Talk:Jonathan Ross (television presenter)

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Contents 1 Unfunny 2 Clean up 3 Jewish 4 Jonathan Ross' Knob 5 Article name

[edit] Unfunny

I'd like to point out that this man is extremely unfunny. My point is cringinly made by the man himself on the 2007 BAFTA award show. Surely that fact should be added here. Get a grip on reality Ross. You're not funny.(82.40.177.159 21:08, 11 February 2007 (UTC))

[edit] Clean up

An article with lot's of information - that's repeated, an presently messy! Rgds, - Trident13 11:19, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Which genius replaced all the Rs with Ws? XD I'd fix it myself if a. it wasn't hilarious (albeit unoriginal) and b. I could be bothered actually going through and changing them all back ... 80.192.131.182 17:28, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

This line: "Taking over presenting of The Film programme in 1999, he began making cameo appearances, playing himself in the Spice Girls' film Spiceworld (1997)" doesn't make sense. It sounds like he began making cameos after 1999, even though the film was released in 97. Leedrick 04:55, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

Repetition: First paragraph of broadcast career section:

".... he met fellow researcher Alan Marke, and the two devised what would prove to be a breakthrough hit for Ross in 1987, The Last Resort with Jonathan Ross. The pair based their concept on the successful American show Late Night with David Letterman, and formed a new production company called Channel X .... "

8th paragraph:

"Ross founded the production company Channel X with Alan Marke in 1987, which went on to produce such successes as The Last Resort, The Incredibly Strange Film Show and One Hour With Jonathan Ross"

I suggest that the first sentence of the eighth paragraph be removed entirely, and the following sentence edited, so that it reads simply: "In 1995 Ross left Channel X despite its profitable nature. He was quoted in a 1998 article as stating:"

Also, is the fact that "He was born the day after Gilbert Harding, the English journalist and radio and television personality, died." Really notable? I don't think so!

82.32.24.146 16:40, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Jewish

Is Jonathan Ross jewish? Is there a confusion here with the actor called Jonathan Adam Ross who is Jewish? Source please. --Dumbo1 21:50, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Jonathan Ross' Knob

Should there be mention of Karl Pilkington's fascinating discussion of Jonathan Ross' penis in episode two of the Ricky Gervais show? --71.107.254.235 04:18, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

No.

[edit] Article name

This article has been moved around a lot recently: first from Jonathan Ross to Jonathan Ross (Celebrity), then to Jonathan Stephen Ross, then to Jonathan Ross (English TV presenter). There are still a lot of links at Jonathan Ross (currently a disambiguation page, because of Jonathan Ross (senator)) that need to be redirected here, but I'd like to be sure of the consensus about the article name before I correct them. I agree that disambiguation by profession is better than using the middle name, but I'm not sure we need "English TV" in the title; I think Jonathan Ross (presenter) or Jonathan Ross (television presenter) should suffice. (I also know that some Wikipedians dislike the use of the abbreviation "TV" for "television" — hi, Terence!)

Comparison with other disambiguated members of Category:British television presenters may also be illuminating: there's Kaye Adams (presenter), Rick Adams (television presenter), Gordon Burns (television), Jon Bentley (TV presenter), et cetera. I think (looking at the category and its subcats) that "John Smith (television presenter)" is the most common.

What do other editors think? —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 19:35, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

P.S. Apparently the article was at Jonathan Ross (presenter) at some point before June 20, 2005 ([1]), but I can't tell whether it stayed there for any length of time or if it was just a temporary move. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 19:39, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?

If nobody objects in the next day or so, I think I'll move the article to Jonathan Ross (television presenter) and take care of the redirects... —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 20:28, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Done. All the redirect links now point to Jonathan Ross (television presenter). I didn't change the links in articles, because of WP:R#Don't fix links to redirects that aren't broken. I'll leave you alone now. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 06:07, 9 August 2006 (UTC)