FTA-TV Hey Hey It's Saturday Is Back

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[Warsaw]

Who was the chick on the Plucka Duck segment.....

That was one good looking broad.

Beaut

 

[Audacious]

yeah harry connick just did his best to end the show on a downer.

Weve been without this program for 10 years and in a reunion you go and **** it up.

Back to the US, *.

 

[that_dood]

yeah harry connick just did his best to end the show on a downer.

Weve been without this program for 10 years and in a reunion you go and **** it up.

Back to the US, *.

Wasn't his fault Hey Hey producers picked a racist skit then put an American judge on the panel.

 

[Audacious]

Wasn't his fault Hey Hey producers picked a racist skit then put an American judge on the panel.

Google the definition of racism. Copy and paste it in this thread, and then indicate how the performers of that act were being racist.

Ive said it before and ill say it again - many people who play the racism card dont even understand what it is.

 

[that_dood]

Google the definition of racism. Copy and paste it in this thread, and then indicate how the performers of that act were being racist.

Ive said it before and ill say it again - many people who play the racism card dont even understand what it is.

I myself did not find it racist. But it was extremely offensive and having an American on the panel was a terrible move. And it was clearly not funny as the audience were booing and were not very excited.

EDIT: Yes I know this does contradict my first post.

 

[Gydafud]

It was a parody. Jeez, lighten up people.

 

[Kerrby]

Ninemsn have started their whinging.
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/872864/jackson-jive-skit-forces-hey-hey-apology

Tell that American to shut up, he wasn't even good last night.

 

[Cap]

Wasn't his fault Hey Hey producers picked a racist skit then put an American judge on the panel.

seriously Amercians telling us off about racism, what next Zimbabwe having a crack at us about human rights

 

[Saint KFC]

I didn't find it to be racist or offensive.

 

[one_eye_pie]

i didn't find it offensive and i didnt even think to cry 'racist' when i saw it either

just goes to show that when you add 'politically correct crusader-like american celebrity' to the mix, it starts to make world news and becomes another beat-up

since everyone wants to listen to celebrities, lets give robert downey jnr a call and see what he thinks.

 

[Bombers_Forever]

If there wasn't an American judge, would it be an issue? No. Connick needs to get over it. I can see why it might have been offensive but gee, that Bike Boy guy could be deemed offensive because he had dangerous items. It just shows again that we should just have Australian judges because they are not so easily offended.

Thanks Harry for taking all the attention away from such a good show.

 

[Caesar]

Idiotic move by the producers. Regardless of how offensive you personally think it is, the outcome of showing something like this with an American celebrity guest on the panel was a forgone conclusion.

Blackface is a massive no-no in American entertainment, has been for decades. Every time somebody tries it on they get universally hammered.

 

[Shell]

Such a shame to end the show on such a downer. That part when Daryl apologised to Harry was just painful to watch.

Overall I loved the show and hope it comes back on air.

 

[Caesar]

It just shows again that we should just have Australian judges because they are not so easily offended.

That's stereotyping, and pretty baseless. Media censorship, etc in the US is far more relaxed as a rule, and their shock jocks (like Howard Stern) make Kyle Sandilands look like Mother Teresa.

The reality is that this is a massively racially-charged issue in the US, with a couple of centuries of history behind it. There are a lot of extremely good historical reasons why this stuff is just seen as flatout unacceptable there by the whole of mainstream society.

Whether or not that's relevant to Australian society is a matter for debate, but the producers of Hey Hey should have known what to expect.

 

[krusden]

The hey hey producers have a lot to answer for. whether or not we think blackface is racist there are people who do and it's associated with racism and bigotry:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackface could have told the producers this.

Methinks this was approved to create headlines.

 

[JUBJUB]

Such a shame to end the show on such a downer. That part when Daryl apologised to Harry was just painful to watch.

I was waiting for the punchline and didn't realise at first Harry was deadly serious

 

[Bombers_Forever]

So Americans are able to make fun of whoever they want, and other countries can't do the same? How many instances can you mention of American movies, TV shows, etc doing something similar and there not being any offence?

They should not have gone ahead with the act but I am sure if you asked 100 people in the audience if they could see any offence, they wouldn't be offended. If anything, Connick only showed everyone how it could be offensive. The prodcuers wouldn't have put it on if they thought it could offend.

If they came out as Obama or someone like that, fair enough. They were parodying the Jackson Five, who are black. There act wasn't aim to spark a race debate.

Sam Newman on the other hand was offensive because he was targetting Nicky Winmar.

 

[Ry009]

Harry hasn't seen this I'm assuming.....

 

[Bombers_Forever]

Just heard the Sydney ratings: Hey Hey won every quarter hour and had huge numbers right to the end. Looks like 9 will be bringing it back in some capacity in the future.

 

[Bombers_Forever]

Good point Ryz.........and didn't that movie get Oscar nominations? Amazing how it is fine for Americans to do it, but if anyone else does it, all hell breaks lose.

 

[Selective Retention]

The worst thing about this is that it brings Hey hey it's saturday to the attention of the world. How embarassing

 

[Bombers_Forever]

Official Ratings:
1. Hey Hey - 2.3m
2. Apprentice - 1.6m
3. 7 News - 1.3m
4. Today Tonight - 1.29m
5. Two and Half Men - 1.2m
10. Celebrity Masterchef - 1.08m
FlashForward Encore - 398,000

 

[serpico66]

I seem to remember a similar outrage when Sam Newman did a "black face" impersonation of Nicky Winmar.

Channel 9 should have learnt from that fiasco.

 

[Cousin Jed]

The worst thing about this is that it brings Hey hey it's saturday to the attention of the world. How embarassing

No, the worst thing is we'll have all kinds of Americans and Poms telling us how we're the most racist nation in the world, what a despicable country we are...etc etc.