9:23AM Clem Bastow | As if we didn’t already have a bucketload of reasons to love Sam Newman, he continues to impress with his neanderthal Footy Show antics (and for those who think the use of “neanderthal” and “footy show” is tautological, it ain’t necessarily so; On The Couch and Before The Game both manage to be free of gender bias and idiocy – well, apart from Peter Helliar in the latter category).
The Nine switchboard has been lighting up with
complaints, and rightly so, since Newman carried out another of his “hilarious” gags, feeling up a mannequin dressed to look like AFL journo Caroline Wilson.
Comedy platinum, Sam.
Using a staple gun, Newman fastened a picture of Age journalist Caroline Wilson to the mannequin’s head.
The dummy was clothed in a satin bra and underpants.
“I tell you what, she’s a fair piece, Caro,” he said over the chosen soundtrack, She’s a Lady by Tom Jones.
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