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Re: Footy Show v.2011
I think TFS is good for a bit of light entertainment.
I think TFS is good for a bit of light entertainment.
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Re: Footy Show v.2011
See, I don't understand this.
I do change the channel - and a couple of other posters have said the same thing - but the reason we change the channel is because Sam is a relic who is completely out of touch with societal standards. But if we say that we are told not to say anything and change the channel...which we already do...so what are you actually telling us?
The other thing is that believe it or not if you love footy and you want to see the teams / listen to the latest "scoop" from Craig Hutchison (who is annoying I agree but seems able to get people to talk to him) you need to use that same remote to flick back to see if the segment you are after is on...
I am quite happy to laugh along with comedy that at times seems a bit 'right wing' or low-brow - Carolla's "In 50 years we will all be chicks" is my favorite book of the last 12-months...but he doesn't resort to sexist comments to get a cheap laugh.
As for comments about people who complain about ads that are too raunchy or whatever, I don't know what that is all about Danstar. You are equating people who find sexist and racist humor offensive with people who support media censorship? Give me a break.What should I tell her? She's going to ask.Comment
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Re: Footy Show v.2011
Dont like it, don't watch it. Go to footy show website, they used to have videos of individual segments. Will save some battery power in your remoteComment
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Re: Footy Show v.2011
My point is that while all that might might be true. Getting offended at or complaining about a show you don't watch seems silly and a waste of time to me (then again I rarely get offended anyway). If you want the teams, well they are released on a Thursday arvo and are usually on the news or websites, and Hutchy, while he feels he likes to break stories normally just regurgitates weeks old stories with a bit of sensationalist spin. Whenever there is any real Footy news it has already been well discussed before the Footy show airs anyway.
Also like it or not Sam Newman= ratings to channel 9, despite being a fossil, a relic, an idiot, unfunny, crude, rude and abusive. That's what they say about Howard Stern and he's the highest paid man on radio in the US and he resorts to much worse stuff than Sam (the only difference for me is that Stern is actually funny along with those things).
Finally I think being offended by something that really has no power (really how many worthwhile people actually agree with Sam) is rather useless and a waste of time and energy. You won't get him off air.
On a side note I'm glad you liked Corolla's book I just picked it up and I was hoping that it'd be good.Comment
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These "I like", "you like" discussions are just a waste of time. I don't like olives. It's not about their nutritional value, I just don't like their taste and there is nothing anyone can say to make me change my mind. I hope the olive lovers out there don't take that personally and I certainly don't want to start a thread about it.
If you like Sam great, if you don't, equally great. Let's not get too precious about our own opinions.The Angels have the phone box. [SIZE="2"]Don't blink![/SIZE]Comment
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Love the olives analogy. Just so perfectlly random.
I also do not like olives. Although on pizza sometimes they are ok.
Much like Sam really. Most of the time he is just annoying/irrelevant but occasionally he hits the spot.Comment
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I like Olives, but I don't know how Popeye feels.
Ugh,Ugh,Ugh
Don't piss off old people
The older we get the less "LIFE IN PRISON" is a deterrent...Comment
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Sam reinforces stereotypes. Stereotypes that surface on drunken footy trips where young blokes get pissed and think it's ok to disrespect women, property or the public. It seems contradictory to what the AFL states it wants its own image to be.Comment
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Danstar, I won't even bother responding to your post, some other posters have responded well.
Just because I don't watch the footy show anymore, doesn't mean I can't have an opinion about it. We all have opinions, and you are quite entitled to yours, as I am mine. It's more important to me that we respect one another's opinions, even if we disagree.
Actually, I like olives and anchovies too!
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Have an opinion. But most of you with a negative opinion don't even watch the show. Anyway, enough about that. Let's talk more about olives. I don't like them, feel like I'm eating sour grapes.Comment
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He may not be attacking me personally but every time he makes a sexist joke, that is indirectly an attack on every woman, his racist "jokes" attack everyone who doesn't share his own anglo background, and every time he belittles and makes fun of people with intellectual disabilities, he is attacking my sister and others like her, and he is encouraging others to do the same. That's not just offensive, and it's not just a matter of taste. It's wrong.
Can't stand the man. I understand that some people find him amusing but IMO he does a lot more harm than good.
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