Hey! Something very strange is going on; the BBC is keen to drawn a big line under the 'prank' phonecall fiasco. Heads have rolled, stars have resigned or been suspended and...I can't help but feel that Radio 2 listeners (to Jonathan Ross's show on a Saturday morning) have lost out. But let's not go there because this debate could go on and on and on.
Anyway, anyway, it's OLD news now. Right?
Well, the Fawlty Towers connection ain't going away.
John Cleese, who played Manuel's boss (Andrew Sachs, in case you had forgotten!) has been promoting a programme on the Dave channel. No bad thing. Except poor Mr Cleese is feeling rather battered and bruised from his third divorce that is costing him a pretty penny, which is why he has to do work that doesn't fulfil him. Bet the PR people at Dave loved that!!!!
But what was the headline that grabbed media attention? Well, it wasn't his new programme. Nope. Mr Cleese has a lot to say on the matter of marriage (and having children) and believes that like dog licences, marriage should be renewed every five years. Well, if we still had dog licences, he'd have a point but they were phased out decades ago. It's so sad. He's such a comic genius yet he just sounds like a bitter old man now with another axe to grind.
But it got me thinking; should everything in life be made into a contract? Would it stop things like 'Manuelgate' happening? Would listeners and viewers have to sign a contract before turning on the airwaves? Hmmmm. In the meantime, marriage contacts definitely are NOT the answer. It's something that Madonna tried with husband Guy but that was a little one-sided and sounded like a long lists of do's and don'ts - for him. And how embarrassing that it should be revealed to the world!
However, this is not the point. I think this week can only end one way - we need to have a Fawlty Towers marathon on the BBC. Surely, what we all need is a jolly good laugh (and clearly NOT of the Russell Brand type...) so I propose they scrap the screening of the film Speeed (to replace Friday Night with Jonathan Ross - WTF?!) and give the nation what it really wants. A throwback to better times - no credit crunch, no celebrity overload where a girl's desire to be a porn star can result in a Commons debate, no freaky weather like snow in October due to climate change....
So, BBC programmers, if you're paying attention...open the vaults and let the show begin...
Woof Woof
As a matter of fact, if you were smarter, you would know how ineffective you are when you stoop this low.
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