Miriam Morgolyes on Graham Norton

[PuppyMonkey]

Anecdote about wanking off three men in a random wood in Edinburgh or something. Everyone laughed hysterically.

Is it just me or have TV chat shows gone really downhill?

Of course they can, don't be silly

She reminds me of those awful crude male comedians that were around in the 80s and 90s

I agree she can be a bit rude

The message MM may be giving young women by her assertion that she ‘couldn’t really say no’

I loved how Skarsgard's response was to politely tell her that she could in fact have said no.

But then she wouldn't have her 'story', would she?

Oh. I’ll assume you haven’t RTFT then.

Nuanced? I’m not sure that’s a word I’d describe Miriam’s humour. It’s the most basic and gross toilet humour, it’s not witty or earthy or even funny. She’s an intelligent woman I think she does herself a disservice with the ‘humour’ route she’s chosen.

To be fair, her behaviour is quite extreme.
It’s not envy. It doesn’t show I’m unhappy. In fact, I’m really happy with my life and just having a little browse on here before going to bake a cake and make some Christmas gin. Tomorrow I’ll be doing some training about handling dogs at the dogs’ home where I volunteer. This is just a couple of minutes. I’ve also commented on other threads.

People will talk, yes. Narrow minded people who in 2025 are apparently are still shocked and disgusted by an older woman telling dirty jokes 😏

I am glad you are happy. I didn't say envy was the only reason someone might not like MM.

@ForHazelTiger people are not narrow minded for being put off, people are allowed like different things. Maybe you love a good wanking joke, that doesn't make you more open minded.

I think she is absolutely repulsive. I can’t watch or listen to her.

Envy isn’t any reason for not liking her for her crude and coarse persona. It’s not in the mix at all.

I’m not shocked and disgusted by them. I’m bored by them. I find her belief that she’s funny and interesting when she talks like this sad and her rudeness vile.

Its not her fault. Some undiagnosed condition is forcing her on to TV at aged 84 to talk utter crap.

The dollar signs lighting up ???🤔

I really don't - I'm like the quietest most reserved person ever. The point with MM is that she's saying something a nice middle class Jewish woman is not supposed to say. That's the joke.

There is nothing funny about the fact that she decided to help out several men, in such a manner, and then talk about it, more than once.

Shocked, no. Disgusted, absolutely. It's vile from the mouth of an 84 year old or a 24 year old.

Entertaining? Really?

It may have been the joke when she first did it. It’s not now.

So you were a staunch supporter of Bernard Manning and Chubby Brown as well as MM then? Well if those three are your taste in humour it must be maddening for you that we’ve moved on from that style nowadays.

But it’s now exactly the sort of thing you’d expect MM to say. The unexpected joke element has disappeared. She’s become a caricature

You’d think so wouldn’t you? But at some point somebody at the BBC decided that from now on some other consideration should be the priority.

It sounds like it could be a metaphor for something but I can’t think what.

Celebrities get invited to these things to basically repeat the same schtick again and again - that's how they make money. She's been invited on to tell her outrageous stories, so she does. I love how she is so open about how everything she does is for the money. She really doesn't give a fuck about keeping to the rules . We need more women like this!

In your opinion - humour and taste are infinitely nuanced and complicated things. It's now become a thing that everyone knows she's going to be rude, which has itself become the joke.

Are you serious?

I have reached an age where I can’t bear TV anymore. Most chat shows and comedy shows have the vibe of a schoolroom. The humour and conversations remind me of the stuff I’d hear the popular, but nasty, kids say at school.