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No Matter What Code, 'The Footy Show' Is Here To Offend And Denigrate You
Posted by Clem Bastow at 10:40 AM on June 16, 2008
You may have read over the weekend of the NRL Footy Show "making fun of" a security guard, Greg Stacey, who they deemed to be "blind [drunk]" when he in fact suffers from benign epilepsy (which can cause slurred speech and is often aggravated in times of stress, such as dealing with knobjockeys from odious Channel Nine televisual circle jerks).
Now Channel Nine will be even more pleased with its sporting charges after 2GB presenter Ray Hadley revealed that the show's producers send their "Street Talk" cameras to deliberately target the disadvantaged, disabled and impaired.
Did we really expect anything less (sorry, more) from them?
While Stacey is considering legal action against the network, Hadley alleged on air yesterday that former Channel 9 head of sport Gary Burns, who has since returned to Nine to pilot the ailing show, would often send his "Street Talk" staff on to the streets in search of "nuffies".It's not hard to believe - when was the last time you saw Sam Newman doing a vox pop with someone that didn't involve Sam making wacky "can you believe this guy?" expressions and asides to the camera while the object of his ridicule chats away unawares?Nine yesterday rejected the claims.
If true, the allegations question the genuineness of the apology made to Stacey.
"Those were his words, 'Where's the nuffies?'," 2GB presenter Hadley told The Daily Telegraph.
"Their favourite haunt was the old Church St mall at Parramatta (NSW) and (former producer) Glenn Pallister would be sent along with whoever was doing it and Burns used to say, 'Get the nuffies'.
"I did it once and said I'm never doing it again.
"They would search around for homeless people, derelicts, alcoholics, people who look different.
"The Melbourne Footy Show would do the same thing with Sam Newman."
Comments
Vee
Posted June 16, 2008 11:45 AM
1. You would have thought he was drunk too.
2. Ray Hadley can be placed in the same boat as the rest of the "circle jerks" as you called them. Have you ever listened to his footy show.
David
Posted June 16, 2008 1:28 PM
I played Rugby League as child and teenager. A serious injury spared me from my continued folly. While there is a lot to be said for the camaraderie, the "collective" intellect of a group of footballers follows the following formula: Lowest IQ - 30 IQ points. It seems that this changes to: Lowest IQ - 50 IQ Points when you retire if you continue to remain in close association with footballers. The lowest common denominator plays an important role in the "footballer's collective" sense of humour as well.
Hazel
Posted June 16, 2008 8:56 PM
Love you guys but if you saw it you would have thought he was drunk too or at the very least unfit to be a security guard. I don't believe anyone who saw the segment would have thought otherwise, if they did they are lying.