Terry Wogan - Comic Relief

townendtimmy · **Posted:** Wed Mar 07, 2007 8:46 pm

hes allegedly getting 1200 quid an hour (teletext i read it im telling yer) and is the only celebrity taking any wages/appearance fees for appearing in Comic Relief this year.

what are your thoughts?

surely they can find a better replacement than a 60-70 yr old paddy that is irritating to start with rage

TalbotAvenger · **Posted:** Wed Mar 07, 2007 9:22 pm

townendtimmy wrote:

hes allegedly getting 1200 quid an hour (teletext i read it im telling yer) and is the only celebrity taking any wages/appearance fees for appearing in Comic Relief this year.

what are your thoughts?

surely they can find a better replacement than a 60-70 yr old paddy that is irritating to start with rage

I doubt they could....

I like TW, and the fee doesnt come from the charity, it is from the BBC, and his 'stature' in entertainment will bring in more cash

BritishWestHpool · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 11:35 pm **Posts:** 1243

Yeah but the rich senile twat should surely give it up to charity shouldnt he? I would imagine there are plenty of others who work for the BBC who are doing that on the night.
Shocking given how much money he must have and earn. And goes against the principle of the whole thing.
As you might have guessed, I cant be doing with Terry Wogan and think he should have retired twenty years ago...but if he's making that much money :shock:

Cant stand Eurovision, cant stand his voice on the radio either.

katcha · **Posted:** Wed Mar 07, 2007 9:49 pm

guys a legend

love him

Jonny · **Posted:** Thu Mar 08, 2007 12:09 am

Wogan is a tit head and maybe he shouldn't be getting paid BUT if the fee isn't coming from the charity budget then what is the problem?

PS - Is it a rug on his head?

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 36419

Sigh..... this was expained on Radio 4. He gets paid his contract money and any work he does is covered by that. So it's not a case of getting paid to do that, as there is no payment as such. Also, if he were to return his so called fee, he wouldn't be doing it for nothing, he'd actually be paying to do it.
I'll give you an analogy, if you were the caretaker opening up a school for a charity do and the others complained that you were getting paid even though it's your job and demanded that you donate your pay for the event to the charity, the caretaker would actually be the loser.

Why am I defending Terry Wogan... :roll:

no6bus · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:55 pm **Posts:** 5095

Snowy wrote:

Sigh..... this was expained on Radio 4. He gets paid his contract money and any work he does is covered by that. So it's not a case of getting paid to do that, as there is no payment as such. Also, if he were to return his so called fee, he wouldn't be doing it for nothing, he'd actually be paying to do it.
I'll give you an analogy, if you were the caretaker opening up a school for a charity do and the others complained that you were getting paid even though it's your job and demanded that you donate your pay for the event to the charity, the caretaker would actually be the loser.

Why am I defending Terry Wogan... :roll:

actually if a caretaker opens and closes a school for a "out of hours" activity including a charity function he is entitled to a "lettings" fee over and above his wages so he could waive his fee and be no worse off :shock:

ps 16 years previously working as a caretaker so i am in a position to comment :grin:

townendtimmy · **Posted:** Thu Mar 08, 2007 7:24 pm

Snowy wrote:

Sigh..... this was expained on Radio 4. He gets paid his contract money and any work he does is covered by that. So it's not a case of getting paid to do that, as there is no payment as such. Also, if he were to return his so called fee, he wouldn't be doing it for nothing, he'd actually be paying to do it.
I'll give you an analogy, if you were the caretaker opening up a school for a charity do and the others complained that you were getting paid even though it's your job and demanded that you donate your pay for the event to the charity, the caretaker would actually be the loser.

Why am I defending Terry Wogan... :roll:

bloody hell sorry i mentioned it rolfl

any way that irish old man should be banned, bring on the younguns no pooftas mind like graham norton that man i could never get sick of slapping :grin:

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 36419

...you'll be wanting Ant and Dec next... :roll:

townendtimmy · **Posted:** Thu Mar 08, 2007 8:11 pm

Snowy wrote:

...you'll be wanting Ant and Dec next... :roll:

dick and dom are funnier clappp

TalbotAvenger · **Posted:** Thu Mar 08, 2007 8:56 pm

townendtimmy wrote:

Snowy wrote:

Sigh..... this was expained on Radio 4. He gets paid his contract money and any work he does is covered by that. So it's not a case of getting paid to do that, as there is no payment as such. Also, if he were to return his so called fee, he wouldn't be doing it for nothing, he'd actually be paying to do it.
I'll give you an analogy, if you were the caretaker opening up a school for a charity do and the others complained that you were getting paid even though it's your job and demanded that you donate your pay for the event to the charity, the caretaker would actually be the loser.

Why am I defending Terry Wogan... :roll:

bloody hell sorry i mentioned it rolfl

any way that irish old man should be banned, bring on the younguns no pooftas mind like graham norton that man i could never get sick of slapping :grin:

Is it because he's 'old' or a bogtrotter?

Oh yes I know, lets wheel out Davina Mcall or Dermot O' Leory(sp), who make dead air a past time!

Salty · **Posted:** Thu Mar 08, 2007 11:40 pm

townendtimmy wrote:

Snowy wrote:

...you'll be wanting Ant and Dec next... :roll:

dick and dom are funnier clappp

that Dom is sooo shit

was watching the beeb3 fame academy thing and it was like watching bad saturday morning telly

townendtimmy · **Posted:** Fri Mar 09, 2007 7:26 am

TalbotAvenger wrote:

townendtimmy wrote:

Snowy wrote:

Sigh..... this was expained on Radio 4. He gets paid his contract money and any work he does is covered by that. So it's not a case of getting paid to do that, as there is no payment as such. Also, if he were to return his so called fee, he wouldn't be doing it for nothing, he'd actually be paying to do it.
I'll give you an analogy, if you were the caretaker opening up a school for a charity do and the others complained that you were getting paid even though it's your job and demanded that you donate your pay for the event to the charity, the caretaker would actually be the loser.

Why am I defending Terry Wogan... :roll:

bloody hell sorry i mentioned it rolfl

any way that irish old man should be banned, bring on the younguns no pooftas mind like graham norton that man i could never get sick of slapping :grin:

Is it because he's 'old' or a bogtrotter?

Oh yes I know, lets wheel out Davina Mcall or Dermot O' Leory(sp), who make dead air a past time!

davina over the bog trotter any day :wink:

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