Red nose day
Posted: 15 Mar 2007, 22:36
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Posted: 15 Mar 2007, 22:43
Random Event! Top notch write-up m'dear, glad those Top Gear boys didn't bully young Justine too much
Posted: 16 Mar 2007, 10:39
I hate Red Nose Day with a passion.
I refuse to be bullied by TV "stars" who earn a damn sight more than I do into parting with my cash. Especially when some of said "stars" are actually being paid to appear.
It's not that I object to charity, but I'll give what I want, when I want, to whichever charity I want. And not just because Lenny Bleeding Henry (to give him his full name) tells me to.
Last time I saw people rushing to give money to a dickhead dressed as Snoopy sitting in a bath of baked beans, while completely ignoring the Big Issue seller right next to him.
I refuse to be bullied by TV "stars" who earn a damn sight more than I do into parting with my cash. Especially when some of said "stars" are actually being paid to appear.
It's not that I object to charity, but I'll give what I want, when I want, to whichever charity I want. And not just because Lenny Bleeding Henry (to give him his full name) tells me to.
Last time I saw people rushing to give money to a dickhead dressed as Snoopy sitting in a bath of baked beans, while completely ignoring the Big Issue seller right next to him.
Posted: 16 Mar 2007, 12:09
Agree entirely. The BBC go completely overboard yet again, get so sick of this 'biggest ever' mentality. Heaven knows how much they spend on 'production costs'...I mean, do they really need 9 presenters FFS? Not to mention the fact that some Comic Relief related program seems to have been on virtually every night of the week so far.
'Has-been' celebrities trying to stay in the public eye and a corporation desperately trying to fill it's schedule and increase ratings. Unfortunately the objective of simply raising some money has long gone, now it always has to be more than the previous year. That big headline figure that they so desperately crave. Then 6 months until they do it all over again with Children In Need.
Combined, Comic Relief and Children In Need raise about £80m and we have a Government who have spent the best part of £10bn on Iraq/Afghan and want to spend £20bn+ of taxpayers money on Trident. It is just wrong.
'Has-been' celebrities trying to stay in the public eye and a corporation desperately trying to fill it's schedule and increase ratings. Unfortunately the objective of simply raising some money has long gone, now it always has to be more than the previous year. That big headline figure that they so desperately crave. Then 6 months until they do it all over again with Children In Need.
Combined, Comic Relief and Children In Need raise about £80m and we have a Government who have spent the best part of £10bn on Iraq/Afghan and want to spend £20bn+ of taxpayers money on Trident. It is just wrong.
Posted: 16 Mar 2007, 12:19
In a nutshell.Rise&Reverberate wrote:Combined, Comic Relief and Children In Need raise about £80m and we have a Government who have spent the best part of £10bn on Iraq/Afghan and want to spend £20bn+ of taxpayers money on Trident. It is just wrong.
Still, the kids just look at me in that 'oh no, the silly old fcukers ranting again' kinda way, so its easier to give them 2 quid each and send them on their way.
Posted: 16 Mar 2007, 14:54
... then there's the increased cost for the London olympics
most excellent review BTW ems sounded fun
most excellent review BTW ems sounded fun
Posted: 16 Mar 2007, 14:59
Plus there's the little tiny detail which of course bothers no one that charity has not made the world a better place, but as you were, carry on.
Posted: 16 Mar 2007, 16:58
In a nutshell.
Still, the kids just look at me in that 'oh no, the silly old fcukers ranting again' kinda way, so its easier to give them 2 quid each and send them on their way.
ditto, this seems to happen to me a lot these days.The ranting anyway.
Posted: 16 Mar 2007, 17:13
cannae f*ckin' stand it Posted: 16 Mar 2007, 17:16
Ethan won a cute teddy bear at his tombola, and now RND is his entire world. 
I'm fighting the long defeat.
I'm fighting the long defeat.
Posted: 16 Mar 2007, 18:53
Comic Relief..A contradiction in terms. So for one day people don red noses sit in a bath of baked beans and some has been t.v presenters get paid a bucket load of cash and show the world they are available for pantomime season a few months down the line!
Talk Sports late night host James Whale was once asked why he didn't take part in such events. He said he was asked, many times and on each occasion he asked how much he would be getting paid, the figure was in excess of FOUR GRAND. His response was to ask why would be people be getting paid such a huge figure when the whole thing was supposedly a charitable event? They always declined to answer.
This echoes the recent revelation that Terry Wogan was being paid shed loads of cash in much the same way - but unlike Whale he pocketed the money with out batting an eyelid.
And is it just sheer coincidence that leading up to or in the immediate aftermath of such an event certain 'show biz' entities suddenly have a new series on the t.v : a Mr Lenny Henry always springs to mind at this time of year - who just happens to be touring the country this very same month - And what about our 'popstars' who will be using the event to advertise a new single or just remind us they are about to go on tour soon or release some greatest hits album. And they still actually exist.
Years ago, around this time, the place was awash with red noses for cars, every shop sold some sort of red nose item, work places got into the spirit and iconic shows such as Black Adder did 'one off' specials. Now we have Vanessa Felps(?) and up until a couple of weeks ago..Jade Goody!!
The BBC, the phone companies ( note how many times they advertise texting tonite and the proportion of the money that actually goes to the charity) and the corporate sponsors make huge profits on nights like this.
Personally. I'm not gonna give a penny tonight. The BBC have increased the license fee once more to fund such garbage as this- So they can take it out of that. Cos charity begins at home, and that's where it's going to stay - my home.
Talk Sports late night host James Whale was once asked why he didn't take part in such events. He said he was asked, many times and on each occasion he asked how much he would be getting paid, the figure was in excess of FOUR GRAND. His response was to ask why would be people be getting paid such a huge figure when the whole thing was supposedly a charitable event? They always declined to answer.
This echoes the recent revelation that Terry Wogan was being paid shed loads of cash in much the same way - but unlike Whale he pocketed the money with out batting an eyelid.
And is it just sheer coincidence that leading up to or in the immediate aftermath of such an event certain 'show biz' entities suddenly have a new series on the t.v : a Mr Lenny Henry always springs to mind at this time of year - who just happens to be touring the country this very same month - And what about our 'popstars' who will be using the event to advertise a new single or just remind us they are about to go on tour soon or release some greatest hits album. And they still actually exist.
Years ago, around this time, the place was awash with red noses for cars, every shop sold some sort of red nose item, work places got into the spirit and iconic shows such as Black Adder did 'one off' specials. Now we have Vanessa Felps(?) and up until a couple of weeks ago..Jade Goody!!
The BBC, the phone companies ( note how many times they advertise texting tonite and the proportion of the money that actually goes to the charity) and the corporate sponsors make huge profits on nights like this.
Personally. I'm not gonna give a penny tonight. The BBC have increased the license fee once more to fund such garbage as this- So they can take it out of that. Cos charity begins at home, and that's where it's going to stay - my home.
Posted: 16 Mar 2007, 19:15
ITS ALL JUST A BUNCH OF EGO MASSAGING (o)(o) W4NK!
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in justin's defence.. he has neither album or tour to flog. he does have eurovision votes to win tomorrow night, but it's not exactly the same. noone's mind will be changed by 3 mins on top gear.
now then - see what my article provoked..
http://www.thedarknessrock.com/forum/in ... pic=3128.0
now then - see what my article provoked..
http://www.thedarknessrock.com/forum/in ... pic=3128.0
Posted: 16 Mar 2007, 22:03
I read that as emo massagingbushman*pm wrote:ITS ALL JUST A BUNCH OF EGO MASSAGING (o)(o) W4NK!
Shame really, the reality is far less exciting
Posted: 16 Mar 2007, 22:06
Our school allowed the students to wear a red nose.. for 20 minutes at breaktime and 40 at lunch.. and they were forbidden indoors.. and they had to pay £1 for the pleasure.
Seriously, apparently the school's never had a non-uniform day either. If they're trying to raise money, being rule-heavy bastards and asking for money from sponsored walks and things will not work, whereas 1800 students being told they're allowed to wear their own clothes for a quid WILL rake the cash in.
Idiot management staff.
Seriously, apparently the school's never had a non-uniform day either. If they're trying to raise money, being rule-heavy bastards and asking for money from sponsored walks and things will not work, whereas 1800 students being told they're allowed to wear their own clothes for a quid WILL rake the cash in.
Idiot management staff.
Posted: 16 Mar 2007, 22:15
I love the smell of greed and hypocrisy in the morning... 
Posted: 16 Mar 2007, 22:33
Phew. I now know for sure that I'm amongst good company.
It takes a lot of grit to stand up and admit a view against Red Blackmail Day and to see you lot doing so with a rather gorgeous gusto warms the cockles of my cockles. I'm also of the same mind for so many reasons and I've been repressing a rant since I saw this thread. I'll summarise it down to a couple of things:-
1) If people cared so much about these things then donations would drop in over the year on a regular basis, rather than just one day when it's more from a sense of "do it or else" rather than deep felt intention. Saying that they have n millions at the end of the night sounds great as a soundbite but spread over the year and averaged per capita it's clear that many feel the same as those on here.
2) The show itself is scarily lazy. Throwing stars into existing shows does little for either and the "let's all have fun" audience/studio bits are cringe inducing. To stretch a simple "Give if you want to" message over so many hours on one channel almost smacks of a yearly bout of hysteria.
3) I was going to drop in about people giving to charity absolving Government from responsibilities but the following does it so much better and should be applauded once more for the targeted succinctness:-
It takes a lot of grit to stand up and admit a view against Red Blackmail Day and to see you lot doing so with a rather gorgeous gusto warms the cockles of my cockles. I'm also of the same mind for so many reasons and I've been repressing a rant since I saw this thread. I'll summarise it down to a couple of things:-
1) If people cared so much about these things then donations would drop in over the year on a regular basis, rather than just one day when it's more from a sense of "do it or else" rather than deep felt intention. Saying that they have n millions at the end of the night sounds great as a soundbite but spread over the year and averaged per capita it's clear that many feel the same as those on here.
2) The show itself is scarily lazy. Throwing stars into existing shows does little for either and the "let's all have fun" audience/studio bits are cringe inducing. To stretch a simple "Give if you want to" message over so many hours on one channel almost smacks of a yearly bout of hysteria.
3) I was going to drop in about people giving to charity absolving Government from responsibilities but the following does it so much better and should be applauded once more for the targeted succinctness:-
Me ? I'll watch the TOTP/Top Gear hybrid but the rest can go languish in the depths of tv & emotional blackmail hell from whence it annually emerges........Rise&Reverberate wrote:Combined, Comic Relief and Children In Need raise about £80m and we have a Government who have spent the best part of £10bn on Iraq/Afghan and want to spend £20bn+ of taxpayers money on Trident. It is just wrong.
Posted: 16 Mar 2007, 22:39
i'm at the front during all the band bits.
Posted: 16 Mar 2007, 23:02
***a work in progess***
Posted: 16 Mar 2007, 23:05
I'm watching..........who were you infront of?emilystrange wrote:i'm at the front during all the band bits.
Posted: 16 Mar 2007, 23:10
travis, supergrass, justin. the stage, not round the talking bits.
Posted: 16 Mar 2007, 23:12
Right......OK........I hope you were on your tippie toes so we can see youemilystrange wrote:travis, supergrass, justin. the stage, not round the talking bits.
Posted: 16 Mar 2007, 23:29
emilystrange wrote:i'm at the front during all the band bits.
That means you've been to a Mcfly Gig Posted: 16 Mar 2007, 23:32
Aye, just saw youemilystrange wrote:travis, supergrass, justin. the stage, not round the talking bits.
Posted: 16 Mar 2007, 23:32
well i saw me! fleetingly.. and the back of mr s's shirt collar..