Talk:This Sporting Life (radio program)

Additions I would like to see

Well done to all involved in creating this Wikipedia page on the men in big trousers. I would like to see something written about "Frosty Lahood Motors" - the fictitious used car dealership which has many advertisements on TSL, and is currently the 'sponsor' of the 2006 State of Origin! I missed the genesis of this "Frosty Lahood" character, but know he is based in Lakemba, New South Wales and uses very 'unorthodox' sales and promotional techniques to sell his vehicles. He also frequently advertises his "no root, no toot" guarantee (I'm not quite sure what this means - does it mean if you don't get a root within 24 hours of buying the car, he will reverse the sale?)

I agree, well done on the article, everyone! I would also love to see some Frosty Lahood info on there, but then would we need a whole subsection on their fake ads? (p.s. I have a fantasy of getting hold of some {realistic-looking} "Frosty Lahood motors, Lakemba" car licence plate stickers. And thanks for the explanation about "no root, no toot", I couldn't figure out what they might've meant by that. Seems a bit obvious now, though.)--Tyranny Sue (talk) 09:41, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

I am going to add more to the 'State of Origin' part of this article around the time of the 2006 Game 3. Making additions such as how Roy and HG claim to be calling the came from a card table set up on the sideline of the field, as well as HG's invitation to viewers on 'your end of the swamp' to "tickle your dial to Triple J and turn down Channel 9" (I will write down this quote verbatim during their call in 2 weeks). Stuart mcmillen 01:06, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

I don't know how long Frosty has been a part of the program. His claim of "no root, no toot" is pretty much as you assume. I guess it's a reference to both the use of cars in picking up (the "pulling power") and the amount of sex supposedly had in the back seat of cars. Frosty's son is also an aspiring actor/director, and has produced some "tasteful porn" demonstrating what can go on in the back of a car.

Please do add to the article. I'm not a sporting person myself and a lot of the references seem to go over my head. But I just love their colourful descriptions of the sporting personalities and their performances, both on and off the field (court, whatever...). Imroy 01:46, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Just letting you know that I got some good notes from tonight's game and will make some changes over the next few days. I expect that one day the State of Origin section may require its own page, based on what I have in mind. Stuart mcmillen 12:53, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

Farrago

This article seems to suggest that "farrago" is either a term made up by Roy and H.G., or an archaic bit of Australian slang revived by them. It is neither. It is a perfectly valid English word (of Latin origin). The Oxford English Dictionary has:

farrago: A confused group; a medley, mixture, hotchpotch.

I have deleted this erroneous attribution.

Nickname list

I used to have a pending Nickname list on this page, but it has now been moved to the Roy and HG's State of Origin commentary page (as well as the discussion section, for those nicknames I'm unsure of). Therefore, there's no point having the old nickname list still here. Stuart mcmillen 08:29, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Amazing work on those lists, Stuart. Thanks! By the way, do you know who was it they meant by "the nh nh man" or just "nh nh"? (Remember that?) I was never sure. Was it Gosper? Or Samaranch?--Tyranny Sue (talk) 15:56, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

The "eh-eh man" was none other than the former federal Sports Minister, Sen. Rod "Roddy" Kemp, whom the boys often namedchecked when expressing displeasure with a current sporting policy, e.g. "This wouldn't have happened if Roddy Kemp was still in charge, Roy!". My recollection is that this usage parodied Kemp's annoying speech habit. - Dunks (talk) 09:48, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

Program?

What's with the American spelling of this article's name?--Jeff79 (talk) 09:50, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

Any way to add the show's intro as a quote?

Is there a way to stick the show's spoken intro (below) into some kind of quote box (and/or add a sound byte of it?) in the article? (It's poetry! True blue bloody ripper Aussie poetry. HG & Roy really were/are cultural icons.)

"Hello world, pants off Australia. The whips are cracking, the surf's up, the doctor is in. It's just another afternoon when too much sport is barely enough. And now here's the team who can open the batting & take the new ball up the hill into the wind, who can turn defense into attack in the twinkling of an eye, who've enjoyed the highs & learnt from the lows, who are all the better for recent racing, and in the wash-up at the end of the day win a lot more than they lose. It's the team of HG Nelson & Rampaging Roy Slaven & the dominant backline of This Sporting Life."

--Tyranny Sue (talk) 15:30, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Should that Triple J box at the bottom be there?

I vote we delete the box with the current Triple J programming at the bottom, on the grounds that it's not directly relevant to the subject (especially given that the show is no longer on the air (or on Triple J, anyway). Though even if it *was* still on air, I think that box would look too much like advertising, and still wouldn't be, strictly speaking, directly relevant).--Tyranny Sue (talk) 15:49, 4 April 2009 (UTC)