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Topic: No Tony Hawks?

Message 1 / 4
antster1983Jul 17, 2007
 

 
Looks like this is going to be a Tony Hawks-less series. I e-mailed Tony through his website saying I enjoyed hearing him on the show and to ask if he was taking part in the new series and he gave this reply:

Ant,
Couldn't do the last dates they offered me. Waiting to hear now....

Cheers

Tony

Disappointed to hear that Any show with Tony gets quite silly, but very funny.

Ant

 
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Topic: Re: No Tony Hawks?

Message 2 / 4
Dean BedfordJul 19, 2007
 

 
On Wednesday, July 18, 2007, at 10:07 AM, antster1983 wrote:

> Looks like this is going to be a Tony Hawks-less series. I e-mailed
> Tony through his website saying I enjoyed hearing him on the show and
> to ask if he was taking part in the new series and he gave this reply:
>
> Ant,
> Couldn't do the last dates they offered me. Waiting to hear now....
>
> Cheers
>
> Tony
>
> Disappointed to hear that Any show with Tony gets quite silly, but
> very funny.
>
>

I guess there's still a chance. Apart from the upcoming shows in London
and Edinburgh, there must be one other recording date, if it's right
that there are 11 shows this season.

If Tony does miss out, it will be the first "Tony Hawks-less series" (I
like that phrase!) since winter 1998 - and only the second since 1991!

It is interesting though that the new regime seems to want quite so much
variety in the cast... Even an old hand like Tony Hawks gets cast
aside.... New broom and all that I guess.

 
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Topic: Re: No Tony Hawks?

Message 3 / 4
lindaJul 20, 2007
 

 
--- In just-a-minute@..., Dean Bedford <dbedford@...>
wrote:

>
>
> On Wednesday, July 18, 2007, at 10:07 AM, antster1983 wrote:
>
> > Looks like this is going to be a Tony Hawks-less series. I e-

mailed

> > Tony through his website saying I enjoyed hearing him on the

show and

> > to ask if he was taking part in the new series and he gave this

reply:

> >
> > Ant,
> > Couldn't do the last dates they offered me. Waiting to hear

now....

> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Tony
> >
> > Disappointed to hear that Any show with Tony gets quite silly,

but

> > very funny.
> >
> >
>
> I guess there's still a chance. Apart from the upcoming shows in

London

> and Edinburgh, there must be one other recording date, if it's

right

> that there are 11 shows this season.
>
> If Tony does miss out, it will be the first "Tony Hawks-less

series" (I

> like that phrase!) since winter 1998 - and only the second since

1991!

>
> It is interesting though that the new regime seems to want quite

so much

> variety in the cast... Even an old hand like Tony Hawks gets cast
> aside.... New broom and all that I guess.

hey dean . ms pedantic is raising her ugly head ! if you read what
ant said again tony hawks was offerend dates which for what ever
reason he could'nt do . he was'nt cast aside . i hope that he
might make one of the remining recordings .
cheers
Linda

 
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Topic: Re: No Tony Hawks?

Message 4 / 4
Dean BedfordJul 20, 2007
 

 
On Friday, July 20, 2007, at 10:51 PM, linda wrote:

>
> hey dean . ms pedantic is raising her ugly head ! if you read what
> ant said again tony hawks was offerend dates which for what ever
> reason he could'nt do . he was'nt cast aside . i hope that he
> might make one of the remining recordings .
> cheers
> Linda

well, I didn't mean like he had been fired.

But remember I'm a producer myself. You think Paul has a permamently
clear diary and is just conveniently available pretty much every time
they record? Ditto Nicholas? Of course not.

There are some performers where you work around their diary, and make
sure they can do do the show.

There are other performers where you ring them up to make up the numbers.

It sounds like Tony is in the second list. There was a time - not that
long ago - when he was appearing a lot more frequently than he has in
the past year.

1999 - six shows (and another six on TV)
2000 - six shows
2001 - six shows
2002 - eight shows
2003 - 10 shows
2004 - eight shows
2005 - six shows
2006 - six shows

So far in 2007 he has done two and it looks like that may be it. That's
quite a reduction and although it may be a complete coincidence of
unfortunate timing, I doubt it.