The majority of the posts here will be about me and will be intended to support my desperate need for attention.  However, when I see an oppurtunity to pass along some information about other comics that doesn’t make me want to cut my wrist, I’ll post it as well.  

Here’s a little proof radio sucks worldwide, not just here in the US.  Russel Brand (from “Forgetting Sarah Marshall”) and his partner Jonathon Ross (you live in the US, don’t pretend you know him) were supposed to interview Andrew Sachs (Manuel from “Faulty Towers”) on their BBC radio show.  When they called him live on the air his voicemail picked up.  With 99% of the DJ’s I’ve met, this would be where the story ended. But this was Russel Brand who in the past:

-was fired from MTV (UK) on Sept. 12, 2001 for dressing as Osama bin Laden on the air for interview with some pop star who’s name I can’t remember and don’t give a shit about.

-Called Bush “a retarded cowboy fella” who in England “wouldn’t be trusted with scissors.”

-Compared Britney Spears to Jesus because of their similar resurections.

In this case, Russel and Jonathon decided to conduct the interview with Sachs’ voicemail.  Notable points during this “interview” are when Ross yelled than Russel fucked Sachs’ granddaugther, then Russel denied it while giving out her name on the air and then stated it he did it but she was okay with it, then they closed it all out with a song about the sex in question.  Again, the story would end here in most cases, but this is Russel Brand, and the UK.  Complaints to the BBC have surpassed 18,000, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is pissed, the granddaughter in question (who in my opinion was asking for it) demanded they be fired, and two complaints have been filled under a UK law called the “Protection from Harrassment Act.”

I grew up in a British family and know a thing or two about British law.  Their legal system is great because it protects Amy Winehouse while she competes for the world record in “most days walking while legally dead,” but Brand may get 6 months in jail for claming he fucked the granddaughter of a washed up 70’s sitcom star.  

What does all this mean?  It means knowing he could already be going to jail for a dumbass radio stunt Russel Brand said:

-He was sorry he said it, he had only met the granddaugther.  Followed by “met her brains out.”

-He would make it up to Sachs by breaking into his house and fondling him while he slept.

My next post about this will be annoucing the sale of a new line of Che Guevara style Russel Brand tee shirts.