russell brand - C or D?

no i know you were being sarcastic but presumably the bbc thinks he's worth that, and he has the ratings to back it up...which is what i'm wtf about.

"If you give me your watch, I'll give you this drinks coaster with a picture of Ricky Gervais on it"

i mean eg i don't even know what's supposed to be funny about this?

he is suggesting that the coaster is as valuable as the watch!!!!!!!!!

No you don't understand, Ricky Gervais coaster is the name of my dog!

That's worth 18 million quid of anyone's money(xp)

how much did they used to pay Wogan? and he didn't even need a desk

Anyone mentioned the licence fee yet?

how much did they used to pay Wogan?

Far too much

I remember thinking Jonathan Ross was OK but that was in 1988 or somnething.

i think he can be funny. but he's not worth £6m of the license fee each year, especially when the beeb is stripping back its news department. if ross is worth that on the open market, let itv or channel 4 or sky pay it.

Ross was new in 1988, and OK in 1990. He is abysmal and unbearable now.

I find it bizarre that a 47-year-old married man, and father of 2 or 3 or whatever, could partake in this disgusting, scumbag activity. But one should not be surprised by anything, re. Ross and Brand. They are scumbags. They lazily mock others, they sail the BBC and British culture into the gutter, they pick up huge salaries for it, and they laugh. They are scum.

I'd be surprised if any of this actually took place at all.

But hey, It's A Good Story and it gets Andrew Sachs publicity!

Still, his wife _does_ have amazing tits.

Ross, not Sachs.

I have no idea what Sachs' wife looks like.

I foresee a career revival for 78-year-old Sachs off the back of this episode

presenting Bargain Hunt

Why were they wanting him on Russell Brand's show in the first place if it wasn't for "lol he shagged your grand-daughter" related roffles?

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it's good that he got to have sex with that girl though

then he let us sniff his finger

I mean, obviously that was the only reason they phoned him, but doesn't he have an agent or something? Why on earth would Andrew Sachs, who IMDB tells me hasn't done anything for ages, think going on Russell Brand's show was going to be about him?

I really don't think this is about raising Sachs profile.

Quite possibly Andrew Sachs doesn't know who Brand is beyond some basic recognition of his face & name, I mean Sachs is an old guy.

my sachs profile was certainly raised looking at pictures of the granddaughter

bdoom tish

No, it was about having a cheap laugh at his expense. Which they did. And were going to whether he complied or was involved, I imagine. I just don't quite get why he initially said he would appear as a guest on, of all things, Russell Brand's show. Is he doing the rounds of the chat shows for any reason just now?

xxpost that's why I was wondering about his agent's role in all of this.

has russell brand got a daughter yet?

Probably.

poor things

He shoots blanks. I think I'll phone up Jonathan Ross and tell him this.

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Why do you say these things Wossy? Because 1) you have a big mouth and an overinflated sense of importance, 2) you have shit writers (three of whom are pictured on the cover of the above book), 3) somehow the BBC thinks you're worth £6M a year. A potty mouthed radio show, a mediocre film review show, and a chat show where you don't actually let the interviewees get a word in edgeways? "Friday Night with Jonathan Ross" is a long step down from "Parkinson", or even that Bentley totalling edjit Wogan. The BBC is unaware that they could show anything on a Friday night and people would watch. But soon they're going to realise that they could stick Alan Titchmarsh in that chair and save a whole load of money.

i vote snoball for ross' slot

"Slot". Hyuk hyuk hyuk. D'you heaw that Wussell, he said "slot".

Nah, I'd be too expensive. Get a schoolboy to do it instead.

Actually, I vote this guy:

Found next year's Eurovision entry as well.

i turned louis's link off at the chorus. it was too catchy, and i can imagine myself singing it aloud in mixed company.

I'm singing the chorus to myself right now!

i'm using an ar... um yeah, right now

I listened to this show, it was pretty funny actually.
The story behind it all was that Sachs was lined up for an interview to promote an appearance on a special episode of The Bill or something. When they called him up, presumably at an arranged time, they got his answer machine.
Odd thing is, the show wasn't live, it was a pre-record, so it all could have been edited out.

I'm glad it wasn't though. I mean, it was a nasty, cunty thing to do, sure, it was also funny.

Hilarious

How do I get that song LJ posted to be my ringtone?

You might like the related videos. "Fucksticks" especially.

ask ashley cole?

xpost

I'm glad it wasn't though. I mean, it was a nasty, cunty thing to do, sure, it was also funny.

what was funny about it

YEah, leaving abusive messages on a 78 year old's answering machine is hilarious.

You might like the related videos. "Fucksticks" especially.

lol, still not as knob obsessed as Ross though.

I'd be interested to know the number of complaints the BBC received immediately after the broadcast compared with the number they received after it was spread all over the Mail on Sunday.

Fairly typical Rag Week humour aimed at a Rag Week audience - I didn't find it funny but nor did I find it particularly offensive.

But then the Mail publishes the whole thing in lurid detail and suddenly there's a scandal, rebukes etc.

Seems fairly clear to me who the actual "villains" are in this case.

Ross and Brand?

No one would have given a toss about any of this had the Mail not decided to make an issue out of it because of their long-standing vested interests in getting rid of/privatising the BBC.

But Tabloids Need Good Stories and especially Good Headlines!