Don't Blame It On The Weatherman!

15th November

After a very early night last night, hence no blogging, I was awake for Matt's first forecast this morning on Breakfast. I do prefer to see Breakfast live if I can, its not quite the same in the middle of the afternoon!
He's a very busy bee this morning it seems, after Breakfast straight to VK as usual but no real chat because he had to dash off to do News 24 at 10.30 and 11 and still he said he'd be back!! Tomasz is on the TBT for this morning but seems to be missing, perhaps he still hasn't stopped giggling!
No real big news in the weather today: cold, cold and colder!!
After a clip of Mike Bushell all dressed up in his armour Bill says: 'Matt Taylor will be our knight in shining armour  with the weather this weekend' Matt: 'I'll tell you something, you'll need something a bit warmer than shining armour this morning, a chilly start for most of us and the cold weather continues for the foreseeable future'. On the 7.15 foreast we got a temperature chart *and* isobars!! Mr George would be mpressed! But as he's house hunting in Exeter this weekend then he'll have to wait to see it!!
At 7.45 , after a clip of the Bees Gees and their 30th anniversary of Saturday Night Fever,Bill: 'Here's a man who's very much live and alive, Matt Taylor'.
And the 7.45 forecast again following a Bee Gees trailer Bill says to Susanna: 'Did you just see what I saw on the previous screen?' Susanna: 'Here's Matt disco dancing'.  Matt laughs. Bill says 'Make those moves, go on make them again'  Matt: 'No, no,no, I did that off-air I didn't think you'd be able to see that....thats not fair' Much hilarity. 'Anyway lets get on with the weather less night fever more night freezing during the next 24 hours, in fact the next few days, its turning very cold over many parts of the country.'
Bill: 'We dont blame you,its very catchey music , we've done a bit of hand rolling and finger pointing ourselves this morning Mattt'
Matt: 'Yeah, but its easier off-air when noboby else is watching'.

And after a discussion about the office christmas party,
Bill: 'Anything about Matt Taylor at the office party?'  Susanna:' I saw it all'....Matt'
Matt: 'Aaaa, watch what you say....No I was pure and innocence, exact picture of angel face here.'  We believe you!! 
And Before the 9.15 forecast Bill: 'You know who's just as sweet every time around don't you?'  Susanna: 'It's Matt with the weather'.
Matt: 'You're being far too kind to me this morning, getting very suspicious there'.

Quite a busy banter day today really they must be getting in to the christmas spirit, or the christmas spirit is getting into them!! One or the other! Matt had a fleeting forecast on VK this morning because he then has to run off and do the News 24 forecast and up to 12.30 he'd done every forecast on BBC this since 6.15 this morning!! Go Matt!!

No frozen ball for Matt this morning, will he dare put one on the forecast tomorrow morning?? Surely the frozen ball comment has flown around the BBC in the last 24 hours!

And Matt is *still* on!! On the 1 o clock forecast and he just said see you in half an hour!! AND he's on BBCi uk and World weather!! Today Matt Taylor IS the BBC weather centre!!!! He's earning his money today for sure!!  Bless!

OMG! 3.30 and Matt is *still* on News 24!! 9 and a half hours of half hourly weather forecasts!!!  Is that legal???  Where is everyone else??? Has the plague hit the BBC weather centre and Matts the last man standing?!?!?!
In the end Matts final forecast was at 4pm!! He's been like the little duracell bunny today, just going on and on and on and on! Hope he's got no Christmas party tonight!!!

14th November

Not a Matt post this one, but probably the best forecast of 2007! Yesterday Tomasz Schafernaker got the fit of giggles and could barely speak, it's hilarious! You just can't help but laugh and at the same time feel his pain at being unable to concentrate on what he wants to say!

14th December

Late again with my blogging but I was just way too tired to blog last night. This weekend our third Matt weekend in a row! Nice. Matt now sporting a rather warmer jacket for his forecast from the BP garden. After  a mention of the new England football manager Bill says:
'How fabio could the weather be? At all? Here's Matt Taylor'. Matt: 'Not too much this morning Bill, Susanna, a very good morning to you'
And as introduction to the 6.43 forecast Bill says' And here's another angel, Matt' And Bill mumbles 'well we hope he is') Matt laughs and says his usual 'Thank you very much Bill'. At the end of the forecast Susanna says: 'Matt, thank you very much, lets change you into Declan, morning Declan'. Declan smiling says: 'I think Matt got the rough end of that deal didnt' he.'
Again following talk of the new England manager Matt said 'I was going to try a bit of Italian then, but I can't think of any straight away''.
And again at the end of the forecast Susanna says 'Matt, thanks very much, and at this point you morph into Declan again, hello Declan.'
Declan: 'You have to stop doing this to the poor boy, whats he ever done to deserve that type of treatment' .
At 8.15 Matt would not be drawn into the subject of womens lingerie!! lol

After a discussion about regional accents Bill introduces Matt by saying: 'And now one from the north-east, although he's in the Blue Peter garden, hello Matt'. Matt : 'Hello, not north-east at all,I'm from all over the place Bill, but anywhere but the north east'.
At the end of the forecast Susanna said they had to clear up where he was from, so they called him back and asked him. Reply: 'I was born in Blackburn, lived in Glasgow, Wales and Leeds, so I've been all over the place, picked up the accent everywhere I go'. Bill: 'So one place you've never lived is TyneSide?' Matt: 'I've never lived in Tyneside, not yet, still time yet'. So thats that all cleared up. Not that us true Matt fans didnt know that already!