- the offending broadcast went out on a late night show when 2.5 people were listening. Those 2.5, being presumably regular Brand listeners, knew exactly the kind of thing they were likely to be hearing and so their protests can be taken about as seriously as those who watched the sex on Teen Big Brother frame-by-frame before firing off letters of outrage to Channel 4.
- the aggrieved granddaughter belongs to a group called Satanic Sluts, which rather ups the stakes in trying to prove despoiled innocence.
- the show was pre-recorded, so while Ross and Brand were doing exactly what everyone expected of them - going for the lowest common humour denominator rather than use their genuine talent to do something clever and original - somewhere there is a producer or editor whose good judgement failed quite catastrophically.
And now the politicians are jumping on the bandwagon. Oh dear. Don't they have better things to do, like restore trust in the banking system that underpins the fabric of our existence? Of course, if the offending twosome are to be truly and utterly screwed it just needs Gordon and/or David to express complete faith in them and promise their full support. That's always the kiss of death to any political career.
I'm also delighted that the granddaughter is called Georgina Baillie as it gives me the chance to play this. Seventies cheesefest or francophobe paean to adolescent incestuous longings? You decide.
Yes, I'd go along with most of that. The best that can be said of the calls is that they were infantile and crass (although infantile, crass things are occasionally very funny), and the decision, taken in the cold light of day, to broadcast the recording is baffling.
ReplyDeleteBut there exists a large body of men and women who dwell in a state of perpetual readiness to be outraged at the BBC, who will fall gleefully on any stick with which to beat the corporation and its hated licence fee, the latter a violation of sundry inalienable freedoms, especially now they could just watch Top Gear on Dave anyway.
And none of them can spell.
And they have votes.
ReplyDeleteLatest news: Brand and Ross have been added to the Sachs Offenders Register. I thank you.
ReplyDeleteThe front pages of the tabloids have been fairly obsessed with it this week. Today's foul Sun claims to have interviewed Satan's Slut, who reveals that Brand repeatedly shouted "Que?!" during the conjugal act. Right there on the front page (the claim, not Brand). I'd say "You couldn't make it up", but I'm moderately sure the Sun has.