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http://www.jononeill.com/podcast/

After the storming success that was Episode I (of the Podcast, not Star Wars) comes the mediocre sequel. In this edition of the worst Countdown serial in Brittain:

- COOT, CONOT, COLEI!
- Small ears and organisation skills - just a coincidence???
- The long-awaited results of the Name a room! competition!!
- A brand spanking new creativity competition - meee-ow!
- Something happened about Des and Carol? What was that? I dunno, not really bothered.

... and not very much more!!

Termed "like Sunday mass for Countdown folks" by some sects of the press, this fantastic installment is not to be missed out on unless you want to end up with Victoria Mathers, Zef and John Sergeant in Countdown-gossip limbo.

http://www.jononeill.com/podcast/

Here are my thoughts:

1. The quality from Charlie's mike is appalling pretty much all the way through. You apologised for it in advance on the last podcast, and I didn't notice it all on that one, so I can only assume it was much, much worse this time around.
2. I wasn't edutained for long enough - I can only assume this was because you followed my advice in abandoning the hour-long rigidly scripted format of the first in favour of ad-libbing more, and couldn't fill it as well as you thought.
3. I'm sorry to hear about your cat Jono
4. I thought the enormous Countdown news of the past week (certainly among the most important in the show's history) deserved more air-time. There's enough in there for a long entercational discussion, and I felt you skirted around it somewhat.
5. My favourite feature from the first podcast (Charlie ordering some food in a vague manner) was noticeably absent.
6. Loved it though, more more more!

Jon Corby wrote:1. The quality from Charlie's mike is appalling pretty much all the way through. You apologised for it in advance on the last podcast, and I didn't notice it all on that one, so I can only assume it was much, much worse this time around.

Yeah, I have no idea what it's like that. I will stick to the Linux version of Skype in future.

The reason it's shorter is that several people said that an hour was too long. It's only slightly shorter, since there's no musical interlude in the middle, but point taken. We can't please everyone.

Charlie Reams wrote:We can't please everyone.

Yeah, well fuck them. Concentrate on pleasing me.

Very good, but I'd recommend having a script in future. And giving Reams's mike a lozenge.

A few points:

1. I didn't notice anything there about Zef and was disappointed by that.

2. It wasn't me that voted for it being rubbish last time - I'm surprsied that you (Charlie) don't have access to who voted for what.

3. What was said between about 31:34 and 31:36?

Edit - Was the Zef thing just the Countdown-gossip limbo comment?

Gavin Chipper wrote: 3. What was said between about 31:34 and 31:36?

Jono: I think you lurrrve him.
Charlie: Yeah, you might be right.

Haha, I enjoyed that, it was like a more entertaining version of the unfortunate conversations I sometimes have with myself.

And apparently I owe everyone an apology for my massive banana overconsumption at CONOT. Maybe its time I admitted I have a problem

I was thinking more about the CoC. I've never seen a man eat so much phallic fruit outside of a porn film.

Is there some way we can still access the first podcast?

mackenzie wrote:Is there some way we can still access the first podcast?

Hadn't reaslied it wasn't available. I'd planned to listen to it today, having been urged to do so last Saturday, and today was to have been my first opportunity.

Paul Howe wrote:And apparently I owe everyone an apology for my massive banana overconsumption at CONOT. Maybe its time I admitted I have a problem

Never apologise for who you are Paul. I am a fellow banana aficionado. Some people just don't understand our passion for potassium!

ps I also missed the first Podcast and wondered if its still accessible?

I've never fully understood my relationship with bananas. Sometimes I find them delicious, sometimes I'll be halfway through and will just want it to end.

Whoops. Forgot to mention that.

http://www.jononeill.com/podcast/1.html

Michael Wallace wrote:I've never fully understood my relationship with bananas. Sometimes I
find them delicious, sometimes I'll be halfway through and will just
want it to end.

Yes, that's very interesting, but you didn't tell us if you eat them lengthways or go round and round in little strips.

I don't know who rated the first podcast negatively but what a fucking idiot. Anyway turning it off halfway I wouldn't call negative feedback, it just depends how you look at it.

Is it really necessary to get a maths graduate to do the countdown numbers, surely a week of intensive training would make anybody good at the numbers, as opposed to shit loads of complicated maths.

I was going to apply myself soon anybody reckon I could still get myself on to this series???

I'm quite positive the person who voted negatively last time will not do so again....

You guys are so cool it is beyond belief!!!

Oh yeah and that game sounds good, would love 2 play it.

Jimmy wrote:Is it really necessary to get a maths graduate to do the countdown numbers, surely a week of intensive training would make anybody good at the numbers, as opposed to shit loads of complicated maths.

I don't know if anyone could do it, but a maths degree would be irrelevant. When they were discussing where get maths graduates from (I can't remember who said what), I think one of them asked where they'd find them and the other said universities and I was expecting the reply that the graduates have already left!

When who was discussing what ,Gavin? And who said universities?

Weird how you can't remember such seemingly important stuff like this, yet you're so anally retentive over the minutae that everyone else doesnt give a flying fiddlestick about.

Are you losing it?

There were a couple of tense moments where I was thinking "DON'T say edutainment"!

Oh dear...

Damian E wrote:When who was discussing what ,Gavin? And who said universities?

Weird how you can't remember such seemingly important stuff like this, yet you're so anally retentive over the minutae that everyone else doesnt give a flying fiddlestick about.

Are you losing it?

In the Podcast. What are you on about?