Adam and Joe

KILL / SAVE BOGGINS POSTER CAMPAIGN

Lucy BA — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:23:00 +0000

Thanks to Olly Moss, who has created these posters for you to choose which side you're on for the ongoing Boggins debate. You can download your own here and print them out:

Kill Boggins

Save Boggins

RADIO RADIO

James Producer — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:37:02 +0000

For some time now, we have been suggesting that the way to get your record on to the radio is to write a song about being on the radio. Elvis Costello, REM, The Clash and Queen are living proof. Well now you can add Adam and Joe to that superstar list. Here are some examples from a Megadude listener who is so in demand as a producer of Saturday morning waffly radio clips, that we've had to protect their identity. What? Of course we haven't lost their email....

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Fancy making your own Adam or Joe song? Then here's the original audio with no backing music - why not make your own and send it in? If we like it we'll play it on the show.

Adam's DJ song (solo)

Joe's DJ song (solo)

To download, right click on the link and choose 'Save Target As'. (If you're using a Mac it's Ctrl+click)

BLACK SQUADRON - FUN BATH PLATOON

Lucy BA — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:05:00 +0000

You certainly earned yourselves a nice warm bath Black Squadron. It looks like you had all sorts of fun with the last command. This week's Black Squadron command will now be issued an hour later, that's more than a luxury for you hardened members. So standby this Saturday at 10am...

Visit the Fun Bath Gallery

BLACK SQUADRON - SIT IN BIN RANK

Lucy BA — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:46:00 +0000

Hats off to you Black Squadron. An unbelievable number of you were not put off by the potentially pungent command last week. You sat proudly in your bins, looking great.

Get ready for another command this Saturday at 9am...

Visit the Sit In Bin Gallery

LAST WEEK'S TEXT THE NATION

Lucy BA — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:21:00 +0000

In last week's TTN, we talked about times when you or others have been a little bit too brutally honest. Here's A&J to explain more...

You can leave your stories here as comments on the blog, or you can email us and we'll read them on the show this Saturday for Retro Text The Nation.

THE BOGGINS SITUATION

Adam Buxton — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:45:00 +0000

Dear Blogmigos ('blog' + 'amigos'. Won't be using that again)

So this whole Boggins situation is getting a bit out of hand. When he turned up in the studio after the Summer holidays we all thought he was adorable, if a little filthy and when Joe named him Boggins it seemed like our happy family had just got bigger and happier. This drawing by Elinor (who is a skilled sketcher of pets www.ElinorSketchesPets.com) actually comes very close to what he looked like back then.

Lovely drawings that really do capture the little fellow's sweetness, but ironically the thing that pen and ink can't convey is the stink (that's a little joke for cockney readers). Strangely the acrid funk of our dog chum seems to come across most strongly on the radio and some people find it hard to take.

We've received some wonderful tributes and supportive messages for Boggins these last few weeks. For example here's a great shout out from the canine community

But now we're beginning to get some more unequivocally anti Boggins material through as well. Check out this song and vid from Tommy Mackay:

In addition we're getting impassioned messages from people who seem alienated by the whole presence of Boggins. They don't indulge in any of the banter about him being sweet or slobbery or confused or even fictional, they just think he's juvenile and desperate. They want him out of the show and say that their enjoyment is being ruined by his occasional presence. I think what these people are experiencing is jealousy. It's like the feeling of anxiety and threat felt by older siblings when a new born baby comes home from the hospital. Except in this case the new baby reeks from eating birds and poo and has turned the carpets into a toxic wasteland from dragging its itchy anal glands across them all day. But it is VERY sweet.

Of course none of this is going to reassure the hardcore anti Boggins lobby. They want the show back the way it was before the Summer: a grown up radio programme with no fictional dog, just intelligent, informed political debate from two highly articulate intellectuals on the day's hot topics. To that lobby I say this: Boggins is reality, fictional or not. Deal with it. If Gordon Brown found a poo in the corner and ate it you'd want us to cover it right? Of course you would and that's why we'll continue to cover the Boggins issue. Meanwhile Boggins will continue to cover the studio in hair and foul smelling silvery trails like some kind of giant hairy slug from the bowels of hell. A very sweet hell.

Love you byeeeee! Adam

BLACK SQUADRON - FELT PEN TATTOO FORCE

Lucy BA — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:34:00 +0000

Well done Black Squadron. Last week you stood to attention, pen in hand and inked yourselves up. True dedication, good work. By now your tattoos will be a fading memory, so standby for your next command this Saturday at 9am.

Visit the Felt Pen Tattoo Gallery

BRIAN BLESSED AND SIMON CALLOW PLAY CHESS

Lucy BA — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:35:00 +0000

Thanks to Ben Tucker for this amazing video.

"It feautures Joe's pondering on a game of chess between Blessed and Callow, and Adam's demented impression. i hope you enjoy it. love ben"

BOGGINS

James Producer — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:36:56 +0000

Nothing has divided opinion on the Adam and Joe show as much as the loveable but smelly BBC dog Boggins. As The Clash once sang, Should He Stay or Should He Go? Here are two songs of support and a montage in case you are missing him. Do use the comments section below let us know where you stand.

BLACK SQUADRON - PROBLEM BISCUIT DIVISION

Lucy BA — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:15:00 +0000

Buckles and Cornballs will be back this Saturday to issue the Black Squadron with a new command, so standby... In the mean time, here's some of your brilliant responses to 'Problem Biscuits.'

You can see more Black Squadron photos in the gallery here

THIS WEEK'S TEXT THE NATION

Lucy BA — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:52:00 +0000

This week we are unveiling our TTN subject on our blog in advance of the Saturday show. Radical huh?! We're looking for your amazing coincidences that led you to believe you are psychic. Here's A&J to explain further...

Please feel free to leave your stories as comments here or email us and we'll read some out on the show!

P.s. I thought I should introduce myself, as I'll be posting every now and again with some of your amazing contributions to the show. I'm the Broadcast Assistant which pretty much means I am at the service of the Big British Castle, doing lots of bits and pieces to help prepare for Saturday mornings.

MASTER SNOOKS

Interactive Jane — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:32:27 +0000

Check out Adam's latest video for the BBC Comedy blog...

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SOUNDBOARD

James Producer — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:14:11 +0000

Here's a lovely bit of Podmax work from listener Simon Whittaker. The Um and Er song has never sounded so good.. Thanks Simon!

HELLO BLOG FRIENDS

Adam Buxton — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:50:52 +0000

As regular listeners will know I have spent what seems like most of this year with a bad elbone and bad luck due to the universe hating me. I'm excited to say that it looks as though the universe might be turning its hateful attentions elsewhere and this week my elbone has felt a little better, giving me some time to catch up on this and that and even on a couple of occasions, the other.

One of the things I've been meaning to do for a very long time is send thankyou notes for some of the letters and artistic gifts we occasionally receive here at the Castle but some of them had no addresses so I thought I'd give them a mention here. This blue furry bat version of myself was made by Nat Miller, who also made a Joe bat. I used to dislike bats but since receiving the one Nat made, I love them so much I now chase after them hoping for a kiss. Batmen are another matter. I will have nothing to do with Christian Bale, Michael Keaton, George Clooney and even Adam West who are all tedious tight wearing ponces.

This Stephen! tee shirt was a gift from Steve Hunt, who uploaded his design to MySoti where it was printed and sent out to us. The tee shirt even features the 'Onstronomay Oohdah' catchphrase that was part of another piece of juvenilia read out the day Stephen was born. Thanks Steve, they're great and make me think we should talk more about Stephen! on the show. Or has Stephen! been killed off?

Speaking of killing things off, thanks very much to James Alberti for the wonderful cartoon of Boggins which was left for me after my gig at the 100 Club last week. It's weird how exactly he has captured the essence of our smelly friend.

Anyway this is the tip of the iceberg of stuff people are kind enough to send in but I thought I'd get that tip out there while I had the opportunity. Hope you're all very well. Oh and sorry about the podcast problems this week. These things happen but I nearly had a coronary in my shed when I was listening on Monday night. My Bob Dylan Christmas song started and suddenly I was blasted with Guantanamo Bay style white noise and spilt wine all over myself. Luckily Boggins was there to lick it all off. Good times, as Justin Lee Collins would almost certainly say.

I love you byeee!

Adam

A&J PODCAST TROUBLE!

James Producer — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:27:42 +0000

Some of you may have had the misfortune to make it past the 40 minute mark on Saturday's (31st Oct) podcast. If you did then we can only apologise for the nasty noise that suddenly interrupted your hosts. I have replaced it with a more pleasing take - titled 'The End of Boggins? (v2) 31 Oct 09'. Please, for the sake of your ears, download this one and delete the original...