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Comic Relief, the negatives

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

I've watched this every time it's been on, and the money they raise is amazing....... BUT, Friday night I found myself sitting pan faced at the TV watching the so called comedy sketches, it was just awful to watch, French and Saunders was hurrendous, Vic and Bob? I have no words for what they were doing but it didn't even make me smile, it got to a point where I just switched over, and i wasn't the only one who thought this, there was a lot of comments on social media about how bad it was, comedians who can't present, background noise in the studio, even on the radio a few presenters said they thought it was really bad to watch, the love actually reunion was probably the highlight for me, and that was more nostalgic than anything else.

What were your thoughts on the so called "comedy spots"?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Alan Partridge's slot was awful to watch and wasn't even funny.

And though some of the comedy was awful, seeing the scenes in Liberia and the young carers from this country. Does make you think how lucky many of us are and it raised millions, so it's not all bad. Ed Sheeran impressed me with his humanity.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It's not about how good the entertainment is its about the cause so don't be so judgemental

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I rarely watch programes like RND or CIN as i find them boring and always have. I don't think it's changed though, i think it's always been crap.

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"It's not about how good the entertainment is its about the cause so don't be so judgemental "

Monday morning blues?

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By *ewrocksWoman
over a year ago

button moon


"It's not about how good the entertainment is its about the cause so don't be so judgemental "

the point of the entertainment is to raise funds for the cause, so it is relevant. if its shit and folk switch it off/over, they're likely to raise less.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"It's not about how good the entertainment is its about the cause so don't be so judgemental

the point of the entertainment is to raise funds for the cause, so it is relevant. if its shit and folk switch it off/over, they're likely to raise less."

They still managed to raise over 71 million regardless of friday nights poor efforts...

As already stated the love actually thing was the best about it for me..

The rest was cringingly unfunny and after the LA thing I gave up and turned over

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

People just do nothing was funny

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

Was woeful to be honest with the exception of the Love Actually thing (which as already stated was more nostalgic than funny - think they missed a trick by not slotting a Walking Dead reference into Andrew Lincoln's appearance though) and the Carpool Karaoke with Take That.

Yes it's about the cause and the money raised but people WILL switch over and forget the cause if they're not being entertained.

We watched for 3 hours and barely laughed at all, switched to The Last Leg and didn't stop laughing.

It's time they either re-vamped the format or dumped the old guard (Lenny Henry, Jonathan Ross etc) in favour of something fresh and new.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The thing that always gets me is youve got these celebrities who are worth millions clearly doing it for a plug and yet they never give anything, i think its why it was nice to see that ed sheerhan actually did.

I did like the love actually but this year though that was nice

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Didn't watch it for the 1st time ever after reading how they are sitting in millions of pounds that haven't been spent for what it should be.

Got to question why after, how many years it's been going, are they still showing babies dying from malaria? Mosquito nets cost £5.00 each not £500. Babies still dying yet millions in the bank

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit


"The thing that always gets me is youve got these celebrities who are worth millions clearly doing it for a plug and yet they never give anything, i think its why it was nice to see that ed sheerhan actually did.

I did like the love actually but this year though that was nice "

To be fair, whilst there are some that probably do do it more for the plug than anything you don't KNOW that they don't donate themselves. A lot of celebrities do a heck of a lot behind the scenes for various charities either with their time or money, or both but choose not to brag about it.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"The thing that always gets me is youve got these celebrities who are worth millions clearly doing it for a plug and yet they never give anything, i think its why it was nice to see that ed sheerhan actually did.

I did like the love actually but this year though that was nice

To be fair, whilst there are some that probably do do it more for the plug than anything you don't KNOW that they don't donate themselves. A lot of celebrities do a heck of a lot behind the scenes for various charities either with their time or money, or both but choose not to brag about it.

"

Thats true its just you never hear about it, even if they only said oh yeah i will be donating too then id be more inclined to buy said plug item. I remember taylor swift was on children in need a few years ago and i actually liked her music for a whole 5 minutes after that lol

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By *ouple in LancashireCouple
over a year ago

in Lancashire

Not sure they intend the comedy and what people have been up to etc to actually be side splitting funny, think that would detract from the aim which is to highlight the plight of some people in pretty dire straight's ..

Not many people donate to the comedians, it's a balance of getting people's natural empathy to have them donate and the funny bits make that a bit more easy to watch..

Figures show they are probably doing ok at it..

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By *ELLONS AND CREAMWoman
over a year ago

stourbridge area

The only comedian I admired on there was Billy connolly ...the rest were piffle ..

Its a shame all that money raised cannot be sent to dementia .... altzimers charities ...

A bulk load of coils sent to the red nose people .....to reduce the amount of kids they keep having ...

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By *mmmMaybeCouple
over a year ago

West Wales


"The thing that always gets me is youve got these celebrities who are worth millions clearly doing it for a plug and yet they never give anything, i think its why it was nice to see that ed sheerhan actually did.

I did like the love actually but this year though that was nice

To be fair, whilst there are some that probably do do it more for the plug than anything you don't KNOW that they don't donate themselves. A lot of celebrities do a heck of a lot behind the scenes for various charities either with their time or money, or both but choose not to brag about it.

"

This is very true, in our time at GOSH with our daughter we saw Johnnie Depp, Ian Botham, Patsy Kensit & a few others from TV.

Apparently Kensit is/was quite a regular visitor, no entourage, just her walking round wards with a nurse chatting to parents trying to lift spirits. She's also absolutely tiny!

S

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex


"The thing that always gets me is youve got these celebrities who are worth millions clearly doing it for a plug and yet they never give anything, i think its why it was nice to see that ed sheerhan actually did.

I did like the love actually but this year though that was nice "

Lenny Henry bought some children in one of the African countries a house a couple of years back because he couldn't bear to leave them in the conditions they were living in. They all give their time, very few would watch a non celebrity.

I'm not a big fan of these organised events but they're doing something, getting off their bums and taking action. That can only be good in my opinion.

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex


"Didn't watch it for the 1st time ever after reading how they are sitting in millions of pounds that haven't been spent for what it should be.

Got to question why after, how many years it's been going, are they still showing babies dying from malaria? Mosquito nets cost £5.00 each not £500. Babies still dying yet millions in the bank"

The number of children dying of malaria has halved.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

not impressed with loads of "celebs" sat on an enormous couch taking crap and drinking alcohol, surely that money would be better spent?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"The thing that always gets me is youve got these celebrities who are worth millions clearly doing it for a plug and yet they never give anything, i think its why it was nice to see that ed sheerhan actually did.

I did like the love actually but this year though that was nice

Lenny Henry bought some children in one of the African countries a house a couple of years back because he couldn't bear to leave them in the conditions they were living in. They all give their time, very few would watch a non celebrity.

I'm not a big fan of these organised events but they're doing something, getting off their bums and taking action. That can only be good in my opinion."

No i agree with the fact they are actually doing it but some of them you can tell are their purely because they have a new album/book coming out.

One thing they could do is charge the celebs to come on, that way they get some from them

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"The thing that always gets me is youve got these celebrities who are worth millions clearly doing it for a plug and yet they never give anything, i think its why it was nice to see that ed sheerhan actually did.

I did like the love actually but this year though that was nice "

Maybe some celebs did donate?

But we don't know about it as they did it in the classiest way you can.......without smugly letting everyone know.

Lol,Doubtful but you never know.

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex


"The thing that always gets me is youve got these celebrities who are worth millions clearly doing it for a plug and yet they never give anything, i think its why it was nice to see that ed sheerhan actually did.

I did like the love actually but this year though that was nice

Lenny Henry bought some children in one of the African countries a house a couple of years back because he couldn't bear to leave them in the conditions they were living in. They all give their time, very few would watch a non celebrity.

I'm not a big fan of these organised events but they're doing something, getting off their bums and taking action. That can only be good in my opinion.

No i agree with the fact they are actually doing it but some of them you can tell are their purely because they have a new album/book coming out.

One thing they could do is charge the celebs to come on, that way they get some from them "

Why? They're already giving hours of their time. They don't arrive at 7 do 3 hours then go home. They have rehearse (not much I agree), organise the show, arrange for scripts to be written, coordinate activities, attend events outside of the show. Many of them actively carry out charity work throughout the year. Also none of us know if or how much any of them donate to charity but I bet if they told us people would complain and say they should keep quiet about it. I think with celebrities and charity they're damned if they do and damned if they don't.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Before I state my opinions, I'll admit I'm not fully clued up so if anyone there can educate me on the matter, then that would be much appreciated.

Akon is in the middle of bringing lighting and electricity to millions of homes in Africa, in such a short time he's gone a long way.

If one man can do so much, how has all the celebrities, all the years of comic relief, the billions in donations and the billions raised from charity songs not solved the hunger crisis in Africa?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'm staying out of this,,,

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"The thing that always gets me is youve got these celebrities who are worth millions clearly doing it for a plug and yet they never give anything, i think its why it was nice to see that ed sheerhan actually did.

I did like the love actually but this year though that was nice "

they give their time...for free

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Before I state my opinions, I'll admit I'm not fully clued up so if anyone there can educate me on the matter, then that would be much appreciated.

Akon is in the middle of bringing lighting and electricity to millions of homes in Africa, in such a short time he's gone a long way.

If one man can do so much, how has all the celebrities, all the years of comic relief, the billions in donations and the billions raised from charity songs not solved the hunger crisis in Africa?"

I think this is why im so suspicious of all these celebs on comic relief, theres one guy donating millions to help even more

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex


"I'm staying out of this,,, "

I would be interested in your opinion because as far as I know you're the only person who has actually volunteered in Africa.

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By *icecouple561Couple
Forum Mod
over a year ago

East Sussex


"Before I state my opinions, I'll admit I'm not fully clued up so if anyone there can educate me on the matter, then that would be much appreciated.

Akon is in the middle of bringing lighting and electricity to millions of homes in Africa, in such a short time he's gone a long way.

If one man can do so much, how has all the celebrities, all the years of comic relief, the billions in donations and the billions raised from charity songs not solved the hunger crisis in Africa?

I think this is why im so suspicious of all these celebs on comic relief, theres one guy donating millions to help even more "

What are your suspicions?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The ends justify the means.

I switched over to something else much earlier than many, even when I had it on it was in the background. Just didn't find it funny. Some celebrities may be pushing a new book or doing it for a plug or using it as a vehicle to get back into the limelight, but so what? They got off their bums and raised a fortune.

End justifies the means for me.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Before I state my opinions, I'll admit I'm not fully clued up so if anyone there can educate me on the matter, then that would be much appreciated.

Akon is in the middle of bringing lighting and electricity to millions of homes in Africa, in such a short time he's gone a long way.

If one man can do so much, how has all the celebrities, all the years of comic relief, the billions in donations and the billions raised from charity songs not solved the hunger crisis in Africa?

I think this is why im so suspicious of all these celebs on comic relief, theres one guy donating millions to help even more

What are your suspicions?"

That they arent doing the charity work for the right reason, it seems like a few of them are only there to further their own career not help the people the charity is there for. On the graham norton bit you had 35 celebs there and im convinced some were their purely to plug a film/album/book and not assist comic relief in anyway

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By *ercuryMan
over a year ago

Grantham


"The thing that always gets me is youve got these celebrities who are worth millions clearly doing it for a plug and yet they never give anything, i think its why it was nice to see that ed sheerhan actually did.

I did like the love actually but this year though that was nice

they give their time...for free"

That nation treasure, St Terry Wogan used to collect £1300 an hour for anchoring CIN. That approx £9000 for an evening's work.

He only waived this fee when it was exposed by the press.

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By *icecouple561Couple
Forum Mod
over a year ago

East Sussex


"Before I state my opinions, I'll admit I'm not fully clued up so if anyone there can educate me on the matter, then that would be much appreciated.

Akon is in the middle of bringing lighting and electricity to millions of homes in Africa, in such a short time he's gone a long way.

If one man can do so much, how has all the celebrities, all the years of comic relief, the billions in donations and the billions raised from charity songs not solved the hunger crisis in Africa?

I think this is why im so suspicious of all these celebs on comic relief, theres one guy donating millions to help even more

What are your suspicions?

That they arent doing the charity work for the right reason, it seems like a few of them are only there to further their own career not help the people the charity is there for. On the graham norton bit you had 35 celebs there and im convinced some were their purely to plug a film/album/book and not assist comic relief in anyway "

But even if they were there to promote themselves (and I'm pretty sure that's the nature of celebrity anyway) a by product of that is that they were raising money for charity. The fact is that nobody would donate if I was on telly doing my job.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Terrible.

And the way that Chris Evans downplayed the amount of money that Sara Cox drew in on his breakfast show of her 24 hour danceathon was awful.

"She's made £500,000 but we can do better than that everyone, lets get it to £1,000,000" twas like a "could do better" slap in the face i thought.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I'm staying out of this,,,

I would be interested in your opinion because as far as I know you're the only person who has actually volunteered in Africa."

I have witnessed some widely varying results achieved by aid organisations who operate through the generosity and compassion shown by people donating their money, time and effort ,,,,,

I have no issue with anyone who for any reason chooses not to get involved

My problem is the poisonous attitude of those spitefully narrow minded individuals who enthusiastically decry the intention and effort of people and charities who do make an effort.

Some people seem to relish making misguided and prejudicial comments that could lead to dissuading someone from making a donation that would have otherwise helped ease the suffering of those in need ,,,,

There is no blanket solution to the many problems in Africa just as there is no easy fix, but that shouldn't be used as an excuse too maliciously criticise the effort of those do make an effort.

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By *ouple in LancashireCouple
over a year ago

in Lancashire

Soxy, well said..

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"I'm staying out of this,,,

I would be interested in your opinion because as far as I know you're the only person who has actually volunteered in Africa.

I have witnessed some widely varying results achieved by aid organisations who operate through the generosity and compassion shown by people donating their money, time and effort ,,,,,

I have no issue with anyone who for any reason chooses not to get involved

My problem is the poisonous attitude of those spitefully narrow minded individuals who enthusiastically decry the intention and effort of people and charities who do make an effort.

Some people seem to relish making misguided and prejudicial comments that could lead to dissuading someone from making a donation that would have otherwise helped ease the suffering of those in need ,,,,

There is no blanket solution to the many problems in Africa just as there is no easy fix, but that shouldn't be used as an excuse too maliciously criticise the effort of those do make an effort.

"

Now that's what you call a thread killer

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By *loswingersCouple
over a year ago

Gloucester


"I'm staying out of this,,,

I would be interested in your opinion because as far as I know you're the only person who has actually volunteered in Africa.

I have witnessed some widely varying results achieved by aid organisations who operate through the generosity and compassion shown by people donating their money, time and effort ,,,,,

I have no issue with anyone who for any reason chooses not to get involved

My problem is the poisonous attitude of those spitefully narrow minded individuals who enthusiastically decry the intention and effort of people and charities who do make an effort.

Some people seem to relish making misguided and prejudicial comments that could lead to dissuading someone from making a donation that would have otherwise helped ease the suffering of those in need ,,,,

There is no blanket solution to the many problems in Africa just as there is no easy fix, but that shouldn't be used as an excuse too maliciously criticise the effort of those do make an effort.

"

Well said

Any effort is better than no effort at all .

If the ones who say what a waste of time giving money or time to any charity , influence anyone not to make any effort , then that sucks .

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By *2000ManMan
over a year ago

Worthing

I'd like to see receipts for how the money is used. Too many millionaires involved for my liking.

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By *od ThrusterMan
over a year ago

Newport Pagnell

I haven't watched one of these telethon fundraiser things for many years. Yes, the causes are very worthwhile, but they make very poor TV in my opinion and I can think of many better ways to spend a few hours.

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex


"I'd like to see receipts for how the money is used. Too many millionaires involved for my liking."

What are you implying?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Perhaps there's a misguided correlation between the fundraising 'event' and the money raised and how its spent.

Some people seem to think that to make a charitable donation that they should be in receipt of something that is of value - be it a shiny badge or an comedy special. You shouldn't give to Comic Relief expecting great comedy in return - the comedy is just the raising of awareness to generate donations.

People do all manner of things for charity - from parachute jumps to sitting in a bath of cold custard for 24 hours - it act itself doesn't have to add value, the value is added by the good that comes from the money it generates. If that makes sense....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I'm staying out of this,,,

I would be interested in your opinion because as far as I know you're the only person who has actually volunteered in Africa.

I have witnessed some widely varying results achieved by aid organisations who operate through the generosity and compassion shown by people donating their money, time and effort ,,,,,

I have no issue with anyone who for any reason chooses not to get involved

My problem is the poisonous attitude of those spitefully narrow minded individuals who enthusiastically decry the intention and effort of people and charities who do make an effort.

Some people seem to relish making misguided and prejudicial comments that could lead to dissuading someone from making a donation that would have otherwise helped ease the suffering of those in need ,,,,

There is no blanket solution to the many problems in Africa just as there is no easy fix, but that shouldn't be used as an excuse too maliciously criticise the effort of those do make an effort.

"

Is there a "nailed it" emoji?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"The thing that always gets me is youve got these celebrities who are worth millions clearly doing it for a plug and yet they never give anything, i think its why it was nice to see that ed sheerhan actually did.

I did like the love actually but this year though that was nice

they give their time...for free

That nation treasure, St Terry Wogan used to collect £1300 an hour for anchoring CIN. That approx £9000 for an evening's work.

He only waived this fee when it was exposed by the press.

"

but we aren't talking about CIN, we are talking about RND

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By *ercuryMan
over a year ago

Grantham


"The thing that always gets me is youve got these celebrities who are worth millions clearly doing it for a plug and yet they never give anything, i think its why it was nice to see that ed sheerhan actually did.

I did like the love actually but this year though that was nice

they give their time...for free

That nation treasure, St Terry Wogan used to collect £1300 an hour for anchoring CIN. That approx £9000 for an evening's work.

He only waived this fee when it was exposed by the press.

but we aren't talking about CIN, we are talking about RND "

Both were mentioned early on in the thread. I was bringing to the attention that not all celebs gave their time for free.

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By *anejohnkent6263Couple
over a year ago

canterbury

if all the so call celebs/stars/wankers gave up some of there earnings ..the rest of us could support our own local charities....note to self ...I don't see lilly allen with a green car or loads of refugees living at her house....mouthy cow

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