Jonathan Ross, Will We Lose Another Great Comedian?

As the debacle surrounding Jonathan Ross, Russell Brand, Georgina Bailey and Andrew Sachs has once again flared, this time with the BBC reconsidering their position over Jonathan Ross and his return to our TV screens.

Just to recap, Jonathan Ross was set to interview Andrew Sachs- the man who played Manuel in 'Fawlty Towers'. Andrew Sachs failed to turn up, Russell Brand however was present. Now to save time I will add that previously Russell Brand had slept with Georgina Bailey-Andrew Sachs' granddaughter- a goth burlesque dancer who forms one piece of an act called 'Satans Sluts'. I won't hesitate to add that Miss Bailey has not once failed to drop Mr Brands name to anyone that comes within her blackened eyeline, she brags about their sexual experience to anyone who feigns interest. So on that fatal day, Mr Ross and Mr Brand left several messages on Mr Sachs' answerphone, mocking him and declaring that Brand had slept with Bailey. All a tad confusing, but it somehow led to one of the largest volumes of complaints to offcom along with the sacking and suspension of two very funny men.

Ms Bailey was reportedly upset by the incident and felt humiliated. Most average, below average and intelligent women would deem burlesque dancing with Satans Sluts as being humiliating, but we all do have different values after all. Following a 28,000 complaint sized bandwagon, Russell Brand was forced to resign and Jonathan Ross was suspended.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the funniest comedy slightly crude if not down right outrageous? There have been many times where I have watched Jimmy Carr and David Walliams mock the sexuality of others and Ricky Gervais opened a comedy gig in Lincoln with a clip of what he deemed to be the most politcally correct man in Britain (he was Asian, in a wheelchair and gay). These comedians a regularly crude, rude and sometimes vile, yet they are on TV and lack complaints pretty much completely. To make matters worse, Andrew Sachs built his career on mocking the Hispanic race with his stereotypes-which were very funny- so his anguish at this matter is hypocritical and pathetic at best.


So thanks to one self declared slut and an ageing hypocrite, who now has a job on coronation street apparently, we may be losing Jonathan Ross. He is a comedian who features intelligence, conducts interviews with great substance and never fails to deliver. So the license payers are about to swap one great comedian for a positively ancient hasbeen. I would like to sarcastically congratulate all who jumped on that bandwagon last month.