It has been a veritable smorgasboard of embarrassment this week. How to choose – Cheesybite (what’s to bet someone, somewhere was voting for Cheesybyte!) or the Hey Hey It’s Saturday blackface incident? Both caused a storm!
So I chose Hey, Hey – only because it’s best of both worlds. This segment sponsored by Kraft (Philadelphia cream cheese). Check out Harry Connick Jnr’s response 5 minutes in. It’d be nice to think we have moved beyond this type of humour. Really it would.
How embarrassing. And I'm not just saying that because Harry's my number 2 guy. And I saw that apparently approx 80% of Sunrise viewers polled didn't see a problem with the skit at all.
Aussies love to give Americans a serve for being ignorant to their ignorance, I hope we're not heading down the same path. We're getting a bad reputation.
Posted by: mab397 | 09 October 2009 at 03:51 PM
You know I'm very fond of people like yourself and particularly the many people who hail from Melbourne that I've met because the conversation is usually good quality. But I don't mind sharing that one of the keenest observers of nationality (and unavoidably racist because of it) calls the Australians 'a bunch of rednecks'.
I still have to make my trip to Oz and find out for myself but I have learned that in most company it's best to keep my views to myself.
Again this doesn't mean I've not the greatest respect for many Australians and is a generalisation that in itself is guilty of the charge it implies.
I haven't seen Kirsty for two years either so I'm thinking about ways to get over :)
Posted by: Charles | 09 October 2009 at 05:57 PM
I love being a redneck. I also love getting drunk with Frith. I'm also embarrassed about the Hey Hey It's Saturday skit. Although I was also somewhat amused to see Harry Connick Jnr in this skit thanks to Ash:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooKaCbMvaZ0
Posted by: Angus | 09 October 2009 at 09:46 PM
@gavin oh dear. not good.
@angus the Madtv is kinda 'inclusive' so i dont think it's so bad.
Posted by: eaon | 12 October 2009 at 06:52 PM
I know I am a few weeks behind but hey I have been busy …
A couple of observations on this,
1 – I thought it hilarious that the ring leader claimed “we are Indian, so how can it be racists?” H yeah, that’s right, only white people can be racists!
2 – Would it be considered sexist if a bloke dressed up in a dress for skit?
Posted by: Daniel Oyston | 21 October 2009 at 08:21 AM