Tooting Gull
Well-known member
- Jul 5, 2003
- 11,033
I think Mike Parry has made me laugh out loud more than virtually any other radio broadcaster in the last 10 years. Often more at him than with him, but he can be very, very funny (intentionally or otherwise).
And that has to be a good thing, right? Probably going on Five Live was a mistake, always going to be a bit too po-faced for him, staff and listeners.
He's made a lot of other people laugh over the years, hence the incredible listener response at talkSPORT. I can only assume people saying they hate him and he's a twat just haven't heard some of the classic moments.
He can also do serious when he wants (not too often). I will always remember the way he winged it for hours on the day of the Twin Towers attack, him having been a working journalist in New York. Unlike the saps on say Sky's rolling TV news channels who have that limbo-land of hours to fill with nothing to say just after a major disaster hits, Parry talked for hours before the full details came through about the city, the towers, the emergency service response, the streets around the area, exits from the building etc. It was a masterclass of doing it on the hoof.
And that has to be a good thing, right? Probably going on Five Live was a mistake, always going to be a bit too po-faced for him, staff and listeners.
He's made a lot of other people laugh over the years, hence the incredible listener response at talkSPORT. I can only assume people saying they hate him and he's a twat just haven't heard some of the classic moments.
He can also do serious when he wants (not too often). I will always remember the way he winged it for hours on the day of the Twin Towers attack, him having been a working journalist in New York. Unlike the saps on say Sky's rolling TV news channels who have that limbo-land of hours to fill with nothing to say just after a major disaster hits, Parry talked for hours before the full details came through about the city, the towers, the emergency service response, the streets around the area, exits from the building etc. It was a masterclass of doing it on the hoof.
