Random musings and general banter.

[Hammy60]

I see Rob Lamarr was working for Turkish Tv for a week in December, commentating on some footgolf tournament (never heard of it before)

https://www.facebook.com/events/1128728262593615/?locale=en_GB

 

[Duke of Cheese]

I wonder how many people actually watch Ideal World? A handful generally on YouTube. A few hundred to a few thousand on the other various platforms? I suspect TJC’s figures will be significantly higher? Maybe they had higher hopes for building up a viewership and the last 18 months or so have told them that isn’t going happen now. Hence removing the Opatra range back there again.

 

[Xennial]

On the vast majority of items on TJC, it indicates how many items are available and how many have sold. There are instances where it only displays the number of sales. Integration of this into IW would enable viewers to see if the items are really flying out as some presenters claim.

 

[Duke of Cheese]

Everything about Ideal World is fake in style. Facts is a dirty word it seems. All about ‘theatre’. Solid information on screen about numbers remaining would kill the likes of Mason’s, Morgan’s and Simon’s routines stone dead. You wonder if TJC will kill it in the end - keeping the channel numbers alone. Or just run it a just about break even folly longer-term.

 

[Muttley]

Mason has the most unpleasant, yellow looking feet and thin ankles. What, with that Edwardian older gentleman’s birds’ nest of a beard, and those Wednesday legs feet sat in that bowl, it looked like an artistic depiction of a workhouse scene from the early 1900s. Also, that woman with him appeared none too pleased when he put her on the spot and pressured her to take her boots off and stick her plates in the water. God knows how long that water had been hanging about for, too. Probably the same water that was thrown on Chef Mark’s electrical aberration by Chef Joe and then burnt the whole place down.

There used to be a fad for fish pedicures, the fish would nibble at your hard skin (I'm genuinely not making this up!). Unfortunately the fish often carried harmful bacteria so there's major health and safety concerns. They have been banned in 10 US states and some other countries. And you can imagine that the water is probably not changed after each use in dodgy salons

And if Mike of the Masons had one of these treatments there would be cruelty to fish issues

 

[Battiola73]

Rotherhithe Tunnel Gob is on selling winter coats. She’s not exactly dressed for cold weather with the top she’s wearing. A wardrobe malfunction just waiting to happen. Is this a new selling strategy by IW to shift more tat.

I’m sure she must be related to Torchy Morgan (eyes) and Lindsay Blackwall Tunnel (mouth)

 

[Battiola73]

Has anyone ever watched a full hour of watching IW3? I think the maximum I ever watched was 10 minutes when it first came under the TJC umbrella.

I’d really like to see the quantities sold like TJC.

 

[Hammy60]

Everything about Ideal World is fake in style. Facts is a dirty word it seems. All about ‘theatre’. Solid information on screen about numbers remaining would kill the likes of Mason’s, Morgan’s and Simon’s routines stone dead. You wonder if TJC will kill it in the end - keeping the channel numbers alone. Or just run it a just about break even folly longer-term.

IW, especially revenue/sales, were way bigger than TJC before they went belly up, so my opinion was that TJC acquired the IW name and started the channel quickly/unprepared for two reasons, one to hopefully attract IW customer base to TJC (Being attracted to the old IW name) ti increase sales/revenue and secondly to kill off Shop extra before it could attract the old IW customer base and end up being a competitor to TJC.
From their accounts, which only covers the first 6 months with the new channel, they obviously killed off Shop Extra so that part worked, but part one doesn't seem to have had the huge increase in sales and revenue they may have hoped for. Yes their sales & Revenue was up from the year before but that was an increase from a big drop in revenue the year before that, and that increase in revenue with the new channel was still less than the revenue TJC&TJC Beauty channels had a couple of years ago.

The next accounts at the end of the year will give a better picture as it will have a full year trading with the new IW channel.

TJC & 6 months of TJC Beauty (launched mid financial year) 2021/2022 plus other revenue (investments in group shopping channels in America/Germany etc) - £81.4 million (profit £13million).

TJC & TJC Beauty 2022/2023 plus other revenue (investments in group shopping channels in America/Germany etc) - £74.9 million (profit £8 million).

TJC & 6 months TJC beauty & 6 months IW 2023/2024 plus other revenue (investments in group shopping channels in America/Germany etc) - £78.9 million (Profit £6 million).

IW pre belly up was in the region of £130 million revenue/sales (although hard to remember exact figures as docs no longer available).

 

[Hammy60]

Has anyone ever watched a full hour of watching IW3? I think the maximum I ever watched was 10 minutes when it first came under the TJC umbrella.

I’d really like to see the quantities sold like TJC.

Not 100% sure i believe those numbers, one day watched they were selling an opatra tunnel thing, started with 10, half way through the show they had sold 9 with 1 left, short while later it was back to 10 available yet they were claiming it was selling fast and about to sell out.

An other time was during a Gamages show, where they were selling loads of watches, which means either the numbers are made up or there are a helluva lot of brain dead customers buying from TJC.

TJC & IW are the the same company, wouldn't trust a word they say on any of their channels, IW channel is hard core shysters, TJC are mainly shysters lite with scatterings of hard core shyster moments.

 

[Muttley]

Has anyone ever watched a full hour of watching IW3? I think the maximum I ever watched was 10 minutes when it first came under the TJC umbrella.

I’d really like to see the quantities sold like TJC.

No. Usually a few minutes ia more than enough for me. I did watch Alex for longer on Christmas Day as we knew he was the sole presenter and not a sidekick (like my namesake Muttley!). I watched for around 20 minutes, had a break then watched some more. But that was a one off.

Yes, I'd love to see figures, quantities sold compared to TJC. I'd love to know the viewing figures, and the audience demographic. I'd also love to know how much each of them gets paid (I know, I'm very nosy).

Edit: to update on what Hammy just said, I'd like to know truthful figures, not just what they say!

 

[Hammy60]

World renowned expert on nothing makes his appearance donning his heating expert cap.

 

[Jazzydrury]

Hey folks hope everyone is okay.

Strange update, phoned 111 Mental Health last night, explained everything, they said in their eyes I’m extremely vunerable, Got a text from the Doctors a Hour ago, saying I’m now down on there Extremely Vunerable List Strange hey

 

[galesgal57]

Hey folks hope everyone is okay.

Strange update, phoned 111 Mental Health last night, explained everything, they said in their eyes I’m extremely vunerable, Got a text from the Doctors a Hour ago, saying I’m now down on there Extremely Vunerable List Strange hey

At least someone is taking you seriously now Jazzy. Better times ahead.

 

[galesgal57]

Chef Mark is back.

 

[Jazzydrury]

At least he cant blow it up.

Dads cooking a stew smells so yummy

 

[galesgal57]

At least he cant blow it up.

Dads cooking a stew smells so yummy

Enjoy!!

 

[Jazzydrury]

Enjoy!!

Thing is they are refusing to leave me at home at the moment, so got dragged to Sainsbury’s

 

[galesgal57]

I can't stand watching this new presenter, ooh, aah, and all the inane comments. Mark looks shakier than ever.

 

[galesgal57]

Thing is they are refusing to leave me at home at the moment, so got dragged to Sainsbury’s

 

[OutOut]

Wonderful to see the new Science Fiction Beauty Range launched today…

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