Croft has to go
Discussion
Roman Moroni said:
It appears that Harry Benjamin will first replace Croft at Imola in May. It's a name I'm not familiar with. Apparently he commentates on F1 for Radio 5 amongst other things.
Has anyone ever listened to Benjamin? I'm wondering what his 'style' is.
I've not listened to his commentary but he's pretty inoffensive on the Motormouth podcastHas anyone ever listened to Benjamin? I'm wondering what his 'style' is.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDPGoYqmdAlQgVmgl...
jazzybees said:
PhilAsia said:
MarkwG said:
HardtopManual said:
elyuw said:
what is so wrong with "Switcharoo" exactly?
It's the way he triumphantly announces it, as though taking a late apex in order to get on full gas earlier than your attacker is a rare enough event to deserve its own special moniker courtesy of Crofty™The bloke is a muff.
Swicheroo also always reminds of one of the most entertaining musicians to ever grace the stage: Slim Gaillard. He invented his own language "Vout-o-Reenee" and my email name was inspired by him. Originally it was going to be "Fillerooneywithsomehot sauceonthesideandthatshouldjustaboutfixit@hotmail.com, but I realised that might be a tad laborious.
He had a fascinating life, culminating in being able to captivate an audience better than Croft ever could..., with just his little finger:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slim_Gaillard
To add some culture to this thread. In action. Sublime IMHO:
Never even heard of him before.
But some great work by him.
So much music. So little time .
I used to enjoy his commentary on Radio 5 Live with Davidson back in the day, but I really have found it difficult as of late.
The 'Lando Trumps Miami' was crass and took the moment away for me. I'd rather he stay away from terrible political dad jokes. That was Lando's moment as his first win and he poisoned the moment to make a stupid comment to be funny when he didn't need to be.
I'm not sure if it's the length of the season now, but I think it would be good to have a mix of commentators.
The 'Lando Trumps Miami' was crass and took the moment away for me. I'd rather he stay away from terrible political dad jokes. That was Lando's moment as his first win and he poisoned the moment to make a stupid comment to be funny when he didn't need to be.
I'm not sure if it's the length of the season now, but I think it would be good to have a mix of commentators.
a7girl said:
Roman Moroni said:
It appears that Harry Benjamin will first replace Croft at Imola in May. It's a name I'm not familiar with. Apparently he commentates on F1 for Radio 5 amongst other things.
Has anyone ever listened to Benjamin? I'm wondering what his 'style' is.
I've not listened to his commentary but he's pretty inoffensive on the Motormouth podcastHas anyone ever listened to Benjamin? I'm wondering what his 'style' is.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDPGoYqmdAlQgVmgl...
Roman Moroni said:
a7girl said:
Roman Moroni said:
It appears that Harry Benjamin will first replace Croft at Imola in May. It's a name I'm not familiar with. Apparently he commentates on F1 for Radio 5 amongst other things.
Has anyone ever listened to Benjamin? I'm wondering what his 'style' is.
I've not listened to his commentary but he's pretty inoffensive on the Motormouth podcastHas anyone ever listened to Benjamin? I'm wondering what his 'style' is.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDPGoYqmdAlQgVmgl...
cuprabob said:
I've listened to him a few times on 5 Live and thought he was OK. I certainly don't recall anything "shouty".
The problem is most of them are OK on the radio commentary but for some reason turn it up to obnoxious levels when they get on TV. Even Croft was more than bearable in his radio days. Alex Jacques is the same now he's gone from 5 Live to TV.Unfortunately now I've binned off Sky I can't watch the race live with BBC commentary, so I have to put up with C4 shouty commentary.
MarkwG said:
HardtopManual said:
elyuw said:
what is so wrong with "Switcharoo" exactly?
It's the way he triumphantly announces it, as though taking a late apex in order to get on full gas earlier than your attacker is a rare enough event to deserve its own special moniker courtesy of Crofty™The bloke is a muff.
andygo said:
I have no idea who Harry is but at last, a bloke from the planet normal.
As my wife commentated, 'it's more of a conversation than a hysterical shout'.
Harry Benjamin took over from Jack Nichols doing the 5live commentary after Jack got cancelled for some supposed inappropriate behaviour with females.As my wife commentated, 'it's more of a conversation than a hysterical shout'.
SteBrown91 said:
andygo said:
I have no idea who Harry is but at last, a bloke from the planet normal.
As my wife commentated, 'it's more of a conversation than a hysterical shout'.
Harry Benjamin took over from Jack Nichols doing the 5live commentary after Jack got cancelled for some supposed inappropriate behaviour with females.As my wife commentated, 'it's more of a conversation than a hysterical shout'.
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