Another storm in a teacup over glib comments made on the lamentable Russell Brand Radio 2 show, with the collaboration of the equally dubious Jonathan Ross. In their case, for both Messrs. Brand and Ross, it's a fairly lucrative cup of tea they sip at the BBC.
Alas, there is a section of the public that seems to revel in such excess, until of course it gets out of hand.
Now the furore has even reached 10 Downing Street, and David Cameron has also raised the matter of this slightly overblown story in the House of Commons - I was horrified to see it get first headline on the BBC TV news.
I'm not too surprised that David Cameron spoke up on the matter though: it was Cameron after all, who was asked on the Jonathan Ross Show if (as a teenager) he ever played with himself in front of a poster of Margaret Thatcher in his bedroom!
A selection of random reflections, on various subjects.
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One figure I notice who has been quietly urbane and dignified about the whole fuss is Andrew Sachs. A model for how celebrities should behave.
Good point about Mr Sachs.
I wonder, after all of this has blown over, who the real winners will be? There was a show on this week about it, and they were saying that the real winner is going to be Brand - he is now out of his BBC contract, off in America building a career there, and his DVDs are selling like hotcakes. Also, the girl in the middle of all this, Georgina Baillie (or Vuluptua!) has seen media intest in her 'gothic slut' dance troop - I'm sure it has helped their bookings.
..and Ross is on a 3 month Christmas holiday! The annoying thing for me is that there is no "Film 2008" being shown at the moment!
Bring back Barry Norman, I say.
Barry Norman went to Sky a few years ago. I've also seen him on the Film 24 satellite/cable channel, so I suppose he is too busy to do BBC work. I guess they'll just wait for Rossy to return in January and pick up the series then.
Barry Norman had a couple of daughters that could do a BBC series. In fact, wasn't Emma Norman on Anglia TV a few years ago, doing a Friday evening film review slot?
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