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Podcast news and the blogcast comedy hour

December 6, 2005 by Neil Maclean 

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Podcast: it’s not just the word of the year 2005. It also made the ITN lunchtime news yesterday, predictably enough in the form of Ricky Gervais whose side-splitting (I’ve got the scars to prove it) new Guardian show launched on Monday morning.
 
There’s been plenty of talk about the UK blogosphere dragging its collective feet but any sociologist will tell you the best chance of mass adoption of social media around here is likely to come by way of our better known comedians. It’s just a question of cultural influences.
 
The very definition of “tipping point” in the UK, for example, should include that Monday morning every boy walked into school parroting lines from Python. 
 
And here’s another possible example of humour introducing social media to the masses. Richard Herring warms up his comic muscles every morning with a humorous blog entry. Some hit the spot; others die in the road.
 
Today’s post caught my eye: 
 
This morning I got a call from my manager saying that there has been some interest in the TV version of “Warming Up” or “Blog” as the project is currently called and we’ve been asked to make a taster tape (a 10 minute segment to show how it would work) in the new year. If they like that then apparently we would go to series pretty quickly.
 
There are a few people whose blogs might make a prime time television series: Dooce? Could be. Adam Curry? God yes, plenty of comedy and drama right now. Robert Scoble? Well, possibly not. Not unless he reveals he’s secretly been working for Google all along. 
 
But Richard Herring is a funny guy and ergo, might just make it.
 
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