game commentary

[The Axe]

Youse are taking about the worst, most lazy, unfunny "comedy" ever foisted upon us blithering masses as though it was anything other than lazily written, racist, lowest-common-denominator, moronic drivel. Next you'll be saying that On the Buses and the Carry-on films were spun gold, too.

You hark back to a simpler time, when you could call a wog a wog and he knew his place; your less-attractive women made tea and washed clothes while your fitter woman loved being slavered-over by fat, balding men who drank and smoked; and your coons were forcibly removed from their families and made to breed with real Aussies.

PC. A meaningless term used as a lazy catch-all by the thoughtless.

Salvatori,
I was never bullied about my race (I'm a "whitey") but I have some excellent relationships with Greek, Jordanian and Lebanese families, in particular. I can empathise with anyone who has been racially villified and agree it is not right. Where I draw the line is humour is humour and we should celebrate and laugh together about our cultural and physical differences. One of my funniest nights I ever had was with a West Indian driving a black cab in London where we laughed about how funny white people are.

To me, the difference is when one aims to put another down to make himself feel better than the other person. This is wrong. I hate PC and the knee-jerk corrections people make when something is slightly "unacceptable" by today's current thinking. Current thinking will change, in time.

I think back to John O'Grady's 1957 book (psuedonom Nino Culotta) "Theyre a Weird Mob". Worth a read, worth a laugh. Sums up how we can all get along with common sense and without the PC brigade policing us.

[novice chook]

Listened to the game on MMM. Good fair and unbiased call.

I did the same - as I do each Sunday arvo when I'm home as I generally refuse to give 9 the satisfaction of watching the game on delay.

I listened to the 2nd half of Sunday's game on MMM while watching the first half with the mute button on 9. Sounds strange I know, but it worked for me. Thankfully I have digital radios so could listen to our game rather than the Swannies in the AFL.

I've never been a fan of the 2GB so didn't actually listen to any radio commentating until MMM got the FM rights. Now I listen to it all the time.

MMM had good interviews with Remi and Roger after the game which were far more entertaining than listening to Rabs and Gould dribble on. Even after I turned the radio off, the TV mute button stayed on. I did suffer their commentary during the replay yesterday and gee it was painful.

NC

[Andrew Walker]

I just thought it was unprofessional the way tehy just talked Melbourne up all day Gould should not be calling matches plain and simple with his position at Penrith

[Arties Pie]

You have misunderstood me. I liked them... just saying that style of humor would not get a gig today as the PC world would stop them

Sorry my mistake.

[novice chook]

Youse are taking about the worst, most lazy, unfunny "comedy" ever foisted upon us blithering masses as though it was anything other than lazily written, racist, lowest-common-denominator, moronic drivel. Next you'll be saying that On the Buses and the Carry-on films were spun gold, too.

You hark back to a simpler time, when you could call a wog a wog and he knew his place; your less-attractive women made tea and washed clothes while your fitter woman loved being slavered-over by fat, balding men who drank and smoked; and your coons were forcibly removed from their families and made to breed with real Aussies.

PC. A meaningless term used as a lazy catch-all by the thoughtless.

I still remember when I was quite young ande my parents took us to the drive in for NYE one year to see a Carry On Film. We all cacked ourselves with laughter all the way through it, although I would have had no idea what I was actually laughing at.

Our family were Carry On, On the Buses and Love they Neighbour devotees. Not to mention that wartime comedy I think was called Ello Ello (could be wrong there). And my parents were German!

And of course who could forget our own legendary Kingswood Country. I remember one Aus Day a few years ago one of the Fox channels showed a KC marathon and I sat there entertained all bloody day. Some of it was cringeworthy but there were great one liners as well.

Yes, perhaps there's something wrong with me but I'd rather watch all of the above than an episode of Friends, Sex in the City and the like.

NC

[easts4eva]

Also in the love thy neighbors/on the buses/carry on era was one of the funniest comedy's of all time Fawlty Towers also out of Britain.

[Salvatori Grubber]

Also in the love thy neighbors/on the buses/carry on era was one of the funniest comedy's of all time Fawlty Towers also out of Britain.

I wouldn't put FT in the same solar system as the rest of the dross being put up in this thread. Now that was a brilliant show.

[Arties Pie]

I wouldn't put FT in the same solar system as the rest of the dross being put up in this thread. Now that was a brilliant show.

You know Salvatori it's all about opinion you have yours and the rest have theirs, you stick to your dross and i will stick to mine.

[Salvatori Grubber]

Mmmmmmmm. Dross.

[Guest]

Salvatori,
I was never bullied about my race (I'm a "whitey") but I have some excellent relationships with Greek, Jordanian and Lebanese families, in particular. I can empathise with anyone who has been racially villified and agree it is not right. Where I draw the line is humour is humour and we should celebrate and laugh together about our cultural and physical differences. One of my funniest nights I ever had was with a West Indian driving a black cab in London where we laughed about how funny white people are.

To me, the difference is when one aims to put another down to make himself feel better than the other person. This is wrong. I hate PC and the knee-jerk corrections people make when something is slightly "unacceptable" by today's current thinking. Current thinking will change, in time.

I think back to John O'Grady's 1957 book (psuedonom Nino Culotta) "Theyre a Weird Mob". Worth a read, worth a laugh. Sums up how we can all get along with common sense and without the PC brigade policing us.

There's a movie based on that book, Axe man - have you seen it?

[Guest]

Salvatori,
I was never bullied about my race (I'm a "whitey") but I have some excellent relationships with Greek, Jordanian and Lebanese families, in particular. I can empathise with anyone who has been racially villified and agree it is not right. Where I draw the line is humour is humour and we should celebrate and laugh together about our cultural and physical differences. One of my funniest nights I ever had was with a West Indian driving a black cab in London where we laughed about how funny white people are.

To me, the difference is when one aims to put another down to make himself feel better than the other person. This is wrong. I hate PC and the knee-jerk corrections people make when something is slightly "unacceptable" by today's current thinking. Current thinking will change, in time.

I think back to John O'Grady's 1957 book (psuedonom Nino Culotta) "Theyre a Weird Mob". Worth a read, worth a laugh. Sums up how we can all get along with common sense and without the PC brigade policing us.

Nice post Axe. I agree with you very much. I have a similar attitude towards homophobia as well. When you eliminate humour for the sake of it being possibly racist then I feel something greater has been lost.

[milanja]

Nice post Axe. I agree with you very much. I have a similar attitude towards homophobia as well. When you eliminate humour for the sake of it being possibly racist then I feel something greater has been lost.

The only funny about seeing two guys holding hands and kissing in bondi junction the other day, was hearing a lady trying to explain to her son why they were doing it.
she said something like, it is not right and we don't need to mention this again.

[Salvatori Grubber]

Nice post Axe. I agree with you very much. I have a similar attitude towards homophobia as well. When you eliminate humour for the sake of it being possibly racist then I feel something greater has been lost.

But that's not what I'm talking about. Satire, or holding up the mirror in a clever, thought-provoking way is unreal. Lazy, thoughtless stereotyping dressed up as comedy is another thing altogether.

Think Borat vs. Love Thy Neighbour.