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Go Scouse!! Also a very, very WELL PLAYED to our newest recruit HappyPlop who played a blinder in tonights Primo coming 4th on his first online outing as a TKPer!!!! We also got a cash from our resident Jaegerplopbombfish...happy days indeed!!!
TKP FTW ;o)
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and +1 to trip5 our beloved leader
Good morning.
Carlo is unavailable this morning (see below*), but he realises his comments about using a Mobile 'phone whilst driving were wholly inappropriate, & he apologises unreservedly.
He was pretty upset with himself, to be honest, & sent me a Text this morning fessing up that he'd crossed the line a tad, & asking how best to deal with it. I suggested he speak to Mother, & he has since done so, too, & the matter is now closed.
I am not defending him, or condone what he said, but when you ad-lib for 4 hours at a time on Live TV, you have to be extremely careful what you say, & if you get out of line, or, as happened with me last week, even ONE viewer thinks you are out of line, it soon comes back & smacks you in the chops. He was wrong, & he is sorry.
After the Show, he drove home worried about his comments, & decided to Post an apology on this thread himself, so as soon as he got home, he readied his i-pad thingie so as to Post, he dropped it, & it, err, broke. Like, totally broke. Not his best night, one way & another.
On Saturday, after leaving SPT Leeds, his Mum - how beautiful is she? - had a minor accident in her brand new car, too. Nobody hurt, but not nice. She was not on her 'phone at the time, though.
* Why is he unavailable to comment himself, today?
His Daughter, Angelina, (aged 6) who is drop-dead gorgeous, does modelling, she is already featured prominently in the Argos Catalogue, & in Nivea ads.
Today, she is doing a high-profile photo-shoot for Marks & Spencer, so Dad - a very proud Dad, I might add - is with her all day. If you want to get see the hidden side of Carlo's, you should ask him about Angelina, he absolutely dotes on her.
PS - His name is "Carlo", not Carlos.
PS -from the "holier than thou" department.
4 years ago, I was stopped by the Police for using a Moby whilst driving, & I was prosecuted, got 4 points on my licence, & had to attend an "Awareness Course".
I realised immediately that is was not clever, & since then, I've never used my Moby whilst driving EXCEPT via the full "hands-free" kit.
Most of us have done & said daft things from time to time, but when you are on t'telly, these things seem to be magnified.
The Channel 865 message is "Educate & Entertain", & so there must always be a balance between hardcore poker talk & humour.
Quite a large portion of our audience are "fun" or recreational players who could not stomach 4 hours of non-stop poker blathering, so we need to mix it up a bit. Many "poker widows" are almost forced to watch the Show, too, so their partners like us to keep them interested by keeping it light & humorous, & a bit left-field from time to time.
It's a tough ask - impossible, in truth - keeping everyone happy, but they do try.
I must add that the Channel has had an amazing 6 months, with some fabulous Guests, & nobody else has done this on a TV Poker Channel to that degree.
We will keep trying just a little bit harder.....
Everything seems to blow out of proportion as always because of a select few i gurantee more enjoyed it like myself. Im not going to comment on the mobile phone incident as someone on here could have been affected by something of this nature but i dont think it needs to go any further
Great show end of
sorry to disagree with young_gun but the show was disappointing. i think that to engage with the lowest common denominator we actually need to dumb it up a little bit. it was also awkward and uncomfortable viewing.
i have to agree ..
Sporny just seen your post and it's not something that occured to me. Maybe I should have given them a bit of leeway.
Thanks for a great response, Daggy, & everyone else, all fair comment.
We shall just have to keep trying that little bit harder, to deliver good shows, on message.
Personally, I work extremely hard to prep for all my Shows, & I know my colleagues do, but sometimes we fall short of expectations, & you guys let us know, which is absolutely as it should be.
I would repeat that Carlo's advice as to the moby phones when driving was not his finest moment, & he knows that - he was on the moby to me at 8am this morning, having realised his faux pas. He was not driving when he rung me, I hasten to add.....
Thanks for the feedback, everyone.
I agree with TK not everyone wants to see poker poker poker chat, a bit of entertainment is always welcome and Anna and Carlo certainly entertain.
I see that BBC have changed their presenters for Match Of The Day. Gary "LM" Lineker is being replaced by Beckham, Alan "Gidzo" Hansen is being replaced by Rednapp. That's Victoria Beckham and Louise Rednapp. Match of the Day's new Producer says that they, "want to widen the audience to appeal to non-football people. I appreciate that the new presenters don't know that much about football but Fashion and Singing can now form a far bigger part of the post match analysis."
FWIW i have recently found the shows boring and i thought the best in a while from a personal point on view but maybe im looking at entertainment value
must be hard to please everyone just a thought....
No, not the Ed and Lisa-Marie Red Dress show, the Orford and Tikay show in those jumpers!