Posted in January 2008

Ducks, Daleks and David!

Source: Fen Radio Breakfast
Thursday 31st January 2008, 12:42pm

It's amazing what gets left on the side of the road, as we discovered this morning. And does David Beckham deserve his 100th cap? it's today's Fen Radio Breakfast Show....

Hello all!

First of all let's pay tribute to Jeremy Beadle who sadly passed away yesterday. We were both in agreement that he was a funny guy who made inventive television and will be sadly missed.

Have you seen things left on the side of the road that surprise you? That's what we asked this morning. Snowy saw some-one having a bonfire on the side of the M25 and a full-size dalek! Peter found a duck which he took home and adopted. The strange things that happen to you lovely people!

Does David Beckham deserve to get his 100th cap? As I write this the England squad hasn't been announced but we feel the guy should be given the chance by new England boss Fabio Capello. Shaun even went as far as to suggest that he should be made captain again. It looks like he is not going to be selected but after all he has brought to the game we think he should get the call.

I slipped into a parallel universe just before the 9 o'clock news when I had a total block and forgot what I was going to say other than I ended with the word 'do'. Break out the strait jacket!

More incorrect guesses on the £500 Sound today including - Watch strap being snapped shut, a person playing tennis and a CD cover.

Next Thursday on the show - 'Dear Nigel' where we help solve your everyday problems.

Back tomorrow from 7 with Freebie Friday, Textjoke Friday and more Brain Teasers,

See you in the morning!

Nigel

Fen Radio 107.5 Breakfast Show weekdays 7am to midday

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Gladiators, Teasers and Dancing!

Source: Fen Radio Breakfast
Wednesday 30th January 2008, 12:40pm

Shaun is really excited about the return of Gladiators, we tease the Fens brains and Shaun and Sheree dance in the studio?!!!

Morning all!

Shaun got really excited today when I told him about the return of legendary TV show Gladiators. It's coming back to Sky TV soon! Shaun loved the show when he was a kid and actually went to the show itself! We looked at what the original Gladiators are doing now and discovered that Cobra now likes painting watercolours and Wolf runs a Childrens adventure playground in New Zealand! What a difference!

Brain teasers this morning included - it's illegal to carry ice cream in your back pocket in Kentucky and men fall out of bed twice as much as women, very careless!

Work experience Sheree was teaching Shaun some ballet moves in the studio, I just wish we had a studio cam so you could have seen it. Very painful to watch!

Sandra said is the £500 Sound tobacco pouch being opened? Sorry Sandra thats not right! It's back tomorrow at 8.15

And the Mystery Voice remains unsolved with new guesses of Julieanne Moore and Sandra Bullock being incorrect. £117 up for grabs tomorrow.

We are looking for your suggestions for the title of our new anagram competition sarting on Monday. You could win a CD if your suggestion is chosen. E mail us on studio@fenradio.co.uk or contact us through the website www.fenradio.co.uk

See ya!

Nigel

Fen Radio 107.5 Breakfast weekdays 7am - midday

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It does NOT make sense ...

Source: Fen Radio Breakfast
Monday 28th January 2008, 12:29pm

Consisting of entertainment that pretty much did not appear to make sense at all!

Mornin' All, Shaun here doing the blog duty today.

It's Monday morning and myself and Nigel are pretty much talking gibberish, in more ways than one, if thats really possible.

We re-capped what we were chatting about on Friday's show, Ashley Cole and his apparent cheating fiasco with a blonde hairdresser, it has now come about that he has a few more affairs that he's tried to cover up, another was allegidly with a model to whom it was believed that he paid her £10,000 to keep her trap shut ... and in chatting about this Nigel said "he just wants his cake and eat it".

This made us think, well yeah ... of course, if you have a piece of cake, you're going to want to eat it aren't you? Seems a bit of a silly phrase, so we asked the lovely peope of the Fens to call or text in and tell us what phrases they use, that really don't make sense.

We had a lot of fun with this and here's a few we talked about on air :

- If you fall over and break your leg, don't come running to me
- You really put your foot in your mouth
- The cats got your tongue
- Silence is Golden
AND
- I'm gonna wipe the smile off your face

All brilliant phrases we all use, but do they really mean anything ... who know's, so next time someone says one of those to you, challenge then and say 'does that really make any sense at all?'

Now on Friday we revealed that our Jimmy's Riddle feature is being layed to rest, so we filled in the gap that was Jimmy's Riddle and teased the Fens with a few things like ...

- Who were the first couple to be shown in bed together on a pirme time TV show?
- What colour was Coca-Cola originally?
- What part of your body is it impossible to lick?

(answers will be at the bottom of this blog)

Myself and Nigel are still coming up with the fine details of what will be replacing Jimmy's Riddle, we know for sure that it will be an annogram based quiz type game, BUT we really have no idea what to call it, so we've been asking people on air what they think would be a decent name, and now if anyone in Blog land would like to suggest something then please leave us a comment and you could win yourself the honour of being the person that named our feature.

The £500 Sound aired again today, and no-body was able to identify our little sound, some wrong guesses were:

- An elastic band being flicked against a book, from Kerry
- A light switch, from Toby

Tune in tomorrow from 8.10 am and see if you could guess our sound and bag yourselves £500 ... not bad eh?

Right, time for me to shoot off now, catch all you guys in the morning where I will be all lonesome, as Nigel has to attend a family funeral, so I'll be back on air at 7 and the blog will be written by myself and updated as and when.

Have a good day guys

Shaun
x x x

p.s - Fred and Wilma Flintstone were in bed for the first time on prime time TV
- Coca-Cola used to be GREEN
- It's impossible to lick your own Elbow ... and other things, but Elbow was the one we were looking for!

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Ashley, Hairdressers and Jimmy's Riddle R.I.P

Source: Fen Radio Breakfast
Friday 25th January 2008, 1:02pm

Soccer star Ashley Cole plays away, why are Male hairdressers prices so much lower than Female hairdressers? And after 5 years it's goodbye to Jimmy's Riddle (sob!)

Hello all

On the Breakfast Show this morning we talked about that naughty Ashley Cole, who despite being married to the lovely Cheryl Tweedy from Girls Aloud decided he needed a 'bit of rough' and bedded a blonde hairdresser. And according to the newspapers- he was sick halfway through the booze-fuelled romp. Classy! But why did he do it? And why did the hairdresser say she didn't want to cause Ashley and Cheryl any bother and then tell the papers? Could it be anything to do with a fat fee?

An end of an era today - Jimmy's Riddle was laid to rest after featuring on the Breakfast Show for the last 5 years. Guest producer Sheree had the honour of reading the riddle and giving out the answer. Upon completion we immediately recieved a text stating that a petition should be started to bring back Jimmy's Riddle! Some people are never satisfied.

Why is it A man can go to the hairdressers and get his hair cut for, say, a fiver, but if a lady goes to the hairdressers for a trim, they get charged something like £15 to £20? Do female hairdressers pray on womens vanity? Discuss!

Textjoke Friday produced some crackers this morning including one that we loved but couldn't read out on air. So here it is - Billy asks his Dad for a TV in his bedroom to which he reluctantly agrees. The next morning Billy comes down from his room and asks "Dad, what's love juice?" Shocked, his Dad tells Billy all about sex. Billy sits open mouthed in amazement. "What were you watching up there?" asks Dad. Billy says "Wimbledon".

Details coming next week of new features and changes on the Breakfast Show. Including on Monday we need your help to name the feature that is replacing Jimmy's Riddle.

£500 Sound - Wrong Answers today - Badminton racket hitting a shuttlecock, switch on a walkie talkie, and a dart hitting a dartboard. Back at 8.15 on Monday.

Flashback today featured 1978 with songs from Blondie, Kate Bush, Cheap Trick, Patti Smyth and Billy Joel.

The Mystery Voice continues apace it's £111 on Monday just for guessing the identity of that famous lady.

Freebie Friday was back with Knockoff Nige and Shifty Shaun giving away DVDs courtesy of Hughes in Wisbech. A Knights Tale, Gladiator and Spiderman were won by Julie who told us that Heath Ledger's nationality was Australian.

Have a good weekend my cappucinos,

Nigel

Fen Radio Breakfast back Monday 7am

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Names, Parrots and Little Nigel!

Source: Fen Radio Breakfast
Thursday 24th January 2008, 12:18pm

Apparrently women think that certain blokes names are the key to their lunchbox department, this has something to do with me being called Little Nigel! And smuggling parrots is big in Belarus!

Hi you all,

Main topic of discussion on the show today was of a survey that revealed women think that men called Dave are most likely to be well endowed. The names Paul, Steve and Richard score favourably as well in the 'biggest' list. I was upset when I discovered my name is 3rd on the smallest list! Everyone started calling me Little Nigel!

The things people do - a man was arrested when he tried to smuggle 277 parrots out of Belarus. Border control guards nicked him when he turned up at the checkpoint with the parrots in cages tied to the side of his BICYCLE! But they were hard to detect!

Very unprofessional of me to crack up on air this morning right at the start of Jimmy's Riddle. When Shaun started to read "I can be hairy and itchy all over..." all I could think of was - is this the reason Shaun not on the 'biggest' or 'smallest' lists? (See above)

It's £109 on the Mystery Voice tomorrow as no-one could come up with the lady's identity this morning. Lisa Kudrow has been added to the 'Do not say..' list as she has been guessed as many times as Geena Davis - Nooooooooo!

If you are thinking of having a go at the £500 Sound at 8.15 tomorrow, don't so any of these - A raindrop, tap dripping, a jar of butter on a worktop, a ping pong ball, popcorn popping or a light switch. These were all wrong this morning.

It's the last ever Jimmy's Riddle tomorrow - producer Sheree provides the brainteaser between 10.40 and 11.40.

See you then my old muckers,

Nigel and Shaun

Fen Radio 107.5 Breakfast Show 7am - Midday

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Spaced Out!

Source: Fen Radio Breakfast
Wednesday 23rd January 2008, 1:24pm

We talked about Origami in Space, Life On Mars and Jerry Springer's new TV Show on the radio this morning.

A Japanese astronaut is launching a 20cm paper dart from the International Space Station. The Japanese Origami Association are providing the paper plane which they stole from Status Quo.

Nasa have released a photo of a rock that looks like Bigfoot - or is it really Bigfoot? And how did he get there? Perhaps it was on one on one of those origami space shuttles!!

Jerry Springer has a new show on TV tonight where couples are asked questions about themselves. Nothing But The Truth is a take on the old Mr and Mrs Show, but the difference is, the questions are x-rated and the contestants are wired to a lie detector! Expect sparks to fly.

Incorrect guesses on the £500 Sound were - An alarm clock, a microwave, a cue hitting a snooker ball, a snap on a jacket and the top off an airtight jar. Listen for your chance to win at 8.15 tomorrow.

Jimmy's Riddle had a fantastic reponse this morning. The riddle was - Inside a burning house, this is the best to make. And best make it quickly, before the fire's too much to take! The answer was - Haste and only Aiden, Andy and Gavin could get it right. Well done lads!

The Mystery Voice is worth £107 tomorrow and Flashback today had hits from 1990, including EMF, Alannah Myles, The Farm, AC DC and Londonbeat.

We'll do it all again from 7 tomorrow morning,

Until then chilblains!

Nigel and Shaun

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Talking Pants and Pants Talking!

Source: Fen Radio Breakfast
Tuesday 22nd January 2008, 11:40am

Pants featured heavily on the show today. Apparently the pants you wear say a lot about you as a man. Read on...

Morning all.........

Plenty of pants talking this morning - we discussed an article in the Star that revealed a man is as good as his pants. Shaun and myself revealed to the world our underwear and discovered that Shaun's boxers make him streetwise but afraid of being caught out. My traditional Y-Fronts make me ironically attractive. clean and good-mannered. I knew that!

Talking of pants - the Razzies - or Golden Raspberry Awards for the worst films, actors and actresses unveiled their nominations last night. Lindsay Lohan is up for nine and Eddie Murphy is nominated for eight. If you've seen their films you'll know why!!!

It was a pleasure to say that Simon Cowell is not as nasty as he appears to be. The very nice man has left 90 of his £100 million fortune to charitable causes - so he's still got enough to lend me a fiver.

And I discovered that Jennifer Aniston's godfather was the late great Telly Savalas - Kojak himself. Who loves ya baby!

No winners on the £500 Sound this morning incorrect guesses included - An airtight jar being opened, a computer keyboard and a plastic lid on a wine bottle. Listen at 8.15 tomorrow for another go.

No takers on the Mystery Voice today its £105 at 7.40 and 8.40 tomorrow!

See you then,

Nigel and Shaun

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Pocket Money, Nicknames and Depression

Source: Fen Radio Breakfast
Monday 21st January 2008, 11:53am

Should kids work for their pocket money? What was your nickname as a kid and today is the most depressing day of the year!

Hi everyone it's good to be back. I only had Friday off but I feel like I haven't been here for ages!

On the show this morning we ask "Did you have to earn your pocket money as a kid or was you the kind of child that got it handed to them?"

I had to earn mine, my dad worked on a farm so he got me to do odd jobs to earn my worth, he also used to to get me to wash his car, but I was never any good at that! Shaun was the kind of kid that got it handed to him the lucky blighter, it's alright for some ain't it?

All this came about because we read a story about Gordon Ramsey making his kids do work experiance in one of his kitchens instead of just giving them their pocket money, good ol' boy! Chilblanes nowadays don't know their worth!

This then moved onto another story about Sven Goran Ericsson being nicknamed 'Alan Partridge' by his team, because apparently he never goes home to his house, he just stays at his hotel all the time, they also call him 'Dick Darstedly' because he rides around the Man City Stadium in a golf cart that resembles that of the Whacky Racers.

So I told the Fens how I managed to get the nickname 'Killer', this came about because when I was a wee nipper, I was bullied by an older kid, but then one day I fought back and lets just say, the bully got his commupance and I was nicknamed Killer since then on.

Shaun said he has never had a nickname, until his Grandad (PVC) rang in to tell us about what Shaun used to be called ... FAT WALLET! No wonder Shaun didn't want to tell us about that one, poor guy!

Now to put you on a downer ... today is meant to be the most Depressing day of the year, due to weather and debt, but Shaun and I decided that we wasn't going to conform to what the media tells us, so were naming today HAPPY DAY, so if you're reading this then think happy thoughts and don't let the day get you down!

Now, before I jet off to sunnier climes, well, Kings Lynn for meetings, I've just got time to tell you about our £500 sound. We had more guesses come in today and afraid to say they were all wrong. Just to help you out we'll tell you what those guesses were so you don't guess the same ones again.

Today Sandra came on air and said Nigel is the £500 Sound the sound of someone opening an airtight jar, and the Woodwork Boys asked could it be somebody flicking a cardboard box with their fingers.

So tune in tomorrow and have a guess and see if you can bag yourselves £500, and if that fails too ... you could win £103 on the Mystery Voice.

See you tomorrow!

Nigel and Shaun

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Movie Meltdown, Money and Perfect Men ...

Source: Fen Radio Breakfast
Friday 18th January 2008, 12:42pm

Shaun in for Nigel this morning, find out what went on during today's brekkie show ...

Alright people, seems ages since I wrote a blog on this here itsmymarket.com!

It's good to be back on here, and it was good to have the Breakfast show all to myself today ... I was chatting about movie's that are topping the money charts, Harry Potter and the order of the Phoenix was in at the biggest earner, ringing up around £94 million! Not bad eh?

We also talked about the movies that will be in your cinema's tonight ...

Walk Hard : The Dewey Cox story, a tongue on cheek take on the rise to fame for young Dewey Cox, when he rises to fame, how he gets there, and who he meets ... The Beatles feature in this movie, Jack Black plays Sir Paul and we heard from him talking about his 'not so' scouse accent.

'The Office' star Martin Freedman stars as a dreamer in the movie 'The Good Night', it's about a guy that has a normal life, a normal girlfriend and a normal job, but is in love with someone else but she only comes in his dreams. We heard from Martin himself and he says he usually has dreams about stars ... Stevie Wonder is a usual star in his dreams ... hmm weird, but looks like a good movie.

The third film we talked about was Aliens vs Preditor : Reqium ... a kinda does exactly was it says on the tin kinda thing, Aliens fight Predator and lots of humans get killed too ... one for someone who likes a bit of blood and guts!

Myself and Nigel are always on the look out for people of whom we can give some cash to, I had three chances to giveaway some money, but no-one was able to cash in .... we had 2 rounds of the mystery voice, worth £99 today, but to no avail.

The next prize we wanted to give out was £500, in our £500 sound, we play a wee snippit of a sound and ask people the guess what it is ...

Today we had guesses fromone Miss Jackson, Donna and Kevin in Suthery, they said

- An Elastic Band being plucked
- Staple Gun
- Tennis ball being hit by a Racket

Sad to say none of those were right so, we will play again on Monday when Nigel will be back from his adventures in Gloucetershire ... if you fancy a guess, give myself or Nigel a call on 01945 467107, or text your guess to 07730 469307, the price of a phone call or text could bag you £500, not bad eh?

Thanks for joining me on the Blog today, have a cracking weekend, I know I will be, I'm off to Romford tonight, to do a little bit of wrestling and then I'm putting on a gig on Saturday, and then Sunday I shall be back on air, so if you've not got much to do in Sunday have a listen to me and i'll see if I can sort you out a tune!

Bye Bye

Shaun
x x x

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Star in Bras, Recycled CD's and Britpop on The Weakest Link

Source: Fen Radio Breakfast
Thursday 17th January 2008, 12:36pm

Pete Doherty wears a bra, Robbie's CD's are recycled and Blur and Oasis are on the Weakest Link!

Welcome to Thursday's blog!

It seemed like a bit of a slow news day today - if you consider what we were talking about on the show.

Pete Doherty has taken to wearing a bra. I can tell you don't seem too surprised but why woulds he do that? Well apparently ol' Pete has been running to keep fit and is wearing the bra to stop himself from getting jogger's nipple! Try using vaseline Pete! Or perhaps he likes wearing a bra?!!

Robbie Williams is going to be walked over in China! Unsold copies of his CD 'Rudebox' are being sent to China to be recycled and used in building new roads. and Britpop is back - Blur and Oasis are being pitted against each other in a special edition of The Weakest Link. Jarvis Cocker is also being asked to take part. Sounds like a fight could be in the offing. Pick on Anne Robinson at your peril!

No winners on the £500 Sound this morning - Shane came on air and guessed at a boot being opened, not right Im afraid. Julie said is it an egg breaking and Sandra reckoned it could be a cork taken out of a bottle, neither of those right either.

The Mystery Voice reaches £99 tomorrow morning, Shaun will give 3p out of his own pocket if anyone can get it.

Im on holiday tomorrow so the show and this blog will be in the capable hands of Shaun - treat him gently! See you on Monday

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Wednesday 16th January 2008

Source: Fen Radio Breakfast
Wednesday 16th January 2008, 12:16pm

The Case of the Mysterious Missing Text Phone and who is Foodoo Muscal?

Hello chilblains!

Welcome to the Fen Radio Breakfast Show Blog.

High drama on the show this morning as our trusty text phone mysteriously went missing. Shaun and I looked under, over, in, and behind everything in the building including the fridge, microwave and bins! After we received a call from Shifty Shaun it turns out the phone was in the clutches of Richie the Fence! It's now back in the studio and normal service is resumed.

We talked about things that scared you as a child after a new survey revealed that most kids are scared of clowns. My particular fear was bats, and Shaun was scared og Foodoo Muscal a character that was the creation over his over-active imagination! What were your worst childhood fears?

£95 on the Mystery Voice this morning with that famous lady still foxing the Fens. Guesses of Helen Hunt, Brooke Hogan, Joanna Lumley and Pauline Quirke were all incorrect, thanks to Aaron, Simon and Ann for taking part.

You can win £500 by telling us what the £500 Sound is. It's short and sweet but every morning at 8.15 you can can call us on Wisbech 467107 to tell us what you think it is. Guesses so far include - A footprint in the snow, computer key, a clock, clucking the tongue and a dartboard. Listen at 8.15 tomorrow.

Flashback gives you 5 songs from the same year all you have to do is tell us what the year is. Today we featured Oasis, Busted, Doves, Marilyn Manson and Toploader from 2002.

Jimmy's Riddle was too easy - we ask "What ends everything?" It is course the letter 'G'.

Fen Radio Breakfast back tomorrow at 7am

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