Should Channel 4 apologise to Katie Price?

[sp1814]

Frankie Boyle told a joke about Katie Price's son Harvey on a recent show:

http://www.independen...-her-son-2155543.html

Should CH4 apologise, or is a joke just a joke.

By the way, the link above doesn't contain the joke itself because frankly, it IS tasteless in the extreme...however, the Daily Mail published the joke in their coverage:

http://www.dailymail....abled-son-Harvey.html

[China Doll]

I dunno Boo, I've never found Ricky Gervais's stand up that funny so his jokes wouldn't put me off.... I don't think I've ever been put off by some bad jokes by a comedian, my favourite comedian is Bill Hicks and he could sometimes skate a bit near the mark and there's a few bits of his stand up that I don't find that funny (randy pann the goat boy springs to mind), but overall I enjoy/enjoyed his comedy and still find most of what he says very funny.

[jackthehat]

That 'joke' about Harvey wasn't the one that offended me, jj.
It was the subsequent one..........something about KP having to employ a minder to try to stop Harvey f******g her...........

[ummmm]

Looks like we have a warped sense of humour then CD..!!

[B00]

<<<already knows CD does

;-)

[zzxxee]

i am the same boo i used to think jummy carr was quite funny but he goes so over the top hes not for me i am put off now.

[joggerjayne]

Okay ... here's the difference ...

Maddie McCann
Baby P
Incest

Sensitive subjects, yes. But ...

The targets of the Maddie jokes are Maddie's parents (not little Maddie). Aren't they fair game for jokes (given that some people think they should be imprisoned for neglect).

The targets of the Baby P jokes are the cruel parents, who deserve to be ridiculed.

But the target of the Harvey joke was Harvey.

Isn't that the difference?

[cazzz1975]

no need for it, if he is such a great comedian, he should not need to pick on societys more vulnerable people as targets for a cheap laugh

[China Doll]

I know I doummm! As does Boo apparently.... ;oP

I find Family Guy utterly hysterical and that also can be pretty sick. Snags and I were talking about a story we read on the internet the other day where a dog waited 12 years outside a hospital because he used to accompany his master there for dialiasis and then one day the master died and the dog just kept coming back and waiting... until he got hit by a car... I roared with laughter! I felt sorry for the dog but I could see the humour in waiting all that time and then getting hit by a bloody car!

I also genuinely can't say without listening to what Boyle actually said, whether I would have laughed or not... I may well have... I just don't know. I know some of his stuff is not tasteful but humour is subjective and not a moral highground. (Unless you find Harry Hill funny which to me is just distasteful in the extreme).

[zzxxee]

i have said all i have to say on the matter
he is not funny
his material of Harvey sickens me !!!

[B00]

You don't really believe those statements you've just made do you Jayne?

[China Doll]

I can actually see where JJ is coming from actually.... Not sure I'm totally on board but I get the pont.

[ummmm]

He is funny...

[joggerjayne]

Which one do you disagree with, B00.

The McCanns left their daughter uncared for.

Do you think they should be protected from ridicule?

[B00]

Yes Jayne, I do.

But i think we better leave THAt topic as this isn't what the OP was about.

[Ankou]

i'm with china doll, love family guy humour.

do you think the beeb should apologise to me? there was a female black comedian on (i think it was stephen k amos show). she said that she is getting so desperate for a date that she is now shockingly considering going out with a white guy.

[cazzz1975]

yes thats exactly the same as making fun of a specific disabled boy ankou

[joggerjayne]

JTH ...

The reason I disliked the "custody" gag was that children are quite resistant to most things that grown ups say to them.

Call them mad, bad, stupid, or whatever, and they go ... "Yeah, duuh! ... and?"

But telling a child that nobody wants them is really nasty.

[saintpeter48]

can't stand the plastic person that is Katie Price, BUT, for Boyle to get a cheap laugh at a disabled child is beyond contempt, thats not funny it is sick. Boyle should be made to apologise and been banned form the box.