Showing posts with label That Bloody Awful Noel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label That Bloody Awful Noel. Show all posts
Friday, January 18, 2008
What's The Deal?
So did anyone see Mark Ezekiel, son of our beloved council leader, on Deal or No Deal last night? According to my diary, he was due to appear on Channel 4's hit (Surely sh*t? - Ed.) show, but unfortunately it clashed with a pressing engagement to wash my hair. Besides, exposing myself to an hour of That Bloody Awful Noel would have almost certainly brought me out in hives.
Friday, January 04, 2008
Ezekiel Or No Ezekiel?
I'm indebted to Councillor Green (the D-type as opposed to the E-type) for confirming a story which has been doing the rounds for some time now. Namely that our glorious council leader's son will soon be appearing on Deal or Noel Deal. Councillor Green has appended the following comment to my previous story, which looks as if it's culled from one of our local rags, although I can't personally find the reference:
WAS IT WIN OR NO WIN FOR MARK IN TELLY QUIZ
The son of Thanet council leader Sandy Ezekiel will be appearing in top telly show Deal or No Deal. Mark, owner of the Dalby Cafe in Cliftonville, has already recorded the shows but is keeping quiet about how he got on, to avoid spoiling it for family and friends, until it is broadcast.
Mark, 36, has never been in a quiz show before but watched Noel Edmonds' show with his grandparents Norman and Anne. He said: 'Being on the show was one of the best times of my life. The filming brought everyone together and we will all stay in touch. Contestants forget about work and focus on their aspirations. It was nerve-racking at first being in front of the cameras but after a while you relax. Noel asked if I watched the show all the time and I made the mistake of saying: 'Why would I watch a has-been?' I'm sure they will edit that out.'
'I don't want to say how I got on until my final show goes out on January 17. My grandparents love the show and I don't want to spoil it. It would be like knowing the football score before a match. Contestants stayed in a hotel in Bristol for the 10 days of filming. We filmed three shows a day from early morning until evening. We would drink in the hotel together afterwards and the people who won would chip in money to help out people who didn't do so well.'
Good on yer, Mark, for calling That Bloody Awful Noel a has-been. Although if it had been me I might have been tempted to go for the 'never-was'!
WAS IT WIN OR NO WIN FOR MARK IN TELLY QUIZ
The son of Thanet council leader Sandy Ezekiel will be appearing in top telly show Deal or No Deal. Mark, owner of the Dalby Cafe in Cliftonville, has already recorded the shows but is keeping quiet about how he got on, to avoid spoiling it for family and friends, until it is broadcast.
Mark, 36, has never been in a quiz show before but watched Noel Edmonds' show with his grandparents Norman and Anne. He said: 'Being on the show was one of the best times of my life. The filming brought everyone together and we will all stay in touch. Contestants forget about work and focus on their aspirations. It was nerve-racking at first being in front of the cameras but after a while you relax. Noel asked if I watched the show all the time and I made the mistake of saying: 'Why would I watch a has-been?' I'm sure they will edit that out.'
'I don't want to say how I got on until my final show goes out on January 17. My grandparents love the show and I don't want to spoil it. It would be like knowing the football score before a match. Contestants stayed in a hotel in Bristol for the 10 days of filming. We filmed three shows a day from early morning until evening. We would drink in the hotel together afterwards and the people who won would chip in money to help out people who didn't do so well.'
Good on yer, Mark, for calling That Bloody Awful Noel a has-been. Although if it had been me I might have been tempted to go for the 'never-was'!
Monday, July 02, 2007
What's In A Name?
Watching the Concert for Diana last night I was reminded that Elton has a peculiar middle name. Well, Elton in his previous incarnation as Reginald Hercules Dwight, that is.
The old grey cells then began working overtime. That Bloody Awful Noel? Middle name Ernest. W H Auden? Wystan Hugh. Hmm, not surprising that he went by his initials.
But which of our local luminaries rejoices in the mezzo moniker Greville?
The old grey cells then began working overtime. That Bloody Awful Noel? Middle name Ernest. W H Auden? Wystan Hugh. Hmm, not surprising that he went by his initials.
But which of our local luminaries rejoices in the mezzo moniker Greville?
Thursday, May 31, 2007
Profitta Rolls
What a dreary week. The weather's been dreadful, That Bloody Awful Noel has got a new show on Sky, it's enough to make you want to stick your head in your Smeg oven.So I thought I'd cheer myself up by ordering a pizza. Clearly the chap who put this menu together had high margins and expensive motors in mind so they were just thing. And, of course, I rounded the meal off with coffee and Bentley Continental chocolates!
Monday, February 26, 2007
Tune In For Pugin
I see our Monte Carlo style megalopolis is to be featured yet again on Channel 4 this week.
My old TV chums Tony Robinson and that nice Kevin McCloud from Grand Designs are presenting a Time Team special entitled Pugin: The God of Gothic. Of course, I exclusively revealed this upcoming treat back in April 2006 (Time Team Comes To Ramsgate).
The famous Victorian architect's own cliff top mansion over on the rather less salubrious West Cliff will be featured. I'm not sure if the splendid fellow above who sits on our trendy and stylish East Cliff is the same chap, though, as the Pugins were Catholics and consequently there were 496 of them.
The new show comes hot on the heels of January's RamsgateFest on Relocation Relocation. All Channel 4 need to do now is get rid of That Bloody Awful Noel, and I for one will be supergluing their button down on my remote!
Time Team Special - Pugin: The God of Gothic, Thursday 1 March, 9pm
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