Comments on: Robin Williams Hijacked a BBC Debate

By: firithlotiel

firithlotiel — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 04:23:41 +0000

thats soooo awesome.

By: james h

james h — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 20:46:41 +0000

The BBC is not controlled by the government (much to the goverment's annoyance).

Most people in Britain are extremely proud of it, especially when compared to something like say, off the top of my head, Fox news.

By: N

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 07:55:08 +0000

He was hilarious in the 80's, the guy has real acting ability, The Fisher King movie was genius, it's a shame he's not in better films than trash like the RV movie, not his fault I'm sure, Hollywood is shit for anything decent, most movies today are bottom of the barrel crap.

By: Evil Pundit

Evil Pundit — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 02:27:16 +0000

Pol x:

Deluded.

By: Jaycatt

Jaycatt — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 18:22:38 +0000

Robin Williams is the reality TV comedian. I guess I prefer scripted dialog over improv.

By: Pol x

Pol x — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:10:31 +0000

Rosi

the BBC America thing is really the BBC's American section.

There's BBC World too.

It all sort of stems from the BBC World Service, which dates back to when we had an Empire (adjusts monocle and pith helmet.

You can still listen to the world service.

BBC dot co dot uk and follow the links at the top for tv ot radio.

In the UK we call the BBC Auntie Beeb,The Beeb or just Auntie.

We're rather attached to the old girl.

By: Rosi1

Rosi1 — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:49:48 +0000

I think Robin Williams is really overrated to be honest.
I understand that he's good at just getting up on the spot and improvising, but most of the stuff he improvises just isn't that funny. And I find it hard to understand how he can believe that just putting on a funny voice and saying stuff constitutes humour.
Also there's a BBC America? That kind of goes against the name (BRITISH Broadcasting Corporation),doesn't it?

By: JoBo S

JoBo S — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:21:21 +0000

Robin has an amazing talent to just get up and start doing stand-up unplanned. Always very funny.

In reading what some wrote about the media being controled by the government and such I think it has more to do with entertainment. Sure all governments will sway thier media groups to put themselves in a positive light and others in the negitive. However Americans are so much into being entertained that they even need it in thier news broadcasts. That's the reason why shows like Today, and the View are popular. They will report the news in an entertaining meathod. As a result of this what makes the "news" is chosen by how many/who will watch it.

This is the demands Americans have created. Just something to think about.

By: Kris

Kris — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:15:52 +0000

I enjoy Robin's enthusiasm more than anything – it's pretty great.

By: Carruthers

Carruthers — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:48:38 +0000

Can't we somehow ban raving socialists like "Pol x" from posting here?

By: sparge

sparge — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:20:59 +0000

I like Robin. But that wasn't funny.

By: luke

luke — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:31:35 +0000

I like Robin

By: Pol x

Pol x — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:10:01 +0000

Firstly, Robin Williams is tedious beyond endurance.

From Mork to Mawkish.

As for the stuff about the BBC being a leftist government mouth piece.

Well, frankly that is just gibberish.

You'd have to have media like Fox to ever think of the beeb as being some leftist hot bed of sedition.

It's pretty much centrist, so gathers the ire of both left and right in the UK.

There is also the idea that the BBC only shows the US in a negative light.

Is it any news medias function to show the USA in a positive light?

I mean other than Fox obviously.

See that wouldn't be the news, that would be cheerleading.

So basically to see the centrist BBC as being extreme left, you have to be viewing it from the EXTREME right.

All the best.

By: DanO

DanO — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 10:53:19 +0000

I thought he did a good job considering the circumstances.

By: Viola

Viola — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 06:26:51 +0000

Never mind. I just checked dates and this was apparently taped in February. Still... brutal.

By: Viola

Viola — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 06:23:50 +0000

Yes!, the media's a bunch of lie mongers, but what does that have to do with an American comedian doing stand-up on a British news broadcast?

You guys are brutal. I kind-of just figured it was an April Fools thing.

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 05:57:00 +0000

graffiksguru,

Nope, not a fox news guy. I think Fox is as about as news worthy as any other sensational news agency.

I am not a big fan of news media, and I have first hand witnessed the BBC's lying and unethical news reporting. They lie, they create controversy out of everything and they prey on the misfortune and tragedy of everyone and everything.

Just like all news agencies.

Dipshits like to divide news in to conservative and liberal viewpoints, but the truth is the news media creates controversy out of nothing. Lies are what they sell....

By: BizzSnif

BizzSnif — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 05:30:49 +0000

Have you guys seen his appearance on Jay Leno when he started making those African languages? That was the most hilarious thing ever from him on the spot!

By: Shay

Shay — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 04:35:30 +0000

This man tries too hard.

By: su.wei

su.wei — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 04:16:11 +0000

ah gotta love Robin! <33

By: Evil Pundit

Evil Pundit — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 04:02:46 +0000

The BBC is not objective. It is controlled by the government and it is dumbed down, usually only covering America when it shows it in a negative light, hardly every focusing on reality or positive stories. It is for the moonbat with a feminist's bootheel on his flaccid penis and a Che poster on his wall.

By: Nominate

Nominate — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 03:41:37 +0000

The news media in America is not objective. It is controlled by the government and it is dumbed down, usually only covering other countries when it shows them in a negative light, hardly every focusing on poverty or positive stories. It is for the redneck with a steak on his erect penis and a beer hat on his head.

By: caitlin13

caitlin13 — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 03:37:17 +0000

There is a video Yezzirr. "You can watch Robin Williams’ impromptu hijacking of the debate on BBC’s website..*link*"

By: xander

xander — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 03:13:44 +0000

That is, the word "high-jacking" seems deceptive.

By: Yezzirr

Yezzirr — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 03:04:39 +0000

What good is this article without the video? Robin Williams used to (kind of) (sort of) (almost) be funny but bearable.

Get off BBC. American news is out of control...I need BBC not to be retarded

By: xander

xander — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 03:01:32 +0000

So he did it to fill in while the BBC was having problems? or was it malevolent?

By: SenorMysterioso

SenorMysterioso — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 01:18:08 +0000

I never found him to be a very good comedian. I think his appeal is that he does so many jokes and bad impressions in the course of a minute, something is bound to be funny.

Why he was allowed to go on for fifteen minutes is what surprises me.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 01:09:41 +0000

That's just Robin Williams. I find its best to let him wear himself out before you deal with him.

By: caitlin13

caitlin13 — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:40:16 +0000

I've always been a Robin Williams fan (he has a really neat history). I don't understand why he got up and did this though. Was he not already the center of enough attention?

By: Ampa

Ampa — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:22:00 +0000

Plenty of ego - not so much comedy.