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Although I was a fan of most of Johns work on The Footy Show, Johns is like Bert Newton: very good in the smaller roles (e.g. when Moonface was the sidekick on the Graham Kennedy and Don Lane shows, but he never reached the same heights when he had his own shows on Ch7 and 10), but doesn't have what it takes to carry the show on his own in the main role.
Although the primary reason for The Matty Johns show being discontinued in his favoured timeslot was due to the AFL version of Ch7's Footy Show - The Bounce - bombing in the southern states, Matty never really eased into his role on that show. I dunno what it was, but I noticed he also didn't gel very well with Shane Webcke like Fatty and Sterlo did on The Footy Show. It was like watching the original odd couple, as Webcke and Johns are vastly different.
Johns persona has changed for the better since he joined Fox. He doesn't suck up to the players and come out with the same old hackneyed expressions "It's not his go", and say to every player on the panel "You're a legend, mate!" which he did on The Footy Show (the one thing that I strongly disliked during his tenure there). However, even on NRL on Fox, he seems way out of place when he's alongside Warren Smith and Brandy. You instantly feel he's like the odd one out on the panel. Maybe this is accentuated by the fact he's always butting in and even when they have discussions, like Dellavision (although not quite as bad as him), he's moving his mouth when someone else is talking, thinking about what to say next rather than listening to the player talking. Very bad habit.
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