ok guys as the title says i have the hump!
End of May this year somebody from the paul o'grady show came to see my son and his karate group. The person that came was a producer for the show. He told us my son would be on September time as they need to sort out a licence for him and the others that would be going on. Last month i contacted the same person that came to see us, but he has left to produce strictly come dancing. So i got in touch with 'Bert'. He gave me these nice polite emails apologising and said to leave it with him...that was well over a month ago now. I am getting questionsfrom the Sensai as he was approached and told they would be going on but he has competitions to go to throught the year as he is England Judge.
So all in all its been nearly six months since i was contacted by the 'team'. It has put me off to be honest...it makes the whole thing look like a joke. They only read out three bits of post each show take one caller from the organ game and inist you phone up everyday to 'enter your name' for the competition. If you send anything in if it gets to paul at all he throws it on the floor 9/10?!
Sorry im just fed up with being strung along by this lot..i wouldn't mind but its not me its my son and other 7+ year olds!

hi debz, i bet your well annoyed, you've been waiting ages.

i can see what you mean about the letters and stuff, i've sent in over 20 letters and e-mails (no joke) asking for a nodding buster and i've made the letters funny and stuff and it never works. About 2weeks ago i got an avengers dvd and wrote a letter to send in so he would swap it for a NB! cos i know he loves the avengers and i havnt seen it yet its so frustrating, i feel like i'l never get a nodding buster and then you see these letters where people are critisising paul and then they get a NB! its not fair.

Sorry to hear you are feeling frustrated. I think we all feel like at that times, especially when you have been promised something. I was too as been on the show and was it was suggested by a producer that she would love to have me back on the show but she left and its nearly two years, so Ive kinda given up. I was also promised an audition for another programme and went to all the pains of filling out the questionnaire, I then find myself attending a pilot show, me being naive thinking that they want me to see what they are thinking on and then never hearing ever again.Ive been down that road a few times. Its just TV I am afraid and its just best to not count your chickens till they hatch as they say. otherwise it can disappointment.

Its TV though and we are all very much a small cog in a very large wheel I am afraid.

Ive also given up on competitions as the prizes always seem to go up North. No offence folk, but they never seem to go to Southern parts much especially Essex for some reason.

As foremails are concerned again I gave up with those and tend to chat more on the forum these days. The must get thousands a day and cant I wouldnt think read them all, otherwise there wouldnt be a programme. Paul did say the other day they would have to dedicate a whole programme to doing postbag.

I am sorry your feeling fed up, I understand you must be frustrated!! I have written in to the show many times(I mean loads) since it first began, and I've never had a letter read out!! I do feel disappointed but I also understand that they get 1000's of letters each day and it would be impossible to read them all. I am also sure that Paul doesn't get to see half of them.
I am sorry to hear your all so disappointed but try not to give up.

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Originally posted by GemsLuvsOlga:
I am sorry to hear your all so disappointed but try not to give up.

I agree, don't give up!
I was lucky to have my letter and picture shown, and luckly my brother got something shown on the show aswell. But it must be really hard for the team to decided which letters to read out on the show!
And as other have said, sorry you are fustrated, but don't give up

I tried to get my nans birthday read out but then again it does depend how long you wait before you send it

I've sent a few things in asking for a nodding Buster but no luck.

They must get loads of post so obviously chances are you won't get read out but i can see how upsetting it is to keep trying time and time again.

I must be honest I was a bit upset about a comment Paul made on a show a week or so ago.

He was being hurried up as usual and he said to the guy, Bert or whoever, 'I'm talking to --------, (whoever the celeb was) I don't care about them lot!' meaning the audience.

I have to be truthful - if I had travelled all that way and waited for hours in all weathers this comment would have upset me.

I know what his humour is like but I found this insensitive. Many of those people travel all day to get there and the rest of the day to get back so they deserve a bit of a fuss made of them in my opinion.

Well he was just talking about the clip. He had seen it so he wasn't really interested. I don't think the audience would have been bothered about not seeing it.

I know what you're saying but i would still be a bit upset to travel for hours and wait around for ages and then hear that comment.

Well I wouldn't have minded. Lol They would know he doesn't mean it.

Yes I remember that comment as well Dom and thought it was a bit off at the time but I think sometimes he doesnt think what he is saying.

The first show I ever went to, he said There was a lot of old Broilers in the audience tonight., to me that implied old girls dressed up like mutton. I felt offended at the time and wrote and told the show what I thought, but I think that he was so use to taking the mickey out of an audience when doing Lily that he applied the same principle but it just didnt work. I think we have to take this comments with a pinch of salt.

I was in the front row of a frank Skinner show and he called me his Granny. Cheek, hes not much younger than me, but I gave him gip back for it. I love a good banter.

I would'nt get yourselves all worked up, as it is'nt Paul who are doing these things and he would'nt say anything to hust anyone I am sure,
if you need to get through to Paul I would write to him personally,
how about the pog team on this forum who wants people.
as there must be some way to get through to Paul
so don't be too distressed, because he loves all his fans. He fought to get well for us so does'nt that tell you something.

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Yes I remember that comment as well Dom and thought it was a bit off at the time but I think sometimes he doesnt think what he is saying.

yeah Seaslug i think that's right what you say.
it doesn't change my opinion of him at all. sometimes you feel you want to comment ahout something and get it off your chest and that's just a part of this forum as anything else. it don't think it can be classed a getting 'worked up' it's just voicing an opinion.

i agree with all comments so far...but..i wouldn't have got so wound up and disapointed if it was about me..but it was children that were told they were going on and to me thats wrong.(also theres a video of my son done by them that has 'gone missing' which worries me!!)

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Have you noticed with Paul on all these tablets he is saying things which he shouldnt referring to old ladies

do you really think the tablets might be having some sort effect????jokes aside????

Well Im not bothered about comments now, sticks and stones and all that.

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Have you noticed with Paul on all these tablets he is saying things which he shouldnt referring to old ladies



do you really think the tablets might be having some sort effect????jokes aside????

PMSL!!!

thouPogcrazy i'm trying to serious

though i must admit i did laugh when i asked the question as Paul is always saying 'it's the tablets'!!

now even we are saying 'is it the tablets?'

ahh Debs
I am so sorry for Luke, and the video going missing have you asked them about it, I do hope it turns up for you

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Originally posted by seaslug:
Yes I remember that comment as well Dom and thought it was a bit off at the time but I think sometimes he doesnt think what he is saying.

The first show I ever went to, he said There was a lot of old Broilers in the audience tonight., to me that implied old girls dressed up like mutton. I felt offended at the time and wrote and told the show what I thought, but I think that he was so use to taking the mickey out of an audience when doing Lily that he applied the same principle but it just didnt work. I think we have to take this comments with a pinch of salt.

I was in the front row of a frank Skinner show and he called me his Granny. Cheek, hes not much younger than me, but I gave him gip back for it. I love a good banter.

I think you have hit the nail on the head seaslug in that Paul's whole routine as Lily is to be very rude about everyone including the audience. As a comic he seems to prefer working that way. That is why I think he or his team choose letters which are kind of insulting, because he can turn them into comedy by pretending to be hurt.

Yes Well I suppose theres not enough material in being nice and polite is there. As I said you cant be easily offended cos its all part of their routine.