Should Johnathon Ross be finally sacked after his latest out-rage?

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 6:44 am

Johnathon Ross has out-raged the public yet again afer coming so close to losing his job in the 'Andrew Sachs' scandel but this time, his victem is an 80 year old suffering with Alzheimer's. I for one really have had enough!! Click on the link to play his sick jibe.

Jonathan Ross does sick OAP sex gag on Radio 2 | News | News Of The World

Ross does sick OAP sex gag

BBC Radio2 scandal: We reveal 80-year-old at centre DJ's jibe has Alzheimer's

By Adam Thorn, Guy Basnett, Phil Taylor & Dan Wootton, 25/01/2009

THE FOUL mouth of shamed Jonathan Ross put his BBC career on a new knife-edge yesterday—just minutes after he returned to Radio 2 from his three-month suspension.

The mega-bucks star’s crude joke about sex with an 80-year-old woman infuriated listeners.

And last night as it emerged that the woman is a REAL PERSON with ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE there were mounting calls for Ross to be SACKED from his £6 million-a-year job.

The shocking blunder came while ad-libbing on air with producer Andy Davies about an elderly woman neighbour then urging him to “give her one last night”.

Jonathan Ross's sick sex slur, as broadcast on Radio 2, Jan 24

They were a mere eight minutes and 35 seconds into yesterday’s big comeback show following Ross’s Beeb ban over the Sachsgate scandal, when he and comedian Russell Brand left filthy phone messages for 78-year-old actor Andrew Sachs.

It came just after 10 o’clock in the morning when families and children were listening.

Ross, 48, and freelance 43-year-old Davies had been discussing how they spent their time during the suspension.

Davies said he did some bricklaying in the garden of his villa in Spain but kept getting grabbed by a frisky 80-year-old woman.

Ross finished up by declaring: “Eighty, oh God! I think you should, just for charity.

“Give her one last night, will you? One last night before the grave. Would it kill you?”

The banter ended abruptly there without any explanation. The Ting Tings’ record That’s Not My Name was played and the pair did not return to the story afterwards.

It’s not known if Ross was ordered to stop the sequence.

But reaction was swift. Tory MP David Davies was listening to the show with his young children and demanded the BBC immediately sack Ross.

He raged: “On Radio 2 you don’t expected X-rated references to sex, and especially sex with an 80-year-old, during the day.

“I was listening with my kids to this. There’s a place for humour but it has to be appropriate to the time of the day. And that clearly wasn’t.

John Whittingdale, Tory Culture chief

There is an argument the BBC shouldn't employ him

“He should have gone ages ago. There’s no way this man should be on the air. He needs to be replaced now!

“It’s obscene, especially given the amount of money Ross is being paid. It could also be highly offensive to this woman if she’s a real person.”

Last night at producer Davies’s home near Granada in Southern Spain his wife Abigail—who listened to the broadcast there—confirmed that the pensioner DOES exist.

She said: “It’s very sad because she has Alzheimer’s Disease. She takes a fancy to any man in the street and tries to kiss them.”

Giggling, she added: “I shouldn’t be laughing because, as I say, it’s very sad, and she doesn’t really realise what she’s doing.

“I sometimes walk her home because she gets confused about where she is.”

Meanwhile former Home Secretary David Blunkett called for Ross’s pay to be docked as a result of this latest incident. He said: “It’s time for Ross to donate some of his salary to charity.”

Regular Radio 2 listener Nigel Langstone, 43, from Leamington, Warwickshire, was furious over Ross’s comments and said: “I couldn’t believe what I was hearing.

Ex Home Sec David Blunkett

It’s time for Ross to donate some of his salary to charity

“He gets kicked off air for three months for hounding an old man with disgusting comments about his grand-daughter.

“Then virtually the first thing he does after getting back is start telling a gag about sex with an 80-year-old woman. How insensitive can you be?

“It just shows he’s learned absolutely nothing and is a loose cannon who can’t be controlled.

“What’s worse is that the exchange happened with his own producer—the man who’s supposed to control him.

“The BBC is totally OUT of control. They’ve no idea how much offence they’re causing.

“Ross should be taken off air immediately. He’s a timebomb waiting to go off.”

Ross’s latest gaffe came a day after BBC bosses heavily censored his comeback TV show, Friday Night with Jonathan Ross.

Mediawatch director John Beyer

Jokes like this are not on. He should have gone months ago

Mediawatch, which campaigns for “socially responsible broadcasting”, last night joined the call for the star to go.

Director John Beyer said: “Making jokes like this is not acceptable. He should have gone three months ago and I haven’t changed my view.”

But Sir Michael Lyons, chairman of the BBC Trust, refused to condemn Ross. He even declined to listen to a transcript of the crass comments and said: “You’re not going to expect me to make any comment on this, are you?”

BBC Director-General Mark Thompson — on £816,000 a year of licence-payers money — REFUSED to discuss the incident and hung up on us.

Later the corporation defended Ross in a statement which said: “Regular listeners will be familiar with Jonathan’s irreverence and innuendo.

Sir Michael Lyons, BBC Trust chairman

You don’t expect me to comment on this, do you?

“This light-hearted exchange contained no offensive language, named no individuals and there was clearly no intention to offend anyone.”

But Ross himself was clearly embarrassed as he tried to wriggle out of his latest gaffe when he was confronted by the News of the World at his £3 million home in Hampstead, North London, last night.

At first his wife Jane answered the door and insisted he had done nothing wrong. But when we asked if Ross was hiding behind his wife he came to the door and said: “I hope no one has been upset by the show.

“It was a kind of light-hearted remark about giving her a cuddle.

“It wasn’t ‘give her one’—I meant, ‘Give her one last cuddle.’ You know there was no malice intended. There was no harm intended, OK?”

That was at 5.30pm. But two hours later he issued a statement through his public relations expert attempting to wriggle yet further and shift the blame.

Tory MP David Davies

There’s no way this man should be on air. It’s obscene

His second version of what happened said: “It was a spontaneous, light-hearted remark made in response to an anecdote set in Spain, where no one was named or ever likely to hear the broadcast.

“As far as I was concerned, the story may even have been apocryphal or exaggerated for comedic purposes, as is common practice on radio and comedy shows across the country.

"Absolutely no offence to any individual was intended and, if the media wasn’t hell bent on stirring up controversy, I’m sure none would be taken.”

In fact, the story was completely ACCURATE, as confirmed by Andy Davies’s wife.

She also contradicted Ross by pointing out that she—like thousands of other ex-pats who listen in on the internet—heard the whole show perfectly clearly at her Spanish home.

PREVIOUS VICTIM: Sachs, 78Strangely her husband, who commutes from Spain to London, last night claimed in a statement issued through Radio 2 and approved by senior BBC bosses: “It is completely untrue to suggest that I was referring to a real individual on the programme, nor would I have told such a story about anyone suffering from dementia.

"The story was poetic licence based on the warm and affectionate behaviour experienced in Spanish village life. I did not identify an individual because there isn’t one.”

Yet three hours earlier, in a phone interview with the News of the World, his wife Abigail had confirmed she actually KNOWS the woman, she DOES have Alzheimer’s and even gave us the pensioner’s name.

She is well-known to locals but we are keeping her identity secret to protect her privacy.

The smut they cut

JONATHAN Ross’s TV comeback had to be CLEANED UP before it was broadcast on Friday after he made a series of foul-mouthed gaffes.

Worried execs cut a string of smutty remarks during Friday Night With Jonathan Ross—back on screen for the first time since his three-month suspension.

A record 5.1 million viewers tuned in to see the 48-year-old’s TV return with guests Tom Cruise, Stephen Fry and Lee Evans.

But they saw a toned down version of the show in which Wossy apologised for his part in the obscene phone calls scandal.

Today, the News of the World can reveal the comments that had to be deleted.

First Ross ticked off comic Lee for swearing, calling him a “*********g foul-mouth”.

WOSSY ON ABOUT? Jonathan chats to Cruise

Then he launched into four-letter and smutty jokes during Tom Cruise’s interview.

He said: “F**k you” when the Hollywood superstar teasingly asked if Ross would appear on US TV if Cruise were to host a chat show.

Later he asked Tom to feel his biceps, making a crude sexual reference to why one arm was bigger than the other.

All references to Sachsgate partner-in-crime Russell Brand were also cut.

At one stage his photo appeared on the studio video screens prompting Ross to joke: “No, no, my life is flashing before my eyes.”

He also told Cruise: “Let’s go out in town and get suspended,” if he wanted more time off.

A stunned audience member said: “Jonathan has clearly not learned his lesson. He was as crude and foul-mouthed as ever.”

Last night a BBC spokeswoman would only say: “The show goes through the same editorial process as every BBC programme.”

Mediawatch praised the BBC for removing offensive content. Director John Beyer said: “I am glad they have taken a stand.”

IS BEEB RIGHT TO KEEP HIM?

CULTURE chief John Whittingdale questioned last whether the BBC should continue their relationship with Ross after his latest shame.

He said: “The question is: Are the BBC going to employ Jonathan Ross at all? We all know that is what he does. There may be an argument that they shouldn’t be employing him at all.

“If they are, then they’re going to have that sort of behaviour. It’s a core of what he does–pushing the boundaries.

Mr Whittingdale, Tory chairman of Parliament’s Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee, added: “The BBC need to decide whether or not they want to be in that market.

“They need to make a judgment about whether or not they want to be there.”

Galbally · Post by **Galbally** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 9:13 am

YES! I'm appalled and outraged, cut the %uck*ng c*nts b%lls off! :yh_rotfl

Seriously, as for his TV show who gives a crap? Mainstream TV has slowly become complete nonsense, haven't you noticed?

We have bigger things to worry about right now don't you think. He is just another shallow offensive idiot in my opinion, so what? Most TV is made up of people like that, its taken far too seriously, and most of the people you hear on TV are not really that clever, so I just don't watch mainstream TV, cause its just all annoying shyte.

Though watching an interview Parkinson did with John Mortimer in 1979 made me realize it wasn't always like that. Anyway, its not all bad, so if you must, just watch something decent on a better channel, or even better just switch it off, watching it is voluntary. Celebrities are like gods, if you stop paying attention to them, they disappear, honestly.

If you wanted to make some money though, you could always just do a new series where you get annoying b-list celebrities put them in the stocks in trafalgar sqaure and get foreign tourists to throw vegetables at them for prizes. Now thats a format.

As for the Radio thing, yeah, fire him. I love radio, well proper radio. :-6

OpenMind · Post by **OpenMind** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 1:40 pm

I have never liked Ross since I first saw him on TV. I have no idea why people found him funny. There was nothing about his gags or anything else that has even brought a glimmer of a smile to my face. FG makes me laugh. Ross does nothing for me. He's just a complete and utter wanker.

Post by **Betty Boop** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 2:58 pm

Galbally;1118181 wrote: YES! I'm appalled and outraged, cut the %uck*ng c*nts b%lls off! :yh_rotfl

Seriously, as for his TV show who gives a crap? Mainstream TV has slowly become complete nonsense, haven't you noticed?

We have bigger things to worry about right now don't you think. He is just another shallow offensive idiot in my opinion, so what? Most TV is made up of people like that, its taken far too seriously, and most of the people you hear on TV are not really that clever, so I just don't watch mainstream TV, cause its just all annoying shyte.

Though watching an interview Parkinson did with John Mortimer in 1979 made me realize it wasn't always like that. Anyway, its not all bad, so if you must, just watch something decent on a better channel, or even better just switch it off, watching it is voluntary. Celebrities are like gods, if you stop paying attention to them, they disappear, honestly.

If you wanted to make some money though, you could always just do a new series where you get annoying b-list celebrities put them in the stocks in trafalgar sqaure and get foreign tourists to throw vegetables at them for prizes. Now thats a format.

As for the Radio thing, yeah, fire him. I love radio, well proper radio. :-6

My telly spends more time off than on, the radio is generally on now when I would have normally had the television on.

I went out last night, to a local night club, every twenty minutes they kept advertising the fact that they have managed to book Coolio to come to the club in February. Whoopeee dooo, I'll be washing my hair that night......

As for Jonathon (I love myself) Ross, sooner he goes the better, but then what other gormless git will they replace him with!

el guapo · Post by **el guapo** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 3:06 pm

ban him he was never funny

Galbally · Post by **Galbally** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 3:17 pm

I watched QI last night on BBC 2

Now that was funny. :-6

Galbally · Post by **Galbally** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 3:24 pm

Hey guess what, that show LOST is back...........

Unfortunately, they are still lost. :yh_rotfl

Galbally · Post by **Galbally** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 3:27 pm

Also, how did they get out of that Prison in that Prison break thing, well its over now I hear, but sure once they actually broke out of prison it was always going to be downhill from there wasn't it???

The ladies like the prison guy though.

Why do women like prison guys?

What is that about?

Also, I say andrew lloyd webber for a minute last night on the telly, he is still creepy I see.

Post by **Betty Boop** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 3:27 pm

Galbally;1118357 wrote: I watched QI last night on BBC 2

Now that was funny. :-6

Will have to look out for the repeat.

Galbally · Post by **Galbally** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 3:28 pm

Also, not strictly TV, but Air Force One was on the telly last night

I had never seen it

I watched it for half an hour

Its a comedy right???

Galbally · Post by **Galbally** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 3:29 pm

Betty Boop;1118362 wrote: Will have to look out for the repeat.

It was all things kinda French related, though there was a bit of spain in there as well, love that show.

Galbally · Post by **Galbally** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 3:30 pm

Betty Boop;1118362 wrote: Will have to look out for the repeat.

I don't know when the repeat is, but that lad from Jonathan Creek got minus 39! :yh_rotfl

Post by **Betty Boop** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 3:32 pm

Galbally;1118366 wrote: I don't know when the repeat is, but that lad from Jonathan Creek got minus 39! :yh_rotfl

minus 39 :yh_rotfl

no idea who the lad from Jonathon Creek is :wah: does that mean I lack culture??

:D

Galbally · Post by **Galbally** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 3:49 pm

Betty Boop;1118367 wrote: minus 39 :yh_rotfl

no idea who the lad from Jonathon Creek is :wah: does that mean I lack culture??

:D

Yeah, you is like well uncultured and that, init. :yh_rotfl

Galbally · Post by **Galbally** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 3:49 pm

His name is alan someone, he is mildly funny, and quite charming I suppose.

Post by **Betty Boop** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 3:52 pm

Galbally;1118371 wrote:

Yeah, you is like well uncultured and that, init. :yh_rotfl

:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl You been on the laughing gas Galls

Galbally · Post by **Galbally** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 4:11 pm

Betty Boop;1118374 wrote: :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl You been on the laughing gas Galls

Actually, I am a bit sick and I am on medication, so my brain is a bit scrambled, apologies if I seem a bit...........odd tonight! :wah:

Post by **Betty Boop** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 4:15 pm

Galbally;1118382 wrote: Actually, I am a bit sick and I am on medication, so my brain is a bit scrambled, apologies if I seem a bit...........odd tonight! :wah:

:wah: It's all good, I remember a playful funny Galbally from back along

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 4:18 pm

Alan Davis and his side-kick was 'Caroline Quentine'.

Galbally · Post by **Galbally** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 4:39 pm

oscar;1118388 wrote: Alan Davis and his side-kick was 'Caroline Quentine'.

Yeah, thats him, the curly lad. :wah:

Galbally · Post by **Galbally** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 4:40 pm

Betty Boop;1118385 wrote: :wah: It's all good, I remember a playful funny Galbally from back along

I know, then they made me do this PhD and I got all serious, I need to kick back and just start taking the p*ss again. :wah:

Post by **Betty Boop** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 4:47 pm

Galbally;1118403 wrote: I know, then they made me do this PhD and I got all serious, I need to kick back and just start taking the p*ss again. :wah:

Tell me about it, this degree is making me toooo serious too! :yh_rotfl

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 9:14 am

Can we get back to the thread please Mrs Whoopy Doo and gallstones?

I think Johnathon Ross should be banned :-5

Post by **Betty Boop** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 10:19 am

oscar;1118714 wrote: Can we get back to the thread please Mrs Whoopy Doo and gallstones?

I think Johnathon Ross should be banned :-5

So do I, are you calling me Mrs 'Whoopy doo' Mrs??? :-2

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 10:25 am

Betty Boop;1118824 wrote: So do I, are you calling me Mrs 'Whoopy doo' Mrs??? :-2

Yes, and 'Doopy Whoop' Mrs. cos it's cute :yh_rotfl

Post by **Betty Boop** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 10:29 am

oscar;1118833 wrote: Yes, and 'Doopy Whoop' Mrs. cos it's cute :yh_rotfl

:wah: ok then.... just don't call me 'nice' :rolleyes:

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 10:32 am

Sack him, says the son of Jonathan Ross's latest victim as he makes sick joke about Alzheimer's sufferer

By Sam Greenhill and Colin Fernandez

Last updated at 10:44 AM on 26th January 2009

Comments (375) Add to My Stories Back on air: Jonathan Ross leaving home yesterday to present his Radio 2 show

The family of an 86-year-old Alzheimer's sufferer condemned Jonathan Ross yesterday after he cracked a joke about having sex with her.

The disgraced broadcaster marked his return to his BBC Radio 2 show with the crude gag which immediately revived calls for him to be sacked.

Elderly Francisca Guzman's son expressed deep hurt that his frail mother, who has had dementia for three years, was the butt of Ross's joke.

Jose Maria Moreno said: 'It is offensive. My mother's mental health should not be a subject for comedy and Ross should be sacked.

'What he said is unforgivable and offensive. I don't understand how he can continue working for an organisation like the BBC.'

The remarks came only eight minutes and 35 seconds into Saturday's comeback radio show after Ross's three-month suspension following the Andrew Sachs scandal.

Ross, who earns £6million a year, and his producer Andy Davies were discussing how they had spent their time during the suspension.

Mr Davies, 43, said he had done some bricklaying in the garden of his villa in Spain but kept getting grabbed by a frisky 80-year-old woman.

He said: 'There's a woman in the village who's getting on a bit, keeps trying to kiss me. Older woman, very older woman. She keeps grabbing me.

'Every time I see her now I have to run indoors. She's apparently got a thing for younger men. She must be about 80, I reckon.'

Ross declared: 'Eighty, oh God! I think you should, just for charity. Give her one last night, will you? One last night before the grave. Would it kill you?'

Although Mrs Guzman was not named, she is well known in the Andalusian village of Conchar, near Granada, where Mr Davies has his villa.

Jonathan Ross arriving at the BBC's Western House Studios to present his first Radio 2 show since returning from a three-month suspension

Production buddies: Andy Davies with Jonathan Ross

Her 44-year-old son, who gave up his job to care for his elderly parents, said: 'My mother has bad circulation so she likes to go out for walks alone.

'She is very friendly and if she thinks she knows a person she will give them a kiss, which is normal in Spain. But she doesn't hassle people.

'I don't know Mr Davies personally. I have seen him around the village and say hello to him. I don't understand why he would want to make jokes about my mother. I have never even heard of Jonathan Ross.'

A neighbour said: 'Everyone here knows Francisca. It's very sad as she has serious mental health issues so will speak to everyone she comes across in the street. It's certainly not a laughing matter.'

Jonathan Ross with Russell Brand:The prank calls made to Andrew Sachs by the pair were "an act of broadcasting madness", said Director of BBC Vision Jana Bennett

Trouble: Ross leaves his Hampstead Garden Suburb home with his daughter Betty Kitten

Last night there were new calls for Ross to be sacked. Tory MP David Davies said: 'There is a place for humour but it has to be appropriate to the time of the day. And that clearly wasn't.'

Mediawatch director John Beyer said: 'Jokes like this are not on. He should have gone months ago.'

After the scandal broke, Mr Davies claimed that the woman he was talking about was not real.

He said in a statement: 'The story was poetic licence based on the warm and affectionate behaviour in Spanish village life. I did not identify an individual because there isn't one.'

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But Mr Moreno said: 'I have no doubt they were speaking about my mother.'

Ross told the News of the World yesterday: 'Absolutely no offence to any individual was intended.

'It was a spontaneous, light-hearted remark made in response to an anecdote set in Spain, where no one was named or ever likely to hear the broadcast.

'As far as I was concerned, the story may even have been apocryphal or exaggerated for comedic purposes.'

The BBC said it had received 25 complaints.

Ross's TV comeback on Friday evening drew more than five million viewers. A total of 5.1million people tuned in to watch him interview comedian Lee Evans, Stephen Fry and Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise.

Before he went off air, just 3.49 million people watched the show.

A BBC spokesman said: 'Andy Davies has made it clear to us that he was not talking about any one individual, but was using poetic licence to tell a story.

'Nothing broadcast by the BBC would allow the public to link the story to one individual because there wasn't one. It is the News of the World that has sought to link the story to one person and has brought this lady to the public's attention.'

The full shocking transcriptAndy Davies: There’s a woman in the village who’s getting on a little bit, keeps trying to kiss me. Older woman. Very older woman. So I’m trying to do my brick work work and she keeps coming up. Chatting away to me. Can’t understand a word she says. And she keeps grabbing me. Every time I see her I have to run indoors.

Jonathan Ross: She actually grabs you.

Davies: Hmmm.

Ross: And how powerful is the kiss that she attempts?

Davies: She’s apparently got a thing for younger men.

Ross: Good heavens above. It must be slim pickings in that village.

Davies: So I’m there with my trowel in my hand.

Ross: Well that’s the thing right there.

Davies: That’s what it is. I haven’t got the belt.

Ross: You can picture it now, ladies and gentlemen. Him sitting out there stripped to the waist, hey. Stripped to the waist. Trowel in one hand, hey, lump of cement in the other. Looking magnificent

Chezzie · Post by **Chezzie** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 10:49 am

I like him, I find his show funny and although I feel his comments of late are wrong, I personally don't wish him to be sacked cos then their wouldn't be wossy on Friday nights and their bugger all else on...Make him work with people with Alzheimer's and also give a humongous donation to charity.

BTW, my beloved nan had Alzheimer's and its an awful disease and I am in no way condoning his sick joke.

Galbally · Post by **Galbally** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 11:51 am

oscar;1118714 wrote: Can we get back to the thread please Mrs Whoopy Doo and gallstones?

I think Johnathon Ross should be banned :-5

Yeah, who are you calling gallstones Mrs Boxcar? :yh_rotfl

Sure, just ban him from intelligent programming, put him on the sad old man trying to be edgy channel, or the Sky 12-year old sex channel or something.

I don't really care Oscar, mainstream TV is nonsense, ignore it, the fact people take it so seriously is the problem, not the parade of idiots that it throws at us constantly. In general the BBC is still Brilliant in general as an organization, its just that BBC1 has to compete with Sky one and ITV and all those BS channels, they should stop doing that.

I say just free the BBC from having to play this stupid ratings game, sack some of the editors and allow the corporation to follow a remit that it actually is doing something beneficial for the public. Never, never, never allow them to commericalize it, never.

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 10:04 am

Galbally;1118912 wrote: Yeah, who are you calling gallstones Mrs Boxcar? :yh_rotfl

Sure, just ban him from intelligent programming, put him on the sad old man trying to be edgy channel, or the Sky 12-year old sex channel or something.

I don't really care Oscar, mainstream TV is nonsense, ignore it, the fact people take it so seriously is the problem, not the parade of idiots that it throws at us constantly. In general the BBC is still Brilliant in general as an organization, its just that BBC1 has to compete with Sky one and ITV and all those BS channels, they should stop doing that.

I say just free the BBC from having to play this stupid ratings game, sack some of the editors and allow the corporation to follow a remit that it actually is doing something beneficial for the public. Never, never, never allow them to commericalize it, never.

I have tried to watch Ross when he has had a guest worth watching and i just end up cringing at Ross's attempts to be-little and humiliate any-one who comes on his show, if you can call it that.

He acts like the playground idiot, desperate to be funny when he is not. Any guest has the conversation turned around to the one thing Ross enjoys talking about the most... himself. Also, at any opportunity, he drags that ridiculous wife of his out for no reason at all.

If we get him banned, can we get that arsse of abrother of his, 'Paul Ross' off our screens as well? Neither of them has got the remotest iota of talent.

The fact that we have to pay a license fee to listen to his foul mouth is a crime. If we pay the fee's, we should have a say weather he goes or not.

Galbally · Post by **Galbally** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 12:11 pm

oscar;1119617 wrote: I have tried to watch Ross when he has had a guest worth watching and i just end up cringing at Ross's attempts to be-little and humiliate any-one who comes on his show, if you can call it that.

He acts like the playground idiot, desperate to be funny when he is not. Any guest has the conversation turned around to the one thing Ross enjoys talking about the most... himself. Also, at any opportunity, he drags that ridiculous wife of his out for no reason at all.

If we get him banned, can we get that arsse of abrother of his, 'Paul Ross' off our screens as well? Neither of them has got the remotest iota of talent.

The fact that we have to pay a license fee to listen to his foul mouth is a crime. If we pay the fee's, we should have a say weather he goes or not.

Look, I agree with you in general about J. Ross, I don't care for him particularly; I have no opinion on his Brother, the only thing I see him on is Most Haunted and he doesn't do foul mouthed rants on that show.

But you do have to give the BBC some independence from just doing whatever the public demands at any given time, otherwise you would have a network that would be like one unending version of big brother with people or stories or shows getting taken off air everytime something controversial came up, you can't have a media organization run like that and maintain any editorial integrity.

As for Ross, I don't think he is going to get away with his "act" much longer, the mood of the public seems to have totally turned against that kind of TV being broadcast on the main public channel, fair enough.

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 12:13 pm

Galbally;1119738 wrote: But you do have to give the BBC some independence from just doing whatever the public demands at any given time, otherwise you would have a network that would be like one unending version of big brother with people or stories or shows getting taken off air everytime something controversial came up, you can't have a media organization run like that and maintain any editorial integrity.

.

And what about the millions of people offended by him?

Galbally · Post by **Galbally** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 1:42 pm

oscar;1119743 wrote: And what about the millions of people offended by him?

Well, I think that probably makes his career untenable if he continues to offend so many people, as he is (allegedly) a chat show host, not a stand up comedian. It depends, how many people will tune in to watch his stupid show, if everyone just swicthed over, they'd pull it in a week, it is TV after all.

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 1:48 pm

Galbally;1119860 wrote: Well, I think that probably makes his career untenable if he continues to offend so many people, as he is (allegedly) a chat show host, not a stand up comedian. It depends, how many people will tune in to watch his stupid show, if everyone just swicthed over, they'd pull it in a week, it is TV after all.

Whenever you get idiots like him, people will tune in just to watch him 'gaff' again. Then the ratings are there and he continues in the job.

I remember the outrage over 'Julian Clary's' 'Norman Lamont' joke. It wasn't half as bad as Ross yet he didn't work for a long time after.

Ross is worse than a cheap jibe by Clarey, he picks on the old and vilnerable for his 'fun'.