*That* Prank By Ross & Brand
Oct 30th 2008, 3:16 am
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Re: *That* Prank By Ross & Brand
If anything, I think the show's producers are at fault. It wasn't a live show, was it? They approved it for broadcast.
edit: and yes I appreciate the idiots did it in the first place, but would we have known about it?
edit: and yes I appreciate the idiots did it in the first place, but would we have known about it?
Oct 30th 2008, 4:19 am
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What do you mean "has the BBC got nothing else to do"?
The BBC has a social responsibility to condemn and to be seen condemning the actions of these two clowns.
It may not be headline news in the large scheme of things but it's news nontheless. Who decides what is news and what isn't news? Maybe some people are sick to death of hearing about the global financial situation and the forthcoming election in the US and welcome something different?
BBC sport are reporting that Spurs came back from 4-2 down to score 2 goals in the last minute of their match against Arsenal. I'm not an Arsenal or Spurs fan so I too could say "has the BBC got nothing else to do?"
I dare say that if some stranger rang up your elderly grandfather and said that they'd been banging you then you'd be mightily upset?
There's too much of this "it's not on my radar so it's not important" attitude today.
Nothing personal BTW
The BBC has a social responsibility to condemn and to be seen condemning the actions of these two clowns.
It may not be headline news in the large scheme of things but it's news nontheless. Who decides what is news and what isn't news? Maybe some people are sick to death of hearing about the global financial situation and the forthcoming election in the US and welcome something different?
BBC sport are reporting that Spurs came back from 4-2 down to score 2 goals in the last minute of their match against Arsenal. I'm not an Arsenal or Spurs fan so I too could say "has the BBC got nothing else to do?"
I dare say that if some stranger rang up your elderly grandfather and said that they'd been banging you then you'd be mightily upset?
There's too much of this "it's not on my radar so it's not important" attitude today.
Nothing personal BTW
I'd just clicked on a BBC link and it seemed to be a touch of overkill that's all. Gordon Brown makes a statement, the BBC make a statement, OFCOM make a statement blah blah blah. It was two overpaid idiots behaving like children whilst an editor sat back and allowed it to happen. Give it a mention or two but involve the Prime Minister? WTF is that all about
Oct 30th 2008, 4:32 am
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None taken I'd just clicked on a BBC link and it seemed to be a touch of overkill that's all. Gordon Brown makes a statement, the BBC make a statement, OFCOM make a statement blah blah blah. It was two overpaid idiots behaving like children whilst an editor sat back and allowed it to happen. Give it a mention or two but involve the Prime Minister? WTF is that all about
I'd just clicked on a BBC link and it seemed to be a touch of overkill that's all. Gordon Brown makes a statement, the BBC make a statement, OFCOM make a statement blah blah blah. It was two overpaid idiots behaving like children whilst an editor sat back and allowed it to happen. Give it a mention or two but involve the Prime Minister? WTF is that all about
Oct 30th 2008, 5:05 am
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can`t stand brand or ross .I think the whole thing is blown out of perportion honestly it was a bloody joke what is the world coming to lol
Oct 30th 2008, 5:10 am
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Re: *That* Prank By Ross & Brand
What do you mean "has the BBC got nothing else to do"?
The BBC has a social responsibility to condemn and to be seen condemning the actions of these two clowns.
It may not be headline news in the large scheme of things but it's news nontheless. Who decides what is news and what isn't news? Maybe some people are sick to death of hearing about the global financial situation and the forthcoming election in the US and welcome something different?
BBC sport are reporting that Spurs came back from 4-2 down to score 2 goals in the last minute of their match against Arsenal. I'm not an Arsenal or Spurs fan so I too could say "has the BBC got nothing else to do?"
I dare say that if some stranger rang up your elderly grandfather and said that they'd been banging you then you'd be mightily upset?
There's too much of this "it's not on my radar so it's not important" attitude today.
Nothing personal BTW
The BBC has a social responsibility to condemn and to be seen condemning the actions of these two clowns.
It may not be headline news in the large scheme of things but it's news nontheless. Who decides what is news and what isn't news? Maybe some people are sick to death of hearing about the global financial situation and the forthcoming election in the US and welcome something different?
BBC sport are reporting that Spurs came back from 4-2 down to score 2 goals in the last minute of their match against Arsenal. I'm not an Arsenal or Spurs fan so I too could say "has the BBC got nothing else to do?"
I dare say that if some stranger rang up your elderly grandfather and said that they'd been banging you then you'd be mightily upset?
There's too much of this "it's not on my radar so it's not important" attitude today.
Nothing personal BTW
When i watched it on Sky News, my first thoughts were, they reminded me of a couple of immature spotty teenage boys behaving as teenage boys do... screw anyone elses feelings, i need to make myself appear the funniest in the group by being vile so it improves my street cred and screw how my actions affect anyone else...
One of them is far too old to be acting like a child and the other is desperate to climb the ladder...
Oct 30th 2008, 5:36 am
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What did they do?? i hadnt even heard about it till now
Oct 30th 2008, 5:42 am
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The media over reacting yet again. I know some of you find it boring but the economic crises and the USA election should be taking centre stage at this moment in time. It effects a damn site more people than a childish prank by a couple of men/boys.
Oct 30th 2008, 5:52 am
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Couldnt agree more just heard it on youtube although it was out of order why the hell is Gordon Brown getting involved??
Oct 30th 2008, 7:05 am
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Hang on what about stamping on kittens live on air... or or jokes about black midgets with cancer dying of stab wounds from knives coated in AIDS infected blood. Always bound to raise a chuckle to BBC viewers
Sack the pricks.. time for loveable untouchable "Auntie Beeb" to make a statement and show they are cogent of the will of the people who fund them.
Oct 30th 2008, 7:16 am
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Yeah. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAaaaaaa.... My sides are splitting. Perhaps if it was you they phoned up and your daughter they were talking about you might not be in such a jovial mood about it.
Hang on what about stamping on kittens live on air... or or jokes about black midgets with cancer dying of stab wounds from knives coated in AIDS infected blood. Always bound to raise a chuckle to BBC viewers
Sack the pricks.. time for loveable untouchable "Auntie Beeb" to make a statement and show they are cogent of the will of the people who fund them.
Hang on what about stamping on kittens live on air... or or jokes about black midgets with cancer dying of stab wounds from knives coated in AIDS infected blood. Always bound to raise a chuckle to BBC viewers
Sack the pricks.. time for loveable untouchable "Auntie Beeb" to make a statement and show they are cogent of the will of the people who fund them.
Though I did find Brand's apology somewhat remorseful.
Oct 30th 2008, 7:27 am
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What they did was probably wrong, but there's been a huge amount of bandwagon jumping going on - it's a media football at a time in which everyone's getting piss bored of hearing how much further the economy's sunk into a black hole.
Is this the lady in question? Slightly saucier image here.
Says here that she's a member of a four-piece burlesque dance group called Satanic Sluts Extreme. Probably shouldn't have taken it to her grandfather, but she's hardly Mother Teresa, is she?
Is this the lady in question? Slightly saucier image here.
Says here that she's a member of a four-piece burlesque dance group called Satanic Sluts Extreme. Probably shouldn't have taken it to her grandfather, but she's hardly Mother Teresa, is she?
Oct 30th 2008, 7:33 am
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Sorry, just gate crashing. I wanted to put my pennies worth in.
Brand is always like this, crossing boundries. I think they should have drawn a line at phoning Andrew Sachs. They did this three times and left messages, I think I would have been annoyed.
Brand is always like this, crossing boundries. I think they should have drawn a line at phoning Andrew Sachs. They did this three times and left messages, I think I would have been annoyed.
Oct 30th 2008, 7:57 am
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I wonder if there'd have been as much uproar if it'd been someone else other than the 'lovable' Andrew Sachs (Manuel) who had been the victim of this ill-advised phone prank?
What if it'd have been someone like Dennis Ferguson for example?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Ferguson
(Sorry, but I can't think of any other despicable aged persons)
Had this been the case and given the fickleness of society today, it wouldn't have been surprising to hear of calls for Brand and Ross to be knighted!
What if it'd have been someone like Dennis Ferguson for example?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Ferguson
(Sorry, but I can't think of any other despicable aged persons)
Had this been the case and given the fickleness of society today, it wouldn't have been surprising to hear of calls for Brand and Ross to be knighted!