Am I alone in thinking that the Andrew Sachs phone call has been blown out of all proportions?

Question

Rusell Brand said he slept with Georgina Baillie. So what?!
It was hardly a surprise to Sachs that his daughter liked kinky sex because she is a member of a burlesque dance group called Satanic Sluts, which has a website and there are pictures of her on it where everyone in the world can see them. It's hardly exposing something that wasn't already known.

Answer 1

Actually, if you listen to it, it was jonathan first who said it. Then brand got the blame.



People know though that these two are outrageous. Brand + Ross = Havoc!



I think there both brill :)

Answer 2

I agree, the only people who this should concern is Mr sachs and his Grand daughter. Why do all these people jump on the band wagon and complain? after only 2 minutes of listening to Mr Brand you would know if you liked his type of humor so why not just change the radio station? Im betting that 90 pc of the 30 or so thousand people who complained didnt even hear the thing they are complaining about.

Mr Sachs accepted their appologies and that should be the end of the matter as far as im concerned.

Sorry about the rant but Grrrrrrrrrr

Answer 3

Yes, the attack made upon Russell and Jonathan dramatically outweights the prank call they made to Andrew Sachs. Its amazing how we've managed to create a world where phoning someones house phone and leaving a daft message is much more important than say, the credit crunch?, murder?, the war! This story has been headlining news for too long and its time to put it to bed, the whole scenario is ridiculous and i won't be answering anymore questions on it, as far as i'm concerned its over, end of, they've said their apologises and been punished so just leave it!

Answer 4

I've been away for a few days and to come back and see the furore about this is quite silly.

Ross and Brand were at best immature but the press jumping on this story to deflect attention away from the economic catastrophe is a sure sign that the hoi polloi are utterly dictated to by the appalling press we have in this country.

No I would not like any relative of mine at Mr Sachs' age to have been left a message like that but, dare i say, he himself was given rise to many peoples ire for downgrading comedy in his past. . .



Unfortuately, the BBC are an example of what we'd like our Government to be- responsible for the people who pay their wages.

Answer 5

ARGHH this has peeved me off so much!!!

Cancelling Friday Night With Jonathan Ross and suspending him for 3 months too. Russell Brand quitting and all that!!

Andrew Sachs is a - well.. he's supposed to be a comedian.

His granddaughter obviously isn't cute and innocent is she.

I emailed the BBC angrily :) I reckon we should start a petition.

Answer 6

Yes, totally out of proportion. Good old mob mentality at its' best.

Yeah, what they did was a bit over the top, and they have paid for it, now let's forget it and put as much effort into righting some of the real crimes and injustices in this world.

Answer 7

You're not alone, I'm with you on that. It's a typical media witch hunt and of course a lot of people love to jump on board when there's the chance to feel morally superior to celebrities. I mean who hasn't made prank phone calls at some point in their life? They apologised, Sachs wasn't too bothered, it's certainly not worthy of headline news in my opinion.

Answer 8

Brand and Ross are both funny and I like the both of them



I think the BBC had to make an example of them as I think they crossed the line.



one can joke about things but not when it hurts someone.



for example joking about disabled people, people who have lost limbs etc would be deemed unacceptable by the majority of people , insulting an old man should be as well.



It is not reflect well on our society that people can just insult people for a laugh.



many peoples lives have been destroyed by prank callers.

Answer 9

You may not be alone but you are wrong. It matters not what RB did to Mr Sachs grandgaughter, the call was offensive to Mr Sachs and also as an indecent telephone call was illegal. They may say it was intended as a joke but that did not take into consideration the effect on its recipient, Andrew Sachs. Would any grandfather be happy to have the behaiviour of their grandaughter broadcast on National radio to the public at large? I think not. Brand and Ross showed a complete lack of appreciation of their responsibilities as radio presenters.

Answer 10

Im not against it, i heard it and taught that was russel at his best, i found it quite funny, it si blown out of proportion, its stupid, georgina baille went to the press so she can make herself look good and make money out of it.

Answer 11

Your not alone.

This was SO pathetic that theyve made it as if he killed his blooody grand daughter. His a comedian, its his job to make people laugh. And theyve totally blown it out of proportion, i agree.

Answer 12

They picked on an old man

What are we the license payer paying them to do?

They are not even funny

This just the puseous head of a nauseous BBC boil

Answer 13

yes its rediculous. ok they were both out of order but they apologised and both seemed genuinely sorry. it should have been laid to rest there and then. what should we do to them now? poke their eyes out with sticks? the media should be concentrating on serious matters not this trivial stuff.

Answer 14

not alone at all its so stupid that they have made a big deal bout it and they shouldn't of aired it if it wasn't live i personally think the whole country is behind you ( apart from my mum and dad )

Answer 15

she's admitted to sleeping with him so it practically a kiss and tell with no money involved and instead of a newspaper saying on radio and on her grandads answerphone. he didn't want it to go this far it's so pathetic.

Answer 16

no i think its wrong that Ross has been allowed to get away with so much for so long

its not sachs daughter its his granddaughter , the phone call was nasty



every dog has its day

Answer 17

This was more than just a joke. They kept on when it wasn't funny any more.

Would you have laughed it off if you were famous and it was your family?

Answer 18

sack them both, arseholes.