Spy Fox Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 He did the right thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoBear Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 I guess Paul has helped me realise the amount of fuckwits on my facebook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Fox Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 I think I'm the only one at school who dislikes him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Ed_ Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 Fucking This Is Your Life. Made me stay an extra two and a half hours at work, and it was brutally hard work. Think I've earned the beer I'm about to crack open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Fox Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 Do you ever feel weird not being able to tell anyone some twist in a storyline, or are you used to it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Ed_ Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 It can be annoying. Found out who the TIYL person was at 11am today and had to keep quiet about it. I guess the fact that I could have been fired for leaking that made it a bit easier not to say anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Fox Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 Well yeah, there's the whole getting fired thing I haven't watched the show, because I missed the first episode and then didn't watch anything else. I could go through them all on TVNZ on Demand, but that'd take up a lot of bandwith that's not mine to waste. How early do you caption a program? Just the week before it's aired? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkshineskitty Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 Fucking This Is Your Life. Made me stay an extra two and a half hours at work, and it was brutally hard work. Think I've earned the beer I'm about to crack open. Is New Zealand determined to make shit television? Edit: Also, is anyone here on Orcon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Fox Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 We're with Xtra. Not my choice, but my parents can't be bothered changing email address. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkshineskitty Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 We're with Xtra. Not my choice, but my parents can't be bothered changing email address. Yeah we're with Xtra as well, but the prices seem better over at Orcon even for a larger data allowance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Ed_ Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 How early do you caption a program? Just the week before it's aired? We normally get them a couple of days in advance, but This Is Your Life arrived less than two hours before it went to air. PRESSURE! It's scary when you're still working on something that's already started. Just reading today's paper, and I saw possibly my favourite defence of Paul Henry so far. Apparently his comments about Sir Anand were not racist, because his use of the word 'New Zealander' implies the inclusion of Maori. a) That seems a big step. I wouldn't be so sure that he had considered that at all. b) So because he's not prejudiced against Maori, that somehow means he's also not prejudiced against people of Indian descent? Because all dark-skinned people are the same? I don't know where they get some of these columnists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Fox Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 We normally get them a couple of days in advance, but This Is Your Life arrived less than two hours before it went to air. PRESSURE! It's scary when you're still working on something that's already started. Just reading today's paper, and I saw possibly my favourite defence of Paul Henry so far. Apparently his comments about Sir Anand were not racist, because his use of the word 'New Zealander' implies the inclusion of Maori. a) That seems a big step. I wouldn't be so sure that he had considered that at all. b) So because he's not prejudiced against Maori, that somehow means he's also not prejudiced against people of Indian descent? Because all dark-skinned people are the same? I don't know where they get some of these columnists. Two hours of insanely fast typing it would seem. Did they get a few of you to work on it, or was it just you? I want to strangle whoever first said "He just says what we're all thinking". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Ed_ Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 There were three of us doing it, which made it easier. Disappointed in some of my Facebook friends, who have joined groups like 'Bring Back Paul Henry'. These people have gone down in my estimations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lensip max Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 I want to strangle whoever first said "He just says what we're all thinking".Wasn't it the TVNZ spokesperson? She should have been. And then fired. Ftw. I hope Paul Henry's career never recovers. Like Paul Holmes, except Paul Henry was daytime tv to begin with, and I don't know how much lower you can go after that... Anyway. How're things with you guys? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Ed_ Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 Wasn't it the TVNZ spokesperson? Yeah, that was disgraceful. She offered her resignation, but for some reason it wasn't accepted. Definitely should have been. I'm pretty good thanks. How are you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkshineskitty Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 Paul Henry-related Facebook rage is growing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Ed_ Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 Steve Parr should replace him on Breakfast. But only if he does that sliding entrance every day and has the same mo as the good old Sale of the Century days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Fox Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 One of the guys on The Rock breakfast show has a theory that Paul Henry did this to get out of his contract. If he gets another job, the theory would seem to be a possibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Ed_ Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 I laughed at how it's somehow a news story that "95%" of comments TVNZ are receiving are complaining that Paul Henry's gone. Who goes to the trouble of commenting when a company does something you agree with? I'm happy he's gone, but there's no need for me to say, "Hey, great job, TVNZ!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Sammy! Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 To be fair, I'm not fussed on this whole Paul Henry thing. people are going on faaaaaar too much about it. Well, the ones who are all, "WHY IS HE GETTING FIRED OMG END OF WORLD" kind of thing. I bet 90% of the people complaining he's gone never even watched the morning show I don't even know the name of the morning show! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lensip max Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 Yeah, that was disgraceful. She offered her resignation, but for some reason it wasn't accepted. Definitely should have been. I'm pretty good thanks. How are you? Yeah, I saw in the paper. Pfft. I'm pretty good feeling a bit under the weather, but only fractionally. It's just a random seasonal thing I think. One of the guys on The Rock breakfast show has a theory that Paul Henry did this to get out of his contract. If he gets another job, the theory would seem to be a possibility.That really does sound really sadly plausible. I don't even know the name of the morning show!BREAKFAST! I think. Possibly Good Morning, but I think that's the one that comes on at 9am. ... wut? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Fox Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 Yeah, it's Breakfast. People are saying 'oh, their ratings are going to go down so much now' like it actually matters. They were going to lose more money from advertisers pulling out if he stayed. I care about this too much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lensip max Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 I care most that he's possibly too egotistical not to be pleased at "having caused a diplomatic incident". All by his racist dwarf self. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Fox Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 I laughed at the fact that this address links to nowhere Sums up the customer service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Fox Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 I care most that he's possibly too egotistical not to be pleased at "having caused a diplomatic incident". All by his racist dwarf self. Everyone at school today was saying "How could you not laugh at Dikshit?" and I said "well, noone else on the show was, it's called professionalism and consideration of others". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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