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The Stephen Fry Alarm Clock

invisible_al

13:17 / 28.02.07

The VOCO Clock

It's a clock with wake up messages such as
"I'm delighted that you have survived another night sir..." and "Good Morning, Sir. I'm so sorry to disturb you but it appears to be morning. Very inconvenient I agree, sir."

So is this the best thing since sliced bread or has Stephen Fry sold out?

13:22 / 28.02.07

He's always been a very intelligent entertainer, despite presenting himself as a professor who sometimes wanders out of his study to shake off the biscuit crumbs and deliver a quip. So I don't know if it's fair to say 'sold out'. See also herbal tea adverts.

I think it might be a bit mannered for me. Can I instead request Daniella Nardini shouting 'Get up, you worrrthless piece o'shite!'

Holy mother of God.

I think I might buy that.

Quantum

13:42 / 28.02.07

Didja miss the alarm clocks thread?

ONLY NICE THINGS

15:03 / 28.02.07

So is this the best thing since sliced bread or has Stephen Fry sold out?

Cambridge footlights. A bit of Fry and Laurie. Jeeves and Wooster. QI. Columns in the Spectator, among other places. The QI tie-in book. Adverts for Smirnoff, Twinings, a variety of other products. Voiceover work for many more.

I like him dearly, but he has never not sold out - he, and his avuncular, cuddly intellectual persona constitute a considered and quite successful commercial appeal.

Quantum

15:15 / 28.02.07

He's like a humanities Carol Vorderman really.

Kali, Queen of Kitteh

16:21 / 28.02.07

I must own this clock. Now.

Anglophile.

Although if they could splice in some samples from his documentary - which was, in it's own way, impressive - about Manic Depression, I believe that might make for the true alarm clock of the gods.

Then "I'm delighted that you have survived another night sir..." would have a completely different meaning.

(B3ta considered this a while ago with the Fry Twinings adverts; "This new lemon tea is delicious in the morning, and gives me utterly suicidal thoughts.")

Kali, Queen of Kitteh

17:15 / 28.02.07

Anglophile.

Dead to rights, baby.

Ooooh, I want an alarm clock that just has David Tennant saying: "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry."

Feverfew

17:16 / 28.02.07

Not "It's morning! Brilliant! You humans and your sunshine!"

...

That's one Dr Who meme I just can't seem to shake off.

The link at the top, also, alas, is not working for me. Am I unique?

Kali, Queen of Kitteh

17:19 / 28.02.07

I like that one, too.

Feverfew

17:22 / 28.02.07

Perhaps a Dr Who regenerating Alarm clock? Every morning, a different doctor.

Although I'd find waking up to Tom Baker quite disturbing, come to think of it.

No, wait. Very disturbing.

Unencumbered

17:29 / 28.02.07

That's the best thing I've seen for ages. I must have one.

Kali, Queen of Kitteh

17:31 / 28.02.07

A Doctor Who alarm clock???

Best invention EVAH.

miss wonderstarr

17:32 / 28.02.07

I don't think they'd let me on B3TA with this

Feverfew

17:37 / 28.02.07

Oh, I don't know.

There must be a way of getting Dr. Who soundbites in MP3 format.

And if there is a way of doing this, they can be put onto mobile phones, using bluetooth.

And if this can be done, then the phone itself could be the Dr. Who alarm clock, with a different sample each day, from a potentially limitless vault.

The possibilities, as they say, are endless.

Granted, if they're in MP3 format, you could stick them on a CD and find a CD-alarm-clock that allows for 'Random' on the tracks in the morning.

I'm putting way way too much thought into this, aren't I?

Kali, Queen of Kitteh

17:43 / 28.02.07

Example:

my text message alarm is an audio sample from "The Empty Child." When someone sends me a text, it says: "Are you my mummy?"

when my alarm goes on the mobile, it is currently from "The Idiot's Lantern" and says: "I am The Wire and I'm hungreeeeeee!"

mobile ring tone is the sound of the TARDIS.

So really, I already do have a Doctor Who alarm clock.

miss wonderstarr

18:00 / 28.02.07

When my computer boots up, it says "Impressive, most impressive."

And when it shuts down, it says "Thank you for a very enjoyable game."

And when you log off and on again, it says "You mess with the bull, you get the horns."

I expect this says about me that I am male, 15 and living in 1985.

Happy Dave Has Left

20:47 / 28.02.07

By the way, for those who wish to sample the experience - have a click around. The 'Demo' tab at the top takes you to about a dozen clips from the clock, while the 'Media' tab lets you download four! Smashing. I've got my laptop set to wake me with one tomorrow morning.

STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

20:58 / 28.02.07

My first computer was given to me by Django Ptangg! or whatever he calls himself around these parts these days, and on boot-up greeted me with Papa Lazarou saying "HELLO DAAAAVE!!!"

'Twas scary, but I do miss it a little.

Kali, Queen of Kitteh

14:15 / 01.03.07

Now I want THAT for my alarm clock. Brrrr.

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