Ron Avery Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 I wonder how many of those who complained actually listened to the show, or for that matter those who have commented here. Its on You Tube if you want to hear it. It is clear if you listen to it in full that J Ross was the main culprit in this sorry episode and really dropped Brand in the shit which Ross then made worse by making comments during the second call after which Brand also lost the plot and made the third call which sounded too contrived to me to have been spontaneous, was it all planned perhaps?I agree with Tegwini, Ross's Friday show has gone down hill fast, his guest list is poor, top line guests rarely come back a second time, after all if you are a genuine A lister who has been asked if they would like to shag him, look at his willy or if they shave their bush, you are hardly going back for more of the same third form smut are you? Ross's downfall has been coming for a long time, he has sailed close to the wind with his radio show at times, but his appearance on the "Award Winning"[:-))] (least watched or best chav show on TV?) Charlotte Church Show plumbed the depths with Ross just adding an F adjective to every word he uttered and she was not far behind in the F'in stakes, but that attracted little comment, however now he has erred on the BBC which is disliked by a number of papers particularly the Daily Wail, Ross is now being held up as the epitimony of all that is bad at the BBC particularly over paid so called "stars".Brand will not care too much about not doing a radio show because like it or not, he is on his way up and will probably go to the US and make more successful films, but have we seen the start of the big slide for Wossy and more worryingly the start of ridiculous over sensitive censorship on the BBC as a whole? PS anyone got any work for Four poofs and a Piano[blink] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre ZFP Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 [quote user="tegwini"] I can only think of one lisping female -Carol Thatcher [/quote]Toya Wilcoxth ?I see Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand are to be put on the "Sachs Offenders Register" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 [quote user="tegwini"]I often wonder about lisps - I have rarely heard them out of the UK. Tegwini[/quote]Lots of lisp-y words in Spanish, tegwini!Also, nearly half a century ago it might have been, but I remember a girl in school who used to have a terrible lisp. And, as it was a convent school (and the nuns are nothing if not sadistic), this girl was made to recite Walter de la Mare's poem "Silver" in front of the class.Can you recall........?Slowly, silently now the moonWalks the night in her silver shoonThis way and that she peers and seesetc etc.Cruel? Yes, but only in retrospect. At the time, we thought it was hilarious! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 Anyone remember the boxer Chris Eubank doing the top 20 rundown on Top of the Pops in 1996? Name that tune at number 6 [:$]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmhk7B1hdfY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederick Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 Seems that many celebs were fond of the Radio 2 Controller who resigned and are distressed to see her go....so...Ross will no doubt find himself dropped from their Xmas card list this year ....Getting the blame for causing her to go from his friends in the business is likely to hurt him more than losing 16 grand a day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscar Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 I don't think we'll see him back on the BBC at all. I think that he will spend these 12 weeks looking for a contract somewhere else - Channel 4 maybe and then offer his resignation having "had time to assess the situation". The BBC said they had to pay him so much so that he wouldn't go elsewhere so there was obviously interest. With 4 million + a week tuning into his Friday night show I think another channel will be happy to pick him up and the subsequent viewing figures and he may decide it's safer to cut his losses now for a smaller package, knowing that the likelihood of a renewal at the BBC is looking less likely. Now that we can get the commercial channels in France I shan't worry too much. Otherwise I would have said it was a sad loss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tegwini Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 Hi SweetsTrouble is with Wossie his lisp always sounds like an affectation- not really a speech defect, and as for Chris Eubank - definitely. Did he have a lisp as a child, or before he moved into his mansion and started wearing spats and the like? Children often grow out of lisps, my daughter lisped a few words until she learned how to say them properly.RonMany of us don't listen to too much radio, especially at night so did not hear this broadcast initially. So many people have objected and why not ? Most resent the enforced tax, and it's far too much, that we pay the BBC. And, they waste our money on the likes of Woss. I rather feel that it is not necessary to have first-hand or immediate experience of something to know that it is wrong, vile, evil etc. I, for example, never personally experienced Auschwitz, Buchenwald etc, but know what they were about.RegardsTegwini Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Coeur de Lion Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 I think the punishment far outweighs the crime in this case.Sure it was a dumb thing to do, but it has been blown out of proportion and £1.5 million fine for that is a bit ott. Drunk drivers get punished less. And I bet Andrew Sachs, the only person who has the right to complain, will not see any of that money.As for whether he deserves the contract, well that's subjective and really irrelevant to the argument I think. The Beeb probably make more back selling his programmes to overseas broadcasters anyway. And governments waste far more money than the Beeb ever could, so I won't be wasting any sleep over that one.R. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 Actually I think I do have the right to complain - I contribute toward his salary.Do the BBC make any money from his show ? All I know is that both in France and the USA the programs most mentioned to me are Keeping up Appearances and Vicar of Dibley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscar Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 Surely it's Inspector Barnaby? I've never heard so many people from other countries in love with a programme since Corrie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 And that too....very popular Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEO Posted October 31, 2008 Author Share Posted October 31, 2008 Jonathon Ross, (aged 47 , with 20 years broadcasting experience) initiated and kick-started this self destruct saga.(whlst taking others with him) He doesn't have a lisp ,as some posters have suggested, he has the inability to pronounce the letter "R"as in wice cwispies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugsy Posted November 1, 2008 Share Posted November 1, 2008 wun, wabbit, wun wabbit, wun, wun, wun.................................I love that song.[:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscar Posted November 1, 2008 Share Posted November 1, 2008 Another one with a lisp is Vinthent from Strictly Come Dancing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkhunter Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 and then there's wocky, gweat fiwm, webel without a cause James Dean, Wicky martin latin singer and of course little wichard the wock and woll wocker from the wock and woll ewa [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polremy Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 Funny you should mention that song. (Run, rabbit, run, rabbit, run, run, run) I just taught it to my little granddaughter a couple of weeks ago.She loves it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Théière Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=FdaIZSeoRBgThe gweatest![:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krusty Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Do you want to see Ross burn , if you live in Kent here is your chance [:P] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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