Comments on: Rove calls end to TV show in a year of weak ratings

By: Brue

Brue — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:48:36 +0000

Rove, Sorry mate but won’t miss you at all.

By: Person

Person — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:17:13 +0000

Well…I didn’t hear about it until it was on the news.
To be honest, the whole Rove show in my eyes went downhill in the episodes following the death of his wife Belinda…

I was absolutely glued to the show in I think 04-07 but after that I really hate to say that it just became too embarrassing and awkward to watch.

Perhaps it was the Channel 10 executives or whoever getting a grip on what the show entailed, he was probably told to read the questions the way he did for the interviews by whoever was handling the script, who we all know was terrible, sorry.

I think that he was much more humorous when Belinda was around and perhaps because of her illness he was always so spontaneous and funny because that was his way of coping?

Someone definitely caused the show to change though and I will bet that wasn’t Rove. I was incredibly surprised when most of his supporting team went onto the 7pm project…it made absolutely no sense to me. I think Rove needed that last good team because they worked so well together and especially after all his recent personal life experiences, he needed those people in his workplace(!) who would respond well to the conversation/humour. Why on earth would HE tell them to leave, it was a perfect team?? Stupid channel 10 is all I can say.

Anyway, I think the best years of Rove were 04-06, for memory they were spontaneous, very funny, and much more intelligent than the ones I have seen recently.

Perhaps this is all sounding too personal/emotional but this was a variety show after all and their personalities were out to play…just a shame that the show couldn’t have stayed on a Tuesday night and that the creative changes became so primitive and embarrassing rather than lightly entertaining.

And lastly from an outsider’s point of view I am glad Rove and Tasma have found each other, hope they stay together for life, perhaps now Rove has conquered his life dream he can make a new life dream or several in fact and soar to new heights in whatever it might be…

I hope he stays in the media light, and it would be so great for him to succeed with something inspirational even if it isn’t with a show or simply being a comedian. Thats just my thought.

By: Louis

Louis — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:03:32 +0000

GIVE HAMISH AND ANDY THEIR OWN SHOW YOU SUCK!

By: M.t

M.t — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:56:31 +0000

Love ROve!!! So dus NZ ,cm make a show over here lol

By: Mr Blobby

Mr Blobby — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:42:50 +0000

Mary. Andrew Denton asks the best leading questions, better than many global interviewers in fact.

Rove – not talentless, however should be dressing up as a clown as opposed to interviewing or cracking jokes off the cuff…

By: anon

anon — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:30:06 +0000

I think he was fired.

As if he wouldn’t have done a massive send off. He was sacked, sacked, sacked.

By: Jodi

Jodi — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:42:52 +0000

It’s sad to hear that Rove won’t be back. I really enjoyed his show…I liked that he had others in that show such as Ryan Sheldon, Pete Space, Hamish and Andy.
I’m not originally from Australia, I came to live here 2 years ago and one of the things I loved the most about Australian television was Rove. He had a different comedic approach to his show and that’s what made it fun.

Rove will be sorely missed….

By: amused

amused — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:09:54 +0000

Come on – the jokes were bad from the very beginning. Even since he left Channel 9 and got rid of Dave Callum things went downhill. He culled away his old posse, (Corrine Grant another casualty) in favour of ‘Carrie Bickmore’, whatever she is. Interviews – if you can call sitting around sharing a laugh with a celebrity an interview – were appalling. Pre-recorded bits are not good. This was marginally an inch better than Hey Hey. Which is not a good thing.

By: QM

QM — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:55:40 +0000

I liked Rove in the early days, but the changes in the last three or four years have made it fairly embarrassing to watch. Ren, I agree with you – the jokey conversational tone they were aiming for with the huge couch didn’t work (and produced a bunch of embarrassing moments where the guests sat around doing bugger all for the entire show, except for cut away reaction shots). Even the set was less inviting.

Maybe the worst crime in terms of comedy was that it became all too predictable by the end: the blonde girl reading out her one-two joke news lines, Pete showing blurry Youtube clips, Ryan Shelter introducing a pre-recorded clip in his usual style, Rove making jokes about how short he is and so on. (Those jokes were cute ten years ago when he still had a boy-ish face, but he’s too old for that now). The interviews were hit and miss. The Barry Humphries one a few weeks ago was fairly embarrassing.

If only for that reason, I’m glad to see the peaceful end to the show. At least Rove was able to end it on his own terms (or at least say that was the case).

By: Mary

Mary — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:12:10 +0000

Andrew Denton!!!! The MOST sycophantic interviewer I’ve seen for some time. When he is not grinning like a lapdog, he is trying to be a smarta****.
He is incredibly hard to watch – that stupid grin.

By: Bill Posters

Bill Posters — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:49:35 +0000

Yep, one of the worst interviewers of all time. Wooden, predictable and most unforgivably doesn’t listen to the answers.

By: amused

amused — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:58:24 +0000

“The guy is a massive talent, spontaneous, smart and a great interviewer”
Hahahaha thanks for the laugh!

By: Zac Martin

Zac Martin — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:49:09 +0000

Say bye to your Mum for me.

By: Mr Blobby

Mr Blobby — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:15:57 +0000

p.s.

Matty Johns is very good at questioning techniques. He is not as good as Andrew Denton who in my opinion is extremely fantastically the best around in Oz by a long shot. Nevertheless John’s is bright, spontaneous and witty. Shame about his shenanigans because he could have hosted a fantastic chat show, similar to Rove, however blown it out of the water…

By: Mr Blobby

Mr Blobby — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:07:37 +0000

I am not a hater. Rove was not very good though. I remember an appalling interview with Adam Sandler and Chris Rock. Even Sandler looked bemused at Rove’s 3rd question because he had given Rove a total gift, yet Rove just kept on asking the questions in order, which were probably written down… I don’t hate him – he would be good for children’s TV. He could be the Noel Edmond’s of Australia. (Noel was a UK presenter and appealed to the kids / simpletons…)