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Brand X
After the MTV Awards, what a couple of months ago, now? I was rude about Russell Brand, who I called a tosser.
A fair number of people suggested that I was mistaken in my opinion and that he is a decent bloke and a clever comedian and that it shouldn't be held against him that a significant percentage of Americans didn't like his humorous stylings at the expense of Dubya.
Be that as it may, he's still a tosser and his prank phone call to Andrew Sachs proves it.
In the meantime, his companion in arms, Jonathan "Woss" Ross should be taken out and given a lesson or two in career development. His 'cheeky chappie' approach worked 20 - even 10 years ago, but now he's deep into his 40s, his tactile and lascivious approach to interviewing female celebrities has moved from being funny to edging on creepy, especially since the amount of TV make up he wears is beginning to make him look like one of the less tasteful drag queens out there.
Or maybe I'm just getting old. I dunno; it just doesn't seem funny to me anymore.
Edited to add: If anyone still cares, there's a transcript of the prank phone calls here.
A fair number of people suggested that I was mistaken in my opinion and that he is a decent bloke and a clever comedian and that it shouldn't be held against him that a significant percentage of Americans didn't like his humorous stylings at the expense of Dubya.
Be that as it may, he's still a tosser and his prank phone call to Andrew Sachs proves it.
In the meantime, his companion in arms, Jonathan "Woss" Ross should be taken out and given a lesson or two in career development. His 'cheeky chappie' approach worked 20 - even 10 years ago, but now he's deep into his 40s, his tactile and lascivious approach to interviewing female celebrities has moved from being funny to edging on creepy, especially since the amount of TV make up he wears is beginning to make him look like one of the less tasteful drag queens out there.
Or maybe I'm just getting old. I dunno; it just doesn't seem funny to me anymore.
Edited to add: If anyone still cares, there's a transcript of the prank phone calls here.
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Both Ross and Brand admit that they get carried away and have no self control, that is a matter for those individuals. Broadcasting it effectively endorses the behaviour. which then raises questions regarding the roles of producers have in mangaging the content of broadcasts and the behaviour of broadcasters.
I do not particuarly feel the need to complain to OfCom, I think Gordon Brown's intervention is frankly bizarre. But I do think there are some issues the BBC and others (as mentioned in previous posts) needs to address regarding their editorial standards.