After watching him on that BBC 2 afternoon talent show, it made me start to think how else he could be used. He's really funny, but yet isn't on TV that much anymore. I would have thought he would be an ideal presenter if the BBC ever thought about bringing the Generation Game back to our screens.
Funnily enough I was looking through a video the other day and caught the end of a bit of The Brian Connelly Show - a Saturday night show from a few years ago. I don't remember him even doing one! He had Will Young on the show as newly crowned Pop Idol winner. It was during the days of the smokey hearts / fade the background credits, LWT and Trish as voiceover! Seems a lifetime ago...
Being a massive fan of Conley, I have always wanted ITV to repeat the orignal Brian Conley Show (1992-1995) and have constantly asked ITV if they plan to repeat the show on ITV3. The show was later remade as a chat show under the same name. I have some episodes though they are not as good as the original show. I think it's the version Asa found.
The only material I have from the original show is a clip from Youtube involving a performance from Ace of Base, and the live Brian Conley: Alive and Extra Dangerous DVD.
Speaking of which, if anybody has any material, even if it's a one second video or simply a still image, of the original early 90s version of the Brian Conley Show, could you please upload it to Youtube or something??? Thanks.
Funnily enough I was looking through a video the other day and caught the end of a bit of The Brian Connelly Show - a Saturday night show from a few years ago.
Originally called 'Brian Conley, This Way Up' It was quite popular but on really remembered for his Broom Cupboard spoof with the 'It's a puppet' catchphrase
I am also a massive fan of Conley. Wasn't the story that they asked him to do a chat show (as ITV did with everyone at that time), instead of sketch based programme. Then after 3/4 years of that, he said that he didn't want to do it anymore, so they gave him that quiz show thing, that I can't really remember, but was axed anyway, and because of the axe, Brian subsequently disapeared off TV.
Then the only places that he was seen was in places like dick & dom's bungalow, and also heard on Radio 1 from time to time.
I'm surprised that ITV didn't look to conley to fill the O'Grady gap. Why go for someone like Sharon Osbourne when you can have a natural entertainer? Though of course if he didn't want to do the chat show back then, would he want to do it nowadays?
