Comments on: Hey Hey faces the music

By: Jess

Jess — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:39:19 +0000

its racism. i have to say that it totally freaked me out of what the did to their faces. boooo to them. no common sence …..

By: Jess

Jess — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:37:21 +0000

i am so bored

By: frankie fox

frankie fox — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:43:33 +0000

racism = clare werebiloff , what ever happened to that dear girl, working for the media or t.v. somewhere, lets rehash that blatant in your face racism at its best, whats the difference between her and hey hey, clare’s was not a badly timed and executed comedy sketch ,hey hey was, but everyone laughed clares views off as a joke and promoted her to the world of media work, so that obviuosly means that harry connick jnr is the real racist in this story or ossie ostritch, take your pick, dont forget its only a opinion that i am allowed to have in this day and age i hope ossie ostritch is not offended by my views

By: Common Sense

Common Sense — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:38:06 +0000

Why are airheads complaining about a skit that was performed on the show somewhere in the 1980s?

I thought they know better. But they don’t.

By: Chris R

Chris R — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:34:22 +0000

the words that come to mind when I think of the so-called “Jackson Jive” is Jack Ass.

I don’t think they were trying to be offensive so much as they were being insensitive. Then again, Australia is different than the US.

By: rackman

rackman — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:25:46 +0000

@Amerie Well without tar on their faces how else would we have recognised they were the Jackson Five? Until reading it in Wikipedia most Australians would not have even known what blackface Minstrel shows were, it would have just bypassed the audience. Seems to me it’s just political correctness gone mad.

By: Someone BBBA

Someone BBBA — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:23:17 +0000

Would everyone please give a warm round of applause for Amerie, official spokesperson on behalf of all black people everywhere. They, and they alone, have the authority to determine what is, and is not, “offensive to black people”.

By: Amerie

Amerie — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:30:03 +0000

As a black person this was not funny to me I have no problem with them performing as the jackson 5 or wearing afros .But the jive talking at the begginging and the tar on their faces was unnecesary.When have you ever heard the jacksons talk like that.None of the Jacksons are that dark.This show has a history of minstriel shows.they were still doing them in the 70′s and 80′s .This crap is offensive to black people and if you find this funny then something is seriously wrong with you.

By: Sean

Sean — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:37:44 +0000

Malik & David spot on. I learnt a long tiime ago that if I was offended, it was up to me to get over it. Its TV turn it off if your offended.
Harry Connick Jnr is acting like a junior.

By: Malik

Malik — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:13:06 +0000

The term “racist” has been used so many times to bash any and all disagreement (“if you don’t agree with me, you’re a racist!”) that it has lost its meaning. It’s like chanting a word over and over again until you can’t remember what it means. In Europe, anyone who doesn’t agree with the dicatates of political correctness is instantly stigmatized as a “racist” whatever their social/political opinions may be. Personally, I thought the act was a little tacky and that H.C. Jr. came across as a bit of a drama queen to tell you the truth…

By: Stan

Stan — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:06:23 +0000

Tyler (10:16pm),

Spend a few moments understanding the historical context for “blackface” & you will see why Connick Jr was right to express his distaste and why his performance from MADtv and that of Robert Downey Jr in that unfunny movie is different. Yes, it is different. If you cannot see that difference I’m afraid that you’re part of the racial problems that seem to plague this country. Not to mention the fact that we’re only adding to our international “reputation” (stemming from Cronulla, the treatment of Aboriginals & attacks on Indian students).

By: David

David — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:32:29 +0000

Actually Tyler racist has no “e”.
However one point people rarely think about because they are too busy being offended is this.
If somebody says or does something that offends you, that is Your problem. What we have here in Australia is a group of very self-centered individuals running round saying
“sir sir he has offended me, punish him, punish him, his opinion differs from mine”.
Was it in good taste? That’s a matter of opinion. To all those who were offended, “grow up the world does not revolve around you”. If your offended by something, your the one who has to build the bridge and get over it.

By: Mike Retter

Mike Retter — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:23:03 +0000

I still hope they bring it back.

By: Tyler

Tyler — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:16:11 +0000

I don’t think they raciest, clearly there are a lot of self righteous politically correct do-gooders making comments here.

By: Stan

Stan — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:22:26 +0000

Wow! Reading most of the comments here with lines like, ‘this is Australia, not America,’ blah, blah scare me. I recognise most of the regular names on this site & I’m really getting to know you all now. Let’s just say I wouldn’t want to meet most of you in person – we could start another ‘Cronulla’ from this site!

By: lallaloo

lallaloo — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 08:15:50 +0000

Kay..im 27.

My point is, Hey Hey is on and it has rated. If there are comedy programs on Aust TV that were actually any good then they could be used as a yardtsick against Hey Hey.

Unfortunately S&S, GNW, Rove rate really poorly and the humor is sporadic or non existent (i.e Rove). Rove is the worst and his laugh at anything studio audience is even worse..Kevin Rudd PM thing is sooo not funny, but they keep dragging it on. Hungry Beast is total and utter crap, undergraduate, political science major crap.

Please someone show me this cutting edge humor that puts the Hey Hey style of humor to shame.

Now I realise some Aust drama could be considered humor based on how laughable it is, but i’m talking about shows that were designed to make us laugh.

I am not saying what Hey Hey did was right but just saying” it’s sooo not 2009 humor and” it’s sooooo a dinosaur” is fine, if you can show me the alternative, this cutting edge 2009 humor.