I'll say it - I was glad to see 'Hey Hey It's Saturday' back on telly. Even if it was on a Wednesday night (fucking what?) Mrs. Poopey and I hadn't laughed so hard all week until the moment last night when five doctors in blackface reprised their twenty-year-old routine sending up the Jackson Five on Red faces last night. I can't speak for my lovely wife but yours truly nearly gagged on his cup of tea, mainly because Hey Hey had the balls to let these guys anywhere near a primetime network broadcast - and to be honest I found it delightfully refreshing. Yep, no PC bullshit here on Hey Hey - let's get the freaks back on Red Faces and remind the nation there was a time when we didn't take everything so fucking seriously.
Of course Harry Connick Jr. was on the judging panel. And of course this was probably a very bad idea surprisingly not picked up on by the show's organisers. Anyone with half a brain would have wondered if an American musician who grew up learning from the best African-American jazz and blues players around him in the deep south might take offense at this kind of shenaniganry.
Up until this point the show in all it's shambolic glory was going (I think) really well - the ostrich was back, Blackman was on fine form - and they'd even retrieved Animal from whichever rock he'd been living under the past ten years. And having another chance to perv at Jo-Beth Taylor was fantastic.
But then Daryl had to go and lay down a grovelling apology to Harry. And that's fucked.
My three arguments are:
a) The dude playing Michael Jackson wasn't in blackface, he was in a ghastly pallid white death-face (the same as the real M.J. was in life) That says more about the issue than five idiots in makeup doing some dodgey choreography.
b) John Blackman wasn't offended, and his surname is Blackman.
c) It's ok for the Wayans brothers to make a shit movie with themselves made up as white women and the only offensive thing about it is that people paid good money to see it.
d) Ok, there's four. Dave Shappelle is fucking hilarious, especially when he's taking the piss out of white people. I love Dave Shappelle and am not offended. It's funny 'cause it's true.
So it's not as bad as they're making out, ok Harry? Now fuck off home and leave us Aussies to what we do best - not being so damned uptight about our low-rent light entertainment.
Tankard rating: Six Motown tankards
Shamonnnnnnnaaahhhh!
Gaarn.
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Great post. HCJ can fuck off back to USA.
Thanks Gordo. HCJ is probably on his way back now to his Al Jolson collection as we speak. Did you see the youtube footage of Harry in blackface as a southern minister on Mad TV? Delicious! Gaarn.
How was the kid the week before smearing his face with Vegemite any different?
As usual, some retard takes offence to something that was as funny as a Rove McManus joke and makes fat inbred hillbilly couch potato Americans call us racist.
From what I understand, nobody in Australia has been denied a seat at the front of the bus because they were black. Or been made to pick cotton. Or had jokes about them, implying they lurrrrve drinking grape-flavoured soft drink. And eat watermelon and Kentucky Fried Chicken.
Then some gaybo from Black Eyed Peas tells us we're awesome because Kevin Rudd apologised to the Aboriginies.
And Kamahl. Don't get me started on that tool.
Word Corym, word. Imagine if the Red Faces skit had been an historic recreation of the extermination of the Tasmanian Aborigines imagine how things would have got out of hand.
On a lighter note, check out the new South Park episode 'Dead Celebrities' - I was hoping they'd rip on M.J. and they didn't disappoint - shamonah.
Chappelle ?
Yep. Downloaded it the other day. Fannnntastic.
I love my chocolate face after some extended brown showers from the Cronulla Boyz!
Blame that fat has-been cunt Sommers.
You were enjoying the show, Capt? For shame! Any luck and this (no) controversy will keep the dumbest fucken show in Ausstralian history off air for good!
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