Brick me up, before you go-go!

Alright! I just thought I'd put a little bit of respect out their to all those Berliners celebrating 20 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall! Just like David Hasselhoff, those guys were 'looking for freedom' and thankfully they found it. Just like the Hoff. And all the more respect to them for finding without the aid of a satnav or Kitt, Dave's car in the popular Knight Rider series, which now I think of it was almost like an early form of satnav, albeit one that has it's own independent thought.

Anyway back to the Wall thing. It was a magical moment to be a part of and all those people that were there knew that it would be one of those life changing events that they remember forever. I wasn't there, obviously, I was two, but one of my earliest memories is of that sense of excitement that was around and the buzz that was running through my house at the time. Not that my parents were particularly invested in European politics but they were always ones to complain against eyesores that weren't in keeping with native aesthetics, so for them it was a real cathartic evening. They were busy at the time protesting against the new McDonalds drive-thru that had just been built near our house, so they saw the Germans as kindred spirits. But I think it's clear to see that the idea of being rebellious is something that was very strong in my upbringing, and unlike a lot of parents it was something mine encouraged. The first time I wet myself as a child, they saw it more as breaking free from the shackles of percieved hygene rather than a kid pissing himself. But that's just a different level of committment.

Well that's all from me for now, remember: knock down those walls. Unless they're not yours to knock down. In no way am I encouraging any form of vandalism to anyone's property that isn't otherwise agreed on before hand. I mean my neighbours rubber plant has started hanging over into my backyard but I wouldn't take the removal of it into my own hands.

best,

Jerryx

Comedy Catastrophe

Well it's all kicking off here again with the whole 'whats acceptable in comedy' debate, and as you may expect I'm here at the front line doing my bit in support. I'm not going to stand by and watch as my country goes to pot at the hands of some foul mouthed comedians. It's not on. It all started when Russel Grant left an obscene answer phone message on Del Boy's mobile. Which, although it was a while ago, is still very much a sore subject for me. I mean voicemail is hard enough to work out as it is, the last thing you need after dealing with the whole automated keypad stuff is to be faced with a load of abuse. It's ridiculous. So I'm standing up and saying no to offensive comedy, I'm trying to get us back to the good old days of gentle comedy such as Morcambe and Wise, The Two Ronnies and 999: Life Savers, good quality programming that didn't offend anyone.

I think the majority of the blame lies at the feet of the BBC, you know, don't get me wrong, they do some cracking programming, my day never really starts until Cash in The Attic. But that said I think they're standards are slipping, it's even seeping into none comedy shows now, I was watching an episode of the Dog Whisperer the other day and some of the language coming out of that fella's mouth was unbelievable. 'Bitch' this, 'bitch' that, it was absolutely ridiculous, the dog didn't deserve that. I even thought I heard Huw Edwards say 'fuck the queen' once but in retrospect I think he just said 'cook with steam' it was a report about healthier eating or something but still. The BBC needs to stop pandering to the lowest common denominator by producing crude, unnecessary, insulting rubbish. They need to start by getting rid of those testosterone fueled panel shows, it's just silly little boys trying to say the most offensive jokes. The same thing happened with Call My Bluff, that was nice enough to begin with but then Sandi Toksvig starts sprouting off all these blatant lies and it just became a farce. Luckily they cancelled it after Bob Holness said a racist joke so at least they learnt their lesson then.

So I am proud to announce the formation of the charity Unkind Comedy Not Tolerated or UCNT for short. With this there will be the start of the 'Clean Not Mean' campaign, this is going to attempt to sort through the tide of unsuitable comedy so we are left with the nice ones. We are going to do this by trying to establish a law that says any new joke needs to be Ok'ed by a panel of judges including David Cameron, Trisha and the editor of the Daily Mail. I think in this climate of controversy these are the only sound-minded people we can turn to, please support me in this fight and remember 'Be A Friend: Don't Offend.'

Jerry x