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Friday March 12, 2010

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  • Merlene Crawford on Bob Maumill hangs up the mic It is great sadness, Bob, that you are leaving the airways. You made my afternoons. Please consider gracing the airways ... more
  • Anna on Bob Maumill hangs up the mic Dear Bob: I will miss your cheerful voice and down-to- earth approach on thought- provoking topics covered in your programs. ... more
  • lee goodacre on Bob Maumill hangs up the mic its about time they pulled your kind off the air! haha..with ur filth and depravity haha..perth will miss the jugaunaut of ... more
  • michael on Bob Maumill hangs up the mic sorry your gone bob ,you were a wealth of knowledge humour and always lifted my spirits,take care mate we will all miss you more
  • Jack on Bob Maumill hangs up the mic Bob, why you always do that? You give us the best and versatile show and then leave. You are the only one at 6PR with such ... more
  • fergal on Bob Maumill hangs up the mic all the best mate your a real radio legend a great laugh but always got the important points across when it mattered have a ... more
  • george on Bob Maumill hangs up the mic What a shame, a Great Radio Man, down to earth no bulls**t, Bob would have made a great Pollie, i for one will be sorry to ... more
  • Simon on Bob Maumill hangs up the mic Bob, will miss you on 6PR buddy, take care mate and enjoy your retirement. more
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  • Brett Clements on Bob Maumill hangs up the mic I will miss your show Bob. Unfortunately I tuned into 6pr in the past 6 months and I loved every minute of you on air ... more
  • Wayne on Bob Maumill hangs up the mic Bob your retirement is a loss to the listeners. Your humour is second to none and is what I looked forward to daily. So far ... more
  • chas robinson on Bob Maumill hangs up the mic listened to your dribble in Perth, Sydney all around OZ for years.Now in retirement in Phuket. At least you were on the ... more
  • Miss Understood on Bob Maumill hangs up the mic Poppy - my afternoons will never be the same again. I wish you nothing but luck with life and love. May the best of your ... more
  • Norma Miller on Bob Maumill hangs up the mic Oh! Bob how sad that you are going. I am coming from Cairns next week just to listen to you (and Howard) I am in shock that ... more
  • Nigel Onamade on Bob Maumill hangs up the mic So sad to hear that you are leaving Bob. So who is going to take over the "grand father" role at the station now? Wishing ... more
  • Maureen on Bob Maumill hangs up the mic Bob you will be sorely missed in the afternoons. No one can take your place but I am sure that Ted will try hard good luck ... more
  • Nancy Powell on Bob Maumill hangs up the mic Bob Maumill, our family have been listening to you for many years and enjoyed it. I guess we don't expect you to stay on ... more
  • Ross Bailey on Bob Maumill hangs up the mic Dear Bob Have been listening to you for years, you will be surely missed, best wishes for the future and look forward to ... more
  • Bazza on Bob Maumill hangs up the mic Mr Maumill, came over from the UK 3 years ago and accidentally tuned to 6PR and have been avid listener since. Your show in ... more
  • sandra on Bob Maumill hangs up the mic Hi Bob will miss your sexy voice in the afternoon and your great sense of humour. Goodluck in your retirement but please ... more

Kids Dying of cancer is NOT FUNNY

Posted by: Bob Maumill | 4 June, 2009 - 11:37 AM
Bob's Blog Humour brightens our lives.

Humour can turn a really rotten day into something that becomes manageable.

Humour brings people together.

Want to become friends with someone? Share a laugh with them, tell them a joke.

Laughter, as they say, is the best medicine and a way of building bridges.

Australians have a long tradition of finding humour in most situations. Politics, sport, drought, flood, and war.

Even in the most desperate situations Australians can find something to laugh about.

But there are boundaries, and the makers of ABC TV series The Chaser crossed the line and lapsed into shocking, hurtful, bad taste when they cruelly mocked the Make A Wish Foundation and made dying children the focus of a comedy skit.

Sure, in the past The Chasers have made me cringe, and yes their humour can upset some people, but before last night they had never directed barbs at dying children and mocked them.

The Chaser crew won us over when they attacked pompous celebrities, big name politicians, big institutions, the bureaucracy and people and organisations who took themselves too seriously.

But there are some people who should be left alone, who should not be lampooned, mocked and ridiculed and used as material in a cruel tasteless skit.

No matter how clever The Chasers think they are, there is nothing funny about kids dying of cancer.

Blog comments Your Say

  • i was under the impression the skit was directed at the "make a wish foundation" instead of the children. didn't the chasers know, very well, the children and parents involved in that skit? if so, that would imply a modicum of understanding between the producers and the cancer victims and their parents - that there are better ways to spend donation money than on holidays and movie stars' accomodation.

    Aaron Sice Thursday 2 July, 2009 - 2:56 PM

  • I don't think that there could be a sensible perspective in relation to the Chaser.
    The spin on this is ridiculous.
    The worst part of this debarkle is this the fact that ABC and The Chaser think all of this is OK - " Let's just defer episodes"

    Sara Saturday 6 June, 2009 - 1:10 AM

  • dolledBob,
    You have been for me a beacon of common sense amongst the crass rubbish that most of the media serves up. You have been the proof, for at least 20 years (off and on, when you were'nt sacked for speaking your mind)that there is an element of the Fourth Estate which has the ability to take an issue and think about it. For that, thankyou. More power to you, Bob. On this occasion, please find a small thought for deadlines, panics, "well, we haven't got anything else, fr' Christ sakes", and general running out of ideas. Give them a dignified way out before tearing them another one - as our American friends so delicately put it...............
    Paul. 0424901787

    Paul Hubbard Thursday 4 June, 2009 - 5:01 PM

  • Shamefull and totally outrageous.These guys need to go and get a real job and do something constructive to help rather than criticise.

    Jean Rispoli Thursday 4 June, 2009 - 3:05 PM

  • this is why I don't watch the s*** the chasers & ABC are bloody disgusting, heartless to say the least! to even think that this was remotely funny!!! they should be taken off air and be ordered to make a sizeable donation to the fund!

    Michelle de Vattimo Thursday 4 June, 2009 - 1:44 PM

  • I have never watched the Chasers as I don't find making fun of other people that funny - and it appears these guys have a habit of stretching the boundry. There is no doubt they did on this occasion. Bob, you are spot on.

    Allan McLean Thursday 4 June, 2009 - 1:35 PM

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