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To be horrified by this??

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Mammyloveswine · 28/02/2021 00:23

So I was just watching tik tok and saw a video entitled "frank Bruno is a legend!" Watched the video and frank is for some reason talking to a woman about her traumatic birth Injuries and he's LAUGHING away?! Wtaf?

I searched and found a YouTube clip and it looks to be a pilot episode whereby celebs gave medical advice!!!

m.youtube.com/watch?v=g4y66d8EDvU

I'm appalled and horrified and this would not happen to a man!!!

Even if it turns out to be fake it is not a laughing matter and I am sick and tired of so much misogyny!!!

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melj1213 · 28/02/2021 04:37

@Mammyloveswine

So I was just watching tik tok and saw a video entitled "frank Bruno is a legend!" Watched the video and frank is for some reason talking to a woman about her traumatic birth Injuries and he's LAUGHING away?! Wtaf?

I searched and found a YouTube clip and it looks to be a pilot episode whereby celebs gave medical advice!!!

m.youtube.com/watch?v=g4y66d8EDvU

I'm appalled and horrified and this would not happen to a man!!!

Even if it turns out to be fake it is not a laughing matter and I am sick and tired of so much misogyny!!!

Maybe before you become "horrified" by something you should at the very least get all the facts? Hmm

This is from a comedy show that was released in 2004 - 17 years ago - called The Pilot Show.

The premise of "The Pilot Show" (which was the name of the tv programme) was that celebrities and members of the public were duped into appearing on what they believed were pilots for real TV shows with a small cast of "regular actors" - Paul Garner, Sharon Horgan, Marc Wootton, Robin Ince, Rob Rouse and Steve Oram - playing opposite the unaware celebs/public to see how far they could go to create the comedic moments.

It was played for laughs, much the same way as the likes of other similar themed prank shows like Punk'd, Trigger Happy TV etc were at the time. Has it aged well? No, but neither have the likes of all the other hidden camera/prank shows that aired in the early 2000s

Mammyloveswine · 28/02/2021 10:21

Thanks everyone for pointing out my mistakes in not realising it was a "comedy". It hasn't aged well but I'm happy to accept I was wrong.

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AtSwimTwoBerts · 28/02/2021 10:44

Well it seems I am unreasonable for finding this uncomfortable and not funny at all... which I find a shame but Never mind!

No, you are unreasonable for telling everyone else they have to feel the same way as you.

I fucking hate people saying "this is not funny" without acknowledging the "to me" which should obviously be there.
You can find it offensive
You can find it unfunny
You can not watch it
You can complain about it.

You CAN'T tell everyone else they can't find it funny and you can'#t ban things because you personally don't like them,.

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