Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.

:: PODCAST/BLOG ::

:: SOCIAL ::

@cookdandbombd - Main site feed. My personal Twitter.

@ComedyChat - Automated announcements about Comedy Chat podcasts, and updates when new comedy-related discussions are started.

@CaB_Radio - Get tweeted whenever a poster is hosting a live show on CaB's own, user-driven internet radio station.

Like Cook'd and Bomb'd and the Comedy Chat Podcast and Blog on Facebook.

:: RECENT WITTERINGS ::

Re: Soup by Sam
[Today at 07:01:03 pm]


Re: Why doesn't hail bother seagulls? by Ray Travez
[Today at 07:00:52 pm]


Re: Nigel Farage blames busy traffic on Immigrants by Artemis
[Today at 06:58:47 pm]


Re: Nigel Farage blames busy traffic on Immigrants by biggytitbo
[Today at 06:57:39 pm]


Re: Top 5 of 2014 by Funcrusher
[Today at 06:57:27 pm]

:: CHRIS MORRIS ::

:: I'LL BE YOUR MIRROR ::

 
 
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.

:: KNOCK KNOCK ::

:: MASSINGBERD ::

  • stats Total Members: 13825
  • stats Total Posts: 2410486
  • stats Total Topics: 44799
  • stats Total Categories: 2
  • stats Total Boards: 20
  • stats Most Online: 1403
Comedy discussion and analysis Chris Morris news and informationThe general discussion forum Film discussion Music discussionThe Comedy Chat Podcast and Blog
Cook'd and Bomb'd: Sodomy, Hawaiian-style!

The Chris Morris Music Show

Summary

The Chris Morris Music Show was broadcast on Radio One during 1994 and consisted of 23 approximately one-hour episodes plus a double-length special on Boxing Day. The shows followed the same pattern as Morris' earlier radio projects, although this time he was joined in the studio by his collaborator from 'The Day Today', Peter Baynham, and outside the studio by 'man with a mobile phone' Paul Garner. Regular features included Paul Garner's shop-bothering, puerile tannoy announcements and Feedback Reports on important issues such as 'vertical meat'.

The inevitable storm hit after the show on 6th July when Morris played highlights of his attempts to update the BBC obituary tape for Michael Heseltine, a politician who was very much alive at the time. A short suspension was followed by a return to the airwaves on the condition that all future shows were pre-recorded; this caused serious headaches in terms of planning and production, and many later scheduled shows were replaced with repeats. During the Boxing Day special Morris announced the death of broadcaster Jimmy Saville (who again was very much alive). Following this, Radio 1 did not renew his contract. It is believed that Radio 1 hold master recordings of all twenty four shows.

Programmes / Downloads

Most of the following are high-quality recordings by Steve Bass2rez, unless noted.

Transmission Information

Wednesday 1st June 1994 - Monday 26th December 1994.
BBC Radio 1
9:00pm - 10:00pm (except for #14 from 11:00pm - 12:00am and #24 from 1:00pm - 3:00pm)

Articles

1994-05-28 - Radio Times - Have You Heard This Man?
1994-06-04 - The Guardian - Morris dancing around John Gummer
1994-06-05 - The Guardian - The simple art of spontaneity
1994-07-07 - Daily Mirror - 'Hezza Dead' Gaffe By BBC
1994-07-07 - Daily Mail - 'Heseltine Death 'Joke'
1994-07-08 - The Guardian - 'Dead' Heseltine gets BBC apology after Radio 1 spoof backfires
1994-07-10 - Sunday Times - Annabel Heseltine: Demise and fall of the brutish sense of humour
1994-07-25 - The Guardian - Taped up for Auntie - Chris Morris is back on air this week but the BBC is taking no chances with its prankster
1994-08-21 - The Independent - Prank master: Chris Morris's announcement of the death of Michael Heseltine on Radio 1 was just one among many notorious japes. His satire is big with the media, but how popular is it with listeners?
1995-01-19 - The Guardian - Savile sues over spoof death announcement
1995-03-04 - The Times - Grave concerns

Trivia

  • Chris Morris was suspended for two weeks after the 6th July show. However, the shows were still listed in the Radio Times, the listing for the 13th June show was “Chris and Peter Baynham gargle bats”, and the listing for the 20th June show was “Chris reveals the secrets of donning your own beard - so don't miss it.” Editions of Room 101, Alan Parker's 29 Minutes Of Truth and Comedy Network were broadcast in its place.
  • There were no new shows for four weeks after the 31st August show as Morris was on holiday, repeats were broadcast instead. The 14th September show was listed as “Anarchic comedy and cabbage flaps” and the 21st September show was listed as “Anarchic comedy as Chris decides to get hip, and announces that he is a sister of Sappho”.
  • No new show was broadcast on 9th November; a repeat was played instead. The RT listing was “An hour of dangerously anarchic comedy”.
  • No new show was broadcast on 23rd November; a repeat was played instead. The RT listing was “With some unsuspecting interviewees and more anarchic comedy”.
  • The 5th October show was broadcast at the later time of 11:00pm due to a live broadcast of a Blur concert earlier that night.