(97 views)And then there was one...
- Christian has disappeared to leafy Surrey to spend Christmas with the now slightly more famous Mrs OC and the children.
- VBH has driven off into the grey December sunset in a fast car to spend her Yuletide in somewhere far more posh than you and I will be.
- Only the Good Lord knows where Brian and is and what he is up to and it's probably best it is kept that way.
Which just leaves me. I'll be helping (or hindering) Jo Russell up until Christmas Eve. Only then can I step on board the No. 35 National Express to Bournemouth for the last time in 2008.
Have a great Christmas and New Year. We'll see you on Monday 5th January when the Christian O'Connell Breakfast Show returns.
(5158 views)So tomorrow morning we're doing a very special show, but let me take you back to the start.
A couple of weeks ago my wife, Sarah, put my favourite new jumper in the wash. It was shrunk and completely ruined. It started off a horrible argument between us about which one of us has it harder and had all the usual lines like "You don't know what it's like having to look after two kids and sort out all the housework" and other such gems.
The spat culminated in me stupidly uttering the words "Yeah, well you couldn't do my job!"
That was like a red rag to a bull for Sarah, "Oh yes I could" she countered instantly.
"Well why don't you then?!" said I with all the bravado of a proud peacock.
She fired back again "But I'm not going to do it on my own, I want all the other people who work on the show to get their other halves to do it as well."
This is how the 'Other Halves Show' was born.
Let me give you a run down of how it's going to happen:
At 8am my wife Sarah will take over the reigns as me. Vicky Butler Henderson's husband, Phil, will take over on travel duties. No word yet on whether he's as posh as VBH, but I suspect nobody could be as posh as her.
Richie's girlfriend Lianne will be taking over duties as Producer, although no one is quite sure what that entails. He's told her to just sort of chuckle in the background and occasionally beetle up to me with some admin.
Brian's other half, Alison, will attempt to take on the enigma that is Brian's call centre. If she truly wants to re-create Brian's role on the show then she will literally just let any half-wit on the air and occasionally say something offensive to Sarah.
Andrew Bailey will also be letting his wife Lucy take over news duties and, more importantly, give her access to the radar weather screen. Assisting Lucy will be Carla, who is the lovely fiancee of sports guy Ed Draper.
I will not be able to sleep tonight for the excitement. Tomorrow morning is sure to be car crash radio.
DO NOT MISS IT.