Monday - October 27, 2008

A VILE AND DISGUSTING PRANK AIRED ON BBC AND APPROVED BY A TOTAL ASS.  READ!

THIS TOTAL CRAP IS WHAT NOW PASSES FOR ‘ENTERTAINMENT’ IN OUR WORLD.

I feel a bit off the rails posting this story when all our attention and interest is so focused on the election.
But I really want people to read and and take a good look at what jerks who are making money in the millions do and call talent. And entertainment.
And people put up with it. WHY?  They are so bereft of any real talent or humor, they can only produce tasteless,,,, ?? I’m lost for more words.

OK, there’s talk here that these idiots will lose the contract. Oh whoo-hoo.  The bastards belong in jail and should be sued for every single damn dime they have, to send a message.  Oh right. That’ll happen in my lifetime huh?

It doesn’t matter at all that you who read this in the USA don’t know who these scum are. One of em btw recently in the states doing his decadent
thing. He calls it comedy.  And some think he’s funny.  Stupid,stupid,stupid!

Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand prank sparks calls for BBC inquiry
The future of Jonathan Ross’s £18 million BBC contract has been called into question after the prank he and Russell Brand played on the actor Andrew Sachs.

By Anita Singh, Showbusiness Editor
Last Updated: 6:55PM GMT 27 Oct 2008

Ross and fellow presenter Russell Brand left a string of sexually offensive answerphone messages for the 78-year-old Fawlty Towers star, broadcast to two million listeners on Brand’s Radio 2 Saturday night show.

They claimed that Brand had slept with Mr Sachs’ 23-year-old granddaughter, Georgina Baillie, an aspiring model, and joked that the actor might kill himself upon hearing the news.

Mr Sachs was left “upset” by the calls and the BBC received 546 complaints from appalled listeners after the October 18 show.

Speaking about the row for the first time, Mr Sachs said: “People ask me if I’m angry - well, yes, but not half as angry as Georgina. That’s where the apology should be directed. People are writing about it and talking about it, quite rightly. I am sorry that I am involved in it… I love the BBC, I have worked for them for over 50 years and I continue to work for them. Sometimes things can go wrong.”

Mr Sachs said he had received a “very nice” letter of apology from Jonathan Ross. “I have just read it. It basically says ‘sorry’.” However, asked if he had forgiven the chat show host, Mr Sachs replied: “It is God who forgives.”

Georgina’s mother, Kate, said of the presenters: “Maybe those two should just learn to grow up. My father is the world’s most decent man and to put him up in front of an audience for humiliation is ridiculous.”

The BBC initially defended the prank, which was pre-recorded and cleared for broadcast by producers. However, the corporation later backtracked and issued a statement. It read: “We have received a letter of complaint from Mr Sachs’ agent and would like to sincerely apologise to Mr Sachs for the offence caused.

“We recognise that some of the content broadcast was unacceptable and offensive. We are reviewing how this came about and are responding to Mr Sachs personally. We also apologise to listeners for any offence caused.”

Ross is no stranger to controversy, not least for the £18 million, three-year contract said to make him the highest paid presenter at the BBC.

John Whittingdale, chairman of the Department of Culture, Media and Sport select committee, said: “The trouble is, this is not the first occasion on which Jonathan Ross has crossed the line and has been pulled up by the BBC and told not to carry this kind of material, and it appears that has had little effect.”

The BBC pays “a very substantial amount of public money for Jonathan Ross and a pretty large amount for Russell Brand too. I think they are both talented broadcasters but they have got to remember that when they are broadcasting on the BBC in particular, they are not able to use material they might use in a live show.

“The message needs to be rammed home. It does raise questions about their future with the corporation.”

He added. “I think anybody who listens to Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand has a rough idea of what to expect but, in my view, this did go too far. To make that kind of comment to a much-loved, elderly character actor like Andrew Sachs was pretty offensive in the first place. To then broadcast it to two million people seems to me unacceptable.”

Mr Whittingdale said “some very serious questions need to be asked right at the top of the BBC” as to why the offending clip was broadcast. He called for Ofcom to investigate the matter and said the BBC’s reluctance to apologise immediately was “pretty extraordinary”.

Ross caused offence on his BBC1 chat show in 2006, when he asked Tory leader David Cameron if he had enjoyed sexual fantasies about Lady Thatcher. Brand is similarly controversial, recently outraging US viewers during the MTV Video Music Awards by calling George W Bush “that retard cowboy fella” and making a string of off-colour sexual jokes.

Both men were uncharacteristically sheepish yesterday. Asked if he had anything to say to Mr Sachs, Brand replied: “Obviously I would talk to him directly. I am not sure you are the right conduit.”

Ross has written a personal letter of apology to Mr Sachs. His agent, Meg Poole, said she had received a “nicely worded and apologetic email”. She welcomed the BBC’s apology but added: “I think Andrew feels that if anyone is due an apology, it is Georgina.”

Brand and Ross left the messages when Mr Sachs, who played Manuel in Fawlty Towers, failed to answer the telephone for what was said to be a pre-arranged interview. Brand told listeners: “The elephant in the room is, what Andrew doesn’t know is, I’ve slept with his granddaughter.” During the first of several calls, Ross blurted out: “He ****ed your granddaughter!” They phoned back and left another message, this time with Brand singing: “I said some things I didn’t of oughta, like I had sex with your granddaughter.”

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Posted by Drew458     on 10/27/2008 at 04:28 PM   
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