I have been accused of engaging in strictly guy humor recently so this is one for the ladies.
The men can skip this one and just go out into the garage to polish their sports cars or clean their guns.
You know what is especially harsh is how quickly and gleefully she moves on to other news leaving her male co-anchor completely stunned and humiliated.
Remember guys, it is probably best not to disappoint a woman who has access to a live broadcast. I am just saying.
snap!!! Sounds like she knows a thing or two about his thing LOL
ReplyDeleteOne of the reasons, you don't date co-workers.
ReplyDeleteOooh! BURN!
ReplyDeleteI wonder what their conversation was like after they were off the air
She's lucky I'm not her news director or she'd be fired right after the newscast.
ReplyDeleteI don't care if you are woman, man, girl, boy, LGBTQ or Martian.
You don't get away with nasty junior high behavior in the business world
There are cardinal sins on the news desk set, and she just broke nearly every one, on top of being mean, snarky, and acting like Sarah Palin.
Haha this is from Ten News in my hometown. Luckily for Belinda everyone took it in good humour and Mark thought it was funny too. Her explanation was that, well, Mark set her up to hit one out of the park and she had to do it, couldn't resist! They're talking about a miniture version of the Ashes Urn, a cricket trophy which supposedly contains the ashes of a wooden bail or stump from the first match or some such story. It's a very special competition between England and Australia.
ReplyDeleteClassic . . . .
ReplyDeleteHe must be a real poop to work with because women other than Sarah Palin usually don't belittle a man like that unless he's been a creep.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2011-02-15/michael-glassner-named-sarah-palins-chief-of-staff/ "Over the weekend, SarahPAC filled the chief of staff role on Sarah Palin's team. Her husband, Todd, had been functioning in the role"
ReplyDeleteSo Todd's services are no longer needed? There goes his "indiscretionary" spending $.
That's Brit humor for you. Quick and sharp. Can't say he didn't walk right into that one.
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No, I think the guys should have to watch it, no sneaking off to the garage :)
ReplyDeleteIf ever an "oh snap!" was warranted, anon, you are right. This was it!
ReplyDeleteLol, she is hitting him below the belt.
ReplyDeleteThat was funny. In general, when I have to think about anyone's penis other than my husband's, I'm just not that into it. Just watched Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher talking about Eddie Fisher's penis on an Oprah clip. Is it wrong to speak ill of a small penis when it's no longer with us?
ReplyDelete8:52, I agree. Although it gave us a moment of laughs, it has too much residual bitterness because those kinds of comments in a business context are indeed inappropriate - particularly on the air.
ReplyDeleteIf a man had made a similar quip to a woman, his behind would be broiling somewhere and the station would be in very hot water.
Tan - He did walk right into it by handing her an irresistible straight line. Too funny!
ReplyDelete@ anon 9.14
ReplyDeleteer sorry to be a stickler but haven't you ever heard a British accent? Because that isn't one, not even close. Or, I sincerely hope you are not one of those people that think britain, Australia, new Zealand, south Africa; they're all the same who cares!!? Please get it right! The clip is from Adelaide, Australia :)
thanks
I doubt Todd was using Sarahpac money, as his "massages" started way before sarahpac was created. Fishing money probably and they ended in dec 09.
ReplyDeleteI'm with 8:52. As a woman, I'm embarrassed to watch it. Actually I'm angry. Women have worked very hard (with the help of some very good men also) to be viewed as competent professionals, and she takes it right back to sex. And I certainly wouldn't want my children to watch that and think it's funny, or acceptable. Like 8:52, if I was her boss she'd be in serious trouble right now.
ReplyDeleteLucy
Call me old-fashioned. I still expect newscasters to be professional and respectful. Such gender-based sniping is anything but.
ReplyDeleteI really wish we could push back at the "Mean Girl" or "Misogynistic Male" rhetoric and send those who use it back into their little holes. I guess with the Palins, Limbaughs, and Becks of the world, civility may be dead, but I still hold out hope for a resurgence.
Gryphen, this is O/T but have you seen this video of Ginger Rogers (92!) dancing with her 29 y/o great-grandson?
ReplyDeleteCompare THAT with the lousy performance of a certain 20y/o grifter-in-waiting at DWTS...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iW3doaVE8w
I laughed out loud at her snipe. Not appropriate for TV news, though...
ReplyDeleteThat YouTube clip from FEDUP!!! is great! Such a difference from Bristol's pull your skirt over head while looking constipated routine on DWTS.
ReplyDeleteHere's a possible scenario. Woman was recently engaged and was excited about her engagement diamond which may not have been big for a diamond. Male gave her grief about her excitement. Then he made the mistake of questioning why anyone would be so excited about something so small, just to rub it in her face.
ReplyDeleteShe hits his lob out of the park.
Ha! ha! He knows he'd been bested.
I do believe it was supposed to be funny. I don't know how many of their jokes are really off the cuff. I suspect they plan many of them.
ReplyDeleteBut I think it is a sign of how low our national discourse has gotten. That is a very inappropriate venue for such a comment. It belongs on Married With Children, a show which I loathe.
Not appropriate for a tv news broadcast, but I'm laughing. What show was it that had the line "the devil made me do it"? Maybe he just isn't very tall. I mean, his overall height is below average, no, wait a minute ......
ReplyDeleteFrom many of the comments it seems the world has lost its sense of humor - just another reason why everyone is at war with everyone else and those who believe in supression of everyone's rights (except their own) are winning the war against humanity.
ReplyDeleteIt wasn't hilarious, just a small step for womankind - with the continual attacks on their reproductive organs they sometimes need a win.
No-one in this clip was acting like Sarah Palin - and FGS why fire anyone who says something you don't think is funny - the aggression and disagreement in the world of today is so sad - I fear for the world of my child.
Honestly, I get sick of Viagra & Cialis ads.
ReplyDeleteI grew up in Australia........this is so Australian! They do have a great sense of humor and are not as uptight about this kind of thing as we Americans are. This would not fly in US except on SNL/Colbert.
ReplyDeleteFEDUP- The video is actually of a 75 year-old (checked it on snopes.com) but her story is still amazing and she is a terrific dancer.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure it was hilarious, since they're British, but couldn't understand a word of what either one said. I always need subtitles for British movies.
ReplyDelete"Remember guys, it is probably best not to disappoint a woman who has access to a live broadcast."
ReplyDeleteIronically Gryphen, you just pointed out the reason why Sarah seems to be covered in Teflon (which is owned by the Koch brothers.)
Aussie humor tends toward beerhall off-color mini insults. The men display their crudeness a badge of machismo all the time.
ReplyDeleteSo perhaps this one soars "down under".
Here in California I find it bitchy, unprofessional, and not that funny.
@ 10:46,
ReplyDeleteSorry about mis-naming the nationality of the newscaster - yet my comment still stands. Australians have a much broader and cruder version of the British humor - but they are both the same in tolerating lots of "off-color" remarks that hurt our sensitive American ears.
-Hedgewytch