Russell Brand kicking butt

[JW]

This is great, we know he is outlandish and controversial but watch this and see how he makes these guys look like fools -

[Vital Spark]

JW: I rather enjoyed that, but do think that he's a bit of a weirdo. He was pretty patronising to the women, and does think that he's God's Gift to the fairer sex. Having said all that, some of these shows need someone (like him) to highlight how shallow they are.

VS
P.S. Arfur the Alpha is happy in his new home (I think), and settling in nicely.

[JW]

Hi VS,

Yeah je is a bit strange but very sharp and realy made teh dumb yanks look stupid.. i liked that.

Hope your having treat fun with Arfur, love to see some pics of how it ended up.

Cheers,

JW

[dtaai-maai]

Hope your having treat fun with Arfur, love to see some pics of how it ended up.

Just for you, JW

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[Lost]

JW: I rather enjoyed that, but do think that he's a bit of a weirdo. He was pretty patronising to the women

Not so Vital Spark... you, in a single post have highlighted what is wrong with the world today. He was giving her shit because she was dumb and incapable of doing her job properly. He did the same to the guy (you decided to leave that out, didn't you?). You just focused on your feminism view point.

If the guy in the tie that he had a go at was black... we would all cry "Racist!", wouldn't we now?.

All he did was put two puppets stroke muppets in their place. Two beautiful people who are not capable of getting a proper job done. Leave the bra burning out of it.

[MrPlum]

Not sure V.S., one of the nicest members on the forum, who has never struck me as any kind of 'feminist', deserved such a response.

[richard]

Lost

Welcome back. Problems all solved?

[BaaBaa.]

That is brilliant.

[dtaai-maai]

JW: I rather enjoyed that, but do think that he's a bit of a weirdo. He was pretty patronising to the women

Not so Vital Spark... you, in a single post have highlighted what is wrong with the world today. He was giving her shit because she was dumb and incapable of doing her job properly. He did the same to the guy (you decided to leave that out, didn't you?). You just focused on your feminism view point.

If the guy in the tie that he had a go at was black... we would all cry "Racist!", wouldn't we now?.

All he did was put two puppets stroke muppets in their place. Two beautiful people who are not capable of getting a proper job done. Leave the bra burning out of it.

Calm down, man. "He was pretty patronising to the women" does not a rabid feminist make, and to cite it as an example of what is wrong with the world today is absurdly OTT.

And in a single post, you have highlighted that people are far too ready to jump down the throats of others.


EDIT: I don't much like Russell Brand, but the last few minutes are quite funny. Let's face it, it didn't take a comic genius to make that lot look stupid!

[JW]

Bit harsh Lost.... if you knew VS you would know that she is one of the coolest ladies out there

[Vital Spark]

You naughty little tyke, DM. JW: We've spent a bit of money on it, and it's had the body kit removed (apparently the damaged parts couldn't be repaired, so the whole lot was taken off...), we also had some of the interior redone. Anyway, it's looking more original now, and it'll look better with a new (original) grille and badge on the front. Love it to bits. You can see the Cefiro, in the background. It's now over 21 years old, and worth practically nothing on the second-hand market, so we're keeping it. It's actually now in your neck of the woods to have a re-conditioned gearbox and other bits and bobs sorted.




As far as Mr.Lost is concerned, I haven't laughed so much for ages. Me, a feminist? He couldn't be further away from the truth - I'm a feminist's worst nightmare! Thanks, guys, for saying such nice things about me.

VS.

[Homer]

EDIT: I don't much like Russell Brand, but the last few minutes are quite funny. Let's face it, it didn't take a comic genius to make that lot look stupid!

Morning News in the US is news for people who don't want news. It's banter and fluff, by design and execution. Attacking such nonsense is no challenge for anyone with an IQ over the mentally retarded level.

Several sites I read have linked to the video so their readers can see Russell tear into the news fools. Au contraire. The hosts are live TV pros who know what they do is ridiculed by all but it's fans. They rolled with the punches and played along, turning Russell's weak ass attempts at criticism into entertainment.

[MrPlum]

Have never taken to Brand. For a comedian he doesn't seem particularly funny. The laconic fidget did pretty well on both MSNBC Morning Joe and BBC's Question time. Melanie Philips was also doing well until she dropped into zionist warmongering mode and was rightly booed by the audience.

This piece by Brand in the Guardian shows he does have half a brain (which is double what I possess). He gives his thoughts on his two recent media appearances..

Russell Brand: what I made of Morning Joe and Question Time
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2013/ ... stion-time

[Homer]

This piece by Brand in the Guardian shows he does have half a brain (which is double what I possess). He gives his thoughts on his two recent media appearances..

Russell Brand: what I made of Morning Joe and Question Time
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2013/ ... stion-time

From the linked piece, written by Brand:
It's the unreal, sustained glitch in naturalism that makes this genre of TV disturbing to either watch or be on. The Lynchian subjugation of our humanity; warmth and humour, usurped by a sterile, pastel-coloured steel blade benignly thrust again and again into a grey brain.

Why is our culture behaving like this? How has this become normal? It is by no means an exclusively American phenomenon, though wherever you encounter it, there is something American about it.

The culture isn't behaving like this. TV, especially TV news, is on life support. The networks are doing whatever it takes* to keep the last remaining viewers**. Those viewers are deeply unrepresentative of the culture.

* In the TV biz, 'whatever it takes' is limited to what won't offend anyone, is like something they did before but which has been modified to slavishly imitate the version of it that's working best right now - even if the best is losing viewers every year.

** For May Morning Joe averaged 350,000 Total Viewers a day. 'Total Viewers' means someone over the age of 2 was in the room for part of the broadcast. The number for 25-54 yr olds, the audience advertisers care most about, is 105,000.