97-539: Christopher David Moyles (born 22 February 1974) is an English radio and television presenter, author and presenter of The Chris Moyles Show on Radio X . Previously he presented The Chris Moyles Show on BBC Radio 1 from 2004 to 2012 and Chris Moyles' Quiz Night from 2009 to 2012 on Channel 4 . Moyles worked at various radio stations, including Radio Luxembourg (under the pseudonym Chris Holmes) and Capital FM . Moyles moved to BBC Radio 1 in July 1997 and left
194-449: A convincing reason to like the hero. Although Sherlock Holmes was portrayed as a difficult man to know, his friendship with Dr. Watson convinces the reader that Holmes is a good person. The Left Hand of Vampire Hunter D , being mentally linked to the reticent protagonist, often reveals thoughts, feelings, and the physical condition of his host, as well as background elements of the story. The apparent stupidity of some comedy sidekicks
291-514: A decade. The Chris Moyles Show 's rebrand on Radio X consisted largely of the same format used in the Radio 1 version. The "Cheesy Song" and similar jingles were replaced by a more distinguished rock-led sound. Dominic Byrne returned for news, sport and weather. Similarly Pippa Taylor, also previously at Radio 1, returned as producer joining previous XFM Breakfast Show producer Dave Masterman. Current Former Johnny Vaughan initially covered
388-634: A diverse array of sidekick successors to Bucky, including the Falcon , Demolition Man , Free Spirit , and Jack Flag . Conversely, the character Rick Jones is virtually a "sidekick-for-hire", having assisted a number of different heroes during his career, starting with the Hulk , moving onto Captain America (when he briefly became the second Bucky), then the first Captain Marvel , Rom Spaceknight , and finally
485-413: A half hours, with news and sport read half-hourly between 06:30 and 10:00, except at 09:00. Starting on 1 January 2007, the show began with the "Cheesy Song", an opening song performed by session singer Richard Oliver in the style of the "Station Song" jingles which were commonly used in radio before the advent of 24-hour broadcasting. Starting on 5 January 2009, the song had its own day, for example, if it
582-431: A hero and sidekick. This may also be due to the different roles in fiction of the protagonist and the antagonist : whereas a sidekick is a relatively important character due to his or her proximity to the protagonist, and so will likely be a developed character, the role of a henchman is to act as cannon-fodder for the hero and his sidekick. As a result, henchmen tend to be anonymous, disposable characters, existing for
679-493: A mechanical robot sidekick named Geoff Peterson (voiced by Josh Robert Thompson ). Clarence Gilyard informed viewers on a television commercial for Walker Texas Ranger that he was not Chuck Norris 's sidekick, instead humorously saying " This is Chuck Norris's sidekick" over footage of Norris kicking a villain. In animation , some popular examples are Boo-Boo Bear being Yogi Bear 's sidekick, Barney Rubble being Fred Flintstone 's sidekick, Waylon Smithers being
776-475: A new show on Channel 4 , called Chris Moyles' Quiz Night on 22 March 2009. The show consisted of Moyles alongside three other celebrities partaking in a traditional pub-style quiz. The original series had the four competing to win an item that belonged to Moyles but this has since developed into a more traditional quiz with the loser singing karaoke-style at the end of the show. The opening show received poor viewing figures attracting just 6% of total audience for
873-529: A parody of "We Have Got to Zero Baby", a take on Enrique Iglesias 's " Hero ", which describes how his football team, Leeds United , managed to claw back a 15-point deficit in League One in only 5 games. In November 2007, he used Hoosiers – " Goodbye Mr A " for "Goodbye Mr. M" where he sings about the England football manager Steve McClaren being sacked. Often Moyles will pick a track because of
970-405: A parody song around this time to promote the climb, mentioning all the names of the people that were also taking part – it was based on Lily Allen's "The Fear", and was called "(A month off of) The Beer". From 3 February – 23 March 2009, Moyles was joined by Kimberley Walsh , Cheryl Cole , Gary Barlow , Ronan Keating , Ben Shephard and Fearne Cotton to help raise money for charity by reading
1067-454: A parody song called "Dreaming of Debbie McGee ". The song was about a man who has recurring dreams of the assistant on The Paul Daniels Magic Show . Comedy Dave wrote the song, and Paul Daniels asked for it to be made into an MP3 file after hearing it on air. It was a parody of the Kings of Leon song " Revelry ". In April 2009, McGee recorded a reply which was played on air and was a parody of
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#17327753319331164-587: A re-write of the Estelle song " American Boy ", named "Somerset Boy". In the past, he has parodied include Billie Piper 's " Honey to the Bee " as " Guinness For Me", All Seeing Eye's "Walk Like a Panther", Will Smith's " Gettin Jiggy Wit It ", and McFly 's " All About You " as "He Don't Use Shampoo". Moyles has also written Baked Beans , a parody of Same Jeans by The View , and "Lunch in this Pub", originally
1261-647: A selection of super-powered teenagers — heroes in their own right, such as Spider-Man , the second Human Torch , and the X-Men .) Most of the Golden Age and Silver Age sidekicks have subsequently evolved into mature heroes in their own right or have been killed off; and in the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s, some new sidekicks have come into being. Certain heroes seem to attract serial sidekicks, notably Batman , Captain America , and The Flash . There have been at least five iterations of Robin ; while Captain America has had
1358-509: A sexual subtext. In 1954, Wertham's book Seduction of the Innocent coincided with Congressional hearings on (among other topics) the negative influence of comic books. For a time, superhero comics lost their popularity, and many teenage sidekicks faded into obscurity. ( Rick Veitch 's graphic novel Brat Pack , and issues of Alan Moore 's Top 10 , directly address the seamy, exploitative, and potentially pedophilia -related aspects of
1455-838: A supporting pivotal role to the star. Examples include Ethel Mertz to Lucy Ricardo ( I Love Lucy ), Ed Norton to Ralph Kramden ( The Honeymooners ), Screech Powers to Zack Morris ( Saved by the Bell ), Major Roger Healey to Major Anthony "Tony" Nelson ( I Dream of Jeannie ), or even a group of people such as the Sweathogs to Mr. Kotter ( Welcome Back, Kotter ). Duos of equal importance on TV such as Kate McArdle and Allie Lowell ( Kate & Allie ), Oscar Madison and Felix Unger ( The Odd Couple ), Bret Maverick and Bart Maverick ( Maverick ), or Laverne De Fazio and Shirley Feeney ( Laverne & Shirley ), are sometimes both called sidekicks to each other, although
1552-544: A supporting role to his brother Mario. Sonic the Hedgehog is often accompanied by his sidekick Miles "Tails" Prower , and his would-be girlfriend Amy Rose also has a hero-sidekick relationship with Cream the Rabbit . Diddy Kong is often seen as the sidekick to Donkey Kong , while Mega Man is aided by his robotic dog Rush. However, video game heroes will occasionally work alone-as in the case of Kid Icarus ' Pit-or with
1649-577: A team captain on the Channel 4 show Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong and on 18 July 2008 he appeared on Jimmy Carr's show on Channel 4, 8 Out of 10 Cats . On 23 February 2009, Moyles was the guest on BBC One's The One Show to promote the BT Red Nose climb of Mount Kilimanjaro . He appeared again on the show on 26 February 2010 to talk about and promote the second series of Chris Moyles' Quiz Night . In July 2009, he featured in an episode of
1746-629: A team supporting their efforts-as with Fox McCloud -as opposed to a single sidekick. Comic book sidekicks have a long and popular history, dating back to the beginnings of the form. Examples include the Crimson Avenger 's sidekick Wing , and Mister America 's sidekick Fatman , both of whom debuted in the late 1930s. Other notable comics sidekicks include Ebony White , Jughead , Etta Candy , Captain Haddock , and Obelix . In 1940 DC Comics introduced comics' first teenage sidekick, Robin
1843-433: A week for 13 weeks. Moyles was replaced by Christian O'Connell , before the programme was cancelled. He and sidekick Dave Vitty had their own TV show, also entitled The Chris Moyles Show like their former Radio 1 show, which was aired from 1998–99 on the now-defunct UK satellite and cable channel UK Play . Moyles voiced the fourth and final series of Sky1 show The Villa and has occasionally presented Top of
1940-404: Is a slang expression for a close companion or colleague who is, or is generally regarded as, subordinate to those whom they accompany. The first recorded use of the term dates from 1896. It is believed to have originated in pickpocket slang of the late 19th century. The "kick" was the front pocket of a pair of trousers, believed to be the pocket safest from theft. Thus, by analogy, a "side-kick"
2037-418: Is often used to make a non-intellectual hero look intelligent. Similarly, a flamboyant or effeminate sidekick may make an otherwise unimposing hero look more masculine. And a strong, silent and modest hero may have his fighting qualities revealed to the other characters and the audience by a talkative sidekick. While many sidekicks are used for comic relief, there are other sidekicks who are less outrageous than
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#17327753319332134-495: Is on air on Radio X 6 days a week. Moyles was one of a team of celebrities who climbed Mount Kilimanjaro to raise money for Comic Relief, reaching the summit on 7 March 2009. He was joined by his show's producers, Rachel Mallender and Pippa Taylor, and BBC Radio 1 controller, Andy Parfitt . Also on the climb were Girls Aloud members Cheryl Cole and Kimberley Walsh , Fearne Cotton , Ben Shephard , Gary Barlow , Ronan Keating , Denise Van Outen and Alesha Dixon . He recorded
2231-475: Is renowned for his boorish manner, quick temper, and put-downs. It is this approach which most commonly leads to criticism of Moyles. It has also caused him to become involved in numerous controversies related to perceived offensive statements. However, Moyles generally accepts counter attacks in the same manner and routinely derides himself for being overweight and so forth, often in the lyrics of jingles. Due to his fascination with radio, Moyles regularly discusses
2328-557: Is replaced with "partner" or "companion". Whenever there is a team of more than two characters, the term sidekick is generally reserved for another team member of the same sex. It is rare for the relationship between a character and an opposite-sex sidekick to lack romantic or sexual overtones of any kind — though there are examples, like Modesty Blaise and Willie Garvin , The original Doctor Who series intentionally avoided any explicit onscreen indications of romantic or sexual attraction between The Doctor and his female companions. ( See
2425-673: The X-Men live action films). Some well-known fictional sidekicks are Don Quixote 's Sancho Panza , Sherlock Holmes ' Doctor Watson , The Lone Ranger 's Tonto , The Green Hornet 's Kato , Shrek 's Donkey and Puss in Boots , Aquaman 's Aqualad , Mickey Mouse 's Donald Duck and Goofy , Mario 's Luigi and Yoshi , Sonic 's Tails and Knuckles , Donkey Kong 's Diddy Kong , Bugs Bunny 's Daffy Duck and Porky Pig , Captain America 's Bucky , Batman 's Robin , and SpongeBob SquarePants 's Patrick Star . TV sidekicks usually play
2522-579: The 2008 League One Play-off Final . During the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany , Moyles organised a parody of England World Cup songs, to ridicule the number of songs there were out at the time. "José – The Special One" (a parody of " Rosé " by The Feeling was written on team manager José Mourinho 's departure from Chelsea and was banned after the club complained to the BBC (although subsequently played repeatedly on Moyles' show and on Radio 5 Live ). He made
2619-468: The Global Radio -owned commercial radio station Radio X . The show is broadcast between 6:30 and 10:00 each weekday (originally broadcasting from 6:55–10:00 between 2004 and 2007). On 21 September 2015, Moyles relaunched the show on Radio X , the rebranded XFM, reviving the show under the same title. The new show incorporates elements of the Radio 1 incarnation of the show, in particular referencing
2716-738: The Guinness World Record for the 'Longest Marathon Radio DJ (team)' and by the end of the show (at 10:00), they had hit the 51 and a half hour mark. The duo opted to "round it off" by going to 10:30 and thus set a new record of 52 hours. In doing, so they raised a final total of £2,406,648 for Comic Relief, which is an average of £46,282 for each hour they were on air. During the attempt, the duo were joined by many celebrity guests, including Paul O'Grady , Phillip Schofield , The Wanted , Chipmunk , Jimmy Carr , Craig David , Katy Perry and Ricky Gervais . The grand total has since increased to £2,821,831 and with an audience of 2.84 Million,
2813-586: The ITV show The X Factor: Battle of the Stars and had minor success. He was voted out of the show on 4 June 2006 in the semi-final. Following this appearance, stories in the New Statesman and The Sun both reported that Moyles was looking to relaunch his television career; rumours suggested that he had been offered his own show by ITV. Moyles has spoken of a desire to transfer the format of his radio show to
2910-615: The Radio 1 Breakfast Show , Moyles' next promotion came in October 1998 when he took control of the drivetime show from 4.00 pm–5:45 pm. The show was extended to 3.00 pm–5:45 pm in February 2001. Moyles presented the show from 1998 with his sidekick . On 5 January 2004, Moyles started presenting Radio 1's breakfast programme, named The Chris Moyles Show , switching places with Sara Cox . He had been appointed to increase
3007-582: The Usher single "Love in this Club". One of his recent parodies, "No Hair" – sung by "follicly-challenged" newscaster Dominic Byrne – is a cover of Jordin Sparks 's "No Air (ft Chris Brown )". Another two of Moyles' recent parodies are "Lorry Driver" which is a cover of Britney Spears ' song " Womanizer " and "The Boy Does Plenty" by "Adrian Dixon", originally a song by Alesha Dixon , both of which are written by 'Comedy Dave' Vitty. In March 2009 Moyles released
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3104-666: The genealogy documentary series Who Do You Think You Are? on BBC One where he explored his Irish ancestry. He visited Ireland and Belgium , where his great-grandfather fought and died in the First World War . On the programme Moyles discovered that his surname means bald servant from the Irish " Ó Maolmanach ". He also co-presented Children in Need Rocks Manchester in November 2011. Moyles appeared on
3201-464: The 1960s television series with Bruce Lee ) been depicted as a capable man of action, for instance in martial arts . The earliest Doctor Who serials, particularly during the First Doctor era, had young male companions who were capable of the physical action that the elderly William Hartnell was not. This became more important as Hartnell's health declined during his tenure as The Doctor. This
3298-469: The 2022 series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! . On the promo video Moyles says "It's only three weeks in the middle of a jungle; What could possibly go wrong?" He was voted out sixth on 24 November. Moyles' autobiography, The Gospel according to Chris Moyles: The Story of One Man and His Mouth was released by Ebury Press on 5 October 2006. On 4 October 2007 a follow-up book Chris Moyles: The Difficult Second Book , published by Ebury Press ,
3395-713: The Boy Wonder , created to soften the dark tone of the Batman comics and make the Dark Knight more attractive to younger readers. Robin's instant popularity spawned a host of imitations, including such iconic characters as Bucky , Toro , Sandy the Golden Boy , and Speedy . ( Stripesy was the exception to the rule: an adult sidekick to a teen hero, the Star-Spangled Kid . Another unusual sidekick pairing
3492-500: The Breakfast Show, taking the average listenership up to 6.79 million. On 10 May 2007, RAJAR figures confirmed that Moyles had increased his listening figures to 7.06 million, breaking the seven million barrier for the first time with the station having 10.55 million listeners overall. Moyles again increased his audience to 7.72 million as of 1 May 2008 slightly narrowing the gap between him and Terry Wogan ,
3589-670: The Pops . He has also worked for the Comic Relief and Children in Need charities on their telecasts. Moyles has presented a number of episodes of Big Brother's Big Mouth . Daily Mirror journalist Rob Leigh once said of his Big Brother's Big Mouth presenting that "Chris Moyles may be Marmite for the ears on radio but never quite nails it on TV, even with his relative star power". He also presented The Big Breakfast on Channel 4 several times between 2000 and 2002. Moyles launched
3686-465: The TV, but otherwise has thus far stayed clear of a conventional TV format. Moyles regularly appears on This Morning and Celebrity Juice . Moyles played himself in an episode of the drama Hotel Babylon which aired on 15 February 2007 and appeared on a celebrity version of Supermarket Sweep that broadcast on the same day. He has appeared as a guest on numerous British television shows, including
3783-523: The Year, and he was styling himself as 'The Saviour of Early Morning Radio'. Within the year Moyles was promoted to a Saturday breakfast, then Saturday mid-morning slot from 10.00 am–1.00 pm. At Radio 1, he presented most of his shows with David "Comedy Dave" Vitty , who worked behind the scenes at the station before Moyles' arrival. After standing in regularly for Kevin Greening and Zoe Ball on
3880-431: The adult hero-teen sidekick relationship.) In the early 1960s, at the advent of comics' so-called Silver Age , a new round of superhero sidekicks made their debuts, including Rick Jones , Aqualad , Snapper Carr , Kid Flash , and Wonder Girl . Indeed, the original Teen Titans superhero team, appearing in 1964, was composed entirely of sidekicks. ( Marvel Comics mostly got around the teen sidekick quandary by creating
3977-641: The air and in the press. Moyles was born in Leeds , West Riding of Yorkshire , to Christopher, a postman, and housewife Hannah Veronica "Vera" Moyles, (from Dublin) and he was educated at Mount St Mary's Catholic High School . While at school, he began his broadcasting career at WBHS (Wakefield's Broadcast to Hospitals Service), a voluntary staffed hospital radio station in the West Yorkshire city. After WBHS, Moyles moved to local radio station Aire FM as an assistant for DJ Carl Kingston. During this time, he
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4074-563: The beginning of the show, Moyles announced that they would attempt to break the Guinness World Record for "Radio DJ Endurance Marathon (Team)" and attempt to continuously broadcast for 51 hours 30 minutes. At 19:30 on 17 March they were joined by Simon Mayo who held the previous record and also revealed that they had raised £1,009,033. Moyles and Vitty were presented with a cake by Radio 1 controller Andy Parfitt . On Friday 18 March 2011 at 08:30, Moyles and Comedy Dave broke
4171-409: The breakfast show and the station on 14 September. It was announced later the same day that Nick Grimshaw would replace him. On 7 September 2015, it was announced Chris Moyles would return to radio on the newly re-branded Radio X (previously XFM) hosting the new Chris Moyles Show . The show began airing on 21 September 2015 from 6.30 am–10.00 am, returning to his former breakfast slot and
4268-536: The celebrations, commentators made reference to his song. The single debuted, Monday 8 February 2010. Moyles resides in Highgate , London with his girlfriend Tiffany Austin. The Chris Moyles Show The Chris Moyles Show is the title given to two differing versions of a radio programme hosted by Chris Moyles , originally broadcast as Radio 1 Breakfast from 5 January 2004 to 14 September 2012, before transferring three years later on 21 September 2015 to
4365-579: The club, where he meets several other sidekicks who spend the night lamenting their second-fiddle lot in life. Some video games have sidekicks who provide assistance to players during their adventures. An early example was Floyd in Planetfall , whom Computer Gaming World in April 1984 described as "unique". A potential example of this is found in the case of the Mario Bros. , with Luigi serving in
4462-511: The course of a show. In October 2004, Moyles and The Chris Moyles Show team replaced U2 's " Vertigo " at number one in the UK Official Download Chart with their download-only charity song "Dogz Don't Kill People (Wabbitz Do)", under the name 'Mouldie Lookin' Stain'. The song was a spoof of Goldie Lookin' Chain 's " Guns Don't Kill People Rappers Do " (itself a spoof rap song) and proceeds went to Comic Relief . At
4559-526: The discussion of comic books' teenage sidekicks below .) While unusual, it is not unheard of for a sidekick to be more attractive , charismatic, or physically capable than the supposed hero. This is most typically encountered when the hero's appeal is more intellectual rather than sexual. Such heroes (usually fictional sleuths and scientists) are often middle-aged or older and tend towards eccentricity. Such protagonists may, due to either age or physical unsuitability, be limited to cerebral conflicts, while leaving
4656-463: The evening show from 7.00 pm–10.00 pm, before taking on the late show from 10.00 pm–1.00 am. This show was simulcast on Horizon Radio , Chiltern Radio , Severn Sound and Northants 96 . In 1996, Moyles joined London station Capital FM , hosting his weekend show The Late Bit , which went out on Friday and Saturday evenings, and covering for other DJs. It was at Capital that Moyles fell out with fellow DJ Neil Fox . After declining
4753-515: The event was the most popular live BBC Red Button radio feature ever. 3.8 million people watched on the Radio 1 website. On 18 November 2011, their record was broken by a breakfast show on the German station 98.8 KISS FM Berlin , when presenters Nora Neise and Tolga Akar were on air for 73 hours. Starting on 28 July 2005, a weekly podcast entitled the Best of Chris Moyles was released containing
4850-418: The hero from a dire fate. Kalimán , a heroic character depicted on movies, radio theatre and comic books, mentors a young lad named Solín. A villain 's supporters are normally called henchmen , minions, or lackeys , not sidekicks. While this is partially a convention in terminology, it also reflects that few villains are capable of bonds of friendship and loyalty, which are normal in the relationship between
4947-401: The hero, an alternate point of view, or knowledge, skills, or anything else the hero does not have. They often function as comic relief , and/or the straight man to the hero's comedic actions. A sidekick can also be a character to whom the audience can more easily relate than the hero, or whom the audience can imagine themselves as being (such as teen sidekicks). And by asking questions of
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#17327753319335044-451: The hero, or giving the hero someone to talk to, the sidekick provides an opportunity for the author to provide exposition , thereby filling the same role as a Greek chorus . Sidekicks frequently serve as an emotional connection, especially when the hero is depicted as detached and distant, traits which might make it difficult to like the hero. The sidekick is often the confidant who knows the main character better than anyone else, and gives
5141-508: The hero. The sidekick was a regular presence in westerns , where Fuzzy Knight , Al "Fuzzy" St. John , Smiley Burnette , and Andy Devine had longer careers than some of the heroic singing cowboys for whom they took pratfalls. In science fiction the sub-type of the alien sidekick has been established. Examples of alien sidekicks are Mr. Spock (sidekick of Captain James T. Kirk ) on Star Trek and Chewbacca (sidekick of Han Solo ) in
5238-407: The heroes they pledge themselves to, and comedy derived from the hero can often be amplified by the presence or reaction of the sidekick. Examples include Porky Pig , who is more sensible and calmer than Daffy Duck in later short films; similarly, Sancho Panza is more rational than Don Quixote . It is typical for the character and sidekick to be of the same gender — otherwise the term "sidekick"
5335-493: The highest-rated radio show in the UK at the time. The station's overall listener figure is now over 11 million. On 12 May 2008 The Chris Moyles Show won its second Sony radio gold award for 'best breakfast show'. At this time he was given another half-hour on his show going from 7.00 am–10.00 am to 6.30 am–10.00 am. On 7 September 2009 Moyles became the longest serving breakfast presenter on Radio 1, breaking
5432-638: The highlights from the past week of the show. Originally updated every Thursday, and then Friday from January 2006, the podcast featured highlights from the five previous broadcasts. It was the most downloaded podcast in the UK iTunes Music Store for much of 2005; however, in December 2005, it was overtaken by the Ricky Gervais Podcast. The podcast was regularly downloaded by over three hundred thousand people worldwide . The podcasts also contain original opening and closing links. From July 2011,
5529-537: The new identity of Nightwing . Grayson for awhile succeeded his mentor and took on the costumed identity of Batman himself. Another example is the popular comic-strip soldier of fortune Captain Easy , who started as the two-fisted sidekick of the scrawny eponymous hero of the strip Wash Tubbs . Frodo Baggins 's Samwise Gamgee , and Harry Potter 's Ron Weasley , as well as the afore-mentioned Sancho Panza and Doctor Watson, are notable sidekicks from fiction. In fiction,
5626-633: The ninth series of Top Gear , Never Mind The Buzzcocks , which immortalised Moyles as an "oily pig in a dunce hat" The Charlotte Church Show , The F-Word , The Friday Night Project , Richard & Judy and The New Paul O'Grady Show . In 2008, Moyles appeared on the Brit Awards to present the award for the best live act, and appeared in the BBC documentary series Comedy Map of Britain . He has appeared on Channel 4's Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack TV programme as well as an appearance as
5723-526: The offer of presenting the breakfast show on rival station Kiss 100 , Moyles joined Radio 1 in July 1997. Moyles was voted one of the Faces for 97 by SKY magazine and presented his first show on Radio 1 on 28 July 1997, hosting the 4.00 am–7.00 am Early Breakfast show – soon called The Early Bit . In May 1998, his work was recognised with the award of the Silver Sony Awards DJ of
5820-505: The opening "Cheesy Song" at the start of the show before reverting to the Radio X imaging, Paul Turner providing prerecorded voice over, and Richard Oliver singing the show's jingle. In February 2016 RAJAR published the first listener figures for the Radio X show. However these figures were only for FM listeners in London. Moyles provided a 39% boost in listeners for Radio X and gave the station its best breakfast show figures in London in almost
5917-552: The original Star Wars trilogy. One of the roles of the alien sidekick is to act as a mouthpiece for social commentary on the human condition from an outsider's point of view. Heroic sidekicks such as Streaky the Supercat of Krypto the Superdog , Festus Haggen of Gunsmoke 's Matt Dillon , or Gabrielle of Xena: Warrior Princess not only provide comic relief, but can occasionally be brave and/or resourceful and rescue
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#17327753319336014-443: The part of King Herod in an arena tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber 's musical Jesus Christ Superstar . Moyles reprised his role as King Herod when Jesus Christ Superstar began another arena tour on 1 October 2013. Moyles also toured a solo stage show, "Chris Moyles Live". Moyles uses a zoo format , and therefore relies on his team members and audience participation for his show's games and quizzes and for other sources of comedy. He
6111-653: The physical action to a younger or more physically capable sidekick. This type of sidekick is rarely encountered in fiction, because the hero runs the risk of being upstaged by them. However, examples of successful such pairings include Detective Monk and his sidekick Sharona, Inspector Morse and his sidekick Detective Sergeant Robbie Lewis , Nero Wolfe and his sidekick Archie Goodwin , Hiro Nakamura and his sidekick Ando Masahashi , and Miles Vorkosigan and his sidekick cousin Ivan Vorpatril. In other media, The Green Hornet 's sidekick, Kato , has (especially since
6208-481: The podcast was referred to as a "Free Download" and this was marked by the team on the 24 June 2011 episode. The current Radio X show has a podcast available via iTunes and RSS . There have been a number of complaints about The Chris Moyles Show on the BBC in the past. These have included complaints of swearing, bullying, racism, homophobia and sexism. Some of these complaints have been upheld by Ofcom , while others were dismissed. Sidekick A sidekick
6305-472: The process of making the show, often spoofing clichéd radio practices. Many of his show's features are homages to or exaggerations of other radio features. In December 2000, he parodied the Eminem song "Stan" that was No. 1 in the charts at the time, with a seasonal Christmas themed variation called "Stanta", instead. It became one of the most popular requested parodies and was often played more than once during
6402-455: The programme when Moyles and the team were absent and presented the programme under the title The 6.30 till 10 Thang - a variation on his normal 4 till 7 Thang drive-time slot. Vaughan used most of his own features from his afternoon slot and would be joined on air by his usual team of Gavin Woodman, Sunta Templeton, Big Si and Little Si. As of 2019, Toby Tarrant typically covers Moyles and
6499-402: The quiz show The Million Pound Drop along with Andi Peters in February 2012, they won £25,000 to divide between their chosen charities. Moyles appeared on Children in Need on 16 November 2012, performing Bring Me Sunshine on stage with holograms of comedy duo Morecambe and Wise in an effort to raise money for the charity. On 31 October 2022 Moyles was announced by ITV as a campmate of
6596-464: The ratings for the show and did so, putting on an extra 1,000,000 listeners to the audience in the first quarter of 2004. After a successful first year, Moyles was awarded 'DJ of the Year' by readers of The Sun . By 2005, Moyles and his team had succeeded in increasing the morning audience, with his programme's audience rising to 6.5 million. This was coupled with an increase in the overall Radio 1 audience share. With 895,000 listeners in London in
6693-520: The record previously set by Tony Blackburn . In March 2011, Moyles and his colleague David Vitty beat the record for the longest continuous Radio 1 show, on Radio 1's Longest Show Ever with Chris Moyles and Comedy Dave for Comic Relief . Between 16 and 18 March they beat both Simon Mayo 's 1999 record of 37 hours and the 'Radio DJ Endurance Marathon (Team)' Guinness World Record by broadcasting for 52 hours for Comic Relief initially raising £2.4 million, and with an audience of 2.84 million, it
6790-544: The same song called Dreaming of Moylesy. Moyles released "Waterproof" in July 2009, a parody of the La Roux song " Bulletproof ". This song has an approved record deal to be used on a parody album, should Chris wish to do so. Moyles has released an album entitled The Parody Album . Recording began in September 2009, and the album was released on 23 November. The official Moyles Parody Album game entitled Parody Island
6887-479: The sidekick of Mr. Burns on The Simpsons , Baba Looey being the sidekick of Quick Draw McGraw , and Stimpy being the sidekick of Ren Höek on The Ren and Stimpy Show . In the seventh episode of the 1994 animated series The Tick , the heroes take a night to relax at a local superhero nightclub. When they arrive, however, Arthur is promptly escorted to the Sidekick Lounge, a small shack behind
6984-621: The silliness of its lyrics, for instance "Smile" by Lily Allen was parodied by Moyles's invention "Silly Allen", in a song called "Piles" and Natasha Bedingfield 's " I Wanna Have Your Babies " written by Comedy Dave and performed in May 2007. In the same month, he performed a parody of Hellogoodbye 's hit " Here " called "Beer in My Arms" in which he describes how much he really dislikes the song, calling it 'daft'. Moyles also covered Puretone " Addicted to Bass " with "Addicted to Plaice", which covers
7081-617: The slot previously occupied by Jo Whiley from 21 September 2009) Moyles and the team would typically talk to Cotton for the first few minutes. The show relied in a variation of the " zoo " format, with members of the production team, news and sport readers and other studio guests contributing throughout the show. Numerous other features of past shows include "Celebrity Tarzan", "Celebrity Two Word Tango", "Who Knows Dom?", "One Word Weather with Nelson Mandela", "One Road Travel", "Yesterday's Weather", "Truth or Gunge", "Listen, Watch, Cher", Half Time, when Dave would say "Let's get ready to Ramble!" in
7178-518: The sole purpose of illustrating the protagonists' prowess as they defeat them. Nevertheless, some villains do have sidekicks, including Lex Luthor 's Mercy Graves , the Joker 's Harley Quinn , Jigsaw 's Amanda , Shao Kahn 's Shang Tsung , Shinnok 's Quan Chi , Ben Wade's Charlie Prince (from Three-Ten to Yuma ), Light Yagami 's Misa Amane and Ryuk , Wario 's Waluigi , Dr. Eggman 's Orbot and Cubot, and Magneto 's Mystique (albeit only in
7275-504: The station in September 2012. He has presented the early breakfast show, a Saturday morning show, and the drive time show (from September 1998 to December 2003), before presenting the breakfast show from 5 January 2004 to 14 September 2012. Moyles is BBC Radio 1's longest serving breakfast presenter. Moyles became famous for his maverick bad-boy broadcasting style on BBC Radio 1 and was embroiled in numerous controversies, including accusations of sexism and homophobia, due to statements he made on
7372-476: The style of Michael Buffer and "Birthday Corner". Other former regular competitions hosted included Viaduct (named by Simon Mayo when asked for a suggestion about what to call the quiz when Moyles stood in for Zoe Ball on the breakfast show). It was based on a Two Ronnies sketch (in turn based on Mastermind , with a specialist subject of "answering the question before the last"). The team members of The Chris Moyles Show on Radio 1 were: As well as
7469-415: The subject of being addicted to fish. In September 2007, he performed "Suicidal" a parody of the UK number one Sean Kingston 's "Beautiful Girls", in which he talks about how the song makes him feel suicidal and wonders why it reached number one. Although of 2008, UK's chart no.1 Basshunter was renamed "Chuffhunter" in which he mocks the song and those that would buy it, Kylie Minogue 's "Bow Wow Wow" and
7566-414: The team members, other contributors also regularly featured on the show: Scott Mills covered the programme when Moyles and the team were absent, and presented the programme under the title The Chris Moyles Show with Scott Mills . Mills used most of his own features from his afternoon slot, and was joined on air by radio personalities Rebecca Huxtable , Mark Chapman and Chris Stark . When only Moyles
7663-484: The team of "squints" back in the Jeffersonian Institution's Medico-Legal Lab, each with their own scientific specialty, all of whom are usually needed to break the case. In certain cases, a sidekick can grow out of their role of second fiddle to the hero and become a hero in their own right. Dick Grayson is one such example, having outgrown the mantle of Robin when he was under Batman and taken up
7760-500: The team, retaining the usual format of the show. Also as Adam Brown, only in the weekends though and sometimes when Chris and the team is off for their holidays, Polly James presents the show. At eight years and 253 days, The Chris Moyles Show holds the title of the longest running breakfast show in Radio 1's history, having overtaken original Radio 1 breakfast show presenter Tony Blackburn 's tenure of five years between 1967 and 1973. The original Radio 1 show lasted for three and
7857-435: The term "sidekick" commonly refers to assistants to crime-fighting heroes. However, sidekicks do not necessarily accompany a crime-fighter, such as Leporello, Don Giovanni 's servant in the 1787 opera. Villains can also have sidekicks, who are usually portrayed as less brilliant or lacking cunning. The sidekick has the literary function of playing against the hero, often contrasting in skill, or performing functions not suited to
7954-461: The third quarter of 2005, he succeeded in overtaking Johnny Vaughan to take the position of the capital's most listened to youth breakfast show. Moyles' audience ratings continued to increase each week and led to him winning a gold Sony Radio Award in 2006 for best entertainment show . With the release of the RAJAR listening figures on 3 August 2006, Moyles had added a further 470,000 listeners to
8051-537: The time of its release, it was the fastest selling download on UK charts. Moyles has parodied several Kaiser Chiefs songs under the name "The Kaiser Chefs". These include "I Predict A Diet" (Parody of I Predict a Riot ) and "Donny" (Parody of Ruby ). Chris and Ricky Wilson of the Kaiser Chiefs (both Leeds United fans) said they had accidentally given Doncaster Rovers fans an unofficial anthem with "Donny" after Doncaster Rovers beat Leeds United 1–0 in
8148-559: The time on the Speaking Clock . Moyles has provided his voice and/or likeness to a number of films and games. His face was used in 24: The Game , and his voice can be heard in the films Wimbledon , War of the Worlds and Robots . In some of these films, his voice was only used for the UK version. Moyles has branched out his work into television. In 2002, his own Channel 5 show, Live with Chris Moyles , ran five shows
8245-466: The timeslot. It was continued for a second series between 26 February and 11 April 2010, a third series following between 1 November and 22 December 2010 and fourth between 15 July and 2 September 2011. After 5 series, the show was shelved. On 24 October 2011, The Metro announced that Moyles would co-present a new dating show, The Love Machine , alongside Stacey Solomon for Sky. Moyles confirmed this on his radio show that morning. Moyles appeared on
8342-518: The usual sense of the term denotes inequality. Many television talk shows make use of a sidekick as a co-host who anchors a show with the main star. Ed McMahon played this role famously to Johnny Carson on the Tonight Show , as did Andy Richter to Conan O'Brien on the Late Night with Conan O'Brien , Tonight Show , and Conan . The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson employed
8439-533: Was Wednesday, it would go "the Wednesday Cheesy Song" repeatedly. A typical half-hour segment contained fifteen to twenty minutes of chat, discussing the team members' lives, Radio 1's features, music or popular culture. There were regular celebrity guest interviews usually between 08:00 and 09:00, with the occasional live music performance and frequent first exclusive plays of new single releases. At 10:00, when Fearne Cotton took over (who took over
8536-570: Was a person's closest companion. One of the earliest recorded examples of a sidekick may be Enkidu , who played a sidekick role to Gilgamesh after they became allies in the Epic of Gilgamesh . Other early examples are Achilles and Patroclus in the Iliad and Moses and Aaron in the Old Testament . Sidekicks can fulfill one or multiple functions in fiction, such as a counterpoint to
8633-549: Was also a presenter on Radio Top Shop in the Leeds Briggate branch. After hosting his own Saturday Evening Show on Aire FM (and occasionally serving as a stand-in presenter), he was then employed as a presenter at Radio Luxembourg in 1992, until the station closed. In 1993, he gained a job at the Pulse of West Yorkshire , presenting the evening show from 7.00 pm–10.00 pm. He remained there until early 1994 when he
8730-426: Was away, Vernon Kay or Sara Cox would present in his place, and stay with the usual format of the show. On 28 February 2011, it was announced that Moyles and David Vitty would attempt to beat the record for the longest continuous Radio 1 show in aid of Comic Relief . The previous record of 37 hours was set by Simon Mayo from 1999. Moyles and Vitty began their record attempt on the morning of 16 March 2011. At
8827-566: Was dismissed for comments made about the station's previous programme controller. Moyles subsequently joined Signal 1 in Stoke-on-Trent – again presenting The Evening Bit from 7.00 pm–10.00 pm. He remained there until he was dismissed by the station's programme controller, who he refers to as a "spineless bastard" in his first autobiography. In 1995 Moyles was heard on the Chiltern Radio Network , presenting
8924-465: Was going head to head with his BBC Radio 1 breakfast show replacement, Nick Grimshaw . Chris Moyles stated Dominic Byrne , who read the news on his BBC Radio 1 show, would return with him, as would producer Pippa Taylor. On 19 April 2016 it was announced that there would be an additional pre-recorded show on Saturday mornings between 8 am-11.00 am featuring clips from the week, interviews with studio guests plus new content, which means that Chris
9021-535: Was not an issue with the following Doctors as they were cast with significantly younger actors. It is also not unusual, especially in more recent TV programs such as Bones and NCIS , for there to be a team of sidekicks. In Bones , for example, FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth often fulfills one of the traditional roles of a sidekick by providing translations for the brilliant but socially incapable Dr. Temperance Brennan . Both Brennan and Booth, however, are heroes in their own right. The sidekicks in this case are
9118-420: Was officially released. The Difficult Second Book was released in paperback on 1 May 2008. Stewart Lee , on his own programme Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle , commented that the title of the book suggests "a degree of irony and self-awareness largely absent from the text itself" and then went on to deconstruct and mock the book's contents. On 16 May 2012 it was announced that Chris Moyles had been cast to play
9215-421: Was released to help promote the album and allow players to hear snippets from his new album. The Chris Moyles Show was credited with the debut of the unofficial England World Cup Song, written and performed by Chico Slimani a parody of his hit single " It's Chico Time " and originally named "It's England Time". Slimani recorded the single after having a 'vision' that England won the 2010 World Cup and that in
9312-530: Was the Blonde Bomber [a.k.a. Honey Blake], a newsreel camerawoman, chemist, and crime-fighter with a male sidekick named Jimmy Slapso.) The prevalence of so many adult male superheroes and their teenage "wards" caused some observers to look askance at the trend. Psychologist Fredric Wertham decided that the phenomenon was a landmine of hidden and repressed Freudian issues, and that a sidekick's participation in violent encounters alongside his hero masked
9409-486: Was the most popular live BBC Red Button radio feature ever. The event raised a final total of £2,821,831. On 1 July 2011, it was announced that Moyles would remain within the BBC until at least 2014, ending speculation that he would move to a commercial rival. The deal was estimated to be worth £1 million. This would have allowed the presenter to reach his 10-year anniversary on The Chris Moyles Show . However, on 11 July 2012, Moyles announced that he would be leaving
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