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Brand and Ross Offensive? Eff Ofcom!
An offensive waste of money is what the public are saying. Apparently the comedic phone call made by Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross was offensive, and there is uproar that the license fee we all begrudge paying is funding distasteful entertainment.
I tell you what is distasteful, and it’s not Brand and Ross. The new prime time Saturday night TV show for BBC called Hole In The Wall is the most offensive waste of money I have ever come across and I for one am furious that such low quality entertainment was ever considered for broadcast.
At what point may I ask did some over paid executive think that a proposal for a game show where celebrities have to jump through a large person shaped hole in a slow moving wall was entertainment and worth spending our money on? Or that adding a swimming pool that they could fall in if they fail the task would add an element of tension! At least Russ and Jonny have functioning brain parts and a humorous streak that hasn’t been scripted by a nicotine stained former Red Coat.
The truth is it could have been made more interesting, simply by edging the hole with razor wire, or having a pack of rabid dogs chasing the contestants, or even putting a few alligators in the plunge pool of doom, should the poor celebrities not manage to step through a slow moving hole. Or a combination of all three. Oh hang on a minute – that’s I’m A Celebrity… isn’t it? Things have got bad for the television when in hindsight former tripe looks like quality entertainment in comparison.
