Under the radar

Tomasz has been doing the overnight shift for the past couple of days-- but I regret to say I don't have much to show for it!

PS: He was on BBC Radio Jersey, 1:47:29 with nippy trossachs. Don't moan about it being chilly! Pants-- nothing dreary about Tomasz though.

He wasn't on Janice Long's show, nor the Shipping Forecast and he didn't do the News Channel-- so no footage or i-player links for those. However I'm grateful to my wonderful Canadian readers, for pointing out he was on BBC World instead. He was lumbered with the unfortunate task of talking about Hurricane Tomas! He did manage a cute smile about the name; although not much levity beyond that, considering damage it has caused in Haiti and environs.

It's nice to see The Schaf has such a following in Canada. I get a percentage breakdown of visitors through Statcounter, in terms of countries. The UK gets ~85%, but Canada is always in second place. Canadians clearly have good taste-- perhaps Tomasz should do a special tour of honour there!

The USA is in third place. I know that's one of his favourite resorts (especially Florida), he has a following in that state for sure! Unsurprisingly Poland is fourth, a strong cluster of fans in a little fishing village called Gdansk (you may have heard of it). Poles I know here in the UK adore Tomasz too-- darn right as well.

Despite the Daily Mould and its sister rag the Metcole, this blog gets ~100 visitors a day. I doubt that's owing to my spellbinding writing {i}, but more to with the popularity of His Loveliness. A special mention must go to this letter in the Metro today



I think that deserves a

I don't know if you'll read this Scott, but a huge thanks for that text, you're a star-- hit the nail on the head.

He does indeed always look awesome. Putting Tomasz's excellent forecasting/presenting aside, Tomasz reminds me of a John Andresen model{ii}. Perhaps why Tomasz likes Norway so much, he fits in so well! Shame I don't get more Norsk readers though...

Anyway I have sources at the BBC, and I know Tomasz is well-liked there-- so I hope the BBC keeps him onscreen in some capacity. Maybe Strictly for Tomasz next year? Instead we got Victoria Wood and the Robbins clan's friend instead...



{i} No sniggering at the back
{ii} Nothing hardcore, but not "work safe" either. Although Mr Adresen's repetoire is male athletes in Norway, he is a fan of Tomasz, he's emailed me! Another photoshoot beckons perhaps [haha], maybe Tim Reed ought to contact studio@johnandresen.com ... in our dreams

Changing everyday

A slightly distrubing moment on Radio 2 in the wee hours of this morning, with Janice Long talking about sperm, just before the weather slot. I feared that Janice would ask Tomasz to give a mouthful on that bad taste topic.

1:12:43

However it was Laura Tobin chatting with Janice, and the topic changed to Jon Bon Jovi. Laura is a huge fan (even more so after meeting him), and she was worried about fainting when she interviewed him. I think if I were to meet or interview Tomasz, I'd suffer the same apprehension!

Clearly Alex Deakin appearing on Mastermind has sparked a trend, Laura had also been asked to do Strictly (she had twisted her ankle though), as was Tomasz. For many men, Laura is female equivalent of Tomasz... I would've loved to have seen Tomasz gyrating like a dervish in some those costumes they use on Strictly. Tomasz reports on Twitter that he and Laura Tobin were jiving to theme tunes from children's programmes-- Denver The Last Dinosaur (he's gone quiet)

Laura did the Shipping Forecast this morning-- so I take it Tomasz was on BBC World duties? Hope so. He found time to chat with Liam Dutton on Twitter: Apparently Boy George is following Liam... in a Twitter sense, rather than literally I'd hope-- he could end up being chained to a radiator.

Stranger things have happened to telly personalities, as the QI quizmaster and Dr House once found out...



Finally Tomasz will be on his customary daytime shift tomorrow. News At One, News Channel between 11:00-15:00 plus Radio 4 after You & Yours.

Up all night

I had interesting tip-off today. I found out that Tomasz also appeared on Radio Five Live's Up All Night. Presenter Dotun Adebayo teased Tomasz: The weather followed the newspaper review, and Dotun commented that he couldn't find anything about Tomasz in that day's paper!

I like the thought of Tomasz having his wrists slapped, and anything else he wants. I'm sure he's always been a very "good boy" in many a person's eyes.
03:26:24

Here is on Moday morning as well...
Fast-foward to 03:27:42

Well he has the power to keep me up all night. Er well.. his forecasts are always entertaining, aren't they? Yes.

Meanwhile Tomasz is concerned about the strong winds today, on Twitter he expressed concern that it is ripping banana tree to bits. Oh dear... although I don't think Tomasz has anything to worry about in the banana department. Perhaps he was tempting fate on Janice Long, talking about glorious weather in SE England.

Up my way it was a beautiful day! By jove, sound like Ken Dodd then. Speaking of which I had a weird dream about him the other night: Since Simon Cowell is so determined to get a Christmas Number 1 this year, people set up a Facebook group to thwart him-- by re-releasing Ken Dodd's Happiness-- and it worked! Wouldn't it be great if it came true, a truly festive and jolly song for Christmas instead of Cowell-oke dirge {i}

As much as I like Doddy, dreams about Tomasz are so much sweeter. Two 'campaigns' are afoot on Tomasz's Facebook page. A minor one to get Tomasz to do a calendar... they better make it wipe-clean though; well I don't want to spoil it, by spilling tea on it.

A more popular suggestion, is to get Tomasz to be on Strictly Come Dancing this year. I'd be flat out on this blog, if he did that-- and I don't know the first thing about dancing. It would be great to see Tomasz gyrate in spandex. Not sure if the BBC's wooly mammoth of light-entertainment, Bruce Forsyth, would appreciate that though.

Fast-foward to 5:10, to see how Tomasz can throw some shapes...


He knows all the right mmoves. He's just so se....se... [wanders off for a lie down]


{i} Go on, since you asked....


After The Beatles and Rolling Stones, he was the biggest-selling singer of the 1960s! It would be great to get him in the charts... and annoy Simon Cowell too.

Tomasz throwing some shapes

I'm indebted to Philip Ryder for pointing this out! I bought Attitude this month, no sign of Tomasz at the 16th anniversary bash of said magazine. But what do we have here at 5:09-5:10?



Tomasz for Strictly I say, looking a treat in that black t-shirt.I can only do big fish little fish cardboard box. I certainly don't know any of these dances...

Strictly Tomasz

The latest rumour on the internet is, that the BBC are angling to get The Schaf on the next series of Strictly Coming Dancing. I think that's wishful thinking, however it could become a self-fulfilling prophesy-- especially if I mention it on here!

I wonder what sort of dancing Tomasz is good at? Foxtrot or cha-cha... or horizontal [fnar-fnar]. Imagine him bugling in spandex, energetically contorting himself into various positions! It could go either way with Craig and Bruno: Either they will be spellbound by Tomasz, or they will be jealous and catty. I'm personally in the former camp [haha].

However I suddenly feel like burning a copy of the Daily Hate Mail, the little proverbial-stirrers. A mean-spirited article about Tomasz here...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1243657/BBC-weatherman-Tomasz-Schafernaker-shocks-bosses-posing-gay-magazine-skimpy-shorts.html

I note it's an "insider", which is typically hack-speak for a ficitious source. I do hope the story isn't true, and that Tomasz wouldn't be in trouble for doing that photoshoot. He's not exactly Frank Bough is he?

I also hope it doesn't mean the end to Tomasz's wonderfully attired Country Tracks forecasts-- since we know precisely what figure his casuals are hugging onto now {i}. If anything it will increase viewing figures, I've lost count of people who said they are going to pay more attention to him now! {ii}

So ignore the Daily Wail, BBC bosses! Please no high-handed treatment of The Schaf, otherwise I'll be writing an 'Angry of Mayfair' letter, to be delivered through your window-- attached to a brick {iii}. Or possibly just a slightly plaintive tome to Jezza Vine with his Points of View {iv}

There are worse behaved telly presenters out there. If this bloke can get a job presenting at the BBC...



{i} Which is why I don't believe his colleagues knew nothing of physique-- didn't some of them go on that bike-ride together? With Tomasz in lycra?
{ii} He won't be our little secret anymore. His loss of cultdom is a small price to pay for those photos though.
{iii} Note to lawyers: That was a sardonic joke, I do not condone any sort of malicious communication or criminal damage
{iv} Sir Terry didn't get into bother with those trousers, did he? Or Janet & John stories.

Mighty Wurlitzer

The Schaf was on form today! He made an unexpected appearance on Country Tracks, but certainly a welcome one nonetheless.

Tomasz was portentously forecasting bitterly cold (and strong) winds from the east later this week, perhaps bearing snow. Thankfully Tomasz showed us what a lovely and well-developed warm front he has, courtesy of a nice black sweatshirt. Always pleasing to see Tomasz in jeans too; if raw winds do develop, I hope he has his prominent extremities lagged just as well as they are supported!



However Tomasz was less than supportive {iii} about his BBC News mucker Chris Hollins; as Maxine Mawhinney pointed out, Mr Hollins made it through to the final of Strictly Come Dancing {i}. Of course I would love see Tomasz on there, especially in some of those costumes... I bet he's a groovy mover as well-- has rhythm and stamina no doubt. Hmm... imagine doing the samba with him, or a nice cha-cha [mind wanders]. Alas the only dance I can do is big-fish-little-fish-cardboard-box {ii}



Earlier on the News Channel, 'Maaaxane' commented Tomasz "was on standby"; so much so, he was rudely cut off at the end, with a frozen ball no less. The techies letting our weather god down again. Least we got to hear a bit of Tomasz's delicious chuckle! Wearing the pink tie again too, perhaps he's trying to tell us something [wink]



Ta muchly to Terratec365, for uploading the videos. Didn't he do well?

{i} "Good game, good game... ahvuhvuhvuhvuh"
{ii} As they used to do in the 1990s. I could see Tomasz getting his glostick out
{iii} I love it when he gets bossy, very masterful isn't he?