Actually there is little chance of me laughing at anything on comic relief. Perhaps it should be re-titled Relieve me of these comics. At least that would sound more promising. Especially at a time when large areas of Japan were apparently disappearing beneath the waves and three nuclear reactor were leaking and of course not to mention thousands being injured and killed in Libya.
Meanwhile whilst your not laughing, nurses, doctors, policemen, firemen, teachers, lecturers and of course broadcasters are all being sacked to help plug the the deficit caused by ever more greedy wankers (surely bankers. Ed)
One of the cheapest shots is probably the axing of BBC Local Radio programs which is where the BBC is irreplaceable. We don't want formulaic, cheapo radio five pap or Clear Channel style pop radio with a rotating diet of the same dozen records 24/7 and inane DJs with verbal diarrhea. nor do we want shedloads of money wasted on lo-fi digital radio.
Its fine to do stunts for charity but the cost to us all and to the environment should be factored in before they decide to let a bunch of Z List numpties scramble up Kilimanjaro with a couple of film crews. heedless of carbon footprints.
And finally, most of the so called comedy is both lamentable and sad. Instead why not stop this sanitising of the news, by showing the bodies and the missing limbs and the true horror of war and natural disasters. We can take it. and in fact true suffering shown on TV is much more likely to make me reach into my pocket for somethig to give to "charadee" than are mindless pop songs and ever more teenagers shaking their bits.
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