Idea for commentry

[hairyben]

Dissatisfaction over the commentary in F1 has been a permanent row in the last 20 years, F1 broadcasters insist on having a shouty wang professional journo as lead commentator for broadcastery-reasons but most of the fans all prefer ex drivers... most of us agree the coulthard/brundle last year of the beeb was a high point in commentary no?

The broadcasters are well aware of fan dissatisfaction with presenters and have ceded to it in the past- the beeb binning the awful legard and sky binning the bint georgie thompson - So why not please everyone and broadcast two pillocks as their shouty excitable main commentary for vapid drop in fans, then have a selectable b audio (this is easily technically possible I believe) with able minded grown up's commentating for the hardcore fans who appreciate it?

[hairyben]

glazbagun said:

Have Cassette Boy make a mashup of Murray Walker. I do think it's a real shame that F1 has never delivered on its promise. We should be able to switch between cameras ourselves in this day & age.

I think the motoGP online service gives you multiscreen so yes easily possible

Mind, I remember a few years back trying the "red button" when it offered onboard - all that happened was the TV went dead in the middle of a live race while the box ponderously loaded up some front menu from which you have to navigate find and load it. Didn't try that again.

[hairyben]

Vocal Minority said:

The trouble with commentary - and especially with mass consumption things and places like this - is that we think everyone is as obsessed with technical detail as us - and the fact of the matter is than 90% of the audience will become confused and then bored in quick succession.

The assumption has to be that the F1 nerds would have been the first to move over to Sky to get all of the races live - and so the marketing imperative to invest in a second commentary team isn't really there.

It's a pefectly food idea objectively, but there is only a small practical application I fear

thats my whole point- theres a broad mix of people tuning in, some of whom will like the constant shouty-shouty-excite-excite-radio1 type of commentary and some (I think you do a disservice to F1 fans with your %'s) will appreciate a more reserved delivery and technical detail.

The latter are well capable of adjusting their sets so sky can have the 30 second attention span commentary as the main effort and the techie one as a selectable b commentary. Both audiences get what they want, whats not to like? Probably won't cost much more if anything- as said sky already have a number of suitably qualified people at races to commentate with brundle to a professional level. I'm sure someone/thing can be found to accompany crofty - a stray dog or a synthesizer programmed with amusing animal noises is probably about right. In fact his commentary could be done in the UK rather than flying to races, it's not like being on-location seems to help him understand whats going on right in front of him half the time so you'd save some airfairs.

As for crofty himself, he survives by virtue of being in a post johnathan legard world where we just set our standards low and take it one day at a time. But he's been clever enough to subtlety get more inane and annoying over time rather than burst onto the scene as a full blown gibbering halfwit and reveal the full extend of his witless drivel and shoddy grasp of the sport on day 1. He's probably not far of james allen levels of tttery right now.