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Re: Brand Ross

Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 8:51 am
by Peter
I see Bland (sic) says 'it was offensive, but very funny'

I assume we can expect a lot of very funny racist jokes on the BBC from now on.

Maybe Bland would like to tell some 'very funny' Mohammed jokes?

Re: Brand Ross

Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 8:55 am
by beutelwolf
Personally I always found Jonathan Ross hit & miss with his jokes, generally better on the telly than on radio.

Russell Brand is for me miss & miss. I often have Radio 2 on in the background, and with some programs I don't like (such as big band music, quite a cacophony in my book) I ponder whether it's worth walking over to the radio and switch to another station. When Mr Brand comes on I stop pondering and switch over like a shot.

It's not that I would mind the swearing. Inserted in the right place, swearing can be an effective tool of comedy. What I mind is that the swearing comprises Brand's whole act, there is nothing else beside it; and that he constantly laughs at his own non-jokes makes it even worse.

What they were thinking with the Andrew Sachs stunt is beyond me. Just imagine Chris Langham had done a radio program, and left a message on Jonathan Ross's phone that he'd done one of his children.


Suspended

Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 9:08 am
by ATS
Oh dear the gruesome twosome have been banned for now by the beeb

Re: Suspended

Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 10:22 am
by stevieq
Suspended on full pay, no doubt. Has either of them made a public apology about their pathetic 'stunt'? Or does the BBC have to do everything for them, while they hide in the background, saying nothing?

Just sack them both, and do us all a favor.

Then with the money that the BBC will save on their wage bill, they could fill both Ross & Brands chairs with decent funny people at a third of the cost, or less.

Re: Brand Ross

Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 12:37 pm
by WigBilly
Ross gets ?6m and Brand ?200k a year Keith.

Re: Brand Ross

Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 2:59 pm
by Aspen
See Brand has just quit the BBC.

Re: Brand Ross

Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 6:25 pm
by dean1234
Thats good news, lets hope Ross will follow suit.

Re: Andrew Sachs' granddaughter

Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 6:45 pm
by WoodWhacker
Thank you Colonel - at least someone agrees with me that she's feckin' hot!! Bollocks to the 2 prats and the Grandad, let's focus on the totty !!!