Britain goes Jerry Springer CRAZY.. (even by burning things!)
Britain goes Jerry Springer CRAZY.. (even by burning things!)
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
Britain goes Jerry Springer CRAZY.. (even by burning things!)#0
Posted: 1/7/05 at 2:59pm
Wow, you guys are missing all the fun over here. Jerry Springer the Opera is causing a storm!
Basically, to sum it up for you if you're not following it on various internet sites (bbc.co.uk/new Entertainment section has lots on it), Jerry Springer the Opera is being broadcast tomorrow night on TV at 10pm with all its swearwords in tact, about 250 swear words including lots of c*** and f***.
What's the problem you might ask? Well, it's being shown on the BBC, which people are OBLIGED to pay for, about $220 a year. They say they're breaking new ground by showing it, catering for new audiences, blah blah blah, but the Christians of the country have gone absolutely haywire. The BBC have received about 20,000 complaints. They usually get 150 for swearing. There are protests going on outside BBC Television Centre and people are burning their TV licenses to protest.
Can't WAIT for the show tomorrow night. Should be great fun.
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re: Britain goes Jerry Springer CRAZY.. (even by burning things!)#1
Posted: 1/7/05 at 3:04pm
Breakfast TV debate here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/4154071.stm#http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/4154071.stm#
Head of BBC defends show ("I am a practising Christian but there is nothing in this which I believe to be blasphemous," Mr Thompson said):
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/4154071.stm#http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/4154071.stm#
Complaints pour in:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/4152433.stm
Have your say:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/4154385.stm
Updated On: 1/7/05 at 03:04 PM
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re: Britain goes Jerry Springer CRAZY.. (even by burning things!)#2
Posted: 1/7/05 at 3:07pm
Great TV news feature:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/nolavconsole/ukfs_news/hi/newsid_4150000/newsid_4155200/nb_rm_4155239.stm
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re: Britain goes Jerry Springer CRAZY.. (even by burning things!)#3
Posted: 1/7/05 at 3:22pmI cannot wait now til this is aired tomorrow. Haven't had this much fun since Celebrity Big Brother!!!
re: Britain goes Jerry Springer CRAZY.. (even by burning things!)#4
Posted: 1/7/05 at 3:46pmDoes anyone know if this is going to be available in the US anytime(like on DVD)? I am really curious to see the show.
re: Britain goes Jerry Springer CRAZY.. (even by burning things!)#5
Posted: 1/7/05 at 4:06pm
Attention all residents of Ohio:
Please get the name of a British citizen that watches the BBC and write them a letter telling them to boycott watching the BBC because watching this station will cause immense suffering throughout the world.
It's payback time!!!!!!!
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re: Britain goes Jerry Springer CRAZY.. (even by burning things!)#6
Posted: 1/7/05 at 4:08pmI'm in NY and have satellite TV. I get the BBC. Cool.
re: Britain goes Jerry Springer CRAZY.. (even by burning things!)#7
Posted: 1/7/05 at 4:12pm
someone tape it for me... 
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re: Britain goes Jerry Springer CRAZY.. (even by burning things!)#8
Posted: 1/7/05 at 5:26pmI'm a Brit and I'm pleased that the BBC has decided to show the performance (even if it is maybe the only night I've had at the theatre I didn't enjoy - I hated the show, maybe I'm the only person in the world who didn't like it). The BBC has suddenly become hyper-cultural and started showing musicals. Which is fantastic. But this crazy Christian business gets me down. It's like we're in America!
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re: Britain goes Jerry Springer CRAZY.. (even by burning things!)#9
Posted: 1/7/05 at 5:33pmcrazy christians. Quite sad.. pathetic even.
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re: Britain goes Jerry Springer CRAZY.. (even by burning things!)#10
Posted: 1/7/05 at 5:38pm
I must admit vicarous joy watching this debate unfold. Here in the liberated colony, a woman's bare back can earn Michael Powell's ire (and three actual letters of complaint can bring millions of dollars in fines) and in staid old England they are going to broadcast over 250 uses of the "C word" on Public Airwaves!
What happened over there? When ever we want to label something unnecessarily uptight we call it "Victorian." Maybe y'all should start calling needless moralising as a "Bushian" attitude?
re: Britain goes Jerry Springer CRAZY.. (even by burning things!)#11
Posted: 1/7/05 at 5:42pmmy BBC channel isn't showing it. what's up with that??? lame a$s...
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re: Britain goes Jerry Springer CRAZY.. (even by burning things!)#12
Posted: 1/7/05 at 5:42pmHey; I have BBC america but I don't see it anywher on the schedule
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re: Britain goes Jerry Springer CRAZY.. (even by burning things!)#13
Posted: 1/7/05 at 5:55pm
BBC America is a weird hybrid of Britain's two main BBC channels as well as other terrestrial channels like Channel 4 that we have here. For example, So Graham Norton is a show entirely produced and created by and for Channel 4 but it's sold to the BBC for broadcast on BBC America. There are 8 BBC channels here but what you get on BBC America is a little pick and mix of those channels. So it's unlikely you'd be lucky enough to get Jerry on the same night we do, but ya never know, it might turn up in a few weeks.
It's crap that there's a protest over this show (the footage of the 'protest' outside Manchester's BBC studio showed two or three middle-aged Christians waving a dull placard - so not that major) but when compared to the furore over Janet's solitary boob (relatively bland compared to Jerry) we look positively liberal.
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re: Britain goes Jerry Springer CRAZY.. (even by burning things!)#14
Posted: 1/7/05 at 6:34pmLol. If there is controversy in Britain, do you really think they'd show it on BBC America?
re: Britain goes Jerry Springer CRAZY.. (even by burning things!)#15
Posted: 1/7/05 at 6:36pmHeck no!
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re: Britain goes Jerry Springer CRAZY.. (even by burning things!)#16
Posted: 1/7/05 at 6:41pmIs the controversy having any effect on the shows box office?
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re: Britain goes Jerry Springer CRAZY.. (even by burning things!)#17
Posted: 1/8/05 at 6:34amI don't really know. The show is closing sometime soon I think (to make way for Hairspray! Hurrah!) because before this it wasn't doing so great. I think the novelty has worn off.
re: Britain goes Jerry Springer CRAZY.. (even by burning things!)#18
Posted: 1/8/05 at 11:43amThis does sound like America lol
re: Britain goes Jerry Springer CRAZY.. (even by burning things!)#19
Posted: 1/8/05 at 11:57amThis would not show in America. BBC America is under the control of the US FCC (as is every other station that broadcasts). They wouldn't allow it through.
re: Britain goes Jerry Springer CRAZY.. (even by burning things!)#20
Posted: 1/8/05 at 12:22pm
I think it's strange what things the FCC allows and what they don't. Frankly I think commercials for alcohol is just as bad as having a woman drop her towel for a man. Everyone was like FOOTBALL IS FOR FAMILIES. Well, I don't know how it is in other cities but I've been to foot ball games here in Philly and let me tell you, our fans scream obsenities nonstop at our players and the other team. And what about alcohol commercials? Do they ever portray women as sexual objects? Uh yeah. So I really do not think football is family time.
But in England I think they have less rigid rules. When I was there over the summer there was a lot more sex and swearing.
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re: Britain goes Jerry Springer CRAZY.. (even by burning things!)#21
Posted: 1/8/05 at 1:12pmHurrah for sex and swearing! God Save The Queen!
re: Britain goes Jerry Springer CRAZY.. (even by burning things!)#22
Posted: 1/8/05 at 1:16pmLol yup! England has some of the funniest shows I've ever seen tho... There was this one where everyone had these fake chins and it was called like Bamtastic 4.0 or something. It was freaking hilarious! Slightly disturbing...but hilarious!
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re: Britain goes Jerry Springer CRAZY.. (even by burning things!)#23
Posted: 1/8/05 at 1:16pmWhen I saw the show a few weeks ago the theater was packed. And I am surprised hairpsray is going in there. It is such a small house.
re: Britain goes Jerry Springer CRAZY.. (even by burning things!)#24
Posted: 1/8/05 at 1:20pm
As BBC America complying with FCC regulations. Aren't they considered a premium digital chanel and therefore can broadcast whatever like IFC and Encore?
If not can't they pull a Comedy Central Midnight Stash and play this at 1 in the morning on a saturday/sunday?
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