Talk-back callers' cherished personal memories. It's a stone certainty that as soon as the punters start reminiscing, their so-called cherished memories will be wrong.
Last week SEN callers were asked to nominate their favourite Cox Plate moments.
- The first bloke lovingly recalled the 1982 Cox Plate "when Roy Higgin's said 'Kingston Town can't win.'" It did. Roy Higgins didn't. It was Bill Collins.
The next caller "will always remember when Taj Rossi won in 1971". 1973.
- Only caught the end of this one today. A bloke had called in to set Mark Doran straight about a match in which Mark Jackson and Tony Lockett played together: "I remember it well. Plugger kicked two goals from tight angles. Straight as a die." This moved Doran to consult his local internet: "Funny how time distorts. Jacko didn't actually play, and Plugger only kicked one goal."
I've got this theory. Talkback callers never actually see or hear their favourite moments; instead, they regurgitate someone else's favourite memory, or re-tell a story they were told. Just as there are usual suspects, there are also usual subjects.
Either way, it would improve talk-back radio immeasurably if they did away with talk-back callers.
And talk-back presenters?
Imagine that, just hours and hours of talk-back silence. Though I suppose it would matter a bit if it was the wrong sort of silence.
Posted by: TimT | 26 October 2009 at 22:49
No, the presenters can stick to talking to their guests and live under the threat of sacking if they ever utter the dreadful words "Ring in with your favourite Cox Plate/holiday toothache/kitchen smell memory."
Posted by: Tony | 26 October 2009 at 23:01
My favourite moment on the After Grog Blog was when Tony ......
Posted by: fxh | 27 October 2009 at 13:11
There are too many to list. Hold your calls.
Posted by: Tony | 27 October 2009 at 13:41
No muppets on this blog.
Posted by: Adsy | 27 October 2009 at 18:55
No muppets except for * seven second delay *...
Posted by: Tony | 27 October 2009 at 20:07
My favourite TalkBackRadio moments are those when I am not hearing it.
Posted by: Ann O'Dyne | 29 October 2009 at 13:10
Now see! See! This is what I'm talking about.
3AW, with Tom Elliott and Jim Schemri, have got listeners calling in with their favourite sports fillums.
This lady rings in and says "My favourite is Cool Runnings, about these African bob-sledders."
African? Sure, dey is black, but dey is from Jamaica, mon. Cool Runnings, geddit? Cool, as in cool, mon. Rasta. "Is that a Bob Marley spliff?"
Has she even seen it, or has someone told her about this cool fillum about black guys and the Winter Olympics?
Gack!!
Posted by: Tony | 01 November 2009 at 16:57
Again!
Bloke calls in: "My favourite sports fillum is Hoosiers."
Jim: "That's right. Top fillum. Gene Hackman is a basketball coach in... where is it, again?"
Bloke Caller: "Mississippi."
Jim: "That's right."
Mississippi?!? The Old Miss?!? The Magnolia State?!?
Bloke, mate, it's Indiana. The Hoosier state. You know, Breaking Away, Larry Bird, Notre Dame, the state where hoops is a religion. Like they said in the film, like, at least 23,974 times.
Someone please put a stop to this madness.
Posted by: Tony | 01 November 2009 at 17:09