Comments on: Logie audience boos Footy Show

By: fangerA101

fangerA101 — Tue, 06 May 2008 02:18:00 +0000

You should have seen Wilson and Lyons on Confidential last night, they obviously had a moment together behind the scenes. Wilson agreeing with everyone of Gary’s points, Lyons sticking up for Wilson to Hutchy on every issue, it was a total lovefest lol

By: ducko

ducko — Tue, 06 May 2008 00:30:00 +0000

It must be a Melbourne thing?

By: Kieran

Kieran — Mon, 05 May 2008 09:52:00 +0000

Comprehension here clearly isn’t a strong point of many of the respondents. Brayshaw never compared him with Kennedy, he said “than almost anyone since the great Graham Kennedy“. That isn’t a comparison with Kennedy, he’s comparing Newman with all the other lower-than-Kennedy personalities.

By: TelevisionAU

TelevisionAU — Mon, 05 May 2008 02:42:00 +0000

why is this still an issue? From what I understand, Caroline Wilson – a woman who i gather is strong enough to defend herself – has received a public apology and she has accepted that apology. Shouldn’t that be the end of it? She’s probably embarassed that others have made this into such a big drama.

I do agree though that the Newman/Kennedy comparison is completely false. Sam Newman wishes he had half the talent and influence that Graham Kennedy had.

By: par3182

par3182 — Mon, 05 May 2008 01:58:00 +0000

Notable that The Footy Show won for being ‘popular’, not ‘outstanding’ and that Lyon praises Newman for generating publicity, not for having any other talent.

Rarely has the old saying “you’ll never go broke underestimating the intelligence of the general public” been so appropriate.

By: KnoxOverstreet

KnoxOverstreet — Mon, 05 May 2008 01:26:00 +0000

I agree with Gary Lyon. Sam Newman is an absolute star! The AFL team winning the logie and the speech was a highlight for me. lol at the sheep booing him. Agree completely with fangera re the awful Caroline Wilson. He gives The Chief much more crap! And I can see the Kennedy comparison. Go Sammy!

By: craigiej

craigiej — Mon, 05 May 2008 00:39:00 +0000

Garry Lyon is an intelligent man, what the hell is he doing defending Sam Waste-of-space Newman, seriously, the comparison between Newman and Graham Kennedy is just ridiculous, not to mention insulting to Graham Kennedy, id suggest Garry spend some time in the GTV archives to see just how wrong he is..Im a Queenslander but lived in Melboure for three years and was dumbfounded by the popularity of this pureile, sometimes distasteful show.

By: fangerA101

fangerA101 — Mon, 05 May 2008 00:39:00 +0000

No doubt Sam is not even in the same category, as great or influential as Kennedy, thats a gimmie.
And I’m sure there’s a few footy coaches, players and their families who would love not to have half-truths printed about them designed to harm their careers and income just to increase circulation.
No one agrees with his method.
People seem to forget why this started.

By: pietro99

pietro99 — Mon, 05 May 2008 00:35:00 +0000

Sam Newman may have had a lucky “break” by not appearing last night, as the crowd (or about 50% of it) could well have given him heaps.

By: David Knox

David Knox — Mon, 05 May 2008 00:25:00 +0000

Where did I say the show wasn't popular? My reference was actually to ratings and Kennedy comparisons. Newman doesn't even air until 11.45 or thereabouts in NSW and Qld.

Kennedy's impact was groundbreaking. There are few who regularly sit above the 2m mark these days, maybe Kath and Kim at their best, Dancing with the Stars at its height. Sam is astute at stunts, but he doesn't match Kennedy's draw because he is limited to AFL.

I'm sure Wilson is happy to be disputed without resorting to half naked mannequins.

By: fangerA101

fangerA101 — Mon, 05 May 2008 00:07:00 +0000

A little ironic saying the show isn’t very popular around the country when it just won a Logie.
Good to see the Aussie “elite” are big on the PC angle without getting their facts straight.
Disrespect? Maybe Caroline should stop writing semi-fictional pieces and then hide behind the sexism flag when she gets a bit of crap for it.