do you think eric and ernie

DrFilth | 08:02 Thu 03rd Nov 2011 | News

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would be get more viewers for match of the day, imagine the sixth ball going in the net at old trafford bet even the united fans would have laughed with eric and ernie doing the commentary

£40,000 a show for talking crap and they are cutting 2000 jobs no wonder he has a big grin

http://www.dailymail....ansen-Eric-Ernie.html

Royal Family doing interviews

Is old dinnerjacket about to get a rocket up his jacksy?

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grasscarp

I was once in the lift with them at BBC tv centre. Eric was of course making jokes the whole way and talking to me. Very funny chap.

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ichkeria

Well I wouldn't compare Alan Hansen with Morecambe and Wise and of course the Director General is not doing so. Simply making the point that the BBC pays its top personalities a lot of money.
Comparing audience figures, by the way, is rather dubious. Morecame and Wise had their heyday at a time when there were only 2 or 3 TV channels. Nowadays there is a lot more choice.
It's a typical, highly emotive and subjective piece of Daily Mail tosh. It starts with a populist headline to "get them going", works itself up into a lather, does its usual "critics also pointed out ..." bit (which critics in particular I wonder?) and only really seriously addresses the issue right at the bottom where you get the sane response from the BBC that there is not, in fact, a direct comparison being made between Hansen and M&W at all.

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so do you think eric and ernie would be get more viewers for match of the day or not

ichkeria

Probably not. Assuming they were still with us(!)
People as a rule tune in to match of the Day to watch the footie, and other people tune into repeats of Morecame and Wise for a bit of "old times sake" light entertainment. Putting comedians on to commentate on football is likely to irritate the football fans while not really impressing fans of the comedians either.
None of which proves or disproves whether Allan Hansen is worth his fee as a pundit, of course.
Anyway, that's a serious opinion - I'm sure there's endless potential for a bit of fun here :-)