Comments on: Russell Brand takes his bawdy sense of humor a step too far this time

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By: RAN

RAN — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 13:20:33 +0000

Yeah, that’s pretty crappy all the way around. I heard that Ross actually made an in person apology to Sachs’ home. Things like that should be mentioned and expanded upon. I DO think it’s pretty ridiculous that the man (Ross) was suspended without pay for 3 months while there were plenty of others who could have stopped the program before it got out of control – but are still working. Sounds to me like he’s the sacrificial lamb in this case. In addition, he SHOULD have been allowed to issue his public apology – preventing that was absolutely f*cked up.

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By: geronimo

geronimo — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 10:58:00 +0000

Also, if he DOES comes back, it won’t be the same Ross.

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By: geronimo

geronimo — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 10:56:54 +0000

Re stupid prank, yes, that’s what it was, and the whole fiasco could have been avoided if the BBC wasn’t so contemptuous and arrogant. Two small points: Ross wanted to issue a public apology 2 days after the broadcast but the BBC blocked him. Not because they thought the apology wasn’t necessary but because, viewing figs in mind, they thought they could ride it out! And this is what caused the frenzy, ignited by that nasty little firestarter, the Daily Mail, who thrive on this type of thing, and it all escalated out of control. Not condoning for one minute what Ross & Brand did but it could have been managed and contained if the BBC suits weren’t such money-driven, arrogant ar*seholes.

I know it’s hard to expend energy on a situation where you don’t know the people and/or the set-up involved so thanks for listening, RAN! But I detest the BBC’s approach here and I hate them for deprving me, in particular, of Ross’s Sat morning radio show!

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By: RAN

RAN — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 20:34:33 +0000

Yeah, this is the kind of story I would like to see covered. We started with this article and could finish with the outcomes for both. Unfortunately, I don’t know enough about either of them to speak intelligently about the subject, but if you say Ross is pretty decent, I believe it. Wonder what made him go along with this? After reading about the way Brand quit, it seems that he too felt wretched about it all. It’s too bad all the way around. Just a stupid prank that went way out of control.

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By: geronimo

geronimo — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 14:14:55 +0000

RAN – very conflicted about this. Thing is, I love Ross, brilliant on both TV and radio, and I also really like Brand. Brand was the sacrificial lamb to some extent but his career, if anything, will be enhanced by this. Ross, on the other hand, may have f*d things up permanently. He’s on 3mth suspension without pay, has also lost a very prestigious gig on another channel and may not recover from this. The general consensus is that it’s just par for the course with Brand but Ross, older, more experienced and in receipt of licence-payers hard-earned to the tune of £18m should have had the judgement to know that this was never going to be acceptable. Still astonished that he was involved in this. I’m pretty sad about it all, to be honest.

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By: Jeanne

Jeanne — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 23:21:02 +0000

Just 2 out of control queens.

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By: Tabby

Tabby — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 21:18:42 +0000

@:ak
Oh God, Kids in the Hall, I loved that. ‘I squish your head!’ was recreated so many times in our college classes. Yes, we were immature

@:mae
It’s a shame, but not really a surprise, and I doubt he’s losing any sleep over it. I hear Ch4 are still quite avidly screening his stuff and will probably offer him a contract on something soon.

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By: mae

mae — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 21:02:37 +0000

It was just posted on the Daily mail that Brand has resigned from his BBC show…

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1080839/Brand-resigns-Radio-2-BBC-suspends-Ross-completely-unacceptable-prank-call.html

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