Dave Gorman's Googlewhack Adventure

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So, on the topic of Modern Life Is Goodish, when was the first time that you used a laptop and a PowerPoint for a comedy show? Was it [Gorman’s 1998 tour] Reasons To Be Cheerful? Gorman was a regular guest on The Geoff Show, having been on a guest on the show three times (and also entering a phone-in competition whilst undertaking the Important Astrology Experiment), while he also had weekly interviews on Geoff Lloyd's Hometime Show to discuss his bikeathon during his Sit Down, Pedal, Pedal, Stop and Stand Up Tour. He filled in for weekend presenter Frank Skinner for three weeks during the summer of 2009. The station subsequently announced that he would have a full-time show; his first show aired on 11 October, [19] with Gorman joined by Danielle Ward and Martin White. White left the show in April 2012, to be replaced by Michael Legge. The show ended on 18 November 2012. [20] Stand-up [ edit ] And just to finish, I’ll ask you our traditional Den Of Geek closing question: what’s your favourite Jason Statham movie?

There was a great bit of research somebody did, where they – I don’t know where it was published – but somewhere online, there was an article published with a headline. And the headline said something like… it was something like gun control. One of those hot button topics in America that people will always get angry about. And then the content of the article: there are three paragraphs that suggest it is going to be a serious article about gun control, and then the fourth of fifth paragraph is just a thing saying, “Oh, by the way, if you’d read this far, when you leave a comment, just use the word ‘bananas’”. And then there’s a whole load of other stuff. Steal this: "I was hungry and nothing was open. Finally I found a 24-hour garage and ended New Year's Day eating a Pot Noodle with a toothbrush." Gorman was a regular alongside Geoff Lloyd on Virgin Radio's The Geoff Show, also appearing on the same presenter's Hometime Show. Following the rebranding of the station to Absolute Radio, Gorman joined the station as a presenter himself. He has made many appearances on Channel 5's The Wright Stuff, and has appeared on several episodes of Radio 4's Just a Minute. Gorman was also the "Curator" for John Lloyd's BBC Radio 4 series Museum of Curiosity in the fourth series, as well as standing in for Jon Richardson in one edition of the third series after the latter was left stranded due to the volcanic eruption of Eyjafjallajökull. a b Brandes, Philip (29 March 2005). "From the Web to worldwide". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 23 August 2018. Dave Gorman lands new Dave TV show 'Modern Life Is Goodish' ". Digital Spy. 3 April 2013. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013 . Retrieved 17 April 2014.The thing I find very peculiar about that: there are a number of people I know, who are really really really into sci-fi. And they commit to sci-fi to such an extent that they like things that are demonstrably bad sci-fi, because it’s their genre. Because they’ve decided it’s their side. That’s the team they’re on. And I find that really really really peculiar. When they’re unfussy about it. It doesn’t matter. It could be utter shit. I can see there’s some good stuff out there that qualifies as sci-fi, it just doesn’t really float my boat. But this idea that… Edinburgh Fringe: Dave Gorman's PowerPoint Presentation". thecourier.co.uk. 13 August 2011. Archived from the original on 26 May 2015 . Retrieved 26 May 2015. One of the things that comes through most clearly, when you read them, is that none of the people – almost none of the people involved – are having a conversation. Nobody is reading anything else. It’s a bunch of people shouting into the void, because they haven’t read the twenty comments before them. If someone replies to them, they don’t read it. So it’s the most pointless communication. I know opinion is fine, but there are some things that are empirically, factually incorrect. And it’s not a conversation. I don’t know who they think they’re talking to. I find it most peculiar. No, but people want them to be. I don’t know. There’s a lot of… and I wasn’t aware of this until I was having this conversation, but I’m often drawn to… we often talk about this in the production office… of, this is a world that doesn’t like nuance very much. And I’m really into and like getting into the nuance of things. I think that’s really interesting.

And yeah, I’ll give you one sentence from that bit. It’s not spoken by me, it’s on one of the VTs: “That was really intense, wasn’t it? That got quite brothel-y.” And I’ll leave it at that, and leave your imagination to go wherever it goes.Broadcast details First broadcast Monday 8th November 2004 on Channel 4 Episode length 115 minutes All previous repeats Bley Griffiths, Eleanor. "Dave Gorman confirms the end of Modern Life Is Goodish". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 20 December 2017 . Retrieved 21 December 2017. Martin White is this really talented musical genius, and a very funny man, and I was like, “Do you think you could write a song during the show, about that day’s show?” And he was up for it, so, on day one on the show, the only feature we had was that we were gonna close the show with Martin performing a song he’d written about that day’s show. So we did that. In September 2013, Gorman returned to television with a new show, Modern Life Is Goodish, on the Dave channel. [21] In January 2014, the show was renewed for two additional series to follow the initial three. [22] The fourth series commenced in November 2016. The fifth series ran from 31 October to 20 December 2017, after which Gorman confirmed that it was the final series. [23] At its peak, the series attracted 1.5 million viewers. [24] With Great PowerPoint Comes Great ResponsibilityPoint [ edit ] Lansey JC, Bukiet B (January 2009). "Internet Search Result Probabilities, Heaps' Law and Word Associativity". Journal of Quantitative Linguistics. 16 (1): 40–66. doi: 10.1080/09296170802514153. S2CID 1808897.

Synopsis [ edit ] This is a description of the 2004 DVD version of the routine, which may differ from other versions of the stage show.

Dave Gorman's Googlewhack Adventure

So, er, ‘no’ is the one word answer. And everything I said before no is the slightly clumsy longhand one. Comedian becomes a crossword compiler (4, 6)". Chortle. Archived from the original on 2 July 2020 . Retrieved 1 July 2020.

And the first fifty, sixty comments are “You can’t take our guns away!” And it’s people who’ve read the headline and haven’t read the article. And it’s fifty or sixty comments in before you get a comment at the bottom saying, “I’d quite like some bananas.” And that’s how far… like, what is the point if you haven’t read the article? Like, literally, I don’t understand who you are or who you think you’re talking to, what you’re trying to achieve… [Sighs] BBC – h2g2 – 'Are You Dave Gorman?' – by Dave Gorman and Danny Wallace – the Book". BBC. Archived from the original on 21 September 2007 . Retrieved 18 September 2006. Before his solo successes, he was in demand as a writer, having co-written three series of The Mrs Merton Show, as well as writing for many other television series in the UK, including The Fast Show. In 2003, he was listed in The Observer as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy. [5] As a producer, Gorman contributed to two series featuring Jenny Eclair. He has also written for comedians Harry Hill and Steve Coogan.

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Gorman began performing the stage show in Australia during March 2003, a fortnight after the events had happened. He started at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, from where the show moved to the Sydney Opera House and became the biggest-selling show at the Studio Theatre there. Gorman performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August 2003 before touring around the UK for three months, finishing at the Hammersmith Apollo. In America, he performed at The Comedy Festival in 2004. He then toured Australia and England again and performed at the Canadian Just for Laughs festival in July 2004. A three-month Off-Broadway run led to tours of North America in spring and autumn 2005. [5] Every link in the chain takes you one step further from your own imagination,' said David. ' Your imagination conjures up two words. Those two words lead you to someone and their imagination conjures up two new words ... it would be interesting to see how long a chain you could get, eh?' Gorman, Dave (13 November 2017). "Dave Gorman: NEW TOUR: With Great Powerpoint Comes Great Responsibilitypoint". Dave Gorman. Archived from the original on 15 November 2018 . Retrieved 15 November 2018.