that I accidentally started the PM Blog.
Since then, all our lives have been changed, for the worse.
We were wondering whether and how to mark the occasion. A few crappy ideas have been tossed around. As were some salads. But I tend to think the best ideas for the Blog come from you. And if not you then someone like you.
We thought - first anniversary...paper? First birthday...are we out of nappies yet?
You can do better than that. But hurry!
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Eddie= A huge cake, huge photos of you lot, a collage of photos of froggers past and present,
a t-shirt to buy (proceeds to a 'deserving'cause)
in nice colours- um.....
Wish I'd been there on 17th last year!
I know, we could all comme to see you live on air on 'the day'- me, anyway!
NO? oh well!
Mollyxx
Sorry to be picky (actually, I'm not, but it's usually best to say you are), but it's the Merkins who have paper for the first anniversery. The traditional British gift is cotton, with paper for the second anniversery.
Wow. It's finally found a use for that bit of information. That's a shock.
Oh Eddie, a party, please!!!!!! We can all toss salads together.
Am I allowed a placard and a lobby on this one?
Party!Party!Party!Party!Party!Party!Party!
We can all bring along something to eat ..... or contribute financially if Health and Safety don't allow that.
Oh, Eddie, please! A party! I need a party, I really need a party ..........
Froggers song repeatedly played on air during the day!
Love the idea of a t-shirt Molly! Wish I'd been here too....but at least we're here now!
Eddie,
Have the Today crew got any eggcups left? Perhaps you could repaint them Eddie, over the weekend, and sell them as commemorative nick-nacks for the blog's 1st birthday? All in a good cause of course. :0)
How about a PM phone-in competition...?
A PM coffee mug. Since a lot of us seem to sit at the computer blogging with a drink beside us. If it wasn't such a showy-offy idea, I'd say get some of your better quotes emblazoned on the side. Maybe you've forgotten them, but I'm sure jonnie's got them listed somewhere :)
Can we have a picnic at lunchtime on the 17th? I'll be in London anyway. We could all bring our finest-quality extortionately -priced sandwiches & gather outside TVCentre (wherever that is) & you could cower inside, finally sending young Marc outside as a sort of sacrifice to the bloggers. Perhaps bearing a note - "Please go away now & leave me in peace, I've got a show to do, love from Eddie"- that the sort of thing you had in mind?
Now you're really scared, aren't you? Because last time I had a crazy idea involving the bloggers, we really did it....
Btw, forgot to say - how dare that Robin Hamman have a full page interview on p 15 of Ariel, all about the great idea of bbc blogs, & NOT mention the PM Blog? Doesn't he know who you ARE????
A PM theme-music writing/recording contest.
With the music to be played once - only once - on the programme at some point in the future
:)
How do you accidentally start a blog?
Annasee: I think it's a great idea, though with one modification - That we tempt Eddie out with a humungous quadlatte.
Eddie, we won't eat you, honestly!
Geggs (2):
Good correction, and cotton is quite appropriate, given how quickly the blog cotton.
("Caught-on". D'you see what I did there? ... How old is the Naughty Step anyway?)
We could book a venue near TVC for the party BigSis ?
Ok - perhaps not then - but it's a nice idea. I can see Eddie cringeing at the thought.
Witchi - as it happens the FRog song will be ready for general blog release on Friday 17th of August - how fitting.
Why not, Jonnie? Is the old theatre on Shepherds Bush Green still used by the Beeb? I remember going there many a time to participate in TV recordings.
I'm sure Eddie would be just as thrilled(!) to go to the local St*rbucks, or similar, though.
There are some good pubs around there, too. I could research that if you like?
How about OB from Jonnies Breakfast room? He has the streaming capability so we can see the show live. Guests can wait in his reception so we can see them sweat. Glass box can be front door. Its too short a notice to arrange an event, except a virtual one on the beach.
Never got my frog chorus thing sorted. perhaps just as well knowing my voice.
It would be interesting to mark it with some comment on how audience participation in this way has or hasn't changed the content and delivery of the programme apart from winning you a Sony award.
Somehow a post has got lost - But I suggested we book the theatre on the Green at Shepherds Bush, or a nearby coffee lounge (thinking of Eddie here!) or one of the better pubs thereabouts .......
Big Sis (14) - So you are offering to do a bit of research on pubs, are you? I suppose you'll be wanting paid as well!
The big blog anniversary will coincide with 30 years and 1 day since the death of The King.
What a co-incidence!!
Clearly there should be some sort of joint Elvis/Blog party.
What do you think?
No way, RJD - It's a hobby!
For Big Sister...
Taverns in Shepherds Bush.
Ask Eddie to dress as Elvis for the webcam ;o)
I'm sure we could source him all the gear, and props will have a wig with a quiff and sideburns.
Davys have a wine bar in the White City Media Centre.
Eddie: How do you rate it?
Why do I get the feeling that this thread will not attract feedback from Eric :-)
No idea, Jonnie (22)
Jonnie:
Teacher's pet! Teacher's pet!
Well he proved me wrong - so Davy's wine bar it is then!
I'll email Aperitif - she will be soooo excited.
We will have to wait till the glassbox meeting has finished - but it's normally a short affair on Friday.
If necessary, we could be shipped into TV Centre in a cage .... and Eddie could feed us biscuits through the bars.
Or Eddie could come off piste with one of his henchmen to protect him.*
*I think Rupert looks quite fierce - I'm sure he could keep us all in order
Big Sis (28): I imagine it would be a bit of a nightmare being suddenly faced with a horde of us lot. I always suspect that radio presenters like to hide behind the anonymity of the medium.
Except that Wogan man.
Jason: How could we EVER be a horde?
Anyway, there is the cage option.
I suppose, at a pinch, Eddie could get Mr. Wogan to stand in for him.
What is the collective term for froggers? A Bloglet of Froggers?
What about a blather of froggers?
That would only apply to frogs from Norn Ireland
Whether or not there is an actual frog meet, the celebration needs to be something everyone can join in with, like the blog itself.
Souvenirs would be fun but someone would have to organise - do the beeb have a department for such things? Sales to a good cause perhaps?
The Froggers song is a must.
Eddie perhaps you should select some froggers, original, regular and new, at random for an item on air?
Also it would be interesting to know just whether it really is the unique blog we believe it to be. Some research into what else is out there would be interesting. To get everyone's ideas in you might just have to hope for a slow news day!
WW (31):
A spawn of Froggers? A lilypad?
The new Froggers who appear in a bunch on one topic then never post again could be a "tad". (Not quite tad-poles... thinks... are there tad-pole-dancers? "Phwor, look at the proto-legs on that!" Maybe not.)
A pond of Froggers? Maybe a "ponder"?
A boggle of froggers?
"Why not ogle the boggle of froggers on the blog?"
Big Sis - Nah, that would be a blether of froggers.
How about doing the programme as an OB from a real beach, in honour of the "Day One" beach?
p.s. if this appears twice, it's because I was malicious (allegedly) and went back. Note to people trying the Safari beta on windoze, going back when you're told you're malicius doesn't bring up the entry tou'd typed. So, if it's a long missive, you may want to make a copy before hitting that button below.....
I can't remember who posted it or where but it would be interesting to now how much of an impact the Frog has had on how the programme is put together. Ok, back to be flippant...
A Flippancy of Froggers...hmm, no, discounts or deep and meaningful side(s).
A mair of froggers.
Perhaps there should be several names, depending on aspects of the gathering.
A meeting of froggers at 5pm could be an "ice" of froggers.
A meeting between Noon and 2pm (but sometimes a day late) could be a "newsletter" of froggers.
A meeting on a day off could be a "sequin".
And one frogger meeting alone but speaking in an animated fashion could be a "webcam"...
A little earlier, the SSC mentioned blog cotton. I always understood her to be a character in... Oh no, silly me.
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A log-on of froggers?
Mollyxx
A log-on of froggers?
Mollyxx
I agree with AnneP that any fun should include as many froggers as possible.
Could we utilise the Regional offices of the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ and have a sort of network sort of party thingy?
Mollyxxx
I agree with AnneP that any fun should include as many froggers as possible.
Could we utilise the Regional offices of the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ and have a sort of network sort of party thingy?
Mollyxxx
only a year??????
blimey!
feels longer. Much longer. But then again "time flies when you're having fun"
oh, hold on.... sorry.
[ahem]
Here's my 2p worth of photo ideas...
1) A group photo of the PM blog team.
2) As (1), including Sequin.
3) As (2), including Carrie (So what if she's only stood in for you twice? Make her feel welcome - then if you ever feel you need a break / holiday, you know there are two pairs of safe hands to look after your "baby"...)
4) As above, including whoever came up with the "Let's start a ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ-wide blog trial" idea.
5) In advance of the date, set up a place where froggers can upload photos of themselves. Then kidnap the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ web boffins until they've merged the froggers' photos into the group picture...
A couple of other ideas:
Start an 'anniversary' beach, and encourage as many members of the team as possible to contribute something (even if it's only feeding the camels!).
Or a competition to draw The Beach (possibly not, as not all froggers are amateur artists!)
hmmmm.. things we could do....
well, off the top of me head...
THAT'S IT!!
"Off the top of me head!!"
Photos of the tops of listeners' heads!
and just the top mind...
you know, its where all the thinking is going on (as befits PM), it allows the retention of anonymity, it allows the photos of kittens on heads, it mocks (gently mind, gently) the photo we all know and love....
hmmm... maybe not sd great.
perhaps a lot of hot hair....
Just had another idea- WRISTBANDS!
Could we- then we would be able to spot each other in S***b ***s etc- or maybe not!
All profits to someone deserving?
But the bst thing has got to be 'the song'- I'm envious of those who participated- no techno ability here, unfortunately. Can't wait to hear it!
Mollyxx
Well, if it's a cotton anniversary, maybe t-shirts are the thing?
btw,
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I suppose whatever is done has to be "revenue neutral". So T shirts, mugs etc are probably a none starter. Unless a sponsor can be found. I presume the PM budget will be a bit tight. After all Windows of your worls trashed the storage capabilities at the Beeb. At almost 50000 posts this blog must be a bit of a nightmare. I bet the IT guys gringe every time eric has a little idea.
Sorry to have been absent ... we broke the Internet on Friday, chez Fifi, and have only just repaired it.
I think a networky hookup via the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ's regional and international studios would be perfect: everyone then has a fair chance to participate, regardless of distance from London.
A package taped during The Day itself, and edited as a news story - just like any other, including the Sony - and made available afterwards as an audio clip via the Blog. Interviews with a Blog Queen or Prince and a frogger, and a quick burst of The Song.
Would also make a smashing feature in Ariel. Showing the rest of the Beeb how to do a blog properly!
Perhaps one lucky frogger to be invited to spend the day at TVC, not getting in the way of the team putting the programme together of course.
And that frogger to represent all of us in a group photo with the PM and Frog team, which we can all print off and feel a part of.
I have another BIG idea involving the Song and a good cause.
Howzat???
Fifi ;o)
Geggs (2), the Merkins??? In honour of which anniversary is it traditional to exchange such things???
I'm afraid I shan't be celebrating on the bloggiversary -- August 17th means something else entirely to me.