The Footy Show thread 2009

[God-King Dean]

Fatty's credibility is shot now too, after his "well said" pat on the back and "on with the show!".

What was wrong with it bartman ?

 

[Scarves]

They want to be careful on that show now that the precedent has been set with men no longer allowed to out number the fairer sex in rooms with a crowd. They'll have to bring back Deb Spillane and Karen Tighe.

 

[Different kind of Rabbit]

Just heard it on the radio.

Fmd, two hours of Gould v Voss for who has the biggest mouth moderated by Fatty Vautin. This could quite possibly be the death of the Footy Show.

 

[Proud2BeCanberran]

oh crap... This is a dark day for the footy show.

 

[myanonymoususername]

Just kill it off FFS.

 

[Eels Dude]

So now we've got 2 of Matt John's Sunday Roast mates on the show. If they were gonna do that they should have put Mark Geyer on instead, at least he isn't afraid to be controversial. No... no no no no no.

 

[Jono078]

Good move. As long as the show takes a more serious approach now with Gould there.

 

[Different kind of Rabbit]

They can now replace the Percy LeBlanc skit with a Mr Potato Head skit. Gould will be perfect.

 

[DRAGONZ_RULE]

Good move. As long as the show takes a more serious approach now with Gould there.

Exactly .. Gould isn't going to give you bullsh*t personal anecdotes about how good playing for Newcastle is and how he's Percy le f**king Blonc or some sh*t or other.


IMO this may be the real start of the Footy Show .. FOOTY being the imperative word. Gould and Voss talk rugby league, and I'll take 2 hours of chat about ONLY rugby league ahead of a 15 minute segment about the upcoming games squeezed in at 11.15pm after over 2 hours of "we love ourselves so much, this show is about us, let's do daredevil bullsh*t."

 

[Non Terminator]

The random sites are saying the Footy Show will die because of the lack of humour.
The humour is not the most essential part, or should not be the most essential part imo.

 

[DRAGONZ_RULE]

The random sites are saying the Footy Show will die because of the lack of humour.
The humour is not the most essential part, or should not be the most essential part imo.

Exactly.

It would be better with NO humour.

It is a show about rugby league, not a bloody sit-com.

 

[Dogs Of War]

There is enough humour highlighting humourous events on the field, even going back in history like they have been doing with their top 5 moments.

Getting current footy playerss on and showing highlights and lowlights of there career's should be able to provide that, but still be able to focus on the footy.

Even some silly games with current footy players to have a laugh, remember the arm wrestling challenge, things like that work, and give us all a laugh at times. The show doesn't need Johns creating characters to make it work.

 

[Simo]

I disagree, humour is great for the thursday show.....its just that it has not had any in recent years.

What makes the thrusday show great are segements like: 60 seconds with sterlo, our house with girds etc.

Things that involve an insight into the lives of our players and the natural humour that comes with seeing them in a casual way, outside the formal press conferences and interviews.

Sure our house got a bit repetative with the jokes but that type of segment is good.

They should have very few 'rehearsed' jokes and just let the informal looks at the players have little amusing parts.

Whilst undoubtedly the thursday footy show has needed more actual match coverage, but to add to that they have to have more variations in players and more segments looking at the lives and things they do of players.

The hosts merely run the show and conduct the interviews, they need not think they are the stars.

 

[JT_]

If they want actual humour they should consider bringing Mario back in.

 

[forward pass]

I think its a great move to bring Gus in.

But no doubt there will be the usual cluster of forumites who for some reason don't know how to change channels using their remote so will bag the crap out of the show as if someone was holding a gun at their head and forcing them to watch.

Don't like it ? - use the programme up/down button on your remote until you see a different programme on the TV and you will feel better. Meanwhile, the rest of us non-whiners, will continue to watch and get our footy fix and decent discussion about current matters in the game.

 

[Chook Norris]

Exactly.

It would be better with NO humour.

It is a show about rugby league, not a bloody sit-com.

rubbish mate, the last thing people want to do on a thursday night is just listen to purely footy talk that is devoid of humour

 

[El Diablo]

http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,27574,25481290-29277,00.html

Gould to replace Johns on Footy Show

By Erin McWhirter

The Daily Telegraph

May 14, 2009 03:48pm

CHANNEL Nine commentator Phil Gould is replacing Matthew Johns on tonight's Footy Show after Johns was stood down indefinitely.

Gould has spent the day with Johns's family.

Tonight's show will be devoting a large section of the program to the Sharks scandal, The Daily Telegraph reports.

Meanwhile, Channel Nine has already started the process of scrubbing all signs of Johns from its past - it has removed his photo from the masthead of its Footy Show website.

Only the two remaining panellists, Andrew Voss and Paul "Fatty" Vautin are in the picture.

And without Johns, who has been stood down but not sacked, the show will be fighting for survival.

The program has suffered from dismal ratings and controversial incidents in the past, including host Vautin insulting a disabled security guard last year.

Now media commentators said the loss of Johns could be enough to kill the show after 15 years.

Fusion Strategy media analyst Steve Allen said the failure to groom current players to join the on-air panel could prove costly.

"The show's executive producers should have started on generational (changes) five years ago because now it's like the last man standing," Allen said.

"They should have had young players. Someone who can speak well, present well and has a real knowledge of the game. I would think there were half a dozen candidates."

He said without Johns and his alter-egos - including the hard-drinking Reg Reagan - the program would lack humour and the freshness it needed to survive.

"They have stood him down but I wouldn't think they will dismiss him," Allen said.


While the program proved a ratings failure last year, The Footy Show has this year been winning its Thursday night timeslot.

Allen said he expected the program would stay on air for the 2009 footy season.

 

[Gaba]

I think if they wanted humour, gould isnt a bad comedian like monday night the way he was complaining how far on the field the touch judge was, couldnt stop laughing.

Also ray warren wouldnt be bad as a comedian on the footy show

And lol gould's view on the sharks and stuart brings more entertainment

 

[Liam]

An inanimate carbon rod would be funnier than Johns.

 

[Non Terminator]

Yes, but what is funnier than an inanimate carbon rod?