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The bbc, again.

kevlee said:
I have watched it over the years and think he's alright, plus he's been one of the selling points for the show - the cheeky ex-fruit and veg man. Unfortunately he's past his sell by date in terms of what you can and cant say, he is the Jeremy Clarkson of the food show.
I would suggest replacing him with Jim Bowen, but he's dead (God rest his soul)
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Conor McGregor will be looking for a new gig.
 
kevlee said:
I have watched it over the years and think he's alright, plus he's been one of the selling points for the show - the cheeky ex-fruit and veg man. Unfortunately he's past his sell by date in terms of what you can and cant say, he is the Jeremy Clarkson of the food show.
I would suggest replacing him with Jim Bowen, but he's dead (God rest his soul)
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Ah, good old sadly missed Bowen and Bullseye.

'Stay out of the black and in the red' would have meant something completely different at the BBC.
 
cryrst said:
Tbh I’m not his favourite fan but if you had watched him you will see he’s a bit of a joker. Quick witted and would seem to have told a few jokes at womens expense. Big deal and not one of his employees as yet have got a complaint against him. Storm in a teacup but obviously a front page story to keep something else off the front page. It’s the BBC ffs. s*** is or has happened and the woke will be wetting themselves about Greg
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I agree it is a storm in a teacup, but surely telling a rape joke in the company of women has never been acceptable.

Supposedly he had a few verbal warnings along the way, so he must have known he was making people uncomfortable - maybe that was his intention - so for him to now plead his innocence is a bit rich.

Also just for info none of the employees would have been his, they will work for the BBC. Many will be quite junior and lowly paid - it is difficult to voice a complaint in those circumstances. It's the standard imbalance of power and probably why most of the complaints are by the celebrities.
 
NMPalace said:
I agree it is a storm in a teacup, but surely telling a rape joke in the company of women has never been acceptable.

Supposedly he had a few verbal warnings along the way, so he must have known he was making people uncomfortable - maybe that was his intention - so for him to now plead his innocence is a bit rich.

Also just for info none of the employees would have been his, they will work for the BBC. Many will be quite junior and lowly paid - it is difficult to voice a complaint in those circumstances. It's the standard imbalance of power and probably why most of the complaints are by the celebrities.
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Have you spent your life only having tea with nuns?

These kind of jokes have been commonplace on comedy circuits for as long as I can remember......Maybe not on the PC 'pass the sugar' circuit but yeah. As a young man I did a few summer shifts in factories where the women would be bluer than anything.

While this guy has been a complete wally here I get what he means when he talks about 'middle class' women.....He comes from the market stalls....while they....well let's just say 'don't'.

Yeah, it's annoying when you get people like this but his manager should have pulled him aside and told him to rail it in long ago.......So he's going to get his comeuppance.

Where this guy has gone wrong is that he's not a stand up and these women haven't signed up for suggestive commentary. You'd think he could read the room, but apparently not.
 
Stirlingsays said:
Have you spent your life only having tea with nuns?

These kind of jokes have been commonplace on comedy circuits for as long as I can remember......Maybe not on the PC 'pass the sugar' circuit but yeah. As a young man I did a few summer shifts in factories where the women would be bluer than anything.

While this guy has been a complete wally here I get what he means when he talks about 'middle class' women.....He comes from the market stalls....while they....well let's just say 'don't'.

Yeah, it's annoying when you get people like this but his manager should have pulled him aside and told him to rail it in long ago.......So he's going to get his comeuppance.

Where this guy has gone wrong is that he's not a stand up and these women haven't signed up for suggestive commentary. You'd think he could read the room, but apparently not.
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Basically an idiot!
 
kevlee said:
I know I shouldn’t…… but imagine this on masterchef

https://twitter.com/x/status/1744062999764049927
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Yep, it's good natured p1ss taking and it's what a good comic should be doing. It's all about how it's done.....Obviously there is always a line, but that line is always shorter if the people there aren't there for the laugh.

Bob Monkhouse, Forsyth all the good comics they used as TV show hosts would do it.

With this guy it sounds a bit different....a bit creepy.

That said, it's still sounds like the 'I'll scream and scream until I'm sick' brigade.

A tw+at, twatted by the twats.
 
Leo Kearse's response to this nonsense kind of sums up why I reside somewhat in the middle here.......a kind of a plague on both their houses. I have time for some of his takes here....especially his defence of banter and his accusations of double standards in the media does carry some weight.

 
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Stirlingsays said:
Leo Kease's response to this nonsense kind of sums up why I reside somewhat in the middle here.......a kind of a plague on both their houses. I have time for some of his takes here....especially his defence of banter and his accusations of double standards in the media does carry some weight.

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Bloke is a prat trying desperately to make a name for himself.
 
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