I see one of the cartoons in this morning’s NZ Herald has raised a few chuckles
John Key breast feeds John Banks…shudder!!!
Quite funny ah? A piss take of the now infamous Time Magazine cover article of a mother breast feeding a nearly 4 year old child.
But I thought that I had seen it before…two conservative politicians in a take-off of that time magazine cover, then it came to me.
Exactly one week ago on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
John Boehner nursing Harry Reid.
Has the herald ripped off The Daily Show…you decide.
Ok so let’s start this off by saying I am not that proud of this episode, and I was being a bit of a dick to the comedian Bill Dawes who is currently in the country for the Comedy Festival, but I have had an interaction so incredibly weird that I just wanted to share it with you all.
So I saw Bill Dawes last night hosting the RAW Comedy Quest, where amateur comedians have a crack at this imposing genre of comedy. The group of new comedians were really enjoyable, some a little gun shy, some a little possum-in-the-headlights…but overall good and I have nothing but admiration for their efforts. Bill Dawes, the professional amongst the group, was okay too…not amazing, but okay, and I spent the first few minutes trying to figure out who he reminded me of…then it dawned on me…Daniel Tosh. I swear that the intination, style of joke, way he interacted with the audience was very ‘Tosh-esque‘
Anyways, so this is the moment when I acknowledge I was a little dick-ish but I got home and tweeted these out.
Followed by this one
To which I received this series of tweets back from the man himself
I’ve been in the ‘media game‘ for 15 years give or take, and this kind of bravado has never really bothered me, in fact I can genuinely say that now one has ever offended me with personal attacks, I’ve had it all right up to and including death threats, however I am surprised some jibing of such a minor style bothered Bill Dawes.
Anyways I followed his ‘challenge’ with this one.
And then thought I’d better let the poor lad get back to his bottle of whatever he had crawled into ;o)
And then sadly found that the Comedian who is touted as one of the rawest, rudest, filthiest around had then blocked me from his twitter account. Maybe I touched a nerve.
Luckily in Echophone you can still connect with people when they block you and I found after he blocked me he sent out this tweet
I was confused as to whom he was talking about…but apparently it was me! I was the troll!
In Internet slang, a troll is someone who posts inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum, chat room, or blog, with the primary intent of provoking readers into an emotional response or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion. The noun troll may refer to the provocative message itself, as in: “That was an excellent troll you posted.”
Weird…I am the troll ;o)
Still wasn’t really sure why the comedian couldn’t take a jibe or two but after a quick Google I think I know now why..
From 2008 to Bill Dawes “Daniel Tosh called, he wants his punchlines back.”
From 2011 to Bill Dawes “Bill Dawes is too old for this at the Laugh Factory in Hollywood, CA. …On another note, this guy’s style kind of reminds me of Daniel Tosh.”
And they go on.
I actually really, really like Daniel Tosh and his comedy…so right back at the start my jibe could have been taken as more of a compliment…but I concur in a dick-ish way.
So officially I guess I’d like to say sorry for touching your ‘Tosh-nerve‘ Bill, I always understood many comedians to be insecure behind all their bravado and I guess this has confirmed that for me…well in your case at least and I will now do my penance for teasing you so badly. I’ll just head off to my office and write 100 times “I must not tease the comedians”
Yesterday we found out that the Police were not going to press charges against freelance cameraman Bradley Ambrose.
Forget the accusations about Police holding onto the decision until John Key was away, forget the forced “letter of regret” as opposed to a “letter of apology”, forget the accusation of bullying as the Crown seeks court costs but let’s just have a look at one part of this where I am feeling very uncomfortable.
From OneNews
But today police revealed they will not lay charges against Ambrose, despite finding the recording to be unlawful.
Police said they agreed the conversation was private and said the recording was at best “reckless”, but more likely deliberate.
In this small release, we find out that the Police have deemed the action unlawful, deliberate and the conversation private…the problem is that this is not the Police’s job.
They have ‘passed sentence’ on Bradley Ambrose, and he has no right of recourse in court, unless he then chooses to take a libel action himself…which seems unlikely.
This morning David Slack quoted Graham Edgeley by saying that if there is any public statement about guilt prior to a conviction is a violation of the presumption of innocence.
In this case the Police have said Ambrose is guilty and wrong…when it’s not their job to do so.
When the Borat movie came out the people of Kazakhstan were outraged, the government started doing press around the world to show Kazakhstan was nothing like the parody that Cohen put forward as a comedic character. All this proved is that Cohen is brilliant and played the world perfectly for millions of dollars of free advertising. But even Sacha Baron Cohen could not have predicted the latest upheaval to come out of his 2006 mockumentary.
At a shooting event in Kuwait, upon make winning the gold medal for her glorious country, Kazakh shooter Maria Dmitrienko had to stand on the podium and listen to Borat’s version of the anthem.
The spoof anthem praises Kazakhstan for its superior potassium exports and for having the cleanest prostitutes in the region.
I am sorry for the most make glorious Maria’s moment for beloved nation, but it is pretty funny and to her credit she seemed to take the error pretty well, she smiled and walked off at the end of the ceremony…which upon the complaint of the team was later rerun.
The BBC reports
The team’s coach told Kazakh media the organisers of the Kuwait tournament had downloaded the parody from the internet by mistake and had also got the Serbian national anthem wrong
However it’s not just ‘foreign dogs’ that are the enemy of the most glorious Kazakh National Anthem…sometimes they are their own worst enemy. From the Mirror speaking of the latest mistake.
It comes just weeks after embarrassed Kazakhstan officials made an anthem gaffe of their own.
As the announcer at a ski race declared: “Eyes on the flag of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the anthem of the Republic of Kazakhstan is beginning,” proud dignitaries put their hands on their hearts.
However, instead of the earnest anthem to ‘make benefit glorious nation of Kazakhstan’, Ricky Martin’s rather more breezy 1999 No1 Livin’ la Vida Loca blared out of the speakers.
Giggling officials in Kostanay were left standing for a few awkward moments, possibly expecting Borat to leap out at them in his mankini, before the worker in charge of the loudspeaker hurriedly switched to Menin Kazakhstan.
Maybe that’s why Sacha Baron Cohen had such an easy time convincing the world he was from this Ricky Martin loving country.
Perfect timing at the end of the piece when protester gets in one more blast…gotta love it
http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/air-horn-protest-disrupts-parliament-video-4786910
Jason Russell was arrested in the weekend for public masterbation and public drunkenness…here’s a clip (never thought I’d say that on my blog)
Since then Invisible Children has released a statment
“He is now receiving medical care and is focused on getting better. The past two weeks have taken a severe emotional toll on all of us, Jason especially, and that toll manifested itself in an unfortunate incident yesterday.”
“Jason’s passion and his work have done so much to help so many, and we are devastated to see him dealing with this personal health issue. We will always love and support Jason, and we ask that you give his entire family privacy during this difficult time.”
However, just in case you missed the first video…here’s a close up of it all
