Comic Relief 2015
Billy_Value
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Comic Relief is on tonight and kicks off at 7:00pm on BBC One live from the London Palladium highlights for tonight's show include
one-off James Bond sketch
little Britain with a very special guest - Professor Stephen Hawking
the vicar of Dibley
Mr bean
live highlights for phoenix nights
and music from Ella Henderson, singer songwriter Labrinth and Grammy award winner Sam Smith.
YOU CAN DONATE HERE http://www.rednoseday.com/sponsor-and-donate or by text
one-off James Bond sketch
little Britain with a very special guest - Professor Stephen Hawking
the vicar of Dibley
Mr bean
live highlights for phoenix nights
and music from Ella Henderson, singer songwriter Labrinth and Grammy award winner Sam Smith.
YOU CAN DONATE HERE http://www.rednoseday.com/sponsor-and-donate or by text
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Everytime I see a sob story on Comic Relief for charities in countries that already get millions in foreign aid or but don't understand the importance of contraception, or for many charities like sports equipment for Asylum seekers etc etc, I will put some money into a pot to go to one of the above UK Charities.
I do something like this almost every year there is a televised charity event hosted by rich celebrities guilt tripping the nation. So I make donations to charities of my choosing, without tax avoiding twonks like Bono / Geldof etc etc ramming their beliefs down our throats. I am a charitable person, but I choose the charities, nobody else.
Yes it does but a lot of the money still goes abroad.
I will watch some of comic relief for the pheonix nights stuff but I could do without the begging clips.
Some of the clips are so sad and are designed to guilt you into donating. I can't watch most of them anyway so I turn over when they come on.
I have been wondering about this too, last time around the focus was on raising money for proper mosquito nets to prevent malaria and save children. This time several of the clips I've heard have had the same focus, still more malaria nets needed. I regularly stop and remind myself how lucky I am to live where I do and I do feel great pity and sympathy for those less fortunate, but I remain unconvinced that chucking money at it will ever solve the problems. (I also know comic relief and children in need don't just throw money but you know what I mean!) Since the days of Live Aid, how many millions raised and spent and it really does feel like nothing changes. I usually do give some money, but on the whole I don't watch the programme, the comedy isn't quite enough to make up for irritating famous people making sad eyes at me from war torn famine struck places.
And the 2016 Soviet Tractor Production figures have broken all records...
Nobody is forcing you to donate. We donated because we wanted too, and because know that the money goes to such a good cause. Nobody forced us to donate. Feel free to donate to some homeless charity or a food bank instead, but I'd rather see the money I donate supporting something worthwhile.
Admittedly I'm basing that on the fact that I've been able to avoid it more easily than normal, but still...
Implying that you don't think homeless charities or food banks are worthwhile?
They aren't something I would support or donate too anyway.
Why's that?
In Zimbabwe, where current life expectancy is no more than 50 would you believe, the President of the past 35 years, Robert Mugabe, has just celebrated his 91st birthday with what was seen as an obscenely expensive party, while huge numbers of the country live in poverty around him. His wife apparently loves her expensive London trips to Harrods too. People like him and his cronies, and in other countries too, are simply stealing much of the potential wealth and cash provided with no conscience whatsoever.
I never fall for emotional blackmail like some of these aid adverts are getting ever more blatant with lately. Plus I do not need an advert like that or a TV fundraiser in order to give generously to a cause.
Looking forward to the Bond sketch.
Daniel Craig did a sketch a few years ago with Catherine Tate which I thought was quite funny (it was either for Comic Relief or Children In Need).
Will be good to see two Bond's together though I'm not sure if they're actually together on camera.
Incidentally, I'm not one to judge people, if you choose to give, great, if not, no problem.
But endless Davina pleading for starving orphans
Mind you, backsall might be there
I usually feel better about laughing once I've made a donation, and the reports on how the past money raised has been used are pretty feel-good too.
Not sure I'll be watching much tonight though, as the spoilers so far don't sound very appealing to me.
which has already been commented on in this thread. But
it has degenerated into a fairly desperate 'Give us your money
NOW...' kind of thing. I don't doubt the performers and those
involved are sincere; I just don't particularly want to see Lenny
Henry, Jonathan Ross, Davina McCall et al ( ie, all the faces who
fill the screen with 'look at me doing this, aren't I wacky'?' stuff.
No , you are tedious. Send money if you believe in the causes
specified, by all means, but don't encourage this telly mafioso
self appreciation society any more!
This year they expect to reach the £1 BILLION milestone since the event started
Maybe who ever said that "Africa needs trade not aid" was right then.