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1. At 02:35 PM on 12 Sep 2007, iwitchiwoman wrote:

   we could have turned up! imagine, 40 years ago, all this award winning interaction and a hoard of froggers too.

2. At 02:38 PM on 12 Sep 2007, iBig Sister wrote:

   Mind you, Eddie, TV's not that much better, is it? Watching you the other night on TV, it was you sitting one way, turning another way, wearing a leather coat, not wearing a leather coat. I felt uncomfortable for you - it can't be easy.

   Then there are the news presenters, thankfully now mostly sitting down (Hands up all those who hate walking around news presentation?) - All there is to focus on is ties (Snow, Edwards, and Burke being the masters of that art) or suits/cleavages.

   Andrew Marr got it just about right: he was to newsbroadcasting what Magnus Pike was to science. Both were always entertaining to watch - possibly unintentionally.
   

3. At 02:55 PM on 12 Sep 2007, wrote:

   I couldn't agree more, iWitchi (2).

   Ever watch a wonderful series called Broken News? One of their regulars was called the Standing News, where the presenter stalked up some steps, along a little cake walk, down some steps, back to the start, up the steps....

   I presume today's pickies are for a 'Behind the scenes' feature?

   iFifi

4. At 03:06 PM on 12 Sep 2007, wrote:

   I understand what you mean Eddie - but don't entirely echo your sentiments.

   The people I used to show around were fascinated by what they saw --

   Ah - so that's how that is done -

   I always imagined it to be bigger

   However I have to say that some of the magic was lost with the demise of the anologue tape recorders - Vinyl gram decks, Cartridge machines - splicing tape, chinagraph pencils lying around - etc ..

   They were all tangeable, visual things.

   The control rooms (Booths) all look a little more clinical these days with the banks of computer monitors and whirring fans.

5. At 03:11 PM on 12 Sep 2007, Eddie Mair wrote:

   your i's made me giggle

6. At 03:24 PM on 12 Sep 2007, iSilverfox wrote:

   Lovely blog.

7. At 03:28 PM on 12 Sep 2007, iRJD wrote:

   You mean iGiggle, don't you! It was inikki noodle started it!

8. At 03:31 PM on 12 Sep 2007, iLittle Miss Poppy wrote:

   Eddie Lammy pIe,

   Are the stars out tonight?
   I don't know if it's cloudy or bright
   I Only Have i's For You, Dear.

   The moon maybe high
   but I can't see a thing in the sky,
   'Cause I Only Have i's For You.

   I don't know if we're in a garden,
   or on a crowded avenue.

   You are here
   So am I
   Maybe millions of people go by,
   but they all disappear from view.
   And I Only Have i's For You.

9. At 03:34 PM on 12 Sep 2007, iBelinda wrote:

   I find that radio gives me far more pictures than any tv show, in my mind's eye at least.

10. At 03:55 PM on 12 Sep 2007, iRJD wrote:

    iBelinda - That would be in your mind's ieye, wouldn't it?

11. At 03:57 PM on 12 Sep 2007, iBig Sister wrote:

    I think all iiiii's are on you, iEddie!

12. At 04:07 PM on 12 Sep 2007, iPeej wrote:

    Presumably these were professional photographers and there's no danger of red-i? (sorry)

    We all know what the first thing to be broadcast on Radio 1 was (Tony Blackburn playing 'Flowers in the Rain', by the Move - its something of a pub quiz standard) But what was the first thing broadcast on Radio 4 ?

13. At 04:17 PM on 12 Sep 2007, iwitchiwoman wrote:

    iBig Sis - there's no iiii's on Eddie!

    
    I'll get my coat (borrowed from iFeefs)

14. At 04:30 PM on 12 Sep 2007, Frances i wrote:

    Ah, chinagraphs, splicing tape, ijonnie... takes me back (harp musc, dissolving screen effect)

    Of course, for iEric, there could be iquadlatte cup full, iquadlatte cup empty...

15. At 04:34 PM on 12 Sep 2007, iDr Hackenbush wrote:

    iDon’t want to be left out.

16. At 04:45 PM on 12 Sep 2007, wrote:

    Ah, I remember Broken News too, iFifi (you realise you're now a palendrome?!?) Always made me laugh with the US news, the local news, the Walking around news spot :)) I hope they make a new set....

17. At 05:02 PM on 12 Sep 2007, I, Stainless Steel Cat wrote:

    I've now got an irresistable urge to st-st-st-stutter and chase a snake across a chessboard.

    Eddie, did you give them the raised-eyebrows-sitting-in-silence-interview-look? If they'd waited until Friday, they could have caught you trying to make Paddy laugh.

18. At 05:18 PM on 12 Sep 2007, inikki noodle wrote:

    tee hee!!!

    (giggles)

    in-n

19. At 05:30 PM on 12 Sep 2007, wrote:

    "headphones on/headphones off. Flicking through scripts (standing and sitting), pretending to talk to producer, and of course pointing."

    What - no nodding?

    iSid
    

20. At 06:01 PM on 12 Sep 2007, Frances i wrote:

    Nodding only useful on telly, Sid.

    Off to the beach now for that drink.

21. At 06:02 PM on 12 Sep 2007, Frances i wrote:

    Nodding only useful on telly, Sid.

    Off to the beach now for that drink.

    Tee hee, I, SSC. How are your claw-claws?

22. At 07:19 PM on 12 Sep 2007, wrote:

    i have no i-dea why you've all become i's but i want to be and i so i am.

    Mary

23. At 07:58 PM on 12 Sep 2007, Jason iGood wrote:

    Sid (19): Noddys are purely for the televisual thingummy. Although I am sure I can sometimes hear Eddie nodding. Especially when a spokesman goes on a bit. Zzzzzzzz.

24. At 07:10 AM on 13 Sep 2007, I, Stainless Steel Cat wrote:

    Frances i (21):

    *grin*

    iWish I'd thought of that!

25. At 10:43 AM on 13 Sep 2007, wrote:

    I think you're all wrong about the nodding. In fact a lot of radio people nod all the time in face-to-face interviews, as a means of getting the interviewee to keep answering - positive reinforcement- but silent so the listener doesn't get their constant interjections of "yes" "I see" "Do go on" etc. Also so that if the final interview is put into a context where the interviewer doesn't feature, you don't get an odd unexplained voice cropping up in the middle.

    Am I right, or am I wrong?

26. At 10:51 AM on 13 Sep 2007, Stewart iM wrote:

    Thought I'd join in ;-)

27. At 11:19 AM on 13 Sep 2007, iBigSis wrote:

    "iThink therefore iAm"

    [Somebody had to do it.]