You've Been Framed

[andy-hughes]

I just have to have my occasional rant about this dreadful 'entertainment' that is still being shown after thirty (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) years.

Honestly, I know its cheap TV, but just how funny can a child hurting themselves - and the editing cutting the sound of crying, and the visuals before the face crumples into distress or contorts with agony - be, even for a dubbed audience that would have to be deranged to still find such nonsense funny after fifteen seconds, never mind an entire show's worth.

I find it repugnant that people are paid to send clips of their children hurting themselves for the 'entertainment' of viewing audiences, and it says something about those audiences that this pain-fest is still running and has been since 1990.

Honestly people, we are better than thinking that someone else's toddler being frightened or hurt, or both, is somehow funny - I think it should be taken off air today.

And ... breathe ...

OK - see you next year!!

[andy-hughes]

barry - // The Candid Camera I best remember was presented by David Nixon.
Jeremy Beadle's show, Beadle's About, was similar. Horrid shows //

The clips I referred to in my post at 13:25 were from the original 1960's programmes, as I said, gentler times.

It does seem that the later we get, the more unpleasant the stunts became - how Beadle got away without being lamped more than once remains a mystery.

[barry1010]

Andy, do you know of Old Mrs Galloway?

[ummmm]

Like I said Andy, you don't know if they were hurt. You're guessing.

[andy-hughes]

I see how they cut away before any child starts to scream or cry, if you prefer not to see it, that is your choice.

[ummmm]

I've seen kids cry on it before. Like I said, all kids are different. One of my boys was heartbroken every time I said no. I'm not talking about saying no to having sweets or something. No...as in 'no, don't touch the fire'

It was cute, sad and funny in equal measures.

Kids don't cry just out of pain or fright.

[retrocop]

If my memory is correct the original Candid Camera was hosted by Jonathan Routh.

[andy-hughes]

ummm - // I've seen kids cry on it before. Like I said, all kids are different. One of my boys was heartbroken every time I said no. I'm not talking about saying no to having sweets or something. No...as in 'no, don't touch the fire'

It was cute, sad and funny in equal measures.

Kids don't cry just out of pain or fright. //

I don't care if they are crying because they can't have sweets - the notion of filming a child being upset and then showing it for entertainment is utterly repugnant, and I remain amazed at your desire to defend it by offering degrees of suffering that seem to make it OK in your eyes.

[barry1010]

Routh hosted it in the 70s, Peter Dulay hosted it before him and in the 60s Bob Monkhouse and David Nixon hosted a few.

[royfromaus]

Bad ummmm.
Bad parent.
Bad person.

Now stop defending these hilarious vids of kids crying!

[ummmm]

I have no desire to defend anything. I just think you're being OTT.

I have no desire to see people hurt themselves (as I've already said)

I don't find men who get hit in their manly parts funny, or someone getting hit in the face by a ball. Looks painful, not funny.

I very much doubt these clips would be shown if a child/person was distressed or injured.

[douglas9401]

That might be a different kind of show altogether, ummmm. :-P