TFF5 Show 7 (03/07/09) Crisps/1976 & Guru Wars Light
July 3, 2009 – 11:26 pm I did take some pictures tonight…but my camera threw a tantrum and all I have are pictures of Cam (he was eating chicken drumsticks and if that doesnt get a mention in his now famous blog I will be disappointed) and Ben. Oh and one of Cam and Kia dancing to The Brotherhood Of Man (see below).
I have to say tonights show felt like one of the worst. A lack of callers, things I had planned fell apart and everyone working on the show seemed to lose the plot (including myself). I can’t help thinking the station can’t sustain a show like TFF because we just don’t seem to be able to generate new callers. I think that may have something to do with the format, talking bollocks or maybe the time of year?
I did try to focus on some very locally based things hoping to grab some new callers but it didn’t seem to work. 1976 being the year The Four Seasons Shopping Centre opened in Mansfield, the Walkers Crisps connection and Mansfield Mustard. It didn’t work 
With the show 45 programmes old I’m tempted next week to just use the last hour for calls and focus more on the music in the first two hours instead.
Aladdin Press Launch (Mansfield 02/07/09)
July 2, 2009 – 10:05 pm I went along to the Mansfield Palace Theatre press launch of their upcoming panto Aladdin. Mansfield 103.2 has been one of the main sponsors of the local panto for a number of years but it was the first time I’ve had chance to go to a press launch.
Mansfield 103.2’s Breakfast Show host John B Tannen was doing live links into programming from the secret location between 1 and 3.
The day was absolutely boiling so couldnt help feeling sorry for the cast who know doubt were sweating cobs in their costumes. You can see a full selection of pictures at the Mansfield 103.2 website.
Theres A Monkey On The Loose
July 2, 2009 – 9:25 pm I used to do a competition many moons ago called Theres A Monkey On The Loose it was a reworking of another onair game called Knock A Door Run.
The first game wasn’t liked by the station management (there was a worry I was encouraging people to knock on people’s doors and run away). I kind of stuck up for the competition for a bit and I think it ran for a week or two before I decided it was probably best to change the idea before I got the sack.
To hear how the competition worked you can find my only recording of it at watkosworld.com a website put together by the very talented Peter Chapman.
Anyway the reason for this post is I thought i’d lost the jingles and sound effects but in a clear out at work today I found the all important mini disk. So here are the original jingles….I was/am tempted to play the competiton one last time on TFF but maybe this one should be confined to the dark corners of my radio past.
Does anyone remember this competition, if yes post your memories below 
Cam’s Penned Projectile #8 (Producer’s Perspective)
June 27, 2009 – 9:04 pm 
TFF started off at the earlier time of 6pm this Friday evening. I’ll be totally honest, for the first half hour of the show I was listening in the car as I drove in from Ch*****field where I’d been doing a bit of work. Lots of music in the first hour and also the real James Corden was down at the Mansfield Civic Centre because it was an awards evening for West Notts college students.
Ben was back behind-the-scenes as well this week, with me on the phones, which was fantastic (less work for me!).
Just before 7pm, we remembered the Nimble bread advert from the 70s with the hot air balloon and all that stuff.
Just around 7pm our pizza arrived!! Ham and pineapple - it was blooming tasty!
Back street dentistry, have you ever been hounded and 1977 were the choice topics of the evening.
Sue Morgan kicked off the calls on air and told us how dogs had hounded her on two separate occasions. John B Tannen was next on the blower with memories of 1977 and he sparked off people becoming the Kings and Queens of streets. John B was the King of Paxton Crescent and decided to give his subjects free bus travel from anywhere on the Paxton Crescent to anywhere on Paxton Crescent. Oh if only I lived on Paxton Crescent.
Crazy Dave phoned up concerning back street dentists telling us he’d pulled all his teeth out bar one, which we then tried to name on the programme. There were lots of suggestions - my favorite being Juanita.
We couldn’t remember who the third musketeer was when Helen rang up. I’m sure it was Aresof.
Kia came in and became King of Morven Avenue and had a coronation with crisps and drinks!!! His next royal act was to knight Rob Burnett and this he proceeded to do with a special ceremony - huskies and all! Rob didn’t end up Sir Robert of Burnett as he was supposed to; instead Kia gave him another second name that truth is told has slipped my mind.
Andy Morgan gave us a call to talk Michael Jackson with us. I know Andy’s a massive fan and would have been devastated at the news. Just briefly on the MJ topic, in my opinion his music will be enjoyed for decades to come and I’m sure he’d be happy knowing that.
Back to TFF and the Iman called in telling us to get some Bee Gees on BECAUSE IT WAS 1977!! Or 1972 I’m not really sure. We got our disco groove on with some Night Fever!
Spoon man made his second TFF appearance with a tribute to Jacko.
David called up wanting to be a Sir of his road and not a King but as we know you need to be knighted to be a Sir by a King or Queen - so we made Kia, King of David’s road then Kia decided he didn’t want to knight him!
David coined a name for Crazy Dave’s tooth - Porky after a pork scratching that cost David £80 at the dentists once.
After 9pm, Phil the Guru Mitchell gave us enlightenment for beginners only to be challenged for his guru crown by Johnny Arzan Farzan! LET GURU WARS COMMENCE! Ian ran off upstairs leaving me in control for a few worrying seconds as I didn’t have a clue where he’d gone. Luckily he came back and it turned out he’d been doing some technical jiggery pokery stuff so we could have four callers on at once!
The last 15 minutes of the programme descended into madness. I heard Gary from Kirkby, Iman, David, Crazy Dave, Phil, Johnny and Sue Morgan at some point. I’d say the first battle of guru wars went to Phil with most callers giving him the thumbs up over Johnny.
After the show I popped into my local for a quick one, got in and had some Salsa whilst watching Neil Young performing at Glastonbury on BBC 2. He did some weird cover version of a day in the life of by the Beatles (not that the original isn’t weird enough). Made me think how TFF was like the song in that you’re listening thinking it’s just like a normal average phone in… Then suddenly it builds up going a bit mad before mellowing out again and doing the whole thing over again
Have a good week, catch ya Friday.
Cam x
TFF5 Show 6 (DIY Dentists, Crazy Dave’s Tooth, Michael Jackson & Guru Wars)
June 27, 2009 – 5:52 pm 
Following the sad death of Michael Jackson on Thursday I was unsure how this weeks show would go. MJ has often been mentioned on TFF and everyone who regularly tunes in will know I was going to the O2 arena to see him in February of next year. Although we didn’t properly pay tribute to him last night we did play a couple of tracks from the self styled ‘King Of Pop’ Scream from the HIStory Album (I forgot there was a swear word in it and when I remembered it was too late, sorry folks) and a track by Rockwell Somebody’s Watching Me where he featured on the chorus vocals. We did some robot dancing out of respect whilst Rockwell was on and made room for a little bit of Jacko talk on the programme. Even the Spoon Man did a rendition of Smooth Criminal.
After the show I went out for a few drinks in Mansfield and his songs were belting out across the town. I think a lot of people had forgotten how many great tracks he actually did.
I remember buying the Bad Album on tape from Boots in the Four Seasons Shopping Centre back in 1987. I hadn’t intended to buy it but I was made to take back a copy of Sgt Pepper Lonely Hearts Club Band I had bought by my dad because I already had it. Someone had recorded the CD version on to a tape for me. So I went back and swapped it for 2 tapes (Beatles music has always been expensive). So I got Bad and also a copy of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons Greatest Hits. Don’t ask me why, I think I didn’t have a lot of time to choose. Having said that I enjoyed the falsetto vocals.
The one annoying thing about Bad on tape was Leave Me Alone wasn’t on it. I think that song ended up on the CD version of the album at a later date.
RIP MJ.
Cam will be here soon with a more in depth blog into last nights antics.
W
PS it was great to have Ben back last night and his hat (of course)
