tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14524408.post4380931243640769735..comments2024-03-28T17:31:44.312+00:00Comments on Forget What Did: Happy Birling DayJohn Finnemorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09256463878193280694noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14524408.post-76459163795970989562011-12-15T16:02:35.182+00:002011-12-15T16:02:35.182+00:00Happy birdday darling! your blog is amazing! there...Happy birdday darling! your blog is amazing! there's no doubt about it.pharmacyhttp://www.pharmacyreviews.conoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14524408.post-61825587582403682682011-08-02T19:37:35.606+01:002011-08-02T19:37:35.606+01:00Is Birling Day a specific day? Random? If specific...Is Birling Day a specific day? Random? If specific, I want to put it on my calendar and celebrate with MJN.Jeanniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09625330358591699278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14524408.post-71246464682288492362011-07-12T16:22:08.383+01:002011-07-12T16:22:08.383+01:00Husband says I'm not allowed to listen anymore...Husband says I'm not allowed to listen anymore...having to much fun with John...don't worry LOVE, I will never leave you...R. Valentinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18044819040718333641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14524408.post-10127170381102777812011-07-10T21:00:57.592+01:002011-07-10T21:00:57.592+01:00Thank you for your amazing speech on the Now Show ...Thank you for your amazing speech on the Now Show about the NOTW scandal. My husband and I gave you a standing ovation.Catehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02916755993665194852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14524408.post-85325790800774643992011-07-10T16:32:39.116+01:002011-07-10T16:32:39.116+01:00Dear Mr Finnemore,
Cabin Pressure (Paris) Tres Bi...Dear Mr Finnemore,<br /><br />Cabin Pressure (Paris) Tres Bien!<br /><br />Unfortunately missed first episode, but can't wait for the next one now.<br /><br />Love all the characters, can't decide between them, all played to perfection.KarenRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14524408.post-63744677540829662632011-07-09T19:45:20.073+01:002011-07-09T19:45:20.073+01:00Michael, News International also owns Fox News. Th...Michael, News International also owns Fox News. This station, until recently, broadcast Glenn Beck, a man who, without a shred of evidence, accused a Jewish banker of betraying his own people to the Nazis so they could be shipped off to death camps, who suggested that the "overwhelming radical Muslim population" of the UK was about to rise up and we would become part of an extended Muslim Caliphate that covered the Middle East and Europe, who called Obama a racist and who suggested that socialists, communists and nazis are all the same because they contain the word "socialist". Glenn Beck was never reprimanded for this. Sean Hannity, one of the so-called serious news hosts has said that the Iraqi people should pay the costs of the US military for invading them and compensation for every US soldier killed. This is the tip of the iceberg, I could go on.<br />If News International has raised two children (News Corp and Fox News) to be thugs and bullies, why on Earth should the UK foster BSkyB with them?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14524408.post-61450567399846264862011-07-09T19:16:45.707+01:002011-07-09T19:16:45.707+01:00John, as I much as I am a big fan of your work, an...John, as I much as I am a big fan of your work, and do not want to see Murdoch take over full control of Sky, there was a big flaw in your Now Show argument.<br /><br />News International are not trying to take over Sky. And Rebekah Brooks has nothing to do with Sky or the Sky bid.<br /><br />To use an analogy at the risk of sounding patronizing, News Corp are the parent, News International their child, and BSkyB a step child they are trying to adopt.<br /><br />Of course News Corp do still have to prove to social workers that they are a fit (and proper) parent, but that is not as easy as just saying that little News International did something naughty. It needs evidence that the parents helped.<br /><br />All that said, I realize you must not have had much time in which to write your routine between the story breaking and the recording, so it was kind-of impressive.Michaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14524408.post-77362283398184863192011-07-09T18:33:34.615+01:002011-07-09T18:33:34.615+01:00I have been a massive fan for some time (not so mu...I have been a massive fan for some time (not so much in terms of affection, more in terms of size) and I have just listened to the Now Show podcast and think I actually love you.Clairenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14524408.post-46107906891760603502011-07-09T18:11:33.456+01:002011-07-09T18:11:33.456+01:00Thank you for the Murdoch rant on The Now Show. I...Thank you for the Murdoch rant on The Now Show. I was tearful at the end. Commendable that a comedy programme can allow a whole minute without a laugh for a valid political point. Of course, Satan's favourite antipodean will still get away with it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14524408.post-4394658430100675132011-07-09T17:50:38.091+01:002011-07-09T17:50:38.091+01:00LOVED the rant on The Now Show. I fully endorse y...LOVED the rant on The Now Show. I fully endorse your stand.Andrea from Neathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04267657439747515679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14524408.post-36691470590081852802011-07-09T17:22:10.827+01:002011-07-09T17:22:10.827+01:00Hello and happy birthday!
I have just discovered ...Hello and happy birthday!<br /><br />I have just discovered Cabin Pressure! It's genius! Today I was listening to the Paris episode on my headphones in the garden. I think my neighbours were slightly concerned on hearing my loud outbursts of indiscriminate laughter. Thank you for being so inventive and hilarious!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14524408.post-5957402961221355732011-07-09T16:37:54.429+01:002011-07-09T16:37:54.429+01:00Your piece on the Now Show re NoW should be requir...Your piece on the Now Show re NoW should be required listening for all those idiots at Westminster - especially Mr Cameron - surely they can't now give BSB to Murdoch?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14524408.post-2694349540387181102011-07-09T16:19:00.976+01:002011-07-09T16:19:00.976+01:00John's commentary on the obscene behaviour of ...John's commentary on the obscene behaviour of the News International top executives (every outfit is a reflection of its bosses' attitudes) was moving in the extreme and captures absolutely the strength of feeling of the nation. Ridicule of the pompous and disgraceful - soon hopefully the disgraced - is a marvellous weapon<br />The best yet - long may he communicate !Chris Reeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18113991721994127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14524408.post-83376502753705620992011-07-09T16:11:33.297+01:002011-07-09T16:11:33.297+01:00Absolutely superb rant on The Now Show this week!
...Absolutely superb rant on The Now Show this week!<br /><br />A breath of fresh air attempting to float down a little sustainable truth sugared with old fashioned integrity and morality.<br /><br />Can we have a new coalition immediately please? Hugh Grant for Prime Minister (he's done it before so knows the score) with yourself, John, as supreme Deputy.Mark Hillierhttp://www.wix.com/mar28/markhilliernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14524408.post-19657873206869740132011-07-09T15:15:25.162+01:002011-07-09T15:15:25.162+01:00Completely brilliant piece on the Now Show last ni...Completely brilliant piece on the Now Show last night - measured and concise, it perfectly expressed the outrage felt by many and was delivered with such alacrity and grace. What genius! Thank you so much for the most sensible words yet spoken on this subject - may I add my voice to the many demanding upload to You Tube.bizzybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01408720392162891956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14524408.post-65347343516173220782011-07-09T15:07:24.154+01:002011-07-09T15:07:24.154+01:00Bloody hell. Your Now Show slot was a bit good. Ni...Bloody hell. Your Now Show slot was a bit good. Nicely done.Blondehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04135846185772109032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14524408.post-79285490733451170142011-07-09T13:48:08.945+01:002011-07-09T13:48:08.945+01:00Just heard your Now Show contribution. Well said, ...Just heard your Now Show contribution. Well said, sir!<br /><br />Also, Birling Day 2. WONDERFUL. Thank you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14524408.post-60624421298435844592011-07-09T13:12:03.192+01:002011-07-09T13:12:03.192+01:00Your piece on The Now Show was just about the grea...Your piece on The Now Show was just about the greatest piece of satire I can ever remember. <br /><br />Filled with righteous anger, it made me laugh and indeed cry. Can we get that perfect 8 1/2 minutes sent to every politician, editor and journalist? <br /><br />Actually, can we just replace the first section of the news on every channel (even SKY!?) for the next few days...?<br /><br />Can someone cleverer than me get it onto Youtube so it can live on beyond the BBC's 7-day Listen Again window?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14524408.post-70165552735155737802011-07-09T13:03:15.386+01:002011-07-09T13:03:15.386+01:00Brilliant piece on the Now Show - well done Sir!Brilliant piece on the Now Show - well done Sir!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14524408.post-90812996992453766922011-07-09T12:58:06.202+01:002011-07-09T12:58:06.202+01:00Hi
Extremely good piece about News of the World...Hi <br /><br /> Extremely good piece about News of the World etc. on the Now Show. Please put it on YouTube so we can distribute it.<br /><br />If we do nothing Murdoch and his crew of sleazy crooks will get away with it all.<br /><br />It's astonishing that the entire social circle of our Prime minister have been implicated. Yippee !DavidTnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14524408.post-84099419897610597092011-07-09T12:20:05.755+01:002011-07-09T12:20:05.755+01:00Absolutely brilliant rant on The Now Show. Well do...Absolutely brilliant rant on The Now Show. Well done!Now Show Fannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14524408.post-48340694373086796842011-07-09T10:43:11.286+01:002011-07-09T10:43:11.286+01:00I've just listened to the Now Show on the iPla...I've just listened to the Now Show on the iPlayer, and had to stop myself applauding at the end of your excellent segment on the News of the World. Fantastic piece of writing - I would love to have a transcript.Ch'tirlandaisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09236918254322505412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14524408.post-57333019256257084662011-07-09T05:29:01.509+01:002011-07-09T05:29:01.509+01:00Hello from the US.
Wanted to say that I just list...Hello from the US.<br /><br />Wanted to say that I just listened to your piece on "The Now Show" and thought it was brilliant -- the way you balanced the satire with the (all too justifiable) anger ... really great writing.<br /><br />Maybe someday we Americans will get just as mad at what Murdoch has done here --- although I do doubt that.<br /><br />Anyway, keep being fabulous.<br /><br />PS Love "Cabin Pressure."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14524408.post-13844797180146614112011-07-09T02:01:14.974+01:002011-07-09T02:01:14.974+01:00"No, I'm Miss Marple!" :-)
Plus you..."No, I'm Miss Marple!" :-)<br /><br />Plus your Sherlock Holmes references... too funny.<br /><br />Great to see the return of Mr B.<br /><br />Douglas is a sneaky man - love him to bits!<br /><br />A very good ep, Mr Finnemore.Mandynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14524408.post-31519933078579768372011-07-08T23:35:54.653+01:002011-07-08T23:35:54.653+01:00Birling day! Birling day! Whee!! Perma-hysterics l...Birling day! Birling day! Whee!! Perma-hysterics listening to 'Paris'. It just may be my all time favorite episode. <br /><br />"Well, this is where the monkey comes in..."Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08799056927052733435noreply@blogger.com