George Lamb on BBC 6Music: total cock

[cybertect]

PMSL

Put me in the 'I've never heard the show, but the adverts make me hate him' camp, too.

 

[mattie]

What's this interview with SFA that he ballsed up?

I've only heard him in patches, which is still enough to make me despise him. Shabba?

 

[moonsi til]

Oh god he is a knobhead. Why does he shout all the time ? I feel uncomfortable when he describes something as being 'estate' and other things like that. My BF who has listened to radio6 for a longtime at work has switched over to radio4 for most of his day due to this eejit.

 

[bouncer_the_dog]

Originally Posted by Beeb
Dear Bouncer

Thank you for your e-mail regarding 6 Music. I understand you have concerns about George Lamb. I should begin by advising that all our programme contributors are appointed on the basis of their experience and talent, and we do not engage any presenter unless we consider that they are the most competent and possess the necessary ability to meet the considerable demands of their particular broadcast.

Having said that it is rare for any radio personality to meet with the approval of everyone in our vast and varied audience, and from the heavy correspondence which we receive it is clear that listeners' opinions on them do vary considerably.

I would like to assure you that we have registered your comments on our audience log. This is the internal report of audience feedback which we compile daily for all programme makers and commissioning executives within the BBC, and also their senior management. It ensures that your points, and all other comments we receive, are circulated and considered across the BBC.

Thank you again for taking the time to contact the BBC.

Regards Adam Sims
BBC Information

Its apparent to me that they failed miserabley on the point of how they engage their presenters. He's clearly incompetent. Not to mention just plain rubbish. Adam Sims doesn't mention anything about quality either. Considering that they 'read the feedback' can I emplore anyone who vaguely gives a shit to write an official complaint to the Beeb about Lamb! The twattish Zoo format must be excised from 6Music! We need a contemporary Radio 3 !

 

[alexisonfire]

The man ruins my day.

 

[skyscraper101]

He is sooo shit I'm almost beginning to warm to him. I know, I know..he's a nobhead but there's something about the fact he has just gone all out now and is playing up to his over inflated ego which is somewhat intriguing.

It's kinda like the way Bam Bam was so awful on Kiss before he got booted off (and getting Kiss fined £175,000! lol) - there's something kind of endearing about REALLY REALLY shit DJs, because they can only eventually go one way - usually getting booted off.

 

[bouncer_the_dog]

FYI Lamb haters, Pete Mitchel of Virgin radio's now ended Pete and Geoff fame is doing the Lamb slot. Enjoy daytime 6Music while you can..

 

[editor]

FYI Lamb haters, Pete Mitchel of Virgin radio's now ended Pete and Geoff fame is doing the Lamb slot. Enjoy daytime 6Music while you can..

He's even worse. I turned off after some painful 'interview' with some deeply unfunny twat with a pretend radio show.

Why don't they just shut the fuck up with their teenage japes and just play some fucking music?

 

[bouncer_the_dog]

No one is worse than Lamb... at least Mitchel is able to complete an entire sentance.

 

[moonsi til]

Who did Martin Freeman (guy from the Office) replace for a few days last month or so ? I really enjoyed him being on.

 

[El Sueno]

Thanks for scanning in the Terry Fuckwitt comic Bouncer. The man Lamb really is a disgrace, compare the morning show to what you get on a Sunday (Russell Howard & Jon Richardson, Steven Merchent and Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone) and it seems like a totally different station.

Lamb has now been banned in the office where I work, so from 10 until 1 every day we play a variety of CDs. I recommend it.

 

[bouncer_the_dog]

El S, i didn't I just found it on the web. Googling 'George Lamb' yields nothing but results describing what a cunt he is and how corrupt and crap Lesley Douglas is.. certainly the supposed droves of lamb fans are failing to make their voices heard. I think I found the Terry Fuckwit scan via this site... http://worst.dj.ever.com/?skip_login=1

 

[El Sueno]

Cheers for the linky thingys bouncer, plenty of anti-Lamb sentiment if you just scratch the surface eh!

 

[editor]

FFS: some idiot has nominated this babbling half wit for a Sony award.

 

[ebay sex moomin]

Who did Martin Freeman (guy from the Office) replace for a few days last month or so ? I really enjoyed him being on.

twas Stephen Merchant, and yes, he was lovely

enjoying the level of Lamb-hate on this thread. guy's an utter twonk.

 

[clandestino]

FFS: some idiot has nominated this babbling half wit for a Sony award.

I read somewhere that Lesley Douglas is on the panel that dishes out the nominations. Convenient that.

I haven't heard his show, but the TV ad makes him look like an idiot. It's a shame - Gideon is a lovely guy, knows his stuff, and always put together an excellent show. Hopefully they'll bring him back to daytime.

 

[editor]

I read somewhere that Lesley Douglas is on the panel that dishes out the nominations. Convenient that.

And how the fuck did she get to be head?

However, Douglas - who oversees both BBC Radio 2 and 6Music - denied the station had changed in pursuit of more listeners.

She said the aim of the latest changes had been to attract more women to the station.


Douglas added that women were more "emotional" about music, while men tended to be interested in its "intellectual" side.

What a load of fucking shit.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/feb/18/bbc.radio?gusrc=rss&feed=media

 

[Tank Girl]

She said the aim of the latest changes had been to attract more women to the station.

she's failing with all the laddish shite that comes out of my radio when lamb is on

 

[clandestino]

Here you go:

http://www.radioawards.org/judges/?35

She's Vice Chair of the Radio Academy.

 

[editor]

We the undersigned wish to make it known that we feel the appointment of George Lamb to the daytime schedule of 6Music is against what we believed 6Music stood for -- i.e. quality broadcasting, cutting edge music, insightful interviews and knowledge of music.

Lamb's tenure has seen the channel slip to lowest common denominator 'celeb-chat' -- fine for Radio One, but not what we expect from 6Music. His treatment of guests has been disgraceful -- the interview with Super Furry Animals being a case in point. It is embarrassing to listen to him try and interview a band with no knowledge. Is a little research too much to ask?

We do not wish to listen to radio that asks 'which of my friends would be in your top 5' to its guests.

We urge you to reconsider the suitability of George Lamb for the post and hope that this isn't an indication of where 6Music is headed in the future.

http://www.getlambout.org.uk/

Vote registered, joining the 2,743 votes already in.

 

[innit]

she's failing with all the laddish shite that comes out of my radio when lamb is on

she thinks women like that

 

[Tank Girl]

she's a bit daft then isn't she?

 

[editor]

she thinks women like that

I rather like this comment:

...George Lamb, a car-crash of a presenter with no interest in music and a questionable take on racial and sexual stereotypes - the latest person to be granted a slot on the station in readiness for FM promotion.

Meanwhile regular music-loving listeners are asked to tolerate a cavalcade of mock-street vernacular, interrupted records and live guest appearances and zoo-radio style studio posse shouting matches.


The official reason for this? - to attract more female listeners to a hitherto male-orientated station. Ask Cat Power if she's likely to tune into George after her recent appearance in which he repeatedly asked if she'd "tongued" a well-known actor.
http://www.wordmagazine.co.uk/content/lamb

And his own 'Lamby's Lingo' page is toecurlingly embarrassing. What a cunt.

BOSS-EYE

(Adj) pron: Boss-ay
Crossed, wandering and other optical afflictions. Considered attractive by certain DJs
"Her boss-eye really turned me on - standard!"

CHIRPSE

(Verb) pron: cherp-ss
To kiss someone.
"Did you chirpse that boss-eyed bird last night?"

CLOBBER

(Noun) pron: Clob-ber
An alternative word for clothing.
"He had on some well dodgy clobber"

 

[Tank Girl]

he gets excited if someone has a name made up of two first names as well.

for example john lesley.

fucking brilliant stuff

 

[Pie 1]

she's a bit daft then isn't she?

She also appears to be quite old skool BBC - Too institutionally arrogant to ever admit you are wrong/misguided.
If this is the case, don't expect Lamb to go anytime soon

 

[moonsi til]

I lost my reception when his show started this morning...so I didn't even have to choose myself to turn the plank off..I see it as divine intervention.

I am genuinely offended by some of the nonsense he spouts...especially the 'estate' stuff. Anyone up for being the listener 'don'...or whatever the eejit calls it and rather than getting stuck up his bottom ...gives him a verbal punch in the bollocks ?

I have now added my name to the petition and complained to the BBC.

I might make myself an anti Lamb badge...

 

[Augie March]

Ask Cat Power if she's likely to tune into George after her recent appearance in which he repeatedly asked if she'd "tongued" a well-known actor.

Kin hell.

Surely for the Beeb to justify the existence of 6 music, it has to be on the basis of the station offering an alternative to the other stations they already have. I mean if this twonk is spouting out the same meaningless drivel that most Radio 1 DJ's dribble out of their highly paid mouths, he could be forced out on a technicality no?

 

[editor]

Kin hell.

Surely for the Beeb to justify the existence of 6 music, it has to be on the basis of the station offering an alternative to the other stations they already have. I mean if this twonk is spouting out the same meaningless drivel that most Radio 1 DJ's dribble out of their highly paid mouths, he could be forced out on a technicality no?

Lamb makes the average Radio One buffoon appear positively sophisticated.

 

[bouncer_the_dog]

As part of my ongoing obsession I blogged on this. But here is a link to a much better written article, which includes plenty of Lesley Douglas dirt. Perhaps the real question we should be asking is who appointed Douglas???

 

[editor]

Here's my reply from the BBC. Yadda yadda yadda.

Thanks for your e-mail regarding 'George Lamb' on 6 Music.

I understand that, as a listener to the station for several years, you feel George Lamb's programme is dragging the quality of the programming down by indulging in what you feel to be "lad's mag" humour.

Whilst the show may indeed be "laddish" in tone at times, it does not set out to be offensive. George Lamb uses several voices and accents during the show but none are designed to mock or denigrate any other ethnic groups. The programme clearly has a fun-loving and laid back feel as often epitomised by the Caribbean - hence the use of patois slang, reggae music, the "Shabba" sound effect, and in the past, references to a Caribbean soft drink called Ting. He also speaks with Scottish, Spanish, Welsh and regional accents. This is simply to add colour to the anecdote and certainly not to mock anyone.

All the humour on George Lamb's show is clearly tongue in cheek, light-hearted and not to be taken too seriously and listeners on the whole appreciate this. George is an energetic and spontaneous presenter which can mean his humour is near the knuckle but, as explained, it is never meant to be offensive. That said, we accept that at times in a live situation he may go too far and if this does happen we apologise and move on.

Any new show will evolve as it is built and developed and Controller Lesley Douglas will be speaking with George Lamb and the team on this as all parties naturally want to make it the best show it can be.

I would like to assure you that we have registered your comments on our audience log. This is the internal report of audience feedback which we compile daily for all programme makers and commissioning executives within the BBC, and also their senior management. It ensures that your points, and all other comments we receive, are circulated and considered across the BBC.

Thanks again for taking the time to contact us with your concerns.