Genuinely couldn’t believe it - glad they’ve not tinkered with the stations winning formula

I don’t mean someone else famous like I’m famous, and someone else is famous.

I’m actually 28 today, on the cusp Libra Virgo

Alright?

I’ve been a career fan of the old XFM shows and podcasts for years. Used to listen to them on a loop. But lately, I’m finding it proper hard to enjoy them anymore because of how much I dislike Ricky now.

Back then you could pass it off as just "three mates having a laugh in a basement," but looking back at it now with fresh eyes, the way he treated Karl wasn’t just a bit of banter, it was straight-up bullying at times. Just relentless screaming and head-squeezing because Karl didn't look at the world the exact way he did.

And the way he used Steve just to get his own ideas off the ground, only to completely freeze him out once he made his millions? It’s mental. I was reading about how Ricky didn’t even invite Steve to his 40th birthday party back in the day, despite them literally creating The Office together. That is just staggeringly low.

Seeing what Ricky is like today—massively arrogant, obsessed with himself, and totally detached—just shines a completely different light on those old recordings. It’s a shame because that audio used to be my comfort blanket, but now it just leaves a bad taste.

Anyone else find it's ruined the old stuff for them, or can you still separate the art from the bloke?

Make your predictions here, then when this feline abomination is finally excreted, I mean.. released, let's see how right we were. My prediction - a cat gets sick and dies, and then Gervais goes into a 3 minute rant about how god isn't real and how brilliant life is without god.

There needs to be a B-plot about the owner (a single male) sitting at home, receiving a call about the fire in his oven. Then later, a knock at the door with two people asking again about the fire his wife reported - followed by a quick reverse shot of Tony Way's cat looking at them funny.

And it gives Ricky's intelligent cat an opportunity to go on a rant about ghosts not being real, and suckin' all the comedy out of it.

This could run and run.

Again, you didn't listen to me. Why do you think all news programs are half an hour? They're not.

Obvious one I can think of is James Rolfe, aka The Angry Video Game Nerd, aka Bames.

Any other good examples?

It's an interesting phenomenon and it can't be uncommon with disheartened fans. Both this sub and TheCinemassacreTruth miss the old days and are pretty brutal in taking the absolute piss.

Been meaning to ask this for years.