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Sam Newman Surprised To Find Saying Woman Is ‘Worthy Of Coming On’ Could Be Misconstrued

2:40PM Clem Bastow | Oh Sam Newman, you incorrigible rogue, you! The beleaguered Footy Show star has stepped in it again, though this time he claims he had no idea he’d said something naff. And not only that, but he was “horrified” to think that anyone could’ve misinterpreted what he’d said about Tasmanian MP Paula Wriedt. [T]he controversial Newman asked: “We couldn’t get her on, could we?” The remark sparked a raucous reaction from the audience and panel, before Newman continued: “Worthy of coming on, her.” The comments immediately drew the ire of co-host James Brayshaw, who berated Newman telling him: “Sam you cannot say that.” [...] After Newman’s aside co-host James Brayshaw was clearly upset and took the former Geelong star player to task several times. Newman then became defensive and said it was a genuine slip of the tongue. Co-host Garry Lyon sided with Newman, but news reporter Craig Hutchison appeared unhappy with the comments, saying “that’s disgraceful”. Newman accused his co-hosts of misinterpreting his meaning. Well, at least this time the co-hosts called him out. Perhaps this is like that horror movie where the person gets a hand transplant, and they’re evil hands, and they kill people against the body’s will? Maybe Sammy got a sexist scalpel left inside him when he had surgery, and it’s making him say bad things. Is that right, Sam? More »

Dirty Bert Giving Channel 9 Audiences Bad Vibrations

9:30AM Clem Bastow | Channel 9 has been served a can of whoop ass by a watchdog after the network failed to respond adequately to complaints issued about the ‘whoops matron’-style gags made by Bert Newton on Bert’s Family Feud. Family groups are sooking because not only did Bert get all Brighton Pier in the 5pm timeslot, but because the gags are still being replayed on the ninemsn website. The controversy follows Newton’s man-on-man pash with Rove McManus for charity and greeting Footy Show compere Garry Lyon on air with “Hello Garry, you old poof”. … Viewers slammed the airing at 5pm of the incident in which the topic of sex toys was repeatedly brought up. Newton asked a young female contestant to name a gift that was hard to return. “This is a pretty filthy answer, but it’s all I can think of and there’s dirty people in your audience,” the woman said. “So I’m going to go with vibrator.” Newton then made a series of vibrator jokes. “I can hear a hum of some kind,” he said before telling the woman to check her trousers. Newton then asked the contestant’s sister if she wanted “to get down and dirty” and, while hugging the woman, said: “I think you may have left your motor running.” Is there no end to the man’s genius? Can you imagine being bear-hugged by Bert (who is, we should mention, probably one of the tallest and biggest – like he’s been zapped by the Honey, I Blew Up The Kid! ray – men we’ve ever clapped eyes upon) while he made a series of vibrator-related single-entendres? Our minds are collectively boggling! If we start a petition to get Bert to host every televised awards ceremony in the country, will you sign it? More »