Comments on: ITV Says To Tycoon Peter Jones: “You’re Fired”

By: dairy

dairy — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:09:00 +0000

26 Michael I - he may be a twat, but he’s not a banker…..?

By: Dr Eggman

Dr Eggman — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:20:46 +0000

Oi, Tim Page! If you’re not allowed internet access….(Sorry I’m a bit late on this). And if you don’t like HMP Portland, well that old saying about if you can’t do the time would seem most appropriate. Are you still out or did you screw up your licence I wonder?

By: anon

anon — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:36:09 +0000

PJ is getting bloody annoying. He looks like a real c*nt in the MoneySupermarket ads.

By: Michael I

Michael I — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:58:08 +0000

Peter Jones is a twat.
Him and his ilk are part of the problem we are in right now.

By: BEK

BEK — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 22:03:16 +0000

I just came across this blog so I’m over a year late commenting on this! However, I just want to say thanks to Mr. R Branson for his comment. I think you are absolutely spot on. How dare you all slag PJ! You may not like his TV show, so what? This man built himself back up after losing everything including his house. In fact, he’s richer now than he ever was. He was worse off than you BP and still got his ass out of bed in the morning! He’s not only working for himself but he’s helping others each and every day of his life. In case you’ve forgotten, PJ is a successful man and that doesnt come from pure luck. He works hard and he excels at what he does best. So what if his show got cancelled? He didn’t excel at one thing. Big deal!

By: Barry Pickersgill

Barry Pickersgill — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 14:56:12 +0000

Oi Barnston, NO!

As I said earlier, don’t blame me, blame the system. It is alright for you middle class twerps with your morgages and fancy cars, 2.4 kids etc, why should I get out of bed in a morning for only £5.50 an hour and have loads of bills to pay. I would be much worse off than I am now. Simple mathematics my friend.

When you are at ‘work’ all day and I am strolling round the park and visiting my grandchildren who do you think the loser is now?

I am glad I make you laugh cos people like you make me sick, judging others. I bet everything you have is on the never never anyway.

By: Jonah Polak

Jonah Polak — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 09:11:05 +0000

I was let down by the informaton given by Peter Jones TV company who were still promoting ticket sales AFTER they were sold out and I was looking forward to attending the final
I watched it on TV and was then grateful for missing out on a ticket and I was fortunate not to be wasting my time by being there
I prebought Peter’s signed book - which I now do not feel like reading
I wonder if it is going to be of value?
Peter Jones at this time seems to suffering from an overdose ofEGO
I can only sympathise with ITV for getting involved with such a load
of rubbish It should have carried a warning that the programe was
not fit for any viewer to watch
Peter is a successful man in wealth creation but his legasy at this
rate will not be one focused on his many achievements but on his taking
a somewhat successful idea from Dragon’s Den and murdering it
Please close down Peter Jones TV bedfore it causes irreparable damage to him and others
He is a lovely man gone horribly wrong He can always change and I only
hope he will

By: Mr Branson

Mr Branson — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 14:11:41 +0000

Dear Readers.

Slag Peter Jones and his program of all you like but I bet there’s not one on of you who would’nt mind being £100,000.00 behind him. Barry Pickersgill, You make me laugh, you total loser. How dare you have the balls to remark on Peter Parager. You yourself openly confess to be living of the system because you are better off that way than going to work. I think you should write to Peter Jones and thank him for being so rich because the amount of “TAX”, yes I said TAX Mr Pickersgill that he pays goes towards keeping knobs like you. Sorry Mr Pickersgill I feel I must explain, Tax is something you pay from your income. Not that you would know anything about that.

Regards
R Branson

By: Pompeydave

Pompeydave — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 18:16:15 +0000

Truly, truly awful. As a business show fan, I was keenly looking forward to this one, but I was so unimpressed I actually turned off with 10 minutes remaining of the first episode. Frankly, it was boring, banal tat. Didn’t bother tuning in again. No wonder it was shunted off to a later slot and cut in half. PJ just doesn’t have the gravitas to convince an audience that he’s worth watching. Sugar has genuine character and a nice Jewish sense of humour. Jones has a few soundbites and almost no personality at all in comparison….

By: Chopper

Chopper — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:39:08 +0000

The Tycoon contestants call themselves ‘entrepreneurs’. I always thought that you were only considered an entrepreneur when other people viewed you as such based on your success and innovation.
Does trying to sell toy helicopters or hair extensions qualify one as such?
I am selling a motorbike on eBay, does that make me an entrepreneur?

Lots of words seem to have been watered down somewhat lately:

Celebrity - used to be someone who the general public would recognise, how many people do you recognise on Celebrity Love Island and other such crap shows? They have to tell you who they are! (some nobody who shagged some footballer and then sold her story etc).

Consultant - used to be associated with senior professionals eg. doctors, now some spotty-faced 16 year old who works in a recruitment agency is called a ‘Recruitment Consultant’.

Executive - used to be associated with senior business figures, now those annoying twats who ring you up as you sit down for dinner trying to sell you something you are quite capable of enquiring about yourself are called ‘Telesales Executives’. I ask you?

Can anyone think of any more?

By: Ian Hiller

Ian Hiller — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 16:28:26 +0000

Only knobheads, I say knobheads watch Tycoon anyway so I dont see what all the debate is about.

By: Janice

Janice — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:26:12 +0000

Until recently I worked for ITV as a scheduler and so know exactly what goes on in these situations. The revenue generated by the adverts in the prime-time slot between 7pm and 10pm accounts for 90% of the total income for an independent TV company and so they cannot afford to air programmes that do not get good ratings during this time. Imagine if you had spent £millions to advertise a product or service during a programme when only a fraction of the potential audience are actually watching. Simple maths I’m afraid.
Tycoon appears to be a kneejerk reaction to the success achieved by BBC’s The Apprentice on which ITV (and Peter Jones TV) were attempting to cash in on. One of the reasons I left was because ITV have little vision and seem to just copy successes from other channels poorly.
I agree with Barry Pickersgill a bit in that ITV do seem to aim at the more unintelligent viewing public, just compare the factual style of BBC news compared to the sensationalised style of ITV news.
Tycoon my arse.

By: Barry Pickersgill

Barry Pickersgill — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 13:09:00 +0000

And I forgot:

Sam Houston - History shows that there have been many famous academics, scientists and philosophers called Barry. I wont insult your unintelligence by telling you who they are, you could find out for yourself if you had the intellect to do so. Maybe Peter Jones will tell you when you tune into the next thrilling episode of Tycoon.

By: Barry Pickersgill

Barry Pickersgill — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 13:04:17 +0000

WOW! I didn’t expect such a barage of responses, I was only speaking my mind.
My turn:
Rocky Hudson - I shall send you the £5 later today.
Sam Houston - I am on benefits, not because I am lazy but because I would be worse off going to work. I didn’t make the system. Your parting shot just proves my point that unintelligent people watch this type of program. And unlike you I don’t need to wank.
Charles Gallais - Pompous twit.
Peter Parager - Imagine if the country was full of people like you, expecting everyone else to carry you through but not contributing anything yourself. Jade Goody etc etc.
Tim Page - I somehow don’t think that Peter Jones had you in mind when he made the program but good luck to you anyway.

You Tycoon loving charlatans are just confirming what I am saying. Can you not think for yourselves. I bet you voted for Tony Bliar and the rest of his New Labour cronies too.

By: Tim Page

Tim Page — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 12:42:18 +0000

As a tagged lifer released into the community and who is banned from having internet access, I have to be at home by 9pm every night and so rely heavily on my TV. I love Tycoon and am gutted that it has been chopped to 30 mins instead of the original 1hr slot. I just enjoy it for what it is, easy watching reality TV - nothing more. Like others, I do not want to see a whole new bunch of celebrities come out of it, but c’mon - just watch it for what it is or dont watch it at all.
Try doing a stretch in Portland Prison, you will find very little to complain about in the outside world after that.

By: Peter Prager

Peter Prager — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 11:37:02 +0000

I know all about failure, ask any of my colleagues, so I know what I am talking about.
We need TV shows like Tycoon to inspire us misfits who cannot seem to do anything right but can still believe that one lucky break is all you need.
Apprentice, Tycoon, Dragon’s Den etc, I love em.
Some say I remind them of Mr Burns from Simpsons, he is successful!

By: Charles Le Gallais

Charles Le Gallais — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 11:29:44 +0000

As an acqaintance of the aforementioned Peter Jones I would like to take this opportunity to express my sadness at his public humiliation. What people do not understand is that you only see a fraction of the whole film and the cutters did not do a particularly good job on this occasion. Peter was rather stovepiped into airing this program even though he was not completely happy with it himself.
And for the record, Peter is one of the most humble people you could ever meet and certainly not a ‘look at me’ type of chap.
As one myself who has tried to run an organisation but failed miserably, I sympathise with Peter and ask that people with nothing better to do give him a break.

By: Doc Teasdale

Doc Teasdale — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 11:09:09 +0000

Not one who is known to express my opinions publicly, I am in full agreement with BP and RH. There should be more sci-fi on TV, not this reality nonsense which is frankly rubbish. The Teasdale houshold does not subscribe to such manipulation and cannot understand how the TV companies get away with it. After a day loafing at work I require something a little more engaging than Tycoon and the like.
When Peter Jones last left Scunthorpe, they renamed it Shorpe (you work it out).

By: Sam Houston

Sam Houston — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 11:00:47 +0000

I am one of these ‘unintelligent’ people that Mr Pickersgill is referring to because I like to watch this type of show. If Mr Pickaskill (btw, Barry is a very intelligent name) doesn’t want to watch Tycoon then why doesn’t he switch over, or better still go and have a wank. That is what I do when there is nothing on worth watching (which is quite often). Mr Hudson could ‘give him a hand’ if he can’t work out what to do.
Wouldn’t the world be a better place if we all watched dramas and documentaries.
Are you a lazy work-shy benefit claiming opinionated arsehole by any chance Mr P? I thought so, so please don’t have a go at the not so lazy work-shy benefit claiming PJ and contestants.
Prick.

By: Rocky Hudson

Rocky Hudson — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 10:43:21 +0000

Well said Mr Pickersgill, at last someone ‘normal’.
I can’t agree more, the TV people seem to tell us what to watch, not screen the types of programs we actually want to watch. How much does Tycoon cost to make compared to a good drama or investagative documentary - a fraction.
Why can’t people be successful without the need to invade my living room to tell me so. This is just a ‘look at me’ exercise copied from Apprentice UK which was copied from Apprentice USA. Next we will have near identical programs on each channel about the lives of a local community centred around a pub where everyone has very public disagreements but they all work in the same street/square/village in which they all live just like we all do in real life.
Peter Jones can kiss my swingers.