You just haven't earned it yet, baby
As many of you will have noticed, there was a moment in last night's programme (around 23 minutes and 30 seconds in) when Chris said something which left Kate absolutely speechless - perhaps a first on Springwatch! In fact, it was so untypical that even the Guardian picked up on it. So what was it that so flabbergasted our seasoned presenter?
It all kicked off after the last blackbird chick left the nest, despite Chris having said he was prepared to bet that they might still be there after the weekend:
Chris: Now I've go to say, I'm humble in defeat - if you'll excuse the pun. But here's the score on the fledging at the moment.
At this point Chris handed Kate a card with a number 2 on it and kept a zero for himself.
Chris: What does Chris know about fledging? A big zero. What does Kate know about fledging? Two.
Kate: Now I know you said you're not a betting man but I think you should put your hand in your pocket.
Chris: You just haven't earned it yet, baby...
So what exactly was going on?!
Well, do you remember my blog yesterday called "One for the musos out there" in which I said that Chris was having fun slipping song titles into each programme? You do? Good. Because he was at it again last night... but as usual he hadn't told Kate.
"What I had told Kate," says Chris, "was that it would be great if she could ask me to 'pay up' for losing the bet. Which she did. But not in those exact words... which is why it all went a bit weird!"
So that's the story behind Kate's speechlessness but what's the story behind the song titles?
"A friend of mine - probably my only friend - bet me I couldn't get a song title into every programme. Of course I took him up on the bet but wasn't sure which band to focus on. The Clash would be too early for many viewers as I thought we needed a band who were big in the Eighties. That's when I settled on The Smiths."
Congratulations to those of you who spotted what he was doing! There were a very clever few of you who noticed him say:
'Hand in glove' in the 1st episode
'What difference does it make' in the 2nd episode
'Handsome devil' in the 3rd episode
'Frankly Mr Shankly' in the 4th episode.
And of course 'you just haven't earned it yet, baby' was in the show last night.
So the question is, which of the Smith's songs do you reckon Chris will namecheck in future epsiode's? And in what context? Check out the comments on yesterday's blog for some excellent suggestions.
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Really disapointed to hear Chris saying that the Skylark is an "English" bird. Here in Orkney the skys are full of them and last time I looked Orkney was in the UK!!!!! Scotland also watches Springwatch !!!!!!
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"vicar in a tutu"!! i mentioned in the other blog that he'd never get that one in. well done, Chris, i salute you.
"shakespeare's sister"... let's see him get that in.
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God that was so funny - I can't believe he didn't tell Kate! What a title to choose....
(Please don't sack him! I loved it!)
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Brilliant! I second the "Vicar in a tutu" salutation. How about fitting in "Meat is Murder"?
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Mustard, Peanut Butter, Marmalade, Lemonade, Ketchup
Those are my 5 name suggestions for the bustard chick
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chris is very funny , kate shes always sayi ng fasinating things like on animal park , strange for her to be speechless!
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My suggestion for the bustard chick is OAKLEY....as in Annie(not quite Fanny).But a nice name anyway.The show is brilliant as always,such endearing entertainment,well done to everyone involved.
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I heard a Cuckoo at the weekend at a nature reserve on the edge of York.
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I think you should call the bustard chick Bob, as in bobs your uncle and fannys your aunt.
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I think Chris is a great asset to the show, but please, ask Kate to stop simpering at the poor man. She used to hold the show together in the face of Bill's anarchy, but she's behaving like a star-struck teenager with Chris. Someone calm her down!
Ros (Sheffield)
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Badgers and woodmice.
I have a badger who comes to my patio most nights to eat peanuts (he/she also likes dried dog and cat food, cheese and raisins). If he/she doesn't come, the woodmouse who lives *under* the patio pops up (usually around 5 or 6 in the morning) and starts transferring the peanuts to what must be a large store area somewhere under a slab.
Mousie also likes cucumber, pear and strawberries - I thought it might fancy something moist in this heat.
Ros (Sheffield)
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Cuckoo heard in Sheffield Sunday morning.
I heard a cuckoo call 3.5 times (cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo, cuck) in The Roughs, some woodland on the west of Sheffield.
I thought it was late in the year for them to be calling.
Ros (Sheffield)
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I heard a cuckoo on saturday morning at 5am at Denaby in South yorkshire
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I'm looking forward to seeing how chris can sneak in 'girlfriend in a coma' into the show?!
perhaps he could use it to describe a sleeping chick on the nest...
"that wren sleeping, reminds me of a girlfriend in a coma I once had..." ;)
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I lay down a challenge to you Mr P...'Shoplifters of the World Unite'. Surely a shoe-in for a cuckoo story?
Nice to see Chris on national telly again, it seemed unfair to keep him down in the south.
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reel around the fountain and this night has opened my eyes with unlovable would just be to easy lets make it harder by making him use death of a disco dancer
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I posted a blog this morning Re Chris's references to Morrissey lyrics, in the presenter blog. Only just found that others have noticed too! Good taste though. Jen
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Springsters, we've done it! We've made it into the Guardian! We're famous!
Check it out here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/mediamonkeyblog/2009/jun/03/springwatch-chris-packham-kate-humble
We rock!
Congratulations and all the best,
The Mole
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Some information on the cuckoo survey - heard one whilst walking on the Long Mynd in Shropshire on Saturday, and another on The Stiperstones, also in Shropshire, on Sunday.
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Hi Chris and Kate,
I made up this poem abou cuckoos
The naughty little birdie goes " CUCKOO"
And wakes someone up at dawn, its you.
The chick thinks it's the best
And kicks the other eggs out of the nest.
"PING PING PING PING SPLAT SPLAT SPLAT SPLAT"
On my list the cuckoo is number one
Hopping along
Singing his song
Do you like it I would like it if you showed it on Springwatch tonight
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If someone says they heard a cuckoo around Whitehaven in Cumbria that would be me, I always go CUCKOO
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Oh no on my cuckoo poem I forgot to put t on about now it is abou
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Springsters, Springsters, Springsters!
Have you read the Guardian blog that I mentioned?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/mediamonkeyblog/2009/jun/03/springwatch-chris-packham-kate-humble
Do you see what they're doing with the Smiths songs, putting animal names in there?
My apologies for not thinking about it first, but let's not let that stop us. Post your own ideas below! Let's see if we can do better than them!
Don't let The Mole lose to The Monkey!
Best,
The Mole
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I would like Chris to try to get Cemetary Gates, Rusholme Ruffians and Boy with a Thorn in his side, into the show. I also keep hearing a cuckoo in the background, when I'm watching the Ospreys at Loch Garten on the RSPB website, can this be classed as cuckoo sighting.
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Watching Simon with the dippers last night reminded me. Dippers on the River Wharfe close to Barden Bridge actually fly in and land on the water. They then swim with the flow for a while before diving under the surface. This is the only place I have ever seen dippers do this, more usually the dive into the water from a rock.Has anyone else seen dippers swimming?
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Big mouth strikes again was aways going to be an easy one to get in with baby birds. Come on, we want hard ones.
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Bigmouth strikes again!!! Too easy Chris. Cracking song thought!!
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Walgherton nr Nantwich,Cheshire has quite a few cuckoos and also my dads garden is a haven for honeybees..no polecats as yet tho...
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Monday's show - you got the Smiths song title wrong, Chris!! It's "Stop me if you think you've heard this one before" not "Stop me if you've heard this one before".
"Girlfriend in a Coma" tonight will make up for it!
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Ok, How's about a reference to Bill Oddie via "William it was really nothing" or my personal favourite "there is a light and it never goes out?"
Great show - Love Pxx
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"Still ill" - too easy Chris, but very slick!
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Chris seems to have gone Smiths mental tonight - here's the one's I've spotted on this evening's show.
Still Ill
Sweet and Tender Hooligan
Oscillate Wildly
Last night I dreamt that somebody loved me
This charming man
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ive heard Chris say Oscillate Wildly, Last Night I Dreamt Somebody Loved Me and This Charming Man, he's really going for it tonight, brilliant !
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Forget about Chris and his mad rush to cram as many titles in as possible, it seems the fragrant Ms. Humble is in on the action too! Moments after Chris shoehorned 'Still Ill' into the proceedings, Kate followed up with 'Handsome Devil'! Nice one! I have a feeling an entire albums worth may be thrown in tonight...
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basically to get rid of moles move house
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Soooooo sad Springwatch has finished. It was the best ever this year and the whole team seemed much more relaxed. Nice to have something educational and fun and lots of a-a-a-a-h moments. Please, please, please, let's stick with Chris Packham, instead of Bill Oddie, who, I think, is perhaps happier presenting his own programmes!
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