Flotsam & Jetsam

YouTube Clip Of The Day II

My beloved faux-bro Dave The Scot posted this clip on Facebook, and I loved how Jon-Benet wrongtown it is. I know, I’m going to hell.

Some background from Wikipedia:

Minipops was a television series broadcast in 1983 on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom. Focused primarily for younger viewers, it consisted of music performances on a brightly coloured set, featuring preteen children singing pop music hits of the time as well as older classics. The children were usually made to look like the original performers, including the clothing and make-up.

Which resulted in the following…

… a poor five year old girl slathered in hooker make-up belting out lines like “night time is the right time we make love.”

As one outraged caller to Channel 4’s Right to Reply programme put it at the time, “Minipops should be called MiniWhores. Are you people out of your mind?”

Wikipedia, YouTube, and Dave The Scot? Thank you.

Comments

  • jesus.

  • minniebearah

    this girl was on The Big Fat Quiz at Christmas on Channel 4 just recently and was genuinely espousing what a ‘great opportunity the experience was’, how they were huge stars and sold millions of records. I was mortified. Oh and she WASN’T a crackwhore. Bizarre.

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