BBC is ripe ripe ripe for parody and the football scores are a low hanging fruit. I think the biggest shortcoming of this piece is its brevity.
Public radio in general needs a bit more of a sense of humor about itself. It has its own goofy mannerisms that threaten to become affectations or blindspots. laughing at them is a good way to keep people trying new things.
I generally don't like parodies on the radio much, and I almost didn't even bother to listen to this little batch (includes underwriter announce and geo-quiz parodies)from KERA. But these are really funny! And what can really recommend them is that they will still amuse listeners who haven't heard the originals. That elevates them beyond the simple dictionary definition of "imitating for comic effect".
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Benjamin Temchine
Posted on February 29, 2004 at 09:47 AM | Permalink
Review of Parody of BBC Sportscast
BBC is ripe ripe ripe for parody and the football scores are a low hanging fruit. I think the biggest shortcoming of this piece is its brevity.
Public radio in general needs a bit more of a sense of humor about itself. It has its own goofy mannerisms that threaten to become affectations or blindspots. laughing at them is a good way to keep people trying new things.
Good luck
Phil Easley
Posted on February 27, 2004 at 08:13 AM | Permalink
Review of Parody of BBC Sportscast
I generally don't like parodies on the radio much, and I almost didn't even bother to listen to this little batch (includes underwriter announce and geo-quiz parodies)from KERA. But these are really funny! And what can really recommend them is that they will still amuse listeners who haven't heard the originals. That elevates them beyond the simple dictionary definition of "imitating for comic effect".