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Ray Cokes on VH1
23rd-25th July 1999
Finally - after a long time waiting for everyone's
favourite TV presenter to reappear on our little
flickering TV screens - he was back in all his
glory!
Although Ray was only back for 3 days filling in for
Kate and Jono on the "Kate & Jono Show" on VH1
together with model/singer Caprice, it was great
to see him alive and kicking still.
The Kate and Jono Show is far from the concept of the
good old "Most Wanted",
it's like a cosey chat between the two hosts about
the latest gossip in the music world. The show is
obviously much more scripted than Most Wanted and it
was clear that Ray wasn't so happy about that. :)
At least
it looked like he tried to go beyond the script
whenever it was
possible. For example at one moment he talked about
groping Caprice. I doubt that was in the script -
hehehe. She wouldn't let him, though (Tough luck
Ray ;)).
The 3 shows only lasted 1 hour each, and with a lot of
music videos in that hour, Ray and Caprice's
airtime was actually quite limited. I would guess they
had around 15-20 minutes in each show - the rest was
music and commercial breaks.
One of the objects in the shows was a competition to
win a digital camera. Viewers were supposed to write in
to Kate & Jono, who would then announce the
winner when they returned the following week.
In my opinion Ray did quite a good job within the
limits that the program concept allowed. At least he
was way better than Caprice, but I guess that is
because of his long experience in the business. Caprice
was very beginnerish. She did look
lovely, though. Almost like a barbie doll - Ray
was lucky to be in the same room as her. I bet the
aftershow party (there must have been one,
or ?) was a blast.
                   
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