Danny Baker - Cancer

[Tricky Dicky]

Wish Mr Baker all the best - I am living proof (so far) that it is something that you can overcome. I had cancer when I was 14 months old, and I would think Chemo and radio therapy were much less advanced in technology 45 years ago when I had it.

 

[Soul Finger]

In the age of Premier obsessed broadcasters, he truly is a breath of fresh air.

Hope he gets well real soon.

 

[Raphael Meade]

awful news, undoubtedly the best broadcaster out there!

hopefully he gets through it ok and speedily!

 

[R. Slicker]

Wish DB all the luck. Brilliant presenter, entertained me on the radio for 20 years.
Made Driving in London bearable.

 

[Storer68]

Does anyone remember his seminal.

"I was just handed this envelope" piece at the beginning of the Archer troubles?

and if you're interested http://www.internettreehouse.co.uk/ of which an example transcript:

THE WOODEN BOW TIE
Hi Ya Danny

Who is this?

I've got football memorabilia and I've got a footballer in a supermarket..

Okay go on

The football memorabilia is when I was about nine, I'm now about fifty odd so it's going back a bit…

Yeah

I asked my Dad if he'd make me a bow-tie

Hang On, Hang On, Hang On, No Hang On! Just say that again

I asked my Dad if he'd make me a bow-tie

Danny Kelly - The first time ever on Radio Five Live the sentence, I asked my Dad to make me a bow-tie

This is already my favourite call ever……Kids you asked your Dad to make you a train, a ship, a boat, some kind of railway station. You asked your Father……..

Well it made a difference from a scarf right. I wanted something with my teams' name on it.

Danny Kelly - What team is that?

Dundee United

Okay cool it's great, go on.

But they're just called United. So he made it and it was wee black triangles, you know at the pointy bit and it was white across the middle and it had Utd. written across the middle….

- LAUGHTER -

A bow-tie!

….but it was made of plywood!

- MAD LAUGHTER -

This is too good. We'll have to play an advert. We're going to have to play an advert.

Danny Kelly -We're going commercial…they'll be an advert for the next twenty minutes.

I'm sorry Gordon, as you know we usually plough on, but you're wearing a plywood bow-tie with Dundee Utd on it?

………and it was two feet wide!

- MORE MAD LAUGHTER -

….and it was tied round my neck with a big leather strap.

- MORE MAD LAUGHTER -

…and by half time I was Quasimodo.

..and what did you say when he handed you this thing?

- HYSTERICAL LAUGHTER -

Danny Kelly - Here you go son, here's your bow-tie.

- LAUGHTER -

Danny Kelly - Clank, Clank, Clank and here's the big leather strap to tie it to your neck.

Oh my God!

It weighed about a stone and a half………

Danny Kelly - You must have ended up with curvature of the spine?

……..but he saw the error of his ways……..

Oh Man!

So next week…..

There's more?

He produced a big pole….


- MAD LAUGHTER -


…and I went away to the match like a Roman Centurion you know?


Danny Kelly - What was the Pole for sorry?


The bow-tie was strapped to the pole…


- MAD LAUGHTER -


…...Like a Roman standard?


Bang, Bang, Bang! (Danny thumps the table with his fist in hysterics)


Danny Kelly - Like a Roman Standard?…you're making it worse, don't keep doing that.


Gordon, this is my favourite ever and I've been doing this a while…..Sorry I've gone


………..and another quick thing is…………


No, No, hang on just a minute, you don't have to fill the space; sometimes it's good to have dead air. Just going back, why did you want a bow-tie?


Why does anybody want anything?


No, No, No seriously, a rattle yes, a banner yes, a scarf as you say, a hat………..


I already had a rattle…


Ooooh!


Aah I'm afraid Gordon we're going to have to keep your number and have you tell that…..I may have to ring you up when I'm at parties and I can't quite remember all the details……….Good Old Gordon!


Danny Kelly - Wherever tards and retards meet...


A two foot wide bow-tie


Danny Kelly - And one with a big leather strap the first week and on the second week, carried into the ground like a Roman Centurion.


The thing to do is stick it on a pole. Well don't feel intimidated by Gordon's call. It may be the best, but please 0345 909 693.


Danny Kelly - you only have to do better than that and you're on the air!

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Danny Baker is brilliant, I love the chap.

Danny said "I'm just the battlefield, science is doing the fighting and of course the wonderful docs and nurses of the brilliant NHS."

 

[brakespear]

Previously never thought I liked him but started listening to his Saturday morning show on 5 Live purely because it happened to be on before Fighting Talk abd the bloke is an absolute legend - best of luck to him.

 

[Dandyman]

Top man - Hope the chemo works & he is back on the airwaves before too long.

 

[Twinkle Toes]

Does anyone remember his seminal.

"I was just handed this envelope" piece at the beginning of the Archer troubles?

and if you're interested http://www.internettreehouse.co.uk/ of which an example transcript:

THE WOODEN BOW TIE
Hi Ya Danny

Who is this?

I've got football memorabilia and I've got a footballer in a supermarket..

Okay go on

The football memorabilia is when I was about nine, I'm now about fifty odd so it's going back a bit…

Yeah

I asked my Dad if he'd make me a bow-tie

Hang On, Hang On, Hang On, No Hang On! Just say that again

I asked my Dad if he'd make me a bow-tie

Danny Kelly - The first time ever on Radio Five Live the sentence, I asked my Dad to make me a bow-tie

This is already my favourite call ever……Kids you asked your Dad to make you a train, a ship, a boat, some kind of railway station. You asked your Father……..

Well it made a difference from a scarf right. I wanted something with my teams' name on it.

Danny Kelly - What team is that?

Dundee United

Okay cool it's great, go on.

But they're just called United. So he made it and it was wee black triangles, you know at the pointy bit and it was white across the middle and it had Utd. written across the middle….

- LAUGHTER -

A bow-tie!

….but it was made of plywood!

- MAD LAUGHTER -

This is too good. We'll have to play an advert. We're going to have to play an advert.

Danny Kelly -We're going commercial…they'll be an advert for the next twenty minutes.

I'm sorry Gordon, as you know we usually plough on, but you're wearing a plywood bow-tie with Dundee Utd on it?

………and it was two feet wide!

- MORE MAD LAUGHTER -

….and it was tied round my neck with a big leather strap.

- MORE MAD LAUGHTER -

…and by half time I was Quasimodo.

..and what did you say when he handed you this thing?

- HYSTERICAL LAUGHTER -

Danny Kelly - Here you go son, here's your bow-tie.

- LAUGHTER -

Danny Kelly - Clank, Clank, Clank and here's the big leather strap to tie it to your neck.

Oh my God!

It weighed about a stone and a half………

Danny Kelly - You must have ended up with curvature of the spine?

……..but he saw the error of his ways……..

Oh Man!

So next week…..

There's more?

He produced a big pole….


- MAD LAUGHTER -


…and I went away to the match like a Roman Centurion you know?


Danny Kelly - What was the Pole for sorry?


The bow-tie was strapped to the pole…


- MAD LAUGHTER -


…...Like a Roman standard?


Bang, Bang, Bang! (Danny thumps the table with his fist in hysterics)


Danny Kelly - Like a Roman Standard?…you're making it worse, don't keep doing that.


Gordon, this is my favourite ever and I've been doing this a while…..Sorry I've gone


………..and another quick thing is…………


No, No, hang on just a minute, you don't have to fill the space; sometimes it's good to have dead air. Just going back, why did you want a bow-tie?


Why does anybody want anything?


No, No, No seriously, a rattle yes, a banner yes, a scarf as you say, a hat………..


I already had a rattle…


Ooooh!


Aah I'm afraid Gordon we're going to have to keep your number and have you tell that…..I may have to ring you up when I'm at parties and I can't quite remember all the details……….Good Old Gordon!


Danny Kelly - Wherever tards and retards meet...


A two foot wide bow-tie


Danny Kelly - And one with a big leather strap the first week and on the second week, carried into the ground like a Roman Centurion.


The thing to do is stick it on a pole. Well don't feel intimidated by Gordon's call. It may be the best, but please 0345 909 693.


Danny Kelly - you only have to do better than that and you're on the air!

Thank soooo much for that link Mr S, TOP find! I've already listening to a heap of these gems, & I can confirm that the "Wooden Bow-Tie" call was the funniest thing I've heard in years. Tears of laughter were quite lidderally cascading all over my keyboard. Marvelous.

 

[FamilyGuy]

He played me a deication on my 40th birthday - possibly the only one taht he's ever done on air ....

 

[Durlston]

I love Danny Baker and have got all his football tapes from the mid nineties like Own goals & gaffs, Freak football etc. A great entertainer and I don't think anybody has a bad word to say about him.

Really hope he pulls through it and gets well soon.

 

[Ringmer Seagull]

Top bloke and top broadcaster. Sad news and I hope all goes well for him.

 

[Brighton M]

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[Herne Hill Seagull]

I'm absolutely gutted to hear this. I download his Saturday prog as a podcast to make the journey to work pass quicker, and try to catch his London daily show whenever possible.

He is my absolutely favourite broadcaster ever, in any medium. His cultural references are absolutely as wide as I've ever heard, his ability to make radio gold out of the slimmest of material, and his unfailing ability to make you feel better are entirely unmatched.

Get well soon to a national treasure - the radio landscape will be considerably less interesting without him.

 

[Brightonfan1983]

The man's a legend. The short set of podcasts he made independently with Danny Kelly a couple of years back are awfully awfully funny. It gave us Bohemian Rhapsody with the lyrics changed to footballers passed and present. I can only imagine a good ending to all this.

 

[Al Bion]

Can only echo what HHS has said above, he's my favourite broadcaster and the radio airwaves are going to be considerably less funny without him. May he make a speedy recovery.

 

[jimhigham]

I am sadly reminded of his "Nothing can possibly go wrong now" segment. DB is the cornerstone of many people's Saturday mornings.

Get well soon. My radio needs you.

 

[gripper stebson]

Tonnes of old Baker and Kelly clips HERE

 

[Hatterlovesbrighton]

I've gone through periods of loving and loathing Danny Baker. He got on my wick when he was out on the piss continually with Evans and Gazza, but he is a great radio dj.

Hopefully we'll have him back where he belongs soon.

 

[Barry Izbak]

Quite simply my favourite broadcaster. I listen every afternoon on BBC London and think the bloke is brilliant. I was gutted when I read this in the Standard yesterday.

He won't appreciate all this "self regarding nonsense" but he deserves it all , and more.