The next big thing(?)

by Butterfield Thu Jan 17, 2019 9:09 pm

For all those celebrities who never quite were. They showed a bit of (perhaps forced) promise, then fizzled out as quickly as they appeared.

Anna Walker
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To me she seemed like a "new" 90s Anneka Rice. I think I only really remember her from Wish You Were Here, but I felt sure she was going to be big. Then she vanished.

Steve Penk

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I'd completely forgotten about this over the top bloke until I saw him the other day on a Lily Savage Blankety Blank on Challenge, from 2000. He practically exploded onto Saturday night TV in the late 90s, from the radio I think, and I'm sure ITV hoped he'd be the next Noel Edmonds or Jeremy Beadle or something. Once again, after a couple of years he was gone, probably pushed out by Ant & Dec.

by Butterfield Thu Jan 17, 2019 9:12 pm

Retro.

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by Butterfield Thu Jan 17, 2019 9:16 pm

In 2016 Penk created and launched "Radio Dead", a Globally unique radio station that only plays artistes who are deceased. If they’re dead, they’re on the playlist.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Penk

by Guest Thu Jan 17, 2019 10:13 pm

In 2015 Penk launched the Steve Penk Wind-Up Channel on DAB+ in Manchester (England), featuring wind-up/prank calls 24/7.

by Fangirl Three Fri Jan 18, 2019 7:14 am

'We set it up, we looked into ways of operating it and we closed it down. It was inoperable.'

by Nightjar Fri Jan 18, 2019 11:38 am

Alice Beer...

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by Butterfield Fri Jan 18, 2019 2:18 pm

Oh yes. Alice Beer was surely destined for Anne Robinson's job, but never quite achieved it.

by Butterfield Fri Jan 18, 2019 2:22 pm

I was just thinking about Jill Dando. She'd become a new national TV favourite shortly before her death, and would probably still be on TV today as one of the BBC's highest-paid presenters, presenting Question Time, or Strictly or something. She was apparently lined up to present the BBC's Millennium coverage, but didn't quite make it.

EDIT: Oh my, nearly 20 years ago. bawl

by Guest Fri Jan 18, 2019 4:27 pm

Butterfield wrote:Oh yes. Alice Beer was surely destined for Anne Robinson's job, but never quite achieved it.

Anne Robinson seems to have disappeared, maybe they don't let her into the BBC as her face doesn't match her pass anymore?

by Guest Fri Jan 18, 2019 6:38 pm

Actually, it's quite interesting how these radio stations have changed ownership names etc over the years. All while still playing the same bland Annie Lennox/Adele wallpaper-a-phon snoozefests.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_Radio_00s

You can understand why they're so terrified of Spotify. Probably.

by Butterfield Sun Aug 15, 2021 2:15 pm

Bob Mills of Win, Lose Or Draw and In Bed With Me Dinner "fame".

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I absolutely hated him at the time but I think he was promoted in the 90s as a sort of alternative to Jonathan Ross but never got there and vanished without trace. I notice he's now on Talk Radio, about twice the size than he used to be.

by Fangirl Three Mon Aug 16, 2021 8:28 am

Just the title of IBWMD annoyed me so much that I hoped everyone connected with it would die.

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Mon Jan 15, 2024 5:34 pm

It was "MeDinner"

It was a play on In Bed With Madonna.

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by Butterfield Mon Jan 15, 2024 6:55 pm

I knew that.

by Fangirl Three Mon Jan 15, 2024 7:13 pm

I also knew that. It was the main thing I hated about it.

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