24 Jun 2009

Dominic Cooper ? Who... - On BBC Breakfast - The name might be wrong but the premise is the same, we are desperate for a paying audience...- Abba the musical – needs people to watch..

And Dominic Cooper ? is back again, this time on ITV's This Morning - selling the same...

The Cast of Ugly Betty - Doing the rounds for the new series.. on ITV's This Morning - I think channel 4 Insists on that... or else, we will not be able to buy the series...

Craig David & Ali Campbell - Selling the new Album - on Loose Women - ITV - Two failed singers – selling their souls to the devil for another 40 pieces of silver...

23 Jun 2009

Martha Reeves - On Loose Women - ITV - Selling the tickets for the new plastic surgery tour – see Mary Wilson.. - Need money for plastic surgeon...

22 Jun 2009

The Noisettes - GMTV - New Band – Famous for Car Advert - Now just need people to buy album....

David Mitchell from Mitchell & Web - This Morning - ITV - Selling New Program Mitchell & Web Show - Need viewers...

22 Jun 2009

Ben Froogle / Fogle?? Again - This time on BBC Breakfast TV - Selling his new book about his journey to the south pole... - The last push – didn't bloody work... Need more cash... please buy the book... I have kids to feed and bills to pay...

Mary Wilson - Ex Supreme Singer – I couldn't bare to watch any more.. - On BBC Breakfast - Need more money – my dentist is a miracle worker – but he's not cheap...

21 Jun 2009

Ben Froogle / Fogle?? - Selling his new book about his journey to the south pole... - The last push – didn't bloody work... Need more cash... please buy the book... I have kids to feed and bills to pay... - Something for the Weekend - BBC TV..

Suggs from Madness - Same Program - Selling the new album, which is really, really, really good, so they tell me - Another has been band trying to make money - We all have mortgages to pay...

20 Jun 2009

Mitchell & Web on the Jonathan Ross Show - Selling New Program Mitchell & Web Show...

Davina McCall - of Big Brother Fame - Nobody is watching Big Brother – we need more people...

Matthew whoever from Lost TV Series - Lost DVD Box Set – not selling as well as anticipated – need more cash....

Sometimes you just don't care..

I really can't be arsed watching TV... It's always the same shit...

18 Jun 2009

Carlos Acosta - The famous Cuban Ballet dancer???? on BBC Breakfast TV - Carlos who??? Selling me tickets...

Peter Bowles - Same Program - Same Channel - Selling tickets to his two new plays... - Old actors need money too...

16 Jun 2009

The Script - Selling the new Tour on BBC Breakfast TV - My daughter likes them :D - so I can only say that they are, very, very good.

Kelly Rawlands / David Guetta - Selling the new single on ITV's This Morning Show..

Jerry Springer - On Loose Women - ITV - Selling Chicago The Musical - The other interviews didn't bloody work – he has to push it more... Come-on people, what's wrong with you – its Jerry Springer trying to scrape a living... Jerry, Jerry, Jerry...

15 Jun 2009

The Nolans - The 70's POP Starlets - Good News, the Nolans are back together.. - The great news was announced on GMTV - A reunion worth waiting for... I'm in the mood for dancing.... No doubt, this time around they'll be much better and even Bigger in Japan.

I don't know why all loser POP groups of the 70's & 80's used to be BIG in Japan - or that's what they always say..

The Devil's Box (TV) has blown up this morning... - I have to get another set or else, there will be no blogging..

Jennifer Love Hewitt - Was on This Morning - ITV - Selling the Ghost Whisperer new series on Living TV Channel - no viewers - Also the new Movie Cafe'... I will not watch either...

Mr. Giles Andreae - The One Show - BBC1 - Mr. Purple Ronnie – selling a new book for Fathers Day.. - Whoever he is – I don't know what he is selling and I don't bloody care....

Now you see it - And now you don't...

This is nothing to do with anything – its a trick that is better than Derren Brown's lottery draw number guessing game, and almost as fast – how to convert a £10 note into a £40,000,000 – the answer is easy – you and few of your mates make a consortium (to minimise the risk) – Call it Phoenix – Buy a car company (namely MG) – Pay yourself and your mates lots of cash – close the company and let 6000+ employees lose their jobs.. - hang your head in shame and cry all the way to the bank... - You've done nothing wrong and everybody is happy... Apart from a few suppliers and employees... So what's wrong with the system....

GHD London Outlet Scam

This has nothing to do with anything else - its just something that happened to me a few months ago, and I thought I would share it with you - I hope this might help someone...

The story goes like this - My wife wanted a new pair of GHD Hair Straighteners, me, being a cheap skate, searched on the internet and managed to find a Google Advertised outlet that sells these at a very cheap price with the promise of everything under the sun plus a FAST and FREE delivery - The place was called: www.ghd-london.com - there are other sites, all owned by the same cartel, and all look the same (please don't go there to spend money)...

Being of a suspicious nature, I created a pretend account with that outfit and followed that with a pretend order from start to finish, to see whether it was a genuine site or not, and whether it had a Secure Checkout... - the only thing that stuck in my head, was that the place was in the Ukraine (no doubt, owned by the Russian Mafia), but at the time, I didn't care much, I thought Its just some poor Russian entrepreneur, who happened to live in the Ukraine, trying to make an honest living... But as they say, hindsight is a wonderful thing...

When I was satisfied with everything, I placed the order and waited, and waited, and waited, and waited...Four weeks passed and still no delivery.. I tried to log into my account on the website - they said there was no such account. I sent emails, they were all ignored - Telephone calls to Outer Mongolia went unanswered as well....

If this sounds familiar, what can you do???

1. Go to the offending website...
   
2. Do a pretend order for some items...
3. Give them new details - any Bullshit would do
   
4. Fill in the forms and info as required, with more Bullshit
5. Agree to their Terms of Sale and whatever
6. Get to the Secure Checkout bit
7. Copy the address for the site (from the browser bar) - in my case it was (https://secure.safepaymentgate.com/payment/..........ic02) - I abbreviated that, yours might be a bit different.
8. Get rid of the https and secure bit and navigate to the proper website (www.safepaymentgate.com) - again, this is in my case only, yours might be a bit different.
9. Find the Customer Support Page - mine was @ https://www.billingcustomersupport.com/
10. Enter your name and Email Address - The ones you used when ordering the goods - this will let you log onto your account.
11. Complain once, two days later, complain again, and 2 more days later complain again... - Keep it Brief and Stay Calm....
    
12. A week or so later, you should get your stuff (from China - yes China, I don't know why!!)....

This method will only work if you've bought the stuff through a Secure Checkout process, regardless of what you have bought... If it helps, keep on reading spongers.tv... And enjoy...

12 Jun 2009

Jack Black - New Movie – Year Zero - Giving it all on the Jonathan Ross Show - BBC 1 - After all the crappy movies – jack needs all the help he can get...

Sue & Who?? - Same Program - Selling new TV series – supersizes???

Take That - Same Program - Selling tickets for the new Circus tour... - the last album flopped... - and we have over ordered on the T-Shirts and Cowboy Hats...

KFC - I Love You - 12 Jun 2009

The Chicken saved my life on the way to Bristol. - I nearly fell asleep driving, but with the aid of a Bucket of the Colonel's Finest - I managed to stay awake, complete the job and drive back home (470 Miles)... Who said Fried Chicken was bad for your health...

11 Jun 2009

Paul O'Grady - ITV - This Morning - Surley not a new book – he is a one man printing press – a prolific writer – broadcaster -radio 2 DJ – and an all round talented so and so... His new autobiography (Part 2) – Well. it has been 6 months since his last autobiography was out... and I'm sure a lot of things have changed since then, including the ghost writer... I'm looking forward to the new autobiography – in December, no doubt...

Bear Grylls - Same Program - Buy the book and DVD - Need new frock for the wife... and school shoes for the kiddies...

Neil Sadaka - The One Show - BBC1 - Selling The Best of Album Again – The Music of my life CD – And The Tour - The CD Hasn't sold any copies – so we have to do the TV stuff....

10 Jun 2009

Matt Lucas - This Morning - ITV - New fantasy comedy – WTF???? - you know its not funny..

Lionel Ritchie - Same TV Program - Same TV Channel - Paying the bills and chewing gum..- Single, CD, DVD, Best Of, Whatever...

 Michael McIntyre - Same TV Program - Same TV Channel - Paying the bills and selling the Tour / DVD - You have to strike while the iron is hot... Two more weeks and nobody would give a toss.

09 Jun 2009

Three Middle Aged Women - This Morning - ITV - They used to be famous, Selling New West-endish show that nobody wants to watch..

Mary Queen of Shops - Advertising a new series - please watch...

And the award for... goes to...

I need people to start voting for the following awards:

Sponger of the Week
Satan's Bitch
Hall of Famer
Sponger of the Year
TV's Whore of the Week
Sponger of the Decade

You can even suggest new awards, but please keep it clean...

06 Jun 2009

Hugh Laurie - Flogging the new Series of House - Paying the bills with the help of Jonathan Ross - BBC 1

Eric Cantona - Flogging the new movie on the same show - Paying for the new carpet..

Dustin Huffman - I turned over, so I  have no idea what he was selling.. New Movie or a line of underwear..

04 Jun 2009

Ben Froogle / Fogle?? - Loose Women - ITV1 - Selling his new book about his journey to the south pole... - who ever he is – all that talent... now selling the book...

03 Jun 2009

Paul Pott - Selling the new album on BBC Breakfast - The infamous 70's mass murder returns from the killing fields with his new album...

Jerry Springer - Selling His New Musical on the "This Morning" TV Show - ITV - Is there anything this man can't do, sing, dance, wow... Jerry, Jerry, Jerry....

01 Jun 2009

Petshop Boys - Selling new CD - BBC Breakfast - 80's Pop sensation – run out of money – please buy our stuff. We have needs.. We have needs... We have needs....

Joe Brand - Selling New Book on Loose Women - ITV1 - Good job she is a bit funny... Sadly, still needs to pay the mortgage...

31 May 2009

Australian Singer – Daniel, I don't know who.. - Selling his new single “RED” and the new album - Something for the Weekend - BBC2 - you have to be an unknown or pretty shit to be relegated to that program - Good job I didn't know his name – otherwise – I might just buy the Single, the Album, the poster and the extended megamix release... Now, I just watch from the sidelines as it climbs up the charts...

The price of fame..

I couldn't be arsed watching TV for a full week, probably longer – I'm sure there were no spongers one TV during that period ;)

22 May 2009

And tonight on the Jonathan Ross Show - BBC1 proudly to presents:

Yvette Fielding - Selling Most Haunted Live - another Z Lister....

Mr. Eastender - I don't know who he is – x-underwear model - selling the Eastenders plot...

Grace Jones - Selling the new album... but why? She couldn't sing in the 80's and she can't sing now – its not like a fine wine... Another body in need of more cash..

Martin Sheen - The West Wing DVD Box Set

18 May 2009

Great News for fans of Simple Minds - The 80's Pop Sensation - The band is back together – with a new whatever, which they are trying to flog on BBC Breakfast TV - All these 80's groups seem to be popping out of the woodwork – on this occasion a certain member of the band looked a bit tipsy, incoherent  – or pissed as they say in in the UK, it must be a bipolar attack..

Boyzone - The band is back together again, after a 5 minute break – with a new whatever... - Trying to sell it on the This Morning TV show - ITV1 - We love you Boyzone – we all need to pay the bills somehow...

Clair whoever – 80's singer - Selling the Old Fogies Grand Tour on Loose Women - ITV1 - new big-ish gig....

15 May 2009

Wain Hemingway - on BBC Breakfast - Selling bloody apartments or whatever on the seaside - Sometimes its so hard to even focus – what a lot of bollocks - is there anything that is not for sale... It is designer...

Rolph Harris - Selling a new book on the same show - How many books can one man do... with a magic digereedoo..

Kajagoogoo – 80's Pop Group - Channel 4 Lunch Time News - The band is back together – Selling tickets to their new forthcoming and highly anticipated gig(s) - They were shit in the 80's, somehow, I don't think they will be any better now... Today must be a very, very, very, very, very slow news day...

Ben Stiller - Jonathan Ross Show - BBC 1 - Selling the new movie - Paying the rent...

EMINEM - Jonathan Ross Show - BBC 1 - Selling his new single and album..- Flying "high as a kite"... It must be something in the water at BBC Television Center... Please don't sue...

My Eureka Moment

I decided to lump the events together - save me time and sanity..

14 May 2009

Michael Parkinson - Selling his best of Parkinson DVD and preparing us for the next installment of Parky, The Bloody book on the Paul O'Grady Show - Channel 4 - Two weeks after selling his CD (the man doesn't even sing – Songs I love / listen to or whatever) – Parky is back with vengeance – Killing 2 Birds with 1 stone – there is no stopping this one man's talent train...

Sheridan Smith - Selling her new show tickets Legally Blond on the Paul O'Grady Show - Channel 4 - Sooo much talent – I can't bloody take it any-more..

11 May 2009

Little Boots - Selling her new single on BBC Breakfast - I haven't a clue who she is – And I don't bloody care...

Gillian Anderson - X Files Fame - Selling her west end show 'A Doll's House' on BBC Breakfast - Paying for the new carpet..

One step forward - 100 steps back

You probably noticed that many items are from months ago and are a bit dated, the problem is that, I have so many bits to put out there, which means that I have no time for the new bits. So I have to officially declared that there will be no Spongers on TV for the forcible future...

08 May 2009

Last Entry for Today - Tom Hanks on Jonathan Ross's TV Show - the Angels & Demons Movie selling tour - Need more cash for ....

08 May 2009

Dizzy Rascal - on Jonathan Ross TV Show - Selling a new crappy single - I'm sure, to some people, its very,very good - but not to me...

08 May 2009

Michelle Pfifer Interview on BBC Breakfast - Selling her new movie - We all need to pay the bills somehow..

08 May 2009

The Loose Women - Selling the show for the national TV awards on Jonathan's Ross TV Show on BBC TV - Its a sad, sad day when you have to peddle a peddling program on a peddling program...

What's going on...

I have to copy all the entries from my PC to this Blog - so the dates of the entries look very screwed - I have to use the original date in the Title - what a pain in the ass...

08 May 2009

Jade who?? - Selling her new Euro Entry Single - First on BBC Breakfast and later on ITV's Loose Women - Nil Point - No seriously, I'm sure you will win this time... - wow 100 million watching and not one person buying the bloody record...

08 May 2009

The cast of EastEnders - Selling the show for the national TV awards on ITV's This Morning - Shoot me, just shoot me...

08 May 2009

Julian Clary - Selling some new shit - a new book - No good ever comes from any Julian... Loose Women - ITV

08 May 2009

Natalie Cassidy - On "This Morning" - ITV - Begging for Viewers to see her new Play / Project - This job is harder than it looks – how many Z listers must I watch, god help me – the woman justifies BS during Xmas / New Year when she sold her fitness DVD "How to Look Like Me" or some other bullshit – now she is a fatty again, and she tells us that its all good in the hood, and she'd rather be fat than thin...

07 May 2009

Harry Cooper – Old Boxer - Used as a program Filler - "I Still need to sing for my supper – after all this time – poor man – no rest for the wicked..." - BBC Breakfast.

07 May 2009

John Barryman X Dr. Who Fame - crappy new TV Series – Tonight is the Night - Still no viewers – or contestants – I need a new series please....BBC Breakfast Again..

07 May 2009

Charles Hazelwood – Conductor - Advertising New TV Series – Classical Music - No Bloody Viewers. What have I done – I need to pay the rent.... Please watch... BBC Breakfast Again...

07 May 2009

Ali Campbell X–UB40 - Selling his New Solo Album on BBC Breakfast - "I smoked the profit from UB40 days and I Need more cash for ....".

The Idea

Some thoughts about the Blog - I'm sick of watching spongers on TV selling their wares - I don't mind if they pay for it through advertising... Instead they opt for the FREE publicity option... So I decided to start a website to shame these spongers...

As well as that, I thought we should have a bunch of awards for these spongers, something that we can all vote for - "Sponger of the Week", "Satan's Bitch", the "Hall of Famer", "Sponger of the Year", and not forgetting the much coveted "TV's Whore of the Week" and "Sponger of the Decade" award...

If you have an idea for a new award, drop us a line...

06 May 2009

Richard Fleeshman - Selling his New Single “Can You Hear Me” - On Loose Women - Richard who... Needless to say - It did not get anywhere in the chart...

06 May 2009

Theo Paphitis (Dragons Den Fame) - Today was selling me his new book - How to make more money in a recession or something like that... Loose Women - ITV

Older Blogs

You will find some of my older blogs here. http://landof2rivers.blogspot.com/

Enjoy

I've been writing my thoughts for a while now - but I never had a chance to share these with others - I hope you enjoy the ramblings of a mad man....

I apologise in advance, because some the entries are from previous days - I should have started then, but, better late than never.... I will post a full list and then I will update my thoughts periodically.

I hope no one sues...