ningmoss: it's a joke you muppet, it was referenced on the Today programme at the process's beginning and end - they were doing a piece about whether viral marketing works.
@Duffio I know it was viral, if you had bothered to read all comments you would have realised that was aware of this 'viral' video. Now who's the muppet?
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i've just read an article on the bbc website discussing whether this is viral or not. A sad attempt to push up the viewing figure, which are pretty poor. can the bbc just pull this now please, it does the Today programme no justice at all.
Sorry, but some of those images will now haunt me as I wake up to the Today programme each morning. I can never listen to Jim Naughtie again ! .... Never !
There's a comment here comparing this with The Office. I think there are closer links with more traditional absurd/clowning like Python. Good straight-faced performance though
I assume anyone who thinks the humour in this vid is subtle is American. It's not remotely subtle is it? If you need a frying pan wrapped round someone's head as your cue to laugh you should probably look at something else. It just isn't funny. Typically BBC-twee - a bit cringeworthy. They're good at cringeworthy.
RE THE SURPRISINGLY FEW NUMBERS VIEWING THIS AD DESPITE ITS MENTIONS ON RADIO 4: Ah, but how many Today programme listeners were as daft as I was and watched the (higher quality) video via the programme's website? Well, I did EVENTUALLY realise that I should have watched it on YouTube.... and I did appreciate the team's, er, humour. Do some of you others REALLY take all this seriously - or are YOU having the rest of us on?!!
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Yeah, OK BBC, we get it - you had a big hit with 'The Office'. Now get over it and start spending the money we have to pay you by law on programmes that aren't plugs for yourself.
Personally I found this very good, however, it is unlikely to make the viewing figures they were hoping for mainly due to the fact the comedy in the video is very subtle. That said however the Today programme is quite subtle, well, unless Humpy gets his teeth into someone, or you can discount Evans chest furniture and the silent GH in Jim's surname!!
I assumed it was timed to coincide with Red Nose Day. Not a proper "viral" video, otherwise I wouldn't have watched it only after hearing the trail on "Toady" this morning..
Just the images we need at 6:30 in a morning. I too was hoping Sarah would be included, mind you, the voice is enough to keep me going all day. I really should get out more! And, of course Ed should have been exposed in his posh kit. Long may we be British!
Isn't it strange that for once, radio is exactly the same as one's imagination. None of this surprises me. I am just glad that journalists can get this sort of therapy via the licence fee. I do know that behind John Humphrys' newspaper was a vintage copy of "Bunty". I feel that he could just have been a touch more honest!
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ALL BLACK Eastenders was nothing more than a BBC pro-immigrant, anti-English insult thrown in our faces. The message they wanted to make was that BLACKS HAVE MORE RIGHTS NOW THAN US. Unlike a lot of people I won't just keep my mouth shut and be scared to speak about it. Being English is not a crime!
Not exactly a Viral, but a funny watch. The idea of a Viral is that it spreads unders it's own "steam", not plugged by the author on a National Mainstream radio show. Looks more like a sketch for Comic Relief than a viral video.
just found this by chance, OMG i will never hear Today the same ever again. Listen every day so its cool to see what the studio and offices look like and from now on i will visulise Evan in a space suit when ever hes on the radio
Well, I loved it, but it's not really a viral per se and it does not really stand on its own. It would not mean much to people who didn't know about the show, so it would be unlikely to spread a great deal without being plugged on the radio (which rather counts as cheating if it takes place on your own programme). Now, if CNN runs a story on it, then perhaps - just perhaps - it's getting somewhere.
Not really a viral, particularly as it was plugged on the radio. It didn't get to me on its own accord today so I searched for it on Youtube. I would only send it to people who I know listen to the Today program - and that's not the point of a viral which is meant to get everywhere
If you are familiar with the personalities and/or what the BBC/R4 stands for, then this very amusing (as I found it). Would work well on. I feel it would work well on the BBC to attract new listeners but not necessarily outside of that audience. Made me laugh though, well done.
Made it Vancouver Island. kind of unviral, though, trailed on the radio. if it were a proper viral challenge, you'd have let it spread by itself. also, this kind of thing works either by people wondering if it's real or by being edgy in style or content. and very short. this feels like a cross between dead ringers and a bbc trailer. better to have had short 'leaked' clips of fake phone footage: john blowing his top at a celeb, next to evan in costume & naked jim grilling a nonplussed politician
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looks cheap, feels cheap, and the makers have obviously made the mistake that viral=cheap... the only thing that doesn't look cheap is the positive comments that rubber republic have obviously paid for!
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Oh dear. Obvious, lame script. Amateur dramatic acting. 'It's only a viral' directing. I would be embarrassed to forward this anyone. And seeing presenters humiliating themselves - funny in Morecambe and Wise's day - is not unexpected anymore. Sadly. (By the way, the film was almost impossible to find on the website. 0/10.)
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Today Prog is basically made up of a load of virgins who have no interest in girls and nothing better to do than make videos about wearing grey jumpers. Well done, cretins.
This is very poor show indeed. Smacks of being forced and fake. Such a shame, I was expecting something really good. I could only just be bothered to sign in to post a comment, so passing it on would be out of the question.....
Don't pass this on, i think it would do the programme more harm than good
great delusions of grandeur, ningmoss - so you could only just be bothered to sign in to post a comment? Thanks for letting us know your pointlessly negative opinion, well done.
delusions of grandeur? The build up was weeks long, and the end result a sad disapointment. Felt more compelled to register my dissapointment than pass this bit of rubbish on...
Its not very original is it? Its a bit David Brent with funny costumes. The idea of a viral is to want to send it on to your mates etc. Why would I send this advert on?
Hmmm, not sure the producers of that little clip have put too much thought into that one, as it is the Today programme for which I am it's greatest fan (probably) I would have thought that a bit more effort could have been put into the creative idea, I suspect a lot of school children regularly have the idea of dressing up and videoing themselves.
Can't believe it's only had 201 views yet it was announced live this morning on the programme.
A viral needs to be edgy, clever and funny. Sadly this is none of the above. I wonder if it started off being funnier but everyone had a point of view -in doing so eroded any comic value? If the Beeb paid for this they should get their money back.
Some people here clearly need to lighten up. It's funny and quirky, and who cares if you have to watch the programme to understand this vid? Does everything have to be universally acceptable so all the thickies can understand?
I always wondered what Evan looked like - he has such a nice voice - wouldn't have sent the video on though. This comes from the edge of the world - Scotland.
A bit of fun definately. but far too slow and fairly obvious. For a viral to work it needs to have more pace and a good hook. Why would I want to send this to a friend? It is 3 minutes with only one core idea and then poorly developed. Maybe the Today programme should stick to radio :-)
As funny as this is I was hoping someone would be beating that blood thirsty psycho Humphries a little harder. He's like Alf Garnet crossed with Rush Limbaugh pretending to be moderate.
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are you saying i'm autistic ?
or are you, like me, sickened day after day at the utter banality of these so called journalists and the today programme. Do you puke blood when they let some religious nut give us a thought for the day. These shills present the NWO to middle class complicit listeners everyday. It's hilarious that the listeners actually think they are well informed. I hate melvin bragg more though, now there's a tosser.Radio 4 =no news and no art, it's radio 1 for smug gits
You have to admit the Evan Davies gag is pretty funny.... But this probably only works for people who listen to Radio 4 (apart from 'thought for the day' obviously when everyone switches to Radio 2 for 10 mins). so I don't think it would work for those who don't know the programme... nice try though.
Very funny. James in a thong.....What a thought. Good level of humour for such an excellent program. Toungue placed with eccessive firmness in the cheek. Loved the identical clothes idea for John. It got to Holland and is on it's way to Australia.
Its not viral! I like how poeple say 'we are making a viral video'. The audience decides if its viral after its made!
JonathanRobinson 1 year ago
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LilyChristman0396 1 year ago
why is this shit under viral?
PhantomAct 1 year ago
stupid video!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
xandergage 1 year ago
why the hell is there a make up and costumes department for radio??
george1510gd 1 year ago 2
@george1510gd I think that's the joke... :)
capricious71 1 year ago
ningmoss: it's a joke you muppet, it was referenced on the Today programme at the process's beginning and end - they were doing a piece about whether viral marketing works.
Duffio 2 years ago 2
@Duffio I know it was viral, if you had bothered to read all comments you would have realised that was aware of this 'viral' video. Now who's the muppet?
ningmoss 1 year ago
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The Toady left-wing shitty program lol
MrBeefmuncher 2 years ago
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i've just read an article on the bbc website discussing whether this is viral or not. A sad attempt to push up the viewing figure, which are pretty poor. can the bbc just pull this now please, it does the Today programme no justice at all.
ningmoss 2 years ago
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Oh dear, the BBC fail at viral advertising =S
audigex 2 years ago
I love it!!!
luvdupraver 2 years ago 2
Sorry, but some of those images will now haunt me as I wake up to the Today programme each morning. I can never listen to Jim Naughtie again ! .... Never !
StuartPoore 2 years ago
Did anyone realise that this was an attempt to demostrate the viral ad concept ?
rahsoft 2 years ago 2
funny
busymumhahaha 2 years ago 2
Pants until the closing shots of the team (at 2.39).
Esp Jim Naughtie.
dickmarellan 2 years ago
There's a comment here comparing this with The Office. I think there are closer links with more traditional absurd/clowning like Python. Good straight-faced performance though
moth222 2 years ago 3
I assume anyone who thinks the humour in this vid is subtle is American. It's not remotely subtle is it? If you need a frying pan wrapped round someone's head as your cue to laugh you should probably look at something else. It just isn't funny. Typically BBC-twee - a bit cringeworthy. They're good at cringeworthy.
Hypergluco 2 years ago
Ooo get you! Actually, this comment contains 3 contradictory statements. No indication which one you meant.
mikejosprey 2 years ago
Yeah. You don't understand what I've written do you? It wasn't meant as a personal attack on you, you pompous turkey. That was though.
Hypergluco 2 years ago
A laugh and a good example of all the hype around viral marketing. Some people actually try to make money out of this! Well done R4!
andyj0nes 2 years ago
RE THE SURPRISINGLY FEW NUMBERS VIEWING THIS AD DESPITE ITS MENTIONS ON RADIO 4: Ah, but how many Today programme listeners were as daft as I was and watched the (higher quality) video via the programme's website? Well, I did EVENTUALLY realise that I should have watched it on YouTube.... and I did appreciate the team's, er, humour. Do some of you others REALLY take all this seriously - or are YOU having the rest of us on?!!
Mewxx 2 years ago
Very good!
holtendbentworth 2 years ago
haha - subtle indeed but funny none the less
B206III 2 years ago 2
heard about this on the radio this morning..nice work!
CompletelyNovel 2 years ago 2
Brilliant, and lovely seeing responses from folks who have no idea what the Today program is!
I'll never be able to listen to James Naughtie in the same way again.
BardsWorld 2 years ago 3
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Yeah, OK BBC, we get it - you had a big hit with 'The Office'. Now get over it and start spending the money we have to pay you by law on programmes that aren't plugs for yourself.
blogward 2 years ago
Hang on....that was a comedy?
sirgfunk 2 years ago
Personally I found this very good, however, it is unlikely to make the viewing figures they were hoping for mainly due to the fact the comedy in the video is very subtle. That said however the Today programme is quite subtle, well, unless Humpy gets his teeth into someone, or you can discount Evans chest furniture and the silent GH in Jim's surname!!
bathroomdealer 2 years ago
wow a video made by rubber republic with more than 12k views!! amazing!
Somebodyouthere 2 years ago
very good.very interesting to note this sites updates.
Krishnamurthiramacha 2 years ago
very funny.....and erotic!
freeganjaman 2 years ago
HaHaHa - Excellent.
sjhmcr 2 years ago
brilliant! i thought it was serious until the wardrobe sketch
sonicsonicboom 2 years ago
Bay City Rollers.
He just points.
Love it!!!!!
reallybrown 2 years ago 3
This lady looks unhappy, I wonder why?
tannersanta 2 years ago
LOL!!
sebmelmoth2003 2 years ago
its a mixture of basil from faulty towers and monty python all in one......british to the core!!!
fishermead 2 years ago
Splendid. Especially the thong. I sort of always knew, somehow...
robertgrundy 2 years ago
A gem!
ArchieOlogy 2 years ago
I assumed it was timed to coincide with Red Nose Day. Not a proper "viral" video, otherwise I wouldn't have watched it only after hearing the trail on "Toady" this morning..
Gumrat 2 years ago
Just the images we need at 6:30 in a morning. I too was hoping Sarah would be included, mind you, the voice is enough to keep me going all day. I really should get out more! And, of course Ed should have been exposed in his posh kit. Long may we be British!
Treboreno 2 years ago
Excellent!
Curious about what Sarah & Ed's costumes are?
notinspiredusername 2 years ago
Very good :)
Matt200688 2 years ago
Isn't it strange that for once, radio is exactly the same as one's imagination. None of this surprises me. I am just glad that journalists can get this sort of therapy via the licence fee. I do know that behind John Humphrys' newspaper was a vintage copy of "Bunty". I feel that he could just have been a touch more honest!
FABVOICE 2 years ago 2
This is awful, I still have only my imagination to see Sarah Montague in the dominatrix costume that I know she wears.
petgerco 2 years ago
Well done to all .. very british
BruceBell2 2 years ago
Bonkers, but not really surprising! ... well done
brianformac 2 years ago
James! DO NOT wear a white thong....
Darker colours are much more suitable.
gringo827 2 years ago
Just as I imagined it....
g4hjw 2 years ago
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ALL BLACK Eastenders was nothing more than a BBC pro-immigrant, anti-English insult thrown in our faces. The message they wanted to make was that BLACKS HAVE MORE RIGHTS NOW THAN US. Unlike a lot of people I won't just keep my mouth shut and be scared to speak about it. Being English is not a crime!
BNPvoter 2 years ago
I see the pills aren't working. Ask your doctor to up the dose.
Streatham1966 2 years ago 7
Being English is not a crime
When it seems like it might be payback time.
dewexdewex 2 years ago
There there dear, it's only a commercial!
Perhaps you'd better have a little lie down.
rockit99 2 years ago
the obama deception (youtube)
watermarc74 2 years ago
Very funny loved it
Great work all
piratevid 2 years ago 2
Didn't the BBC radio presenters have to wear black tie in the early years of broadcasting ?
Sprintmonkey 2 years ago
Too long
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jinky619360 2 years ago
Not exactly a Viral, but a funny watch. The idea of a Viral is that it spreads unders it's own "steam", not plugged by the author on a National Mainstream radio show. Looks more like a sketch for Comic Relief than a viral video.
kappatango 2 years ago 5
I knew there was something strange going on at Radio 4....please no more thongs! I will never recover from that image...
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NewChristianSoldiers 2 years ago
just found this by chance, OMG i will never hear Today the same ever again. Listen every day so its cool to see what the studio and offices look like and from now on i will visulise Evan in a space suit when ever hes on the radio
DukeOfQueens 2 years ago
Quintessential stereotype! Will bring a smile listening to the morning broadcast.
t00lip 2 years ago
Very funny, well done.
ptbw2000 2 years ago
It may not be a "true" viral, but it's had over 9,000 views. If you discount repeat viewings, that's still several thousand individuals...
Better than Evan's stand-up routine (5S4rqxTeSCc), which has only achieved 1,200 views so far...
mittfh 2 years ago
subtler than you think. Very well acted
mikejosprey 2 years ago
Hilarious!!
0306150 2 years ago
Well, I loved it, but it's not really a viral per se and it does not really stand on its own. It would not mean much to people who didn't know about the show, so it would be unlikely to spread a great deal without being plugged on the radio (which rather counts as cheating if it takes place on your own programme). Now, if CNN runs a story on it, then perhaps - just perhaps - it's getting somewhere.
rgelen 2 years ago 3
Who is the actress? She's very good.
soutrablogger 2 years ago 2
Not really a viral, particularly as it was plugged on the radio. It didn't get to me on its own accord today so I searched for it on Youtube. I would only send it to people who I know listen to the Today program - and that's not the point of a viral which is meant to get everywhere
Nutsngum1 2 years ago
LOVED IT 100%
Good to laugh at yourself once in a while and not take life too serious.
As for the majority of negative comments No wound Radio 4 listeners are labelled as boring old farts with no sense of humour.
Keep up the good work boys.
Pembrokeshireboy 2 years ago
Will make me think tomorrow morning when I listen in , wondering what they are all wearing! LOL
scw921 2 years ago
If you are familiar with the personalities and/or what the BBC/R4 stands for, then this very amusing (as I found it). Would work well on. I feel it would work well on the BBC to attract new listeners but not necessarily outside of that audience. Made me laugh though, well done.
Bemuddlement 2 years ago
Love Evan Davies' dress set hahaha
Wilf1992 2 years ago
Made it to Luxor Egypt
jakshar 2 years ago
Adorable!
flobud 2 years ago
Great! i guess the critical comments are also meant to be humorous? Not a bad effort homorous critics but not as funny as the video. Must try harder.
jumping88st 2 years ago
Made it Vancouver Island. kind of unviral, though, trailed on the radio. if it were a proper viral challenge, you'd have let it spread by itself. also, this kind of thing works either by people wondering if it's real or by being edgy in style or content. and very short. this feels like a cross between dead ringers and a bbc trailer. better to have had short 'leaked' clips of fake phone footage: john blowing his top at a celeb, next to evan in costume & naked jim grilling a nonplussed politician
twittervlog 2 years ago 2
Excellent made me smile. The space suit was great! Obviously some so called intelligent listeners have forgotten how to laugh!
malcjack 2 years ago 2
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looks cheap, feels cheap, and the makers have obviously made the mistake that viral=cheap... the only thing that doesn't look cheap is the positive comments that rubber republic have obviously paid for!
defyingdarwin 2 years ago
is she meant to be funny. I dont like it.
saraj12 2 years ago
Love the NASA suit
marcwright02 2 years ago 2
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Oh dear. Obvious, lame script. Amateur dramatic acting. 'It's only a viral' directing. I would be embarrassed to forward this anyone. And seeing presenters humiliating themselves - funny in Morecambe and Wise's day - is not unexpected anymore. Sadly. (By the way, the film was almost impossible to find on the website. 0/10.)
Whiskyjon 2 years ago
That's kind of the point, though.
Kisuneko 2 years ago 3
Ah, very sweet, also very funny actress - what a very sad bunch of miserable comments below. Hey-ho.
dustmote1 2 years ago 4
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Whatever, hippies. You all sound like Guardian reading, liberal morons. This is tax payers money going to waste.
kimbolicious17 2 years ago
Ah you grumps, it made me chuckle!
piptik 2 years ago
I really like this, it's unexpected and sweet and funny.
kgbj4448 2 years ago
What a mean spirited lot of comments! I really liked it. It was very funny. Clearly the humour too subtle for some people. The 'dirty' for example.
glad2beeglad 2 years ago
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Today Prog is basically made up of a load of virgins who have no interest in girls and nothing better to do than make videos about wearing grey jumpers. Well done, cretins.
kimbolicious17 2 years ago
Almost as cringeworthy as William Hague at the Notting Hill Carnival...
GerryHopkinson 2 years ago
think you should get a top designer to give the team a platform at London Fashion Week .... let John strutt his stuff
attilathehen24 2 years ago
Not hilarious, but I liked it. Gary doing the sport at 7.30 and 8.30 is a lot funnier, always.
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The only bit that I really liked was the la-la type music at the end -- which one of the Today Programme team is Gloria, please?
PGSCoulson 2 years ago
The only bit I really liked was the la-la type music at the end -- which one of the Today programme is Gloria, please?
PGSCoulson 2 years ago
This is very poor show indeed. Smacks of being forced and fake. Such a shame, I was expecting something really good. I could only just be bothered to sign in to post a comment, so passing it on would be out of the question.....
Don't pass this on, i think it would do the programme more harm than good
ningmoss 2 years ago
great delusions of grandeur, ningmoss - so you could only just be bothered to sign in to post a comment? Thanks for letting us know your pointlessly negative opinion, well done.
olipool 2 years ago
delusions of grandeur? The build up was weeks long, and the end result a sad disapointment. Felt more compelled to register my dissapointment than pass this bit of rubbish on...
ningmoss 2 years ago
Its not very original is it? Its a bit David Brent with funny costumes. The idea of a viral is to want to send it on to your mates etc. Why would I send this advert on?
FAIL!
jca111 2 years ago
Evan Davis rocks. I never thought I'd say that.
celtstar 2 years ago 4
Hmmm, not sure the producers of that little clip have put too much thought into that one, as it is the Today programme for which I am it's greatest fan (probably) I would have thought that a bit more effort could have been put into the creative idea, I suspect a lot of school children regularly have the idea of dressing up and videoing themselves.
Can't believe it's only had 201 views yet it was announced live this morning on the programme.
richardgsmith99 2 years ago
think YouTube takes a few hours to update, otherwise 1 in 2 people who have viewed it have commented!
thechest 2 years ago
A viral needs to be edgy, clever and funny. Sadly this is none of the above. I wonder if it started off being funnier but everyone had a point of view -in doing so eroded any comic value? If the Beeb paid for this they should get their money back.
jellyusercat 2 years ago
(Actually, it's a little bit reminiscent of Chris Morris's "fussy eating newsreader" sketch from Blue Jam, but that's not a bad thing)
sfocata 2 years ago
Some people here clearly need to lighten up. It's funny and quirky, and who cares if you have to watch the programme to understand this vid? Does everything have to be universally acceptable so all the thickies can understand?
sfocata 2 years ago 5
You're all mad, it's hilarious.
Katie291076 2 years ago
Nice idea, but a wee bit over-cooked... Viewed in Cruden Bay, Aberdeenshire...
everney1 2 years ago 2
Edward Stourton and Sarah Montague didn't even get a look in, I wonder if they get the cast off's? Viewed near debtors retreat
ISTHERE1USERNAMELEFT 2 years ago
I can't get the image of Sarah Montague wearing one of John Humphrys dirty Claudia Schiffer's now!!
ISTHERE1USERNAMELEFT 2 years ago
This Viral is almost a perfect example of Unfunny. Was that the aim? Terrible and embarrassing.
lennyteeman 2 years ago
I dont think thats going to go very far.
a) its not that funny
b) it only works if you are a listener to the programme. People who dont know about it will probably not really see how much of a spoof it is
c) I would imagine that most of the audience are not particularly bothered with forwarded funny stuff to their friends.
Rubber republic don't seen to understand the concept of viral marketing very well...
zefrog 2 years ago
Excellent - Watched in Bristol
mpurves99 2 years ago 2
Fabulous! Smitten of Elgin.
cuillin4 2 years ago 2
Excellent!
sdeex 2 years ago 2
LOL!
BusinessEars 2 years ago 2
Hilarious!
geeklawyer 2 years ago
I always wondered what Evan looked like - he has such a nice voice - wouldn't have sent the video on though. This comes from the edge of the world - Scotland.
noideaforaname66 2 years ago
Splendid! Viewed in the Royal Crescent, Bath, UK.
slumpxxx 2 years ago
Quite funny, but far too long. Stick to viral radio. A loyal fan.
peterwendes 2 years ago
Doesn't really work I'm afraid though acting good.
Graham219 2 years ago
Love the Evan wardrobe... and penguin... do you have any propellers please?
markhillary 2 years ago
Utilising millions of pounds worth of computer and telephonic networking hardware, I have managed to access this gem from Chelsea.
Solaractivist 2 years ago
I've always wondered what the Today presenters looked like, now i know.....
dotlink 2 years ago
OK Preston has viewed your virus - although agree with monkey that not technically a virus
good non the less
ctrkt 2 years ago
:-)
BeggarsOperaOfficial 2 years ago
All the way to Warwickshire......brilliant!
suemccabe45 2 years ago
Very good, but not really viral sicne it has been launched/ promoted on national radio.
Viral videos are spread by "word of mouth". The clip should have been posted and left...Now that would be an interesting experiment.
Monkey
IvorNMonkey 2 years ago
A bit of fun definately. but far too slow and fairly obvious. For a viral to work it needs to have more pace and a good hook. Why would I want to send this to a friend? It is 3 minutes with only one core idea and then poorly developed. Maybe the Today programme should stick to radio :-)
markb580427 2 years ago
This has reached Brussels. I'd have to move back to the UK if I couldn't get Radio 4 longwave and the today programme.
planetdworp 2 years ago
reached humphries home town of Cardiff!
animobasil 2 years ago
Greetings from Missoula, Montana USA! Love Radio 4! This is just how I always pictured how you all worked....
litlpearl 2 years ago 2
this is going on my facebook :o)
dksteve 2 years ago
Not clever enough to be viral. The wardrobe department idea was good, the identical jumpers clever but the rest didn't deliver. Try again
100lkjhgfdsa 2 years ago
Yes, you managed to arouse my curiousity (at least) in SW France, even a smile tho' it's a bit early in the day for that!
The "maquilleuse" est magnifique, who is she?
Brokban 2 years ago 2
Reached Laufenthal (population 201), Bavaria.
RhonaDunphy 2 years ago
Luxembourg's Euroaudio vote for video: neuf points.
For comments: trois points (you don't half have some tossers in your audience).
Cowgazer
cowgazer 2 years ago
Incredibly this has now reached Peckham.
BobBakerPeckham 2 years ago
haha Evan's makeup area!
HeckMawson 2 years ago
Watched in Southern Japan, why? Curiosity, and admiration for the Today programme since, golly, 1983, at least.
Toodle-pip,
Hootsman.
bookbinderverso 2 years ago
Am listening in Albania. A home sick ex-pat. A bit of mad British humour, just the tonic I needed
jacquiepurple 2 years ago 2
Excellent! Well put together and a good bit of fun.
paulinerandall 2 years ago
To be truly addicitive, the punch line needs to come at the end, not the beginning. Good production values though.
johnnyforeigner1 2 years ago
April 1st, eh?
Is that Mrs Whitnall, by the way?
StillLovesCountry 2 years ago
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We even have it in far West Cornwall!
mitchellbonzo 2 years ago
Reached Iceland.
benediktbogason 2 years ago
Folkestone rocked when it saw this
s66w66 2 years ago
No surprises here. Much as one imagines from listening to it
cliveamrobertson 2 years ago
favourite bit is evan and the propeller belt.
jriggall 2 years ago
Confirms my worst fears.
dicktonyboy 2 years ago
Greetings from Mallorca, Spain, though I listen to you in Tanger, Morocco, and sometimes Cairo, Egypt.
metamoof 2 years ago
Good Luck to the "Today Programme"
estainton 2 years ago
As funny as this is I was hoping someone would be beating that blood thirsty psycho Humphries a little harder. He's like Alf Garnet crossed with Rush Limbaugh pretending to be moderate.
chunkylimey 2 years ago
Very droll. But who's the girl? I want to have her babies.
scepticalbastard 2 years ago
Evan - predictable! Good fun and seen in Tokyo where it is 5.30pm
PB61 2 years ago
Just that thought has put me off my breakfast
liveclive 2 years ago
Pimp suit - lol. Very Good !
garglebard 2 years ago
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middle class tossers.
You're just encouraging nationalism. Aint no real journalists there.
The bbc does everything in the style of Blue Peter
BobHaulk 2 years ago
Thank you BobHaulk, your DMG Holdings paradigm on life is, as always, a bemusing treat to behold.
gbrooks2000 2 years ago
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are you saying i'm autistic ?
or are you, like me, sickened day after day at the utter banality of these so called journalists and the today programme. Do you puke blood when they let some religious nut give us a thought for the day. These shills present the NWO to middle class complicit listeners everyday. It's hilarious that the listeners actually think they are well informed. I hate melvin bragg more though, now there's a tosser.Radio 4 =no news and no art, it's radio 1 for smug gits
BobHaulk 2 years ago
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XenoAlex2222 2 years ago
Greetings from Edinburgh!
mrextremophile 2 years ago
The best thing I have seen in a long time!
Hewish 2 years ago
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sicetergo 2 years ago
You have to admit the Evan Davies gag is pretty funny.... But this probably only works for people who listen to Radio 4 (apart from 'thought for the day' obviously when everyone switches to Radio 2 for 10 mins). so I don't think it would work for those who don't know the programme... nice try though.
trichill 2 years ago
Very funny. James in a thong.....What a thought. Good level of humour for such an excellent program. Toungue placed with eccessive firmness in the cheek. Loved the identical clothes idea for John. It got to Holland and is on it's way to Australia.
teayouwannamoon 2 years ago 2
Made it to Adelaide, South Australia :-)
aneasiertomorrow 2 years ago
No wonder Jim Naughtie did not want to comment on this.
bingohandjob 2 years ago
" Studio's " ???
aderowbotham 2 years ago
"egos"? you betcha! a lot of truth in there.
sdmjnr 2 years ago
Lord Reith must be turning in his tutu!
Prokofiev21 2 years ago
Bookmarked. Thanks for that.
(Greetings from France)
undersink 2 years ago
That put a smile on my face - although I'm not sure i want to think about Jim Naughtie in a thong....
sicetergo 2 years ago
loved it, shared it...Naughty Naughtie....
thechest 2 years ago
Mmm! I've always had suspicions about Evan Davies
dodgydryslwyn 2 years ago
The programme is much better than this lame joke. If it were not for the free advertising on 'Today' this video would sink without trace...
Notlib 2 years ago
This has affected me deeply.
powernumpty 2 years ago 3
Ed said the first challenge is to find the viral, well it wasn't very hard.
Also, should have guidance advice - semi-clad Jim - wish I had been warned.
pigletville 2 years ago