30 years of Praise and Grumble

[Wapping Blade]

Danny Baker was brilliant when he was fresh and phone ins were the new thing, unfortunately I think his Saturday morning show is desperately unoriginal and unfunny. Saw him on the Ian Hislop Paul Merton panel comedy programme ( forgot name) and he was so out of his depth and pedestrian

Sorry mate, disagree. Used to love listening to his R5 morning show and still find him funny on a Satdi morning.

 

[JohnDenver]

I remember it. Paul Walker was hosting at the time before switching to Radio Sheffield. I remember him saying "this is to win the popodoms and a pickle tray for two". I think they had a chance to win a full three course meal, with each correct question being one course.

This sounds tremendous. We need a campaign to bring it back.

 

[flyingmonkeyuk]

Yes, that's right. Forgot about him. As for Winton Cooper, it wasn't an illness. He was brutally killed by his own son!.....

Jesus, I didn't know this. I knew Winton when he lived in Crookes.

 

[232 Bramall Lane]

Funniest I ever heard was a good few years ago but I've never forgotten it:

Caller: They played rubbish today etc.
Presenter: Well it must be difficult in the current climate.(Crowd had been restless, a bit like last year!)
Caller: Well they should be able to play in any weather!

 

[Trigger Blade]

Sorry mate, disagree. Used to love listening to his R5 morning show and still find him funny on a Satdi morning.

I've had to pull off the road listening to Danny Baker and Kelly all those years ago.

One time, somebody rang in to say they'd played against somebody with a false leg. That started an unreal debate about what would have happened if that game had been on Hackney Marshes and the monoped took a kick at the ball and his leg flew off and tripped somebody playing on the next pitch.

If it was a yellow card offence, which ref should book the player....

 

[Martino]

Funniest thing I ever heard, after we beat Hull 3-2 in our promotion season. A Hull fan got through and said he thought "Paddy Kenny was a f**king c**t". I blearted my tea all across the table in hysterics as the presenter (forgot who) apologized to the listeners.

 

[Grappler]

Yes, that's right. Forgot about him. As for Winton Cooper, it wasn't an illness. He was brutally killed by his own son!.....

Awful stuff, he took his son in, who was off the rails, and was murdered by him. In Dorset area or something like that. I knew Winton years back.

 

[Hillsboro Blade]

It always feels like I been listening 30 years when Rawmarsh Mick McBrewer phones in.

The best I heard was a Porker who phoned up twenty odd years ago. Host: "And the next caller is Dave a Wednesday fan, hello Dave where are you calling from?" Porker: "Er, our house".

 

[Sean Thornton]

The best I heard was a Porker who phoned up twenty odd years ago. Host: "And the next caller is Dave a Wednesday fan, hello Dave where are you calling from?" Porker: "Er, our house".

Rawmarsh Mick was on once and you heard someone knock on his front door. I assume it was him Mum who answered the door and said " ooh he can't come now, he's on Radio Sheffield" got slaughtered on Blades Mad.

Think he does the calls from his Taxi now.

 

[Greenwich Blade]

I always try to catch some of Danny Bakers show on a Saturday morning, love the Sausage Sandwich game.

My proudest moment ever was winning the Sausage Sandwich Game for United earlier in the year (on the day we played ManUre in the Cup actually), closely followed by getting the Blades into Danny Baker's Totalitarian Football League representing Controversy.

My favourite call to P&G, apart from the one from a very angry Blade who had just been slung out of The Valley for refusing to remove his wallet chain, was on the last day of the season when we'd just lost 1-0 to Walsall at The Lane, thus condemning Barnsley to the drop. It went something like this:

Caller: "I blame United; they lost deliberately today."

Presenter: "Look, you can't blame Sheffield United for Barnsley's deficiencies over a whole season."

Caller: (pitch of voice rising throughout): "You can; they hate us - they call us the Dingles yer kno'!"

I was in the car with Maidenhead and Maidenhead Jnr with none of us hearing how the call finished as inside the vehicle there was an eruption of uncontrollable mirth.

 

[Sean Thornton]

Rawmarsh Mick, regularly

" I haven't called to talk about United..... But"

 

[Sothall_Blade]

Another typical call to P&G goes something like:-

Caller:- Hello, It’s a praise for Wendy
Host:- Oh good. What did you think was especially great about them this week
Caller (faintly in background):- Hello, it’s a praise for Wendy
Host:- Can you just turn your radio down please, we can hear it in the background
Caller:- Shaz, turn radio down!
Caller:- As I were saying they played reight well today
Caller (faintly in background):- Shaz, turn radio down!
Host:- We can still hear your radio, can you turn it down please?
Caller (faintly in background):- As I were saying they played reight well today
(Feedback and static)
Host:- I’m afraid we’re going to have it leave it there. Let’s go over to Seth for the latest Ice Hockey news.