wow wow wow, wow... No way are they the worst. The two clowns on 98fm, claire and aidan, I cant stand the show. Both of their voices and, their fake laughs. I really hate the show.

Shryke · 21-07-2012 10:03PM

We used to double first names to make a guy sound touched. It works well for one syllable names. John John. Pants on his head.
I remember having to listen to Colm and Jim Jim in work a few times. Really terrible stuff. Then they got some sort of TV show? I only watched it long enough to confirm they should have stayed hidden on radio. Jim Jim. Touched.

PK2008 · 21-07-2012 10:04PM

I remember when they used to play music on the radio

21-07-2012 10:04PM

If it's not on today fm I don't listen to it. I actually don't listen to any other station ever. I don't really know why, the others always sound sort of amateurish

cocoshovel · 21-07-2012 10:05PM

There is a reason why I very rarely listen to the radio. Turning it on makes my ears cringe alone. As Ive said before many times on this website, I hate bloody Hector because I had to listen to the clown every single morning on my bus journey to college. If I ever met him in real life, I think I'd bottle him!

There's only 1 good radio show Im aware of, and thats on 2fm (I think? Whichever radio station is on button number 2 in my car :pac:), Tuesday nights from 7pm - 1am. Plays semi-decent music with minimum craptalking, or talking in general.

stovelid · 21-07-2012 10:05PM

I don't know this one in particular but any of those morning shows where you have two cretins engaging in cerebrally inert banter is a no-no.

RTE 1 or MP3s FTW.

inmyday · 21-07-2012 10:07PM

benwavner wrote: »

Spin103.8 in Dublin has to be the worst station though.

I once heard a "broadcaster" call the Minister for Finance the "Money Minister", I died a little that day!

On that station, they call him the money minister during the news all the time.

Please Kill Me · 21-07-2012 10:13PM

The strawberry alarm clock in it's day was the best breakfast show going. That was about 4/5 years ago. The two boys were sacked, moved to another radio station where they were made "tone it down a bit". It was brutal. In the meantime, FM104's listenership died a death and the lads were brought back. Somewhere in between, they lost it! So yeah - it's sh!te. I don't bother listening to ANY radio station any more. Like someone else said - there's an off button!

tempura · 21-07-2012 10:13PM

PK2008 wrote: »

I remember when they used to play music on the radio

I hear ya, now its just Now80 whatever on a loop !

Abi · 21-07-2012 10:16PM

risteard7 wrote: »

prob not worthy of a thread but anyway.

do people actually find this show funny? jim jim or whatever his name is
thinks hes hilarious

a lot of the breakfast radio shows are doing the same trying to be funny in
the mornings, but this is by far the worst

I cannot stand them, and most breakfast shows.

stovelid wrote: »

I don't know this one in particular but any of those morning shows where you have two cretins engaging in cerebrally inert banter is a no-no.

RTE 1 or MP3s FTW.

^ This.

First thing in the morning I'm pissed off enough being up, let alone listen to this verbal diarrhoea coming from my radio.

Sulla Felix · 21-07-2012 10:21PM

Bipolar Joe wrote: »

Morning radio is basically all rubbish. Obnoxious morons jabbing you in the ear with sound effects and over-the-top stings. Fucking awful.

I know. Marty is raping lyric

Bipolar Joe · 21-07-2012 10:51PM

Sulla Felix wrote: »

I know. Marty is raping lyric

Don't even get me started on that. Lyric was, for me, the bastion of what good radio should be. Music and the occasional laugh. I still listen to mostly Lyric (I want to work there, specifically for the Nova show), but for certain shows I have no interest in I throw on Soma.fm instead.

On the subject, kind of, does anyone else listen to online only radio? I love Soma, but for all their stations sometimes I want to listen to something they don't supply to hear new stuff.

Rothko · 21-07-2012 10:58PM

losthorizon wrote: »

I'm into psychedelic music. What a let down!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOk2T6Uweao

Dammit, I was gonna post that!

dd972 · 22-07-2012 06:21PM

Imagine working in a Spar shop or a Centra and having to listen to that sh1te all day, no thanks

Oranage2 · 22-07-2012 06:26PM

The worst part of the show is when the 'naked camera' guy is on "I need a needy der flu flu" or something equally stupid.

Straight off and hope something is on the radio. Would throw on a cd but I have a tape deck.

juan.kerr · 22-07-2012 06:30PM

Not as bad as Baz and Lucy.

Pantsface · 22-07-2012 06:35PM

My fav breakfast show is Today FM with Iano Dempsey - love a bitta Iano, me

Real Life · 22-07-2012 06:49PM

surely it cant be worse than listening to hector in the mornings

trollin trollin trollin · 22-07-2012 06:51PM

I'd say my local culchie radio morning show is the absolute worst of them all.They literally play the exact same songs at the same time every single morning.Give them any popular song of the month and they'll absolutely butcher it through overuse.

Also the banter back and forth between the hosts just feels so so fake and tacked on.It feels as if everything they say has gone through some inane PC filter to avoid causing offense to absolutely anything.

I know his show had plenty of faults but still i really miss Gerry Ryan cos at least it felt as though he was actually speaking what was on his mind rather than reading from a bland script or filling the airtime with crappy sound effects.:(

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