Fantastically scathing article about Channel Nine

[Bomberboyokay]

You'd hope the reception the commentary piece received would mean Nine makes some changes but they aren't doing another game until November so they'll probably hope everyone's forgotten.

 

[Illinois Nazi]

You'd hope the reception the commentary piece received would mean Nine makes some changes but they aren't doing another game until November so they'll probably hope everyone's forgotten.

And I look forward to their first viewer poll - "Do you think the Nine commentary team are fantastic?" followed by "Who is your favourite Nine commentator?", with Brad out the back pumping in votes as fast as he can while other Nine employees take to Twitter to gush over the awesomeness of Heals, Slats and the gang.

 

[peternorth]

the old "its rating well so it must be good argument". wtf?

 

[peternorth]

gus worland - does this bloke have any credibility in the industry?

 

[Kram]

Poll would be "What do you think of 9's cricket commentary?"
1. Brilliant
2. Fantastic
3. Just really, really good.

 

[peternorth]

Gus Worland's counterpoints on Triple M are nonsensical.

Basically says "their ratings are pretty good" and that he loves 'the stories'. Seems like a superficial response to a pretty detailed critique.

is that geyer with the raspy voice? he makes sense

 

[sherb]

You'd hope the reception the commentary piece received would mean Nine makes some changes but they aren't doing another game until November so they'll probably hope everyone's forgotten.

I am sure enough people will diarize the article so it reappears just in time for next season.

 

[sherb]

gus worland - does this bloke have any credibility in the industry?

He was hopeless. Sounded like a Channel 9 lackey.

 

[western royboy]

gus worland - does this bloke have any credibility in the industry?

No

 

[western royboy]

He was hopeless. Sounded like a Channel 9 lackey.

The word is that's one of his ultimate aims

 

[JP Sauce]

Poll would be "What do you think of 9's cricket commentary?"
1. Brilliant
2. Fantastic
3. Just really, really good.

4. Dirty, rotten

 

[JP Sauce]

Billy Birmingham has more ammo for a new round of 12th Man recordings. Get to it Billy.

I think the opposite is true. The fact that the current commentary team are such ludicrous, terrible, over-the-top caricatures makes it a lot more difficult for Billy to do his 12th Man stuff. How can you parody what already appears to be a parody or a real commentary team?

It reminds me of a comedian (can't remember who, might have been Tony Martin) talking about political satire. His point was people like Bush Jr and Bjelke-Petersen were so insane and what these guys were doing and saying was already so hilarious/stupid that the jokes wrote themselves and in most cases were too obvious to bother doing, so there was not really any work to be done by comedians. He was lamenting the loss of Howard who, while still ripe for parody, was actually smart/competent enough to make comedians work for their jokes.

Richie, Bill, Tony, Ian, etc. were great at their jobs but had enough humorous characteristics and trademarks that Billy could exaggerate for his albums.

How can you possibly parody Slater, Healy, Brayshaw and Warne? Sorry... I mean Slats, Heals, JB and Warnie.

 

[western royboy]

I think the opposite is true. The fact that the current commentary team are such ludicrous, terrible, over-the-top caricatures makes it a lot more difficult for Billy to do his 12th Man stuff. How can you parody what already appears to be a parody or a real commentary team?

It reminds me of a comedian (can't remember who, might have been Tony Martin) talking about political satire. His point was people like Bush Jr and Bjelke-Petersen were so insane and what these guys were doing and saying was already so hilarious/stupid that the jokes wrote themselves and in most cases were too obvious to bother doing, so there was not really any work to be done by comedians. He was lamenting the loss of Howard who, while still ripe for parody, was actually smart/competent enough to make comedians work for their jokes.

Richie, Bill, Tony, Ian, etc. were great at their jobs but had enough humorous characteristics and trademarks that Billy could exaggerate for his albums.

How can you possibly parody Slater, Healy, Brayshaw and Warne? Sorry... I mean Slats, Heals, JB and Warnie.

I thought there was an angle with a declining Richie sitting at home listening to the drivel and going completely off tap, comes up with the idea of hosting an Australia Day BBQ at his place, as a covert operation to plan the overthrow the commentary box and reclaim the CCP, featuring chats with Kerry and Tony up in the Sky.billy has more ammunition than ever before.

 

[JP Sauce]

I thought there was an angle with a declining Richie sitting at home listening to the drivel and going completely off tap, comes up with the idea of hosting an Australia Day BBQ at his place, as a covert operation to plan the overthrow the commentary box and reclaim the CCP, featuring chats with Kerry and Tony up in the Sky.billy has more ammunition than ever before.

Now that I could see being awesome. I thought you meant it would be primarily based on the current commentary team.

 

[Sweet Jesus]

I think the opposite is true. The fact that the current commentary team are such ludicrous, terrible, over-the-top caricatures makes it a lot more difficult for Billy to do his 12th Man stuff. How can you parody what already appears to be a parody or a real commentary team?

Indeed.

And, in line with Geoff Lemon's criticisms, the current line-up team is totally homogenous. They're basically all middle-aged Aussie blokes singing from the same sheet.

Their predecessors had more idiosyncrasies.

 

[STFU Donnie]

I thought there was an angle with a declining Richie sitting at home listening to the drivel and going completely off tap, comes up with the idea of hosting an Australia Day BBQ at his place, as a covert operation to plan the overthrow the commentary box and reclaim the CCP, featuring chats with Kerry and Tony up in the Sky.billy has more ammunition than ever before.

I should probably know this, but:

CCP?

 

[Kram]

Central Commentary Position.

 

[Illinois Nazi]

I should probably know this, but:

CCP?

Central Missionary Position

 

[STFU Donnie]

Central Commentary Position.

Cheers.

I haven't heard that phrase in a while. Lately it's been "back to Git Central"

 

[The Falcon Strike]

Just had to read the article again. absolutely nailed it

 

[sherb]

Just had to read the article again. absolutely nailed it

I think it should be pinned at the top of the BF Cricket Board for reference purposes.

 

[Starburns_]

I thought there was an angle with a declining Richie sitting at home listening to the drivel and going completely off tap, comes up with the idea of hosting an Australia Day BBQ at his place, as a covert operation to plan the overthrow the commentary box and reclaim the CCP, featuring chats with Kerry and Tony up in the Sky.billy has more ammunition than ever before.

^^This. It would actually be the most scathing edition yet in that it didn't actually focus on the current commentators, so is their shitness.

Right now, I'd take the concept of Boned where Billy Birmingham impersonated them all on channel 9 to cut costs, the quality would probably still be higher.

 

[GROTTO]

Is the ABC grandstand in sync with the cricket telecast, that may be the solution for me.

Im tired of the garbage I am hearing. i thought I was alone. I guess its to appeal to the Big Brother/MKR bogan audience.

 

[PrideOf]

Indeed.

And, in line with Geoff Lemon's criticisms, the current line-up team is totally homogenous. They're basically all middle-aged Aussie blokes singing from the same sheet.

Their predecessors had more idiosyncrasies.

Yep. The previous edition wasn't a balanced international commentary team, but they still had Tony Cozier, Michael Holding, David Gower, guest appearances by Indian or Pakistani commentators and the occasional New Zealander. At the heart of the team was Tony Greig, who dug into the Aussies like a master troll and, strangely, seemed to watch Sri Lanka semi-erect.

The current bunch have all ticked the "Former Australian Test player" box and that's it. The current Englishman isn't a patch on Greig, because he's either been told to shut up or he doesn't want to offend.

For all Healy (Heals) and Slater's (Slat's) *-up-erry, the low point for me was when Brayshaw (Braysh) gave us his opinion on Indian fast bowling and then told the country he didn't even know who the coach was. It's your ******* job to know mate ... if you were doing it properly.

Oh, and to keep Google Alert on its toes, Brad McNamara.

 

[PrideOf]

I think the opposite is true. The fact that the current commentary team are such ludicrous, terrible, over-the-top caricatures makes it a lot more difficult for Billy to do his 12th Man stuff. How can you parody what already appears to be a parody or a real commentary team?

Worse than that, it's as if the current bunch of *******s have decided to make their own version of the 12th Man.

It reminds me of a comedian (can't remember who, might have been Tony Martin) talking about political satire. His point was people like Bush Jr and Bjelke-Petersen were so insane and what these guys were doing and saying was already so hilarious/stupid that the jokes wrote themselves and in most cases were too obvious to bother doing, so there was not really any work to be done by comedians. He was lamenting the loss of Howard who, while still ripe for parody, was actually smart/competent enough to make comedians work for their jokes.

It was the great Tony Martin. In cricket nowadays, you couldn't parody the current bunch because they're already a parody. If you ran a joke about Michael Slater on his knees in front of his Davey Warner shrine, it wouldn't work because you knew it was probably true.

If you wanted to parody anyone at the moment, it would probably be James Sutherland. Same level of ineptness sometimes, but he thinks he's doing a really, really, really good job.