Recently, I was going through some of my old emails from 2009. That’s from before Dirty Feed was even launched. In fact, those of you with very long memories may remember that Dirty Feed didn’t even start out as Dirty Feed; it was originally called “Transistorised” for most of the launch year of 2010, after an old Kenny Everett line about “transistorised people”.
Transistorised doesn’t work at all as a name, but I have to say I rather like one of my other proposed ideas, which I never used: “This Guy Are Sick”, after a notorious piece of Engrish in Final Fantasy VII. I still think that’s pretty good.
Less good, perhaps, was one of my early logo ideas:
Hmmmm. To be fair, I think the above design was mainly because I only had access to Microsoft Word during a boring workday. Although I’m not sure there’s any excuse for that bilious shade of maroon.
The same document also has some of my article ideas for what eventually became Dirty Feed. For instance, here’s the rough, high-level outline for a planned piece on The Fast Show:
You Ain’t Seen These, Right?
- Introduction, what the show is
- Radio Times article – what the team say
- Comparison between Fast Show Night and DVD release versions
- Conclusion – better than most teams manage in their regular shows, Harry Enfield lost material
And lo and behold, I’ve finally written about You Ain’t Seen These… Right? this month. And exactly as planned, right down to the granularity of comparing the broadcast and DVD versions. I even quote extensively from the Radio Times article, and the conclusion is still about lost Harry Enfield material!
I was originally going to write all that 15 years ago. So if you ever wondered how long it takes me to get round to doing things… now you know.