Jimmy Savile Memorial Thread.

Richard Dower · 01-11-2011 03:46PM #1

Just thinking of old Jimmy (RIP)...can you imagine if the beeb ran that show today!

The BBC would never get a show like that on the air today, tbh....Jim'll fix It always creeped me out, even as a kid!

My name is URL · 01-11-2011 03:51PM

People have definitely got dumber since then

ricero · 01-11-2011 04:15PM

have some fecking respect the mans not even dead a week

DublinWriter · 01-11-2011 04:22PM

TFS (Too f&cking soon).

I personally think Uncle Jimmy's biggest contribution to society has been the... (from Urban Dictionary)

Saville Horizon

The point of no return in a long tedious meeting when attendee's brains are no longer capable of rational thought, and all meaningful contributions generate into Jimmy Saville impressions

Like an event horizon, once crossed there is nothing you can do to go back.
dave: i know this meeting's dragging on, but we need to come to a decision.

paul: OK, ok, now then - (preparing to make a salient point)

(gary): now then now then

(jim): jewellery jewellery

paul: no, look I'm serious. Dave, do you...

(sally): ...like the music of Showaddywaddy?

(gary): OK that's it folks, we're over the Saville Horizon. We're not going to get any further - let's come back to this tomorrow

(meeting ends)

Mr E · 01-11-2011 04:24PM

Grow up, Richard.

Thread renamed (and sanitized) to talk about peoples' memories of Jimmy.

Richard Dower · 01-11-2011 04:28PM

^ it's a legit topic, about how a show of it's ilk would not get on the air today, people would scream "peadophile", whether it be correct or not.

maximoose · 01-11-2011 04:34PM

Jimmy was a LEGEND.

RIP Sir.

tony1kenobi · 01-11-2011 04:58PM

Richard Dower wrote: »

^ it's a legit topic, about how a show of it's ilk would not get on the air today, people would scream "peadophile", whether it be correct or not.

"Savile".

Mr E · 01-11-2011 05:29PM

Richard Dower wrote: »

^ it's a legit topic, about how a show of it's ilk would not get on the air today, people would scream "peadophile", whether it be correct or not.

How is it a legit topic to suggest that Sir Jimmy had tendencies towards kids? The man brought joy to hundreds of children on the TV show, and many many more through his work for charities (raising millions of pounds and donating a large amount of his personal fortune).

To call him a 'creepy old man' is hugely disrespectful and an insult to his legacy.

01-11-2011 05:55PM

To quote Scroobius Pip

"Thou shalt not think that any male over
the age of 30 that plays with a child that
is not their own is a peadophile... Some
people are just nice."

fryup · 02-11-2011 09:16AM

Richard Dower wrote: »

^ it's a legit topic, about how a show of it's ilk would not get on the air today, people would scream "peadophile", whether it be correct or not.

less "cynical" times:cool:

ffs just cause the guy had a show that involved children and was a little eccentric some people automatically think peado...what a paranoid world we live in

getz · 02-11-2011 09:28AM

i was very luckly to have known jimmy in his early years,he was a assistant manager at a manchester dance hall[if my memory is still working OK] it was the ritz,i then often met him drinking in the pubs of salford,with the the likes of lonny donigan[for you kids he was a pop singer ]also frank ifield ,it was the place to drink then,as it was the port of manchester,and was lovingly referred to as the barbary coast.

DublinWriter · 02-11-2011 09:44AM

With his passing will also pass the numerous gagging orders he had on the UK press including specifically the injunction he had on News International mentioning him in connection with Haut de la Garenne.

Justmedave · 06-10-2012 10:49AM

bump

I remember reading this thread before signing up to boards.ie agreeing with OP

Look like he was right after all lol

Mr E · 06-10-2012 11:39AM

It's funny how much things change in a year.... Can't believe I stood up for him too.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 06-10-2012 11:41AM

Mr E wrote: »

It's funny how much things change in a year.... Can't believe I stood up for him too.

aw

i was just about to quote your post with a

underneath

Richard Dower · 06-10-2012 11:45AM

Justmedave wrote: »

bump

I remember reading this thread before signing up to boards.ie agreeing with OP

Look like he was right after all lol

Yup...i always thought he was creepy and sleazy.

quickbeam · 06-10-2012 03:00PM

Mr E wrote: »

It's funny how much things change in a year.... Can't believe I stood up for him too.

In fairness, just because somebody looks like a paedo doesn't meant they are one. As there was nothing then to back up the claim one year ago, other than the fact that he looked like one, you were right to defend him.

adox · 06-10-2012 05:52PM

Seriously, a total fluke that these stories appeared and don't really validate th ops reason for staring the thread rather than "he looked creepy".

It's was still a **** ill timed thread and still is.

Richard Dower · 06-10-2012 06:07PM

adox wrote: »

Seriously, a total fluke that these stories appeared and don't really validate th ops reason for staring the thread rather than "he looked creepy".

It's was still a **** ill timed thread and still is.

It wasn't a fluke, besides looking like a peado...and the fact a program like Jim'll Fix It would *never* get on the air now, creepy perv having children on his lap and touching them, it was rumoured for years he was into kids.

He should have all his awards and OBE/Kinghthoods removed....all the good he did is now mute imo, he used his place in society to molest and rape kids! :mad:

He was a fraud, i'll bet money the BBC had heard rumblings and played the deaf ear, it dosen't matter what he did for charities or marathons....it's all been wiped away.

He's now Jimmy Saville....child molester and rapist :mad:

briany · 06-10-2012 06:57PM

Richard Dower wrote: »

It wasn't a fluke, besides looking like a peado...and the fact a program like Jim'll Fix It would *never* get on the air now, creepy perv having children on his lap and touching them, it was rumoured for years he was into kids.

He should have all his awards and OBE/Kinghthoods removed....all the good he did is now mute imo, he used his place in society to molest and rape kids! :mad:

He was a fraud, i'll bet money the BBC had heard rumblings and played the deaf ear, it dosen't matter what he did for charities or marathons....it's all been wiped away.

He's now Jimmy Saville....child molester and rapist :mad:

If his competing in a marathon helped to fund the completion of a hospital wing, I'm not going to say that's moot. I look at that and admire it as a good thing which, hopefully, is still helping people. I can do that and still deplore what he did, or at least what he was alleged to do. I say "alleged" because I wasn't there at the time.

So many figures of contemporary and historical importance in every kind of field and discipline have been shown to have skeletons in their closet, sometimes more than one. They may have raped someone or killed someone or maybe they sold drugs and profited from the misery of others (can lead to good material for a gangsta rap career) and yet we seem to selectively choose to enjoy the fruits of their labors in public life, forgetting their misdeeds and damn others to hell absolutely as being thoroughly rotten where and when it suits us. To me, that's hypocritical and excuse me if I don't join in on the feeding frenzy which is all too easy where the man is dead but I'll let history be the judge, not ITV, Joe Duffy or the tabloids.

Madam_X · 06-10-2012 07:04PM

What does a paedo look like? Ok I know there's a stereotype but a paedo could look like anyone else, and someone with the stereotypical look may not be one.

briany · 06-10-2012 07:22PM

Madam_X wrote: »

What does a paedo look like? Ok I know there's a stereotype but a paedo could look like anyone else, and someone with the stereotypical look may not be one.

It would be helpful to authorities you have to admit if they all went around in dirty brown macs, had a beard, big glasses and drove a suspicious looking small white van. If they had some sort of uniform like that it would make them a helluva lot easier to spot/arrest/avoid. :pac:

Madam_X · 06-10-2012 07:23PM

Lol.

Briany, re your prior post though: I'm not one of the Joe Duffy brigade and I have no problem judging him on the basis of these horrific allegations. His charity work nicely benefitted him too - ensured people would view him as a decent sort. He doesn't strike me as the charitable type in the sincere sense. It was simply handy that he was able to use his celebrity to create a great name for himself. He bloody well owed society plenty anyway considering what he was carrying on with in secret.

Kylo Ren · 06-10-2012 07:25PM

Madam_X wrote: »

What does a paedo look like? Ok I know there's a stereotype but a paedo could look like anyone else, and someone with the stereotypical look may not be one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15S0g8pG6HU

Lapin · 06-10-2012 07:30PM

Richard Dower wrote: »

It wasn't a fluke, besides looking like a peado...and the fact a program like Jim'll Fix It would *never* get on the air now, creepy perv having children on his lap and touching them, it was rumoured for years he was into kids.

What a ridiculous fúcking thing to come out with.

What does a paedophile look like ?

A slightly ageing long haired, grey haired single male presenting a childrens tv show ?

I hope you never get called up for jury service if you judge people simply on their appearance.

Guy:Incognito · 06-10-2012 08:54PM

Richard Dower wrote: »

It wasn't a fluke, besides looking like a peado...and the fact a program like Jim'll Fix It would *never* get on the air now, creepy perv having children on his lap and touching them, it was rumoured for years he was into kids:

The show wasnt about the presenter sitting kids on his knee, so yes, a show like Jim'll fix it would get made today.

Prick! · 06-10-2012 09:00PM

I didn't grow up in this programmes time. WHat was the show about?

He does look like a paedo, it's sickening.

Mr E · 06-10-2012 09:29PM

Saying someone "looks like a paedo" is idiotic.

Regardless, this thread isn't about TV any more, so I'm locking it. There is a Jimmy Saville thread in AH if you want to continue this discussion.

Jimmy Savile Memorial Thread.

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