[Uglybob]

During the weekend and today i was slightly a bit peeved by television viewers. 500 people telephoned the switchboard complaining about Robbie Williams show for swearing. <br><br>After the 9pm watershed you are allowed to whatever you want. That is how the watershed works. So why did these people complain for? Because they got nothing else better to do with their lives than to ring up a telephone line and yap for all their worth. do you really think the bbc and for that matter the switchboard operators give a fudge. nope. Still 500 less than Brass Eye, which was another good show. You dont get 500 complaints about Blind Date being so goddamn awful. Why? surely that would be a more worthy cause. This show has been going since the early 80's and is about as interesting as watching a fly sitting on a sandwich.<br><br> They gotta remind themselves that a television is just a box in the corner and that theres a thing called a remote to switch off or switch over. <br><br>The main reason why comedy shows are so crap now is because of political correctness. The League Of Gentleman seems to be the only comedy now that doesnt care. If Fawlty Towers was made now, the German episode would never be made cos it might offend Germans. There was a show celebrating the talent of Dick Emery on Sunday night. The people on that said it would be percieved now as political incorrect. But i laughed at the sketches, isnt that not what the point of comedy is. Nowadays we get The Sketch Show and TV to Go. The less said about these shows the better i think.<br><br>The thing is: Do you know anyone who has actually rang up to complain cos i havent. They must be the same inbred people who want to watch programmes like Heartbeat and Monarch of the Glen.<br><br>For Gods Sake: Complainers chill out

[Guest]

Why don't you phone up to complain about blind date?  And then give me the number and I'll do the same.

[Uglybob]

and on a similar thing, im getting addicted to dial-a-date. might have something to do with the foxy presenter

[Guest]

nice one bob i agree entirely with both posts. though i only occasionally catch dial a date. utter shite, but you love it because it's interesting to observe the strange characters,  & laugh at, the people on it:)<br><br>i do have to point out the irony about complaining about the complainers, but you're bloody right. flippin spoon fed sensitive bastard watchers with nothing else to do other than complain.

Do you know anyone who has actually rang up to complain cos i havent

listen to some late night talksport; you may hear some of these strange people in action. i heard ian collins calling some bloke a wanker last night. twas very funny. especially as the bloke was complaining about how much the show had declined recently, and i wanted to point out that his call had only but made the show much more interesting and gripping because he was such a uptight, argumentative arsehole it made great radio to listen to.

[gem]

<br><br>Help I'm lost!!<br><br>No, wait sorry...help I'm geographically dislocated!!

[Everlast]

yes yes yes * yes Bob and Monkey you are soooooo * right its a shame that Moyles is tide up with the BBC because they are soooooo politcally correct. I'd love to hear Moyles on Talksport doing a Collins, Boyd and Whale style show(I reckon Moyles will join talksport in the next 10 years)<br><br>P.s. i just started listening to Ian Collins(coz i normally turn off after Whaley) and he does some brilliant phone-ins.

[Guest]

yeah, i just started a bit with collins. only heard two shows (bits) . dr assures me it's a slippery slope to insomnia listening to that programme. fec it, i'm already there

[Everlast]

Truesay i'm getting there but then again i start work at 2:30pm aaaaaaaaaaaagh lay in <br><br>I just see Boyd Hilton in Liquid news and he is a bald AssClown

[Guest]

Whale had a go the other night. people who complian about Tv programmes cannot have lives. the moral middle england which complain about this have had sense of humour and irony bypasses which get the juices of the press going. At the end of the day the papers get it wrong more times than the telly, unless you take into consieration Carlton!¬!!

[Guest]

Look at it the other way, at least these people aren't doing anything worse with their lives.  And if people didn't complain about TV, what would we complain about?  

[Uglybob]

well its not my usual to say YES!!! to somebodys death but alas i have to say YEAH MARY WHITEHOUSE IS DEAD HURRAH.

[Guest]

yeah. we need to chill. i did think it was quite amusing how were complaining about how people complain too much at the start of this topic but it is true that tabloid newspapers can be * bastards at times. though admittedly it'd be shit boring if people didnt do anything stupid or didnt write exagerated stories etc

[the_dr]

America has Bin Laden, Christianity has Satan and until today alternative comedy had Mary Whitehouse. It's very sad shes died - now who do keeps us on our toes, eh? <br><br>I agree with all the above comments - just chill. The Brass Eye Special was a superb commentry on media hysteria - demonstrated in the days after it was broadcast. Where would Britain be without the Daily Mail and Mary Whitehouse? In MORAL DECLINE thats where.<br><br>Lastly, I'd like to see Moyles do talkSPORT but I doubt he will. Collins is a good middle of the night lighthearted show. Similar in style to Moyles but neither of them copied - OK!