Daniel Corbett - to most people, he is merely a BBC weatherman. But to Recess Monkey, he is person in public life most likely to have been bodysnatched by aliens.
Firstly, he is a bit scary.
Secondly, I know he’s speaking english, but I just don’t understand what he is saying.
Thirdly, he smiles all the time.
When reading the weather, Corbett’s voice seems designed to distress. He goes though everything very quickly but throws incongruous pauses into his speech at inappropriate times. He inserts asides to camera without warning so you think you are hearing about the weather in Doncaster but he’s actually telling you about his cat or something. Most scary of all are his vowels, which seems to have a life of their own, often extending well into the next word.
In short, this is my evidence. He obviously speaks english - but he does so as though it has been downloaded into his brain rather than having learnt how to do so over a number of years.
Also, he’s a bit scary - not like an alien in a Sigourney Weaver film - but very much like the invasion of the bodysnatchers.
Don’t ever go into a room alone with him!
recessmonkey@gmail.com
Loading ...
*points at camera* That’s the weather *nods* for now!
Other great phrases being “blob of blue” and “holding your Brolly with both hands”.
I recently got in to terrible trouble with his brother in law for saying that he (Daniel) terrified me.
Have a nice da-aye.
*points at monkey* That’s my blog post *nods* for now.
Rob said this on September 15th, 2005 at 11:53 am
Haha. I think you might be right. However, I would be careful about jumping to the ‘Alien’ conclusion. He could conceivably be a BBC prototype robot, designed as part of Mr Thompson’s cost-cutting plans.
Paul Davies said this on September 15th, 2005 at 12:15 pm
Hes great - best thing about the BBC in recent years. The sooner the bring him to a prime time slot the better!
Love Boat said this on September 15th, 2005 at 4:58 pm
Daniel Corbett an alien? What planet are you on mate?
Corbett is a genius - “over in Newcastle, better grab your brolly” no mistake.
Which MP will be first to launch an EDM calling for a prime time place for Corbett?
Daniel Corbett's Love Child said this on September 15th, 2005 at 5:04 pm
Lembit Opik? Though he may get into trouble with ‘er indoors - what with his connection to another weather broadcaster from the light channel!
Love Boat said this on September 15th, 2005 at 5:09 pm
My bet would be for Roger Gale to do it!
Daniel Corbett\'s Love Child said this on September 15th, 2005 at 5:15 pm
I heard hes a big Bob Dylan fan - Blowing in the Wind is his favourite track!
Daniel Corbett\\\'s Love Child said this on September 15th, 2005 at 5:22 pm
Yes I agree - he should be on more.
Definately a one-off, but I think he has been toned down a bit recently. Other favourite expressions - “good for a barbecue, or picnic, or something like that…”
Jacqui - fascinated fan said this on October 4th, 2005 at 3:34 pm
Danny boy scared me from the word go, because the dude reminds me of Josef Goebbels.
Nigel said this on October 26th, 2005 at 6:16 pm
He’s brilliant! He actually has a personality, which is something most weather broadcasters seem to lack.
James Daae said this on November 21st, 2005 at 7:44 pm
Daniel Corbett is a meteorological genius! There is no mistake!
Not only is he a humble weatherman, but a life guru to boot … do i need a brolly today? how about a thick winter jacket? Perhaps some gloves from my little mitts! any chance of a picnic in the north Dan? What’dya say?
“How about that cold front moving in from the south-west, forming a band of rain that’ll turn to scattered showers, rather like a stretched piece of plastic” - genius!
The man is a legend in our house - all stands still the the Dan broadcast!
Watch out for the patented “Corbett Cross-over (TM)”, where he walks the floor left to right and back again, all for the sake of Cornwall and the crazy Atlantic weather systems over Ireland. Pure-Dead-Magic!
So you are right. Daniel Corbett is not of this world. He’s simply god-like!
Bill Little said this on January 3rd, 2006 at 1:57 pm
Give me Isobel Lang any day.
R Watts said this on January 4th, 2006 at 9:06 am
My favourite Corbett tic is the feigned shock:
DC: And in the West… (looks at the map) Oh my! (looks back at camera) Oh dear. We’ve got a blob of rain there!
Just makes it that bit more exciting to you feel that he’s as surprised as you are at the way the weathers turned out.
matt_c said this on January 4th, 2006 at 5:58 pm
Look into the blue, a little blob of rain there. Let’s take perhaps, Birmingham, ooh gusty. Look at the numbers rising. Look into my eyes, don’t look away from my eyes but into my eyes…
Ahh!
Var said this on January 8th, 2006 at 2:55 pm
Daniel Corbett is the the best weatherman on the telly. He’d make an ideal Sherlock Holmes.
sanchosser said this on January 11th, 2006 at 7:43 pm
Even if the weather going to be rubbish for the next week, Daniel Corbett makes it sound - well - something to look forward too.
Hail (ha ha) the genuis that is Daniel Corbett!!!!
John Neville said this on January 22nd, 2006 at 1:29 pm
Surely there is a Daniel Corbett fan club out there somewhere. Can I join?
Emma said this on January 24th, 2006 at 12:07 pm
He is fantastic! Tonight he was talking about something being stuck like ‘a bit of sticky toffee stuck to a plate’
Val said this on March 6th, 2006 at 8:48 am
I love that man!
Martins Ihediwa said this on March 10th, 2006 at 11:23 am
Very good, but doesn’t he look just a bit like Peter Cushing…
http://www.dvdmaniacs.net/Captures/CapturesJ-P/Peter_Cushing/cushing_12.jpg
… and I wonder if he talks with the same accent at home or is it just for the ratings?
Stiffler said this on March 14th, 2006 at 3:36 pm
Daniel Corbett is a breath of fresh air to weather forecasting as far as I’m concerned. In fact, if I knew when he was about to appear I’d change channels, no matter what was on, just to watch and listen to him. I find myself giggling uncontrollably no
matter what the weather is likely to be. I just wish he was on more often.
Theo Baker said this on March 16th, 2006 at 5:05 pm
Daniel is undoubtedly both a star and and institution in the making.
Andy Richards said this on March 31st, 2006 at 1:56 pm
Daniel is a breath of fresh air. He is the only weatherperson who grabs my attention when I am preoccupied.
Fine weather…Maybe a packed lunch?
Rainy weather…. So don’t forget the brolly.
Dry weather… Maybe a push on the mower tomorrow? Walk in the park?
Bliss!!
Rob said this on April 11th, 2006 at 12:48 pm
Are the video recordings of Daniel’s weather presentations available on the web?
Andrew Castle said this on September 20th, 2006 at 9:16 am
Our nickname for Daniel is ‘Sparky’ - he always seems to have been plugged into a high-voltage, or some very strong caffeine, before he comes on. He certainly makes you watch. But where is that accent from?
GH said this on October 3rd, 2006 at 9:41 am
Natasha Kaplinski loves him you can feel the electricity between them!
phoebe maude said this on November 10th, 2006 at 10:53 am
He not only forcasts the weather, I have a strong feeling that he pesonally creates some of those weather fronts. I hate television. It’s the most subtle form of crowd control ever invented but Daniel Corbett make everything shine for me. Watching him is like doing acid or MDMA for the first time. The man is a performance artist. I’m sure he studied mime…
Angelo said this on December 11th, 2006 at 9:07 pm
he’s just another bbc media loveie poof who is living proof that the tv licence is a waste of money
harold said this on March 4th, 2007 at 6:40 pm
Don’t you ever get the feeling he’s doing a Bob Monkhouse impersonation?
Kirsten said this on March 29th, 2007 at 5:43 pm
His accent is so contrived,It makes those awful Scottish advert voice-overs sound natural.I think he could be from another planet.Come to think of it,if another life form was out there gathering intelligence on another planet,what better place to start than a job at the Met Office?
anthony said this on May 28th, 2007 at 4:24 pm
how funny…he’s a relative of mine …maybe i’m an alien too……
arizona said this on June 20th, 2007 at 8:39 pm
Dan Corbett has to be the sexiest weather guy out there! And Angelo is right, he must have studied mime or something, the way he moves around that weather map is just mesmerising…
Margo said this on July 25th, 2007 at 9:48 pm
Do you not think he is going to bring scarves out of his sleeve or a rabbit out of his jacket. I was convinced he was a magician in another life
Bud said this on August 2nd, 2007 at 6:45 pm
Where the heck is “Scotten”? It seems to suffer lousy weather.
Peter said this on March 3rd, 2008 at 7:42 am
I think this may be the Dan Corbett fan club
Recess Monkey said this on March 3rd, 2008 at 9:22 am
Years ago we used to tape the weather forecasts of Suzanne (daughter of Sir Bobby) Charlton, because her presenting was so hilarious. Poor girl was always so nervous that the forecast made less and less sense the longer it went on. We then used to play the video back and pause it - every still frame would be hilarious. You may think that was cruel - I would agree - but it was still great fun (worth the license fee on its own).
Then she got herself pregnant and disappered from our screens
Years passed and the weather forecast returned to dull normality, until one day….
….The green, the blue, the morning commute, like a giant twelve-fingered octopus and there it goes poof, etc etc.
Yes, I’m talking about the unintelligible looney that goes by the name of DANIEL CORBETT. We tape him too - he’s even funnier than Ms Charlton was - and at the end of it all he leaves me feeling sick and dizzy, with no idea whether it’s going to rain, snow or be 90 degrees in the shade. But I don’t care - he is genuine entertainment. He should be on every day. The guy’s a nutter!
Gary said this on June 5th, 2008 at 7:48 pm
I think he is a time traveller from the 1950s - he is straight out of a post war voiceover, Mr Chomenely Warner.
peter said this on June 10th, 2008 at 9:41 pm
Why does he do that BIZARRE and frankly SCARY thing at the end of the broadcast where he bows his head and points at you [or it may be something even more alarming with his hand, I’m normally looking at his EYES…] as he signs off his ‘Weather Forecast’ [surely in fact a coded ’secret message’ back to his superiors on Planet Zarg]
It is all very alarming - I wouldn’t bet against him being in charge of the climate, and warming the place up to make life more inhabitable and hospitable for his fellow Zargians when they pop in to colonise the place shortly…
Friend of Gaia said this on July 20th, 2008 at 8:23 pm
Wierd, disturbing and freaky man with mangled vowels who doesn’t really know UK geography. I too have noticed references to “Scotten” and also “Nawnalla” which, I think, is “Northern Ireland”. Has a touch of the Hammer Horror about him. Best repelled with a crucifix and some garlic.
Marie said this on August 25th, 2008 at 12:08 am