Comic Relief

[OldNick]

watched it last night at times. Some very sad stories. I have trouble reconciling the fact that the presenters are wiping away tears but still get paid a large fee.(or do they do the show for free?)

Also £5 for a mosquito net, sounds quite expensive to me, surely they could be sourced at a much better price than that

ps i did donate and so the show did its job

[Saintandy666]

Generally do the show for free.

[rocknrollman no2]

I was very impressed with all of the famous people they had on the show.There must have been a big effort by the organisers to make this years show the best ever and it showed.

I thought the films they did from Africa were very moving and im so glad that they have raised over £74 million,which is the highest ever.

Well done to all involved.

[Kadeem Hardison]

It's a shame that none of it was funny. Although I raised a smile at Rio Ferdinand. And he's not even a comedian.

[Golactico]

I'd never knock Comic Relief and I'm really pleased that they raised £74M. However, the fact that people in the UK spend more than £100M EACH AND EVERY WEEK on lottery tickets puts the £74M raised in to a bit of perspective. The good old British public are still, in general, far more interested in getting fabulously rich over night than helping out their fellow human being.

[warsash saint]

The Smithy sketch with George Michael etc etc was hilarious

[jawillwill]

I'd never knock Comic Relief and I'm really pleased that they raised £74M. However, the fact that people in the UK spend more than £100M EACH AND EVERY WEEK on lottery tickets puts the £74M raised in to a bit of perspective. The good old British public are still, in general, far more interested in getting fabulously rich over night than helping out their fellow human being.

 

Really? Surely not many people could afford that many tickets every week could they? Althought I suppose if you won it every week (which you'd have a good chance of doing with that many tickets), it'd be possible.

[Golactico]

Really? Surely not many people could afford that many tickets every week could they? Althought I suppose if you won it every week (which you'd have a good chance of doing with that many tickets), it'd be possible.

 

Eh? who is suggesting that any one individual buys £100M worth of lottery tickets? That would clearly be ridiculous.

[OttawaSaint]

My brother told me Chris Moyles and "Comedy" Dave were on air for 52 hours, sounds horrible...

[Jonnyboy]

Really? Surely not many people could afford that many tickets every week could they? Althought I suppose if you won it every week (which you'd have a good chance of doing with that many tickets), it'd be possible.

 

youd only have to buy two each

[manji]

Load of nonsense. £74m in world charity terms is a drop in the ocean. Basically it is a publicity fest for fading celebs to get themselves back in the limelight (George Michael anyone ?) and an opportunity for irritating Look at me ! Look at me ! attention seeking ****s to dress up in fancy dress. If your that bothered about it donate to charity directly and without telling everyone.

There was a superb documentry on Channel 4 a couple of months ago discussing the Green Movement and World Charities and the mosquito nets charities were discussed.Apparently the nets are singularly ineffective against malaria and the best way to remove the problem would be mass aerial spraying with insecticides but because that doesnt fit in with liberal western ideas it has been blocked by the likes of Friends Of The Earth even though it would save millions of lives.

Quite a few African Governments are aware of this but many of the local Government Ministers make a large amount of money out of western aid and dont want to offend the powerful NGO's.

[dune]

I have never donated to comic relief and I never will out of principle. They send money abroad and i'm totally against this. We have plenty of charities in this country that need money without giving any to foreigners.

[bridge too far]

http://www.comicrelief.com/how-we-help/people-issues-we-support

 

shows how the money is used in the UK as well as abroad

[Saintandy666]

I don't really know why everyone is getting so worked up. It's charity.

[dune]

http://www.comicrelief.com/how-we-help/people-issues-we-support

 

shows how the money is used in the UK as well as abroad

 

It should all be used in the UK.

[Michelle]

Flaming hell, people can even knock charity fundraising appeals. We really do have some odd people on here.

[Seaford Saint]

I have never donated to comic relief and I never will out of principle. They send money abroad and i'm totally against this. We have plenty of charities in this country that need money without giving any to foreigners.

 

And you'd be well in order Dune,

 

If that Lenny Henry appears on my screen showing pictures of starving kids again I'm gonna say oi you Lenny noooooooo.

 

I still cannot tell wither you are interesting or whether you really are an idiot.

[Seaford Saint]

It should all be used in the UK.

 

NOall monies raised should be used in my street....

[bridge too far]

It should all be used in the UK.

 

If you don't donate, you have absolutely no mandate to say how it should be used. People decide how it should be used by voting with their wallets.

[Seaford Saint]

If you don't donate, you have absolutely no mandate to say how it should be used. People decide how it should be used by voting with their wallets.

And you'd be well in order Mrs B 2 F

[dune]

If you don't donate, you have absolutely no mandate to say how it should be used. People decide how it should be used by voting with their wallets.

 

And I vote to only give to UK charities such as British Legion.

[Seaford Saint]

And I vote to only give to UK charities such as British Legion.

 

A worthy charity......

[Jonnyboy]

NOall monies raised should be used in my street....

 

Not in my Backyard!

[Junction 9]

I have never donated to comic relief and I never will out of principle. They send money abroad and i'm totally against this. We have plenty of charities in this country that need money without giving any to foreigners.

 

10,000 posts in and yet you still manage to make one that makes you the complete C*NT you are effortlessly.

[Sergei Gotsmanov]

10,000 posts in and yet you still manage to make one that makes you the complete C*NT you are effortlessly.

 

To be fair I think this post says more about the poster than dunes.

[Wade Garrett]

I thought the it was quite funny. Harry Hill is a genius. Will probably donate a fiver. Still get annoyed when I see those poor Africans suffering while their corrupt leaders have pointless wars, hoard cash for themselves and don't seem to give a toss about their people.

[Lord Duckhunter]

I wont give money to Comic relief or Children in need, in fact I will go out of my way to aviod it.

 

Why dont the BBC run an evening of programmes around Remembrance Sunday with all proceeds going to Help for heroes or RBL. I suppose that's not trendy enough for the stars.

 

By 2014 Britain's overseas aid bill will be £12.6 billion, that's nearly £500 a year from every family in this Country.Do we really need state television begging people to part with more of their hard earned money, when there are pensioners and war vets struggling to make ends meet.

 

I also fail to see how anything involving Lenny Henry and James Corden can contain "comic" in the name.

[sambosa75]

If there was a service where once you had paid your £10 or whatever they would stop showing you all the videos I might be inclined to watch it. Dont mean that to sound harsh but I'd rather not spend my Friday having starving Africans forced down my throat (not literally obviously!) despite the fact I'd done whats been asked of me.

[Sergei Gotsmanov]

If there was a service where once you had paid your £10 or whatever they would stop showing you all the videos I might be inclined to watch it. Dont mean that to sound harsh but I'd rather not spend my Friday having starving Africans forced down my throat (not literally obviously!) despite the fact I'd done whats been asked of me.

 

What a great concept. We could pay a subscription to opt out of the tedious coverage; maybe they could give us a choice of something else to watch and they could raise even more money. Perhaps we could have a double whammy card that allows us to opt of of Children in Need.

 

I hate it when self righteous celebrity's preach to us. What does Lenny Henry do for the rest of the year? All those hungry Africans need is him arriving showing them what it looks like when you have too much to eat. He is the Bob Geldof of comedy; hasn't worked for years but keeps his profile up once a year on Comic Relief so that he can get a few advertising contracts.

 

Giving should be done discreetly and quietly.

[Verbal]

I wont give money to Comic relief or Children in need, in fact I will go out of my way to aviod it.

 

Why dont the BBC run an evening of programmes around Remembrance Sunday with all proceeds going to Help for heroes or RBL. I suppose that's not trendy enough for the stars.

 

By 2014 Britain's overseas aid bill will be £12.6 billion, that's nearly £500 a year from every family in this Country.Do we really need state television begging people to part with more of their hard earned money, when there are pensioners and war vets struggling to make ends meet.

 

I also fail to see how anything involving Lenny Henry and James Corden can contain "comic" in the name.

 

Me me me (I won't pay licence fee) me me me (I won't give to charity) me me me (I don't want 'my' money going to overseas aid) me me me (I want Britons first) me me me (I hate 'state television') me me me (I didn't laugh once) me me me, etc., ad nauseum.

 

Those blinkers must be a really tight fit.

[bridge too far]

I sort of agree with what you're saying Sergei but, given your last sentence, do you not think it's possible that Lenny Henry does, in fact, do a lot more than appear on CR once every 18 months? He may be being quiet about what he does.

 

But I do agree with that last sentence of yours. But there's a problem and it's a problem with charity giving in general. Charities have to appeal for funds and there are two meanings to the word 'appeal'. Appeal as in 'ask for' and appeal as in 'be attractive to'. Unfortunately some charities are not as 'appealing' as others and I guess that's why there are programmes like CiN and CR - to bring our attention to the less attractive ones that are just as deserving.

[Sergei Gotsmanov]

I sort of agree with what you're saying Sergei but, given your last sentence, do you not think it's possible that Lenny Henry does, in fact, do a lot more than appear on CR once every 18 months? He may be being quiet about what he does.

 

But I do agree with that last sentence of yours. But there's a problem and it's a problem with charity giving in general. Charities have to appeal for funds and there are two meanings to the word 'appeal'. Appeal as in 'ask for' and appeal as in 'be attractive to'. Unfortunately some charities are not as 'appealing' as others and I guess that's why there are programmes like CiN and CR - to bring our attention to the less attractive ones that are just as deserving.

 

I am not qualified to answer what he does in his spare time and if he is out and about helping people then good on him. I do think that we only ever see him on Comic Relief and adverts and that says something.

 

The big charity's have big marketing budgets and highly paid staff in their HQ - what happened to the old dears in Oxfam who put in their time for nothing. The best charities to support are local ones that have not got the resources to compete with the bigger ones.

[bridge too far]

I think the 'old dears' still volunteer for Oxfam - they certainly do in my local shop. But there's so much competition for 'old dears' with so many charity shops in every town.

 

Charities are going to have an even tougher time with local government funding being withdrawn from so many, and I think the little local ones will suffer far more than the well-known ones.

[Sergei Gotsmanov]

I think the 'old dears' still volunteer for Oxfam - they certainly do in my local shop. But there's so much competition for 'old dears' with so many charity shops in every town.

 

Charities are going to have an even tougher time with local government funding being withdrawn from so many, and I think the little local ones will suffer far more than the well-known ones.

 

Well then I probably subscribe to the charity begins at home mob - as long as I don't have to see the pictures of suffering abroad.

[Special K]

What a bunch of miserable ****s some are. If you don't like it, turn the ****ing TV off, morons. You are not forced to give money. You can, if you choose, completely ignore Comic Relief or any other televised charity event, unless of course you feel the need to watch it only because you want to whinge and whine and bore people senseless with your inane diatribes on "washed up celebrities" or "fackin' starvin' fackin' africans, not while i'm eatin me fackin' curry on a friday night, for facks sake!"

Edited 22 March, 2011 by Special K