Harry Hill yesterday

[peppy]

I watched it and was appalled at the clip featuring someone called ' Bear ' ? where he bit the head off a little live frog and then put a live tortoise on an open fire to roast.
As an animal lover, I think there should have been a warning before hand.
Usually love HHTVB, one of my fave progs of the week, but I think this was an error of judgement.
What do you think ?

[~Wingnut~]

Hi peppy :o)
Must admit I turned away when I suddenly realised he was going to bite the head off the frog (plus I was eating my tea!) but still caught a glimpse as I wasn't quite quick enough :o(
I think he had killed the tortoise before putting it on the fire as it looked lifeless but it still wasn't very nice to see.

A warning beforehand would have been nice to know that it would be coming up sometime in the show.

[peppy]

Thanks for your reply wingnut, glad to see I'm not the only one that cares !
Do u think the tortoise was dead beforehand as I thought he said otherwise ( even tho the poor little thing had retreated into its shell and looked dead )

[~Wingnut~]

Hi again peppy :o)
I think it was already dead as he put it on the fire as it just lay there not moving (although i was looking away alot so could be mistaken), I didn't hear what he was saying but would imagine that he knows himself putting a live tortoise on a fire for a TV prog would warrant a lot of complaints as well as being cruel. At least the frog would have died instantly but it still wasn't nice to watch.
I don't fancy watching the repeat to see if I'm right about the tortoise though :o(

[teash]

I see your point peppy, but does this mean tv cookery programmes should put a disclaimer on everytime their about to show a lobster being cooked.


Say this out in the style of tv highlight of the week

"The most pointless post complaining about tv burp because its the best show on telly and theres only another few shows before the series ends of the week"
:)

[juliacornwal]

Bear Grylls is a 'survival' expert - he gets himself dropped into hopeless situations with nothing but a pocket knife and shows you how you can survive, if such a thing should happen to you. Yes he did eat the frog live - and ate it, not just bit the head off it - but the tortoise he had killed first, and made it clear that it was extremely important to kill your catches cleanly and painlessly. I don't watch Harry Hill, because I can't stand him, but no doubt he turned it into a 'gore fest', and it wasn't that at all. Bear Grylls programmes are fascinating.

[wiggal]

I saw it and it made me feel sick,
I would of liked some kind of warning first i must say, it was horrible to see, even my partner looked at me completely shocked! (and that is strange for him!)

[teash]

Isn`t it surprising people see a bloke chomping down a frog and a turtle, but then seeing dead bodies on the news etc and seeing people jump for their lives from the twin towers seems to be ok to watch. It was a frog and a turtle for crying out loud, now you must excuse me because i`m off for my dinner which was probably running around a field a couple of days ago without a care in the world :)

[ne2]

Well I'm glad I never saw it! I can't bear Harry Hill anyway so I don't watch anything with him in it. He's no comedian!

[scuzzball]

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[peppy]

Which would explain your username.........

[katangel26]

Must admit I was extremely shocked especially as my three year old daughter and seven year old son were watching (they love him!). I tried to distract them, it worked with my daughter but not with my son! I was actually quite annoyed.

[Dobermanngal]

Tend to agree with teash on this one - ok so it was on @ "dinner/tea" time and might put some delicate stomachs off their nosh - dear dear.
And Harry Hill is fab - the king of comedy understatement - the guy doesn't even need to try - we love you Harry :-)

[scuzzball]

peppy - sure does, peabrain.