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Click Chaser’s mannequin joke can’t be compared to Sam Newman’s
Posted by clubwah on May 29, 2009
Why does everyone take a simplistic view of things? If it floats and quacks it’s not always a duck.
A case in point is the reaction by some to the Chaser’s skit about the Melbourne Club which saw an effigy of the Governor General Quentin Bryce being physically manhandled out of the club and thrown over a wall.
Critics, led by entertainment reporter Peter Ford, asked why this is acceptable considering the condemnation the Footy Show’s Sam Newman copped for his mannequin act, which involved manhandling a half-naked effigy of The Age football writer Caroline Wilson.
Peter Ford’s an idiot. Sam Newman’s attempt at humour was the misogynistic and humiliating targeting of an individual person. It was pathetic schoolboy humour that bordered on bullying and even sexual harassmentand that had a distresing affect on Wilson and her family.
The Chaser skit on the other hand was at the expense of the Melbourne Club and not the Governor General. The idea being the Melbourne Club is a sexist organisation that wouldn’t even accept the highest ranking woman in the land.
Ironically the sketch was anti-sexual discrimination. As The Chaser’s Julian Morrow says: “The point of the stunt was to show as much disrespect as we could to the Melbourne Club for excluding women.
“The Governor-General was just a prop – literally – to make that point in an obviously silly way.
Whether or not the latter sketch was funny is another story. But I wish the Sam Newman cheer squad, including those at the Herald Sun, 3AW and Channel Nine who defended the Newman stunt as just a joke, would stop its self-indulgent defence of their mate and shut the fuck up.
Don said
I agree, Sam shits me to tears, and he’s looking more and more strange as the months go by. I must download this first new Chasers episode and have a look.
Bron said
being physically manhandled of the club and thrown over a wall.
I didn’t really watch this particular sketch, so huh?
But yes, agree with you.
And agree with Don above — Sam is looking more and more strange. Almost like Catwoman Jocelyn Wildenstein herself!
clubwah said
Sorry, that’s manhandled out of the club …
Bron said
Oh. Of course! I should start guessing harder!
Ray Dixon (Bright) said
The Footy Show has gone to crap. Lyon has no control, Brayshaw has no role to play, Newman is just recycling old jokes and Crawford is just juvenile and has dragged the show down to a new low. About the only one who’s any good is Brownless, but they don’t use him enough.
Sack Brayshaw and elevate Brownless. Don’t bring back Mcguire though and for Christ’s sake employ a new gag & skit writer for Newman. His impersonation and send up of John Farnham at the start of last night’s show was pointless. Why would you send up Farnham just because he’s doing another tour after saying he’d quit? He’s an icon and he didn’t deserve Newman’s fat Farnham suit and stupid wig.
Pevva said
Ooh, someone’s so fired up they’re shouting!
Seriously though, why watch the Footy Show anyway? You can find out the teams for the weekend on the Internet now, thus removing the only justifying factor for sitting through that dross.
I don’t want to watch Noel Fielding play cricket, why would I want to watch Crawf being “funny”?
michelle said
Hey Wah, don’t you think its a bit unfair commenting on your own blog under a different name? And it’s a bit harsh calling your own blog shit, isn’t it?
Andy R said
I’m passing a hat around everyone. Please donate to help fix the poor man’s capslock key.
clubwah said
Surely my ranting, though ribald, is rather more educated than this pile of cap locked fucktardian nonsense.
Toaf said
That’s gotta be the Birdman.
michelle said
Surely my ranting, though ribald, is rather more educated than this pile of cap locked fucktardian nonsense.
Point.
A apologise for the comparison. Your use of ‘cunt’ is generally much more erudite.
michelle said
Michelle also apologises for the comparison. No idea who “A” is though.
Anja said
If Sam has one more facelift, he will choke on his own foreskin.
albi said
Shitblog at 6. HERE HERE!!!
albi said
Fuck!!! Or is it HEAR HEAR????
FUUUCCKK
Rebecca said
It is interesting to note that the Governor General Quentin Bryce has requested a copy of the tape because she missed it. Those who told her what happened had her laughing, so she wanted to see the whole thing. So where is the issue here?
shelly said
Sam Newmans a massive dick. The chasers are hilarious and were making a point through humour..who was that woman they interviewd that called the chasers “sexist” {or whatever} I was not at all offended. Why cant some people lighten the f**k up?…why cant someone do a good job of running over Sam Newman?
Chasy said
If Sam has one more facelift, he will choke on his own foreskin.
That’s possibly the funniest thing I’ve read in ages.
Ray Dixon (Bright) said
Well ‘Shitblog’ was sure trying hard to sound like Newman. He seemed to take it rather personally, didn’t he?
Bertus said
I hardly ever watch, mostly because of Sam, but getting rid of Trevor Marmalade was a bad mistake too. One Marmalade joke I caught from last year was:
“What do Northern Iraq and the Richmond football club have in common? They’re both mostly Shi-ite!” Right on national telly.
clubwah said
Bertus you caught the onlu funny thing Maramalade said for about 11 years. Ditching him was the most inspired thing they ever did.
clubwah said
Shitblog is now banned from this site.
Ray Dixon (Bright) said
Did he try to make another post? Christ, he sounded like Newman.
clubwah said
It’s the stuff that you haven’t read Ray.