Jonathan Ross Chat Show

[tetherend]

Last night, someone called Marion Ghost...... was a guest on Jonathan Ross Chat Show and I am appalled that he talked of killing a dog and made jokes about dying people and chemo therapy.  I am so angry!  Does anyone know where in the vast BBC I can register a complaint?  Even the audience were shocked at what was being discussed and this type of "chat" I strongly feel is way out of line.  Do you agree?

[miss_chase]

And he wasn't even funny!!

I suspect the BBC are trying heavily to promote him as the latest thing as his show is on BBC 3 at the moment.

If you go on to the BBC website I am sure you will find a way of complaining. Personally, I am not so bothered about the content just that he was rubbish.

Holllywood stars Nicole Kidman and David Schwimmer looked really bemused. And did you notice they turned the camera on them off?  I reckon they asked for it cos that third-rate 'comedian' was so crap.

[Mattk]

if it was ricky gervais saying those things he wouldve got away with it but because its an unkown character everyone is appalled.it was a shameless use of chat show space to advertise a bbc program but if u didnt like him u shouldve turned over !

[miss_chase]

ah, i am a kindly soul and let my boyf watch it cos he was waiting to see david schwimmer (!). i did however, exercise my rights and went and read a book.

so there!

x

ps and ricky gervais is sometimes funny whereas this bloke was just annoying. like nathan barley.

[FordGranada1]

Marc Wootton is the name of the person who plays Shirley Ghostman. The show is soon to be aired on BBC2, which I expect is why he was on the Jonathon Ross Show.

[kazza12345]

Hi, i didnt see the item, so probably am not in a position to comment.  However, when it comes to comedy, i dont think any subjects are out of bounds (well i can think of two, but they are not death and chemotherapy)

i think it's just peoples different tastes - i for instance cannot stand bo selecta and all that rubbish that man does - cant find it funny, and actually cringe if i had to watch any of it, whereas some of my friends think he's really funny.  Vivre la differance is what i say (in very bad french)

death is the one thing that unites us all, and personally i dont see why in certain circumstance it cant be funny.  I work with dying people, and there are a lot of laughs in that job

as to your original question if you go to bbc.co.uk i'm sure you will find how to complain

[kazza12345]

in fact, here are the details :

http://www.bbc.co.uk/complaints/

hope it makes you feel better!

[tetherend]

Kazza, as you did not see the programme you are right in saying that you are not in a position to reply.

[spainlads]

I saw it and though it was highly amuzing. My mother-in-law goes to see people who claim to speak to the dead and the cr*p that they tell her - and she believes. At a guess it'* *** you because you've lost someone recently, or know someone having chemo. It was just a 'comic sketch'. Get over it.

[kazza12345]

Well, thats all very well, but as i am the only one who actually answered your question, i would have thought that may be a valid reason for replying .... :-)

plus, mine were general comments on the appropriateness of things in comedy, which i feel may validly contribute to the general discussion.  I did say i couldn't comment on the actual item, whicj is true, but does that mean i am not allowed to comment in general?

[Kay]

I too found " Shirley Ghostman" appalling. I wont be watching anything with her/him in again!  But what about Jonathen Ross a few years ago when he said re Schindlers List.." I dunno what all the fuss was about".I dont usually watch anything with JR in my hubby watched the programme last night..I was in the kitchen but heard it....Im lodging a complaint.

[Kay]

Complaint lodged!!! For any of you who agree please do likewise and for those who dont. Have any of you lost a loved one to cancer and watched their pain and suffering not to mention them becoming so stick thin they look just like a crack in the sheet!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Mattk]

yes i have - my mother in fact and i can still live with 'poor taste' comedy.when u make jokes of that ilk there will always be someone somewhere who takes offense on a personal level.

peter kay does a routine about a funeral when a twix wrapper gets blown past and the mourners all say 'oh look! he loved twix - its a sign !' to which peter kay says 'no its not its litter!'

ive been to a funeral where something very similar happened and found that routine highly amusing as a result but someone else at that same funeral would take offense!

[dirtyharriet]

Yes the guy was awful, I had to turn over as it was too uncomfortable to watch. Not that I found the actual subject matter offensive, just him, he was trying to be radical and failed miserably.

Dennis Leary used to tell jokes about people with cancer etc, but the only people who found it offensive were the people who knew or were related to someone who had cancer. The people who actually DID have cancer thought he was hilarious. I saw a programme where he said he used to get letters from peole with cancer who would ask him to include jokes about testicular cancer etc.

[littleoldme]

I wasn't offended by the content of Shirley Ghostman's material (IMO there are more important things in life to get steamed up about than the inane prattlings of some alleged 'comedian'), although I did think that many people would be. I did however find him woefully, pathetically unfunny. Unfortunately, some of these 'radical' comedians are trying so hard to shock, be confrontational or "break down taboos" that they forget that the primary objective of comedy is to make people laugh! Even the well-trained studio audience struggled to raise a chuckle.

BTW, to those who are lodging complaints, I understand why you feel the need to do so, but remember that this is a new, up-and-coming "comedy" act out for as much attention as he can get. Bearing in mind the adage about there being no such thing as bad publicity, wouldn't it hit him harder to ignore him? Now you know what he's like, simply don't watch anything he's on.

[zipadeedodah]

I agree with dirtyharriet and littleoldme....I just found it really unfunny, and noticed too that the studio audience weren't overly impressed either! I've seen him on something before, can't remember what, but doubt he'll be around for all that long.

[nicebutdim]

I am a fan of High Spirits but totally understand how many people were offended. The reference to terminally ill people passing on messages to the 'other side' when they pass away is actually based on an American guy who is offering this service in the States...he was on the Jeremy Vine show on Radio 2 a few weeks ago, again many people phoned in and were disgusted, especially as there was a charge for this 'service'.

[mongos bird]

I saw the first few minutes of this interview and very quickly came to the conclusion the guy is about as funny as a dose of thrush.    

I'm getting the words 'untalented ******!'

[evertonsue]

Marc Wooton is a very talented actor/writer who I believe is the funniest comic actor on the box at present! How on earth did he win British Comedy Award for Best New TV Comedy if he wasn't funny!?

[ducati996sp]

I completely agree, and suggest everyone logs their complaint at:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/complaints/make_complaint.shtml