Irony-free NewstalkZB. “Do you see this as VILE, Jock?” (Mar. 14, 2013)

Morrissey1

14 March 2013 at 6:15 am

Irony-free NewstalkZB
“Do you see this as VILE, Jock?”

“The Huddle”, NewstalkZB, Wednesday 13 March 2013, 5:45 p.m.
Larry “Lackwit” Williams, Jock Anderson, Bill Ralston

LARRY “LACKWIT” WILLIAMS: Okay, umm, ahhh, uuuummm…. topic number one today is the Novopay situation. They’re sending in the debt collectors, Bill!

BILL RALSTON: [snarling and panting with indignation] Arrrrgghhhh, what a load of whiningand moaning and mad whinging by these teachers! I mean, they might have a point with some issues but they shout everything at maximum volume. So you CAN’T TAKE THEM SERIOUSLY!

LARRY “LACKWIT” WILLIAMS: Jock?

JOCK ANDERSON: Bill’s dead right. These teachers have their lap-dogs in the media. This whole business is just an hysterical over-reaction.

BILL RALSTON: [frenzied] And how many of them were there that received these debt notices? Seven?

JOCK ANDERSON: That’s right! There were only seven of them!

LARRY “LACKWIT” WILLIAMS: [mockingly] Call 911!

BILL RALSTON: [apoplectic] There’s just this mad angel chorus! This whining and moaningand whinging! And I tell you what: NOBODY… TAKES…. THEM…. SERIOUSLY.

LARRY “LACKWIT” WILLIAMS: Yep!

JOCK ANDERSON: Exactly! There are no doubt many good, hard-working teachers out there.

LARRY “LACKWIT” WILLIAMS: Oh yes, yes, of course.

JOCK ANDERSON: I have yet to meet one, however.

LARRY “LACKWIT” WILLIAMS: [uneasily] Ah, ahhh, um.

BILL RALSTON: [softly, nervously] Ha ha ha.

BILL RALSTON: Okay, we’re back with The Huddle after the break.

……..COMMERCIALS…….

LARRY “LACKWIT” WILLIAMS: Topic No. 2 is this Comedy Central television show called The Jeselnik Offensive, which thought it would be a good idea to make jokes about the death of Adam Strange at Muriwai. Listen to this…..

AUDIO CLIP: [American comedian] “Last week, a man in New Zealand was attacked by a fourteen-foot shark. Was he killed? You bet your sweet ass he was killed! And he had a family and everything!” [AUDIENCE:] Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!

LARRY “LACKWIT” WILLIAMS: Okay. Now…. [Pauses to indicate how troubled he is] Now, do you see this as VILE, Jock?

JOCK ANDERSON: [with utmost gravitas] I certainly do.

BILL RALSTON: Some of these people think they can say whatever they like.

…….CUT…….

At this point, I was unable to continue listening, as my companion in the car started swearing and shouting at the disembodied voices of Messrs Anderson, Ralston and Lackwit-Williams, denouncing them as “fucking hypocrites”, “racists”, “professional haters”, “boors”, and many other choice and mordantly accurate pejoratives.

FUN FACT: One of NewstalkZB’s advertising slogans is “Tune Your Mind”. Another one is“Fair and Balanced.”

• Jenny1.1

  14 March 2013 at 7:06 am

  Hate radio is in full cry. The government and the state must be gearing up for even more attacks on education.
  • Paul1.1.1

    14 March 2013 at 5:19 pm

    You bet ya. Just count the stories with an inherent bias against teachers in the Herald. There always seems to be a tale about this or that that paints teachers in a bad light.
    I do no longer believe such stories are coincidences, but part of a plan to set the ground to influence public opinion before radical changes.
    As Malcolm X said.. “If you’re not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”
• Rogue Trooper1.2

  14 March 2013 at 12:32 pm

  “all of the above”
• geoff1.3

  14 March 2013 at 1:55 pm

  Nice work Morrissey.
  Even Monty Python couldn’t come up with that.
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