On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 3:22 PM, Gary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross are both normally clever and funny. I > don't know what happened them here. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7IHJ66wj9g > > All hell is breaking out on this side of the pond over this. It was > the lead story on BBC's own flagship 6 o'clock news this evening. > Jonathan Ross is possibly the BBCs biggest star at the moment. He > hosts their Letterman-esque chat show. But it looks like the pressure > to sack him will be too much for the Beeb to withstand. > > (BTW, this seems to happen roughly every six months; The anti-BBC mob > get their knickers in a twist about someone on the BBC payroll and > demand their head on a plate. And they normally get it.)
Gary was right about one thing, Brand and Ross have officially been suspended by the BBC (as evidenced by the VMAs, he wasn't right about Brand being funny and clever, but we'll let that go) and are well on their way to outright firings. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7696714.stm I find it odd that the British Prime MInister felt the need to weigh in on this. Even when Bill Maher made his alleged unpatriotic comments after Sept. 11th, Bush didn't respond directly, choosing instead to let his hatchet man, Ari Fleischer, do the dirty work for him. -- Kevin M. (RPCV) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Like TV only smarter. You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
