Hard News: Not in front of the children
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3410,
80% of Aucklanders abhor alliteration
That was a particularly funny episode, I thought.
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I used water as a flame retardant on my out of control BBQ in the weekend. I felt ok about that usage.
Henry is a narrow minded right wing thug. But one that rates way higher than his colleagues at TV3.
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I imagine that it would be expensive to break Henry's contract, and so TVNZ are stuck with defending him.
They could put him on permanent gardening leave until his contract expires, and write it off as a teachable moment...
OTOH, I don't jump down my kid's throat if he uses "retarded" in a different context.
Um, because he's a kid being very slightly jerky in your living room not an alleged adult on national television who seems to revel in being a fatuous arsehole?
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Thanks Craig and Sam. I really like what you wrote Sam, and would encourage others to do something similar too :-)
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The larger question is why any of this is on television in the first place. Why are we expected to spend breakfast looking at presenters? Why not scientists or educators? Or a soap opera?
Precisamundo. The problem is not Paul Henry, loathsome as he is.
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DPF:
I don't even recall the swear word in An Adagio Christmas, and while there was a subtle sensual overtone to parts of it, there was nothing at all x-rated, r-rated or even pg-rated.
Kids will love the show. It is loads of fun.
If there really weren't any 4-letter words in the show, then the media is making shit up and stooping to a new shade of yellow. Welcome to Dewey Defeats Truman. No, hang on, it's worse than that.
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That was a particularly funny episode, I thought.
I have been wracking my brainz trying to remember where I picked that one up. It was an enormous and wonderful weekend preceded by a woefully wicked week.
Cheers to all who sailed in it, annat.
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Nat Rad is still going on Adagio, though I note they've yet to mention any actual people actually complaining.
They I/V'd Bill Hasting for midday report who explained that (yay!) the only limit on a theatre performance is public indecency.
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3410,
I have been wracking my brainz trying to remember where I picked that one up.
Here.
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I have been wracking my brainz trying to remember where I picked that one up.
Ohh, Jaquie
Snap
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I imagine that it would be expensive to break Henry's contract, and so TVNZ are stuck with defending him.
I certainly think that was the real reason why the BBC hasn't sacked Jonathan Ross and Chris Moyles. It's funny how much easier it is for the BBC to cap a running sewer when it doesn't have a multi-million dollar contract and a team of lawyers to make sure they leave with every penny...
Ohh, Jaquie
Snap
Despite Rove leaving the building, am I the only person who thinks Three is in pretty good shape for next year having done the impossible and made not one but two local comedy shows that were actually funny?
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Don Brash to Garth George: You're wrong
I, for one, am looking forward to this story getting some legs. Zimmer frames at dawn?. Slightly raised voices muttering in a multisyllabic monotone?. Don Brash defending his report claiming we should fix the fuckups of the previous Nat govt. by doing the same shit on a different day. -
I imagine that it would be expensive to break Henry's contract
Given that he's on a warning since the last episode and there's now a new code of conduct, I wouldn't count on that.
Hence the crafted pr handjob in the Sunday News about that good bloke Paul. Note the pre-emptive talk about being ready to move on.
And the smug unrepentant thuggishness. Wonder if he'll ever walk into some Petricevich treatment?
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its henry's chipmunk 2 front teeth i cant get past. just makes anything he says laughable, even more so when he grins like an idiot. much prefer sunrise, though not when ali ikram is on.
and screw the ratings. i'd like to see a jello wrestling battle of the gay breakfast weather presenters or tag team jello battle of the news and eyecandy co presenters, pippa and ally vs carly and ingrid, to decide top prog. my money would be on ally and pippa there.
no point doing the sports cos cheeseman would waste pete williams but i reckon olly would have his hands full with a rabid paul henry biting his ankles.
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Thank you 3410, or should I call you Threefer?. I can now un-rack my brain.
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3410,
Yeah, I can live with that.
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Caught the heavily edited Attitude Awards highlights show last night. Big ups to the team for listening to suggestions and broadening the focus a bit. Some great contributors.
Tear in the eye at Robert Martin winning lifetime Hall of Fame recognition. They perhaps understated how significant his contribution has been - first intellectually impaired/learning-disabled person ever to address the United Nations. And that was the Kiwi diplomat who led the world's negotiation of the UN disability convention you saw praising him. Magic.
And good on Peter Williams for having the decency to be embarrassed by his toerag colleague.
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I'd certainly watch that, pollywog. On demand, even.
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Yeah, I can live with that.
So relaxed he's horizontal. :)
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From Stuff
More than two decades in the limelight have ensured Henry's past has been well documented – from his emigration to England when he was 11, to his poverty as a teen, to his near death experiences as a foreign correspondent.
And that reminded me of this.
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I'm having a hard time keeping up with when I should be shocked and outraged, and when I should be decrying the PC nanny state. Could someone help me out?
Why, I do believe I can, sir. For any particular issue, simply determine Ian Wishart's position on it, and take up a diametrically opposed position.
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Paul Henry is a jealous oaf. Susan Boyle was born with some retardation, but she is a beautifully talented singer who is able to bring great joy to millions of people around the world. Paul Henry, on the other hand, is just retarded.
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I believe morally and emotionally stunted might be an acceptable phrase. For now.
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I believe morally and emotionally stunted might be an acceptable phrase. For now.
Does 'try-hard' come to mind?
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