Den of Dragons

I like this prog, when I catch it

the ad for its return was amusing, too

Of course, yes it is Dragons Den, "Den of Dragons" would be good too tho.

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Where on earth did the "Ev@n D@vis is into being pissed on and playraped in S&M dungeons" rumour come from? Today marks the third time I've heard this story passed around in about two months.

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Things you find out about in the Metro - some lolindie band is going to be on it tonight. Called Hamfatter or something but probably should be called Hamfisted amirite?

I saw the trailer, yes.

Some people nodding in chairs, with piles of money next to them.

Indie band does the business on 'Dragons' Den'

Called Hamfatter or something but probably should be called Hamfisted amirite?

Spamfritter!

"Hamfatter, a Cambridge quintet, whose music has been compared to Belle and Sebastian and The Divine Comedy"

I can't wait.

spoiler alert!

Today sees the launch one of the more unusual partnerships in British business when Peter Jones, the Dragons' Den entrepreneur, invests £75,000 of his own money into marketing an aspiring pop band.

Until recently Hamfatter, a Cambridge quintet, whose music has been compared to Belle and Sebastian and The Divine Comedy, were a struggling indie band toiling away on the "toilet circuit". They had received a couple of offers from record labels but were put off by the draconian terms and conditions they would have to sign.

Den Of Sharks more like (jumping the shark!)

Man, James Caan is shit.

Hamfatter sound like a beer advert from 1997.

Until 5 minutes ago I thought Hoobastank was a really fucking stupid name for a band.

The other don't take James Caan seriously do they? Or is it that they still see him as the new boy?

It's because he's the hot-headed one who won't take advice from the conciliere which will inevitably lead to his messy death.

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^here

Steptoe and Son are up first trying to sell a toolbox for ladders.

Dunc' just said "Rob Rob Rob Rob Rob" and sounded like Hamburgular.

Dada Ladderbox looks like Alan Johnson's unemployed brother. Son Ladderbox just said their business plan is to "sell as many as possible"

bannantyne is the biggest twat

"i don't understand computers, so i'm out"

Bannatyne's entire existence just reminds me of Dave Chappelle as Rick James shouting "They shoulda never given you n*ggaz money"

James Caan "absolutely gets it on the ladder". I refuse to believe James Caan has climbed a ladder in the past 20 years.

Check out the accent on Captain £1million for Nu Rave Luggage Labels

Oh shit it's Andrea Bocelli!

"Amy Winehouse: my goddess of excess"

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10/10, looks exactly like her

Great shit-eating grin fron Bannatyne there. If he strains that smile too hard his hair transplant will fall out.

BLOW ME

Duncan Bannatyne hates single mothers

"Languages, yoga, and lying down"

lol at stuttering widow

"Hello Caroline I'm James I'm bored and I'm out."

"Aye see me takin money from the state it's disgustin they shid cut aw yir money off an make you pay it a' back wi' 2000 pir cint interest and ye kin eat blades of grass firra next 20 year until ye pay it a' aff!"

"But Duncan she declared it..."

"Aye she's declurrin it tae us but no tae the buroo!"

thus spake Duncan who if the story's correct was signing on and working on the side for like all of the seventies.

It's official - Dragons' Den is now a sob story show to rehabilitate failed DJs.

I was at the pub, was Mark Ronson on or something?

It was an ex-Kiss DJ who'd gone into rehab and in tandem with an extremely scary woman was trying to blag some cash to set up a recycled packaging business. His real name was Christian something or other but I was on to him right away; on Kiss he called himself "Robin Banks" see what he did there?

the recycled packaging entepreneur previously known as Robin Banks to fund a drug habbit boye.

Both of them looked seriously stoned and if Theo and Peter fell for that then someone should ask them how they feel squandering their children's inheritance.

(if I hear the words "children" and "inheritance" in close proximity once more on DD why I oughta...)

In other news: Tiny Deol got no deal for her slimmers' curry largely because (a) she seemed more interested in putting her picture on the jar labels than actual proper names and info and (b) she was another dodgy case of company gone bust/set up new one to skip paying the debts incurred by the old one.

and (c) they taste revolting.

I still a jar in the cupboard. Will it become a collector's item?

Who would think it was a good idea to put their own face on a food product? Unless you're, say, Loyd Grossman I guess...

... and that's a good idea? (LGross, I mean)

(if I hear the words "children" and "inheritance" in close proximity once more on DD why I oughta...)

Apparently, the other dragons got bored of that one two series' ago....

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Not for the unwitting consumer scanning the shelves and seeing his bald head grinning back at you, but it seems to have worked okay for LGross!

Tiny Deol's been flogging this schtick for years. Back in 2003 she was a "personal trainer" with a dvd to flog.
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Get a new idea woman!

Not to mention Paul Newman.

But really, even Cowell (from what I gather) has put his foot down and got rid of the sob stories from The X-Factor so they should avoid the tendency here.

(note also that the dreaded "J" word appeared in last night's episode)

Jesus?

Deol described herself as a "health and fitness expert" which always rings alarm bells, a la Dr Gillian McKeith PhD.

Much, MUCH worse than "Jesus"...

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Haha, also mentioned on a very old episode of rm101 I saw (last night on virgin1) with S Fry who said that he had watched a critic (possibly Tom Paulin?) talk about a film for 25 minutes without mentioning the word 'film'.

Ah, I remember when Robin Banks used to be on XFM many years ago. He was rubbish.

Did he not once break into Kiss, switch off the sustaining service and start broadcasting?

I wouldn't have put it past him.

Also: Theo's "he's a bit too clever for me" re. skirting board radiator man, subtext: I'm loaded and he's sad.

Have double checked this - he broke in, drunk, switched off the pre-recorded programme and apparently spent the next hour ranting drunkenly and swearing on air.

Like Chris Moyles but more coherent then.

"The future's bright - the future's Hamfatter."

I was rendered speechless.

It was between that and "I may have committed large-scale fraud but I did have a stroke, so..." for moment of the episode.

Hamfatter's single charted at a magnificent #71, by the way.

She still didn't get any money, though, so good on the Tory cunts for not falling for Cowell-style faux-sob stories.

The Enfield/Whitehouse Dragons' Den sketch suggests there may be a case for euthanasia in extreme circumstances.

I am confident that Hamfatter will be odds-on favourite for Mercury 2009 together with Glasvegas.

It was an ex-Kiss DJ who'd gone into rehab and in tandem with an extremely scary woman was trying to blag some cash to set up a recycled packaging business. His real name was Christian something or other but I was on to him right away; on Kiss he called himself "Robin Banks" see what he did there?

― Marcello Carlin, Tuesday, 2 September 2008 09:08 (1 week ago) Bookmark

I didn't realise this was Robin Banks at the time... he used to be on Virgin Radio around 97/98, and he may have been the worst national DJ alive at that time. Jonathan Ross described his show as "one of the most unpleasant things I've ever heard". And when you consider what noises Jane Goldman probably makes during le petit mort, that has to be horrible.

'probably' = go and sit on the stairs...

Hope it's not considered egregiously sexist to say, damn this new dragon looks like she's stepped straight off the set of The Witches. the makeup! The hair! The shoulderpads! Dear Lord the shoulderpads!

Bloke trying to sell the ab-sculpting tanning template tonight was the best value I've seen. Do they have a selection process? Did he just stroll in off the street?

THE HAULAGE INDUSTRY

drill down into the figures

I WISH YOU LUCK BUT I'M HAVING A HARD TIME FINDING REASONS TO INVEST IN YOUR BUSINESS

Deborah and Theo never having gone near an oven in their lives vs. Banachek being all "I cook a chicken every week without covering it and it's delicous. This is a stupid invention. I'm oot."

he's always oot and always in a really obnoxious unfunny manner the worst

damn this new dragon looks like she's stepped straight off the set of The Witches. the makeup! The hair! The shoulderpads!

This is the thing: This new dragon has been pre-sold on the 'scary' aspect, but she seems so far to be one of the nicest. And I think it was last week she mentioned about being a post-stroke recoverer. Which is why...