I listened to the podcast before the uproar

Some bits were funny, so less so. The interview with Dennis Norden was pretty dull, the one with that actor that played Che Guevara was funny.

Mrs G and I are fans of Wossy's Saturday morning R2 show. Often has reasonable guests, funny chat and stories, decent music, bonkers quiz etc. without the bad language. In fact, it's often a softer version of his Friday night show, where he tends to show off and swear for the sake of it. It got a bit smutty a couple of times when Ricky Gervais was his guest - they tend to egg each other on - just what happened with Brand the other week. I'm not a huge fan of Brand, tends to mention his willy every other sentence and thinks he's cleverer than he actually is. In this case, it was Ross that was largely to blame - again, egging Brand on like the stir-up kid in the playground that gets his kicks by daring others to lift up girls' skirts, then running away before teacher arrives.

You know who's to blame? Andrew Sachs - he should have been in to answer his phone when it was arranged. Dennis Norden managed to answer his phone OK. Having said that, if he'd rang my 75-yr old Dad to tell him he'd fucked my daughter, I'd have gone round to the Beeb myself and kicked them both in the knackers.

Conclusion? Use this furore to re-negotiate both their contracts to be more in line with what the license-paying public will bear. And tell them to grow up.
(Che Grimsdale Best before:, Wed 29 Oct 2008, 14:32, Reply)