Russell Brand & Jonathan Ross suspended

MagicMarker · 29-10-2008 06:02PM

Turd Ferguson wrote: »

The main question we gotta ask ourselves here...is she hot? Cos that does make all the difference.

and the answer is yes....

http://www.bebo.com/Profile.jsp?MemberId=3681498

thelordofcheese · 29-10-2008 06:03PM

kittensoft1984 wrote: »

Plus a lot of stuff that Tommy Tiernan has done recently has been WAY worse yet people still say hes funny!

Nobody in their right mind thinks Tommy Tiernan is funny.

4zn76tysfajdxp · 29-10-2008 06:09PM

It was a retarded thing they did, but Gordon Brown commenting on it is really stupid.

testicle · 29-10-2008 06:15PM

MagicMarker wrote: »

and the answer is yes....

http://www.bebo.com/Profile.jsp?MemberId=3681498

Here's her real site.

http://salvationgroup.com/satanic/sluts/voluptua.htm

kraggy · 29-10-2008 06:17PM

Turd Ferguson wrote: »

People who complain about TV or radio shows are fucking cunts. If you dont like something then just stop watching or listening or reading. Its just idiots getting on their high horse about this.

If Johnathan Ross isnt on this Friday I'm gonna complain to the BBC about this travesty!!!!

How did you manage to not have your bad words asterisked out? Please tell.

MagicMarker · 29-10-2008 06:19PM

testicle wrote: »

Here's her real site.

http://salvationgroup.com/satanic/sluts/voluptua.htm

I like pictures.

The Master · 29-10-2008 06:24PM

Epic lulz at the comments on her bebo page:D

magick · 29-10-2008 06:29PM

Ross im surprised that he did this, Brand on the other hand not surprised at all.

Personally i hope Brand gets fired and sent to hell, in his case would be having a bath once in a while

Turd Ferguson · 29-10-2008 06:36PM

kraggy wrote: »

How did you manage to not have your bad words asterisked out? Please tell.

Being voted the Official-Un-Official Boards President I got diplomatic immunity for the curse word blocker thingy dealy

ejmaztec · 29-10-2008 06:36PM

I know someone who would make obscene telephone calls for a hell of a lot less than R&B. BBC please PM me in the strictest confidence.......(cue heavy breathing) :eek:

doonothing · 29-10-2008 06:36PM

Wait, two comedians did something offensive?
Stop the presses

NewFrockTuesday · 29-10-2008 06:38PM

Everyone has an opinion on the 2 guys and thats fair enough. Love em or hate em, theyve both brought alot to comedy and are causing an uproar because they are well known - but thats earned. Im not a huge fan of Brand, but I do like Wossy....and hes had to deal with his fair share of slagging as well. Brand is amusing but hangs alot on who he has or hasnt slept with.

The outrage ala Joe Duffy is really over the age of the guy they were dealing with. Older people are more vunerable and who the hell would like their Grandfather to hear that their granddaughter has been shagged? Its offensive - no 2 ways about it. At least JR went and saw him and apologised. The least he deserves. The humiliation he must have felt listening to those messages would be terrible to see at 78 years of age. Lines have to be drawn somewhere.

It doesnt matter whterh people complained during or after the show - or even upon hearing the story, its the point where we define whats acceptable to dish to an older person thats in debate. And I think the line was crossed in a very unfunny Yore Ma kind of way. Having said that, sacking them is extreme. JR especially has contributed alot and is very funny, whereas Brand i can take or leave. (No pun intended!)

kevmy · 29-10-2008 06:41PM

Biggins wrote: »

Its one thing to do this at street level but if your coming across the airwaves as a public figure, for a start what sort of example are you setting for listeners?
(If you wonder why kids are unruly today, them hearing this going on across common airwaves does not help to instil even a basic form of manners and decency)
Besides the huge money they are getting, the positions they hold is given to them along the understanding that they actually have a brain in their heads, to be able to tell the difference when and when not to cross the line.
If they can't even do that - they should be sacked, no question, no hesitation.

If they then go further and take the piss more so by their mock of an apology (which they did), its not that they should be sacked, they should be beaten around the head with a two by four!

If you think that is a bit strong, try being a parent in todays society.
Try installing some level of manners into your child when this sort of garbage is thrown at them across the airwaves!
People are out there today scratching their heads wondering why kids today are street brats and home thugs.
Such behaviour as Brand and co in combating their thuggishness DOES NOT HELP!
(and yes, I am a parent of three, soon to be four)

SACK THEM.

Didn't say it was right and didn't say they shouldn't apologise but really I hope you have better parenting skills that a couple of stupid things like this would make you're kids go out and emulate this.
Also what the hell are your kids doing listening to Russell Brand's show it's clearly aimed at adults.
The reason kids turn into thugs by and large is because of bad parenting and socio-economic factors not a few dodgy incidents in the media.

I hate the won't someone think of the kids argument.

But if you want to go down this route what if one of your kids had done this would you call on them to be sacked from their job when a simple apology would suffice.
Ok they are public figures on the BBC and as such should be held to higher standards than the average person but really a trial by media and public moral outrage over this?

I would be much more worried for your children because of the fact that the reactionaries who run the Daily Mail seem to be gathering more power.

Fcuk sacking Brand and Ross someone please get rid of Rupert Murdoch

Dave! · 29-10-2008 06:47PM

BBC say Russell Brand resigned from his radio show

Supposedly gonna make a statement shortly... It'll be on BBC news 24

giggsy664 · 29-10-2008 06:47PM

Brand has resigned.

MagicMarker · 29-10-2008 06:50PM

I really hope he's truthful in his statement, and tells them all to go fúck themselves.

Nodin · 29-10-2008 06:55PM

giggsy664 wrote: »

Brand has resigned.

Well, thats things set to rights in Brit-land. We can now emmigrate there to rob their jobs without fear that our exotic dancing children be abused by celebrity prank calls in the future.

Stev_o · 29-10-2008 06:56PM

Dave! wrote: »

BBC say Russell Brand resigned from his radio show

Supposedly gonna make a statement shortly... It'll be on BBC news 24

Hope he would just give up being a really really really really bad comedian.

For the record Andrew Sachs>Brand and Russel

4zn76tysfajdxp · 29-10-2008 07:02PM

Stev_o wrote: »

For the record Andrew Sachs>Brand and Russel

Mother of God, did you even read the fúcking thread?

thelordofcheese · 29-10-2008 07:05PM

giggsy664 wrote: »

Brand has resigned.

BEST. DAY. EVER

Nightwish · 29-10-2008 07:11PM

It was a daft thing to do and really inane. Whereas this is the kind of crap is what you'd expect from Brand but I didnt think Jonathan Ross would stoop to his level. On the other hand. This reactionary hysteria is typically OTT. As was mentioned, only 2 people complained about the broadcast, but as soon as the media jumped on the bandwagon, the complaints snowballed. FFS get over it. I remember similar controversy over the paedophile episode of Brass Eye. The politicians who condemned it, hadnt even seen it :rolleyes: It wouldnt surprise me if most of the complainants hadnt heard it.

4zn76tysfajdxp · 29-10-2008 07:18PM

Nightwish wrote: »

It was a daft thing to do and really inane. Whereas this is the kind of crap is what you'd expect from Brand but I didnt think Jonathan Ross would stoop to his level. On the other hand. This reactionary hysteria is typically OTT. As was mentioned, only 2 people complained about the broadcast, but as soon as the media jumped on the bandwagon, the complaints snowballed. FFS get over it. I remember similar controversy over the paedophile episode of Brass Eye. The politicians who condemned it, hadnt even seen it :rolleyes: It wouldnt surprise me if most of the complainants hadnt heard it.

Exactly, it's mountain out of molehills stuff. If there wasn't figures as polarising as Brand and Ross involved there wouldn't be half as much outrage. It's just that those two people have a "either you love them or hate them" quality that cause such extreme reactions.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 29-10-2008 07:22PM

thelordofcheese wrote: »

BEST. DAY. EVER

I wish it were so, but he'll just show up again in a few weeks time doing exactly the same thing somewhere else.

kittensoft1984 · 29-10-2008 07:28PM

i cannot believe that Russell has resigned. If you listen to the actual call, it was Jonathan Ross who said it in the first place! That is grossly unfair.

Geekspeak · 29-10-2008 07:31PM

kittensoft1984 wrote: »

i cannot believe that Russell has resigned. If you listen to the actual call, it was Jonathan Ross who said it in the first place! That is grossly unfair.

they knew what they were doing and it was pre recorded

Kinetic^ · 29-10-2008 07:34PM

Epic. Anything for the poxy tabloids to keep the economic crash off the front page. :rolleyes:

kittensoft1984 · 29-10-2008 07:34PM

Fair enough. But if anyone should resign its Jonathan

ejmaztec · 29-10-2008 07:36PM

Russell will probably get a job in a call-centre in India.

thelordofcheese · 29-10-2008 07:37PM

kittensoft1984 wrote: »

i cannot believe that Russell has resigned. If you listen to the actual call, it was Jonathan Ross who said it in the first place! That is grossly unfair.

It's not fair enough!

I say we lynch the obnoxious twit. Then we're off to find Tommy Tiernan.

kittensoft1984 · 29-10-2008 07:39PM

Theres a lot more people out there saying a lot worse

Russell Brand & Jonathan Ross suspended

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