JONATHAN WAS

At last some good news. Jonathan Ross is to leave the BBC and not before time if you asked me. I know he is popular with some folks but surprise surprise, i am not one of them. I think its sad when the chief quality by which he will be remembered is probably his minor speech impediment whether its intentional or not. I find it very difficult to remember anything else he has done which has given me any pleasure going all the way back to his early TV appearances.
His trivial and often mindless questions, frequently left his guests looking bemused and probably wondering whatever had happened to the once respected BBC.

Sadly he was much worse than that, his arsing about with the other plonker Russell Brand and obscene phone calls to blameless Andrew Sachs were literally the ultimate in childish posturiing and barrel scraping. Even more sadly some misguided elements amongst Thatcher children seemd to think it all rather funny. Presumably these these are the type of audience who would find an Ant and Dec tour of Auswich highly amusing as well. Fortunately i am not one of t hem and have no wish to be.

The damage to its reputation and the financial costs to the BBC are the Plonker Bros lasting legacy. All radio programs now have to have a couple of producers to sign off programs and once cheap and cheerful local radio programs now have a burden of extra staff and lots of paperwork. Dont get me wrong, i dont have a problem with occasional swearing or obscenity on radio or TV but out of any context and reason it just becomes boring and plays into the hands of jungle media predators like Murdoch and his ilk who snap at any chance to knock the BBC and thereby gather power and influence for their own brand of cheap tack.

I must presume that Ross and Co will eventually wash up on the Fox Network or some other equally tacky place if such exists, after all this must be the natural home of smut and smirk TV and the high tide mark round the media bath tub. How wonderful that such dross is now deemed deserving of an OBE demonstrating as it does the depths of dumbing down that is now the yardstick for others to follow. Andrew Sachs was a fine actor and comic and still makes me laugh. Ross however just makes me want to puke. Good Bye Mr Woss and please dont come back.