Something bizarre has been happening and for once, i can't decide whether its a good thing or a bad thing. The first week of Chris Moyles' summer break was taken by Scott Mills, but as a result of the Scott Mills Musical happening at Edinburgh during the second week, a different stand-in was needed. The result was the slightly odd combination of Vernon Kay and Comedy Dave.
Now when Vernon stood in for Moyles during the Comic Relief Kilimanjaro Climb, the show worked quite nicely as the features mainly stayed in place and Vernon had the rest of the team to bounce off. Vernon and Dave's show for the past week has sounded a bit local radio. Some of the features have been downright embarassing, where some of it has worked quite well. Overall, i just can't decide what the package was. Whereas there is a genuine chemistry of self-deprocating genius when Chappers and Dave are standing in on various weekend shows, the combination of Vernon and Dave seems to think it is far cooler than it actually is.
Vernon Kay's old Sunday morning Lie-In show was a painfully poor, the radio equivalent of his gormless gurning gameshow host persona, whilst his Saturday morning R1 show is fairly good. So perhaps its just a case of Vernon only working as a radio presenter in certain formats?
As a side note, the current Sunday morning Lie-In host, Sara Cox continues to go from bad to worse. She seems to be ignoring the traditional gentle Sunday format in favour of being shouty and playing music that doesn't fit in with the remit at all. Bring back Dick & Dom, all is forgiven!
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