Brass Eye public reaction after 1st episode, Right to Reply

[@drdeadbeat1604]

They didn't like it, but they had to go along with it

[@mondyboy81]

About trenter percenter did for sure

[@slavaukraini1991]

Shut up Peter

[@chrisgilliver1]

Ich nichten lichten

[@leahdorothy]

the show was the one thing they didn’t want to happen

[@Gboz90]

You’ve lost the news!

[@yosufunis]

"There are a lot of people that will take what chris morris said at face value" I think we can largely overlook people who believe foxes are made of string

[@monstermonty9074]

They wouldn't find nearly as cute if was a little four legged car with chips in it

[@karlminton3257]

You can't fix that kind of stupidity

[@davidnolan6319]

So what are foxes made of then, rope?

[@robertwright7937]

@@davidnolan6319 No, you can only get three foxes a yard from rope. Hemp, at least 4. Rope is better for badgers.

[@davidnolan6319]

@@robertwright7937 wtf you on about

[@adamweishaupt2846]

Those poor delicate little flowers offended by episode one. They had no idea that Paedogeddon was about to be unleashed!

[@fastfrankblack]

17ll3 x214 😂oh god- I’d forgotten all this stuff!

[@robertwright7937]

"My kids are safe tonight......Are yours?"

[@Coproquim]

This was the one thing they did not want to happen

[@robertwright7937]

@@Coproquim "He's not happy with it, but he has to go along with it."

[@oldmanmike]

Gunishment is coming

[@TheGiokink]

Loved Brass Eye. Took comedy to the next level and actually pointed out how gullible and susceptible to media influence the public really are. Chris Morris is a comedy genius in my opinion.

[@nektarios5291]

If you're worried you're becoming more gullible you can check to see if you smell like hammers, if you do you're becoming more suggestible... now there's no evidence for it, but it's scientific fact

[@zakelwe]

The main thing it did was question the media rather than being spoon fed. Of course, the big question is whether those views shown from people watching it are actually genuine or part of the show ??? ;- ) Of course you think you can spot the difference ..... what would the people have to say for you to go from thinking those are genuine thoughts on the matter or scripted for effect ?

[@monstermonty9074]

I carnt tell if this is an extension of the show or if the interviews were real

[@richbiles230872]

🤣

[@rustledjammies8769]

Then it was clearly fit for purpose! 😂

[@krashd]

They are real. Right to Reply was a Channel 4 show that allowed viewers to critique other Channel 4 shows so although it addressed complaints it also acted as a publicity vehicle for their shows. So of all the reactions of people in the street they would show the ones that were likely to intrigue viewers into watching the show in question. It was clever marketing. The BBC did the same with a show called Points of View where Terry Wogan would read out complaints sent in by BBC viewers but half of the complaints were usually quite funny and would just make you want to watch the show that was being complained about.

[@ohpurpled]

@@krashd Points of View still happens!

[@Revelian1982]

Same here. Shows how accurate the show was for the time.

[@SOFAJEDI]

Best program of the 90s for me. I'm off to have some cake.

[@jacksmith4460]

careful you dont get Czech neck

[@SOFAJEDI]

Jack Smith changed my mind. Had some clarky cat.

[@owenevans83]

So you weren't cut out to be a custard gannet then. You really are a shit.

[@ThisCharmingMan1984]

A PAIR OF PUNTS Don’t forget the most important thing: Cake is a made up drug. If somebody offers you it, shove it back in their face, and tell them to fuck off!

[@bodieofci5418]

Are you the boz boz

[@MajorGingex]

The only people that were offended by Brass Eye were the very people it targeted

[@johnmartinez7440]

People forget that "cancel culture" has been a thing for decades, and 99% of it was pearl-clutching conservatives.

[@robertcreighton4635]

tv hasn't been this brave since.

[@pukeyourguts]

you mean brass eye? or right to reply?

[@robertwright7937]

Apparently it never will be again. RIP humour, the miserable gits have won. For now.

[@tinkerfox1774]

Sassy Justice - Deepfakes

[@ivorbiggun710]

Jam?

[@chainsawchav]

There are a lot of people out there who will take what Chris Morris said at face value because they are not as clever and middle-class as me and they can barely piss straight let alone comprehend satire.

[@herbert9241]

chainsawchav Very good, mate.

[@alistairpage-mcgill2723]

+chainsawchav Builders for example, or blacks

[@robertjohnkemp]

A true fan! That made me laugh out loud, Alistair

[@anonb4632]

Ah yes... class, the one thing Guardian readers don't like to talk about.

[@SuperSeriouSam]

I'm getting to old to piss straight.

[@MrPKenneally]

Did Chris Morris make this too? Its hilarious

[@Pining_for_the_fjords]

I think he may have done. The editing is very much his style.

[@robertwright7937]

This is an actual programme made by the BBC. Honestly. I'm embarrassed at how thick the British are, I thought we were better than that.👍

[@marvy3022]

@@robertwright7937 Right to Reply and Brasseye are both Channel 4 programmes.

[@Professor6871]

The best comedy spoof that was ever done. It's as funny now as it was in 99s.

[@barringtonfisher87]

Brass eye & The day today still make me laugh like it's the first time I've seen them. They've also aged amazingly. If you told someone who hadn't seen it it was made recently, they'd believe you. Chris Morris was so far ahead of his time. I thought people were idiots today, turns out they were in the 90's too

[@RaferJeffersonIII]

Bigger idiots today. This would never make it near TV now. People just go along with what the telly says. #masks #support Ukraine

[@fragglet]

"It's just horrible to watch, but very very funny"

[@barryhomeowner1032]

I love how all the elaborate scene change animation is still present at face value in this show 1:07

[@BLINDTUBEMARES]

The whole point of Chris Morris's comedy, for me, is that it works on two levels- I laugh at the silliness of the show itself and have internal hysterics imagining all the people who think it's real...

[@rooneye]

NO ONE thinks its real. Ever. EVER! You do know this is sake satire right?! My god. No one EVER thought this was real mate. EVER. I'm laughing at you even THINKING this. 🤣🤣🤣 You utter balloon! And the 18 people thumbs upped you. I'mma thumbs you up too so maybe those people are like me just thumbsing you up so people can see how daft as a brush you are! You just made me day pal. Thanks. I say it with love 😋

[@themadplotter]

@@rooneye I knew a kids mum who thought the paedogeddon episode was real, she was an alchy and an idiot, but we’re not short of those.

[@timmorodgers4271]

Chris Morris is an absolute legend.

[@Just_lift_anyone]

It was the fucking dogs bollocks and smashed taboo's with a sledgehammer. Chris Morris is an absolute legend.

[@davidjatt3251]

you mean, he *was* a legend, but it's a shame he's just another sad Allah-rimming old ponce like every other washed up celeb now

[@AkyovNorthWest]

+David Jatt ive only just started getting into Brass Eye and Chris Morris. What you you mean has he gone soft nowadays or something?

[@jazzhands7771]

Tarvu Taboos* What's the apostrophe for??

[@Just_lift_anyone]

@@jazzhands7771 I was being a bit of a mong I suppose, it's rare, but it does happen from time to time...

[@ackerjawaka1966]

Is it ok to say mong nowadays 😜 what about spacka or joey deacon and that bloke who pretends to understand him 😜

[@Jmixup]

I was teen when this came out and could tell exactly what is was. Comedy gold, satirism at it's finest.

[@Aengus42]

I remember watching the first Jam & afterwards i'm sat there in awe of what i'd just seen i saw my partner looking stoney faced. I say "What did you think?" She says "I didn't like it, i didn't know when to laugh." I said that i didn't think laughter was necessarily the point... It's then that i became aware of the gulf between us.

[@George.Andrews.]

It's ok . We have to live alone sometimes . Jam was outstanding to me.

[@lastp6905]

Jam is about making you laugh in a very unconventional way, so much so that you’re confused why you’re laughing when you’re disturbed by the subject matter at the same time. It’s a very interesting experience to watch it.

[@Professor6871]

1:06 made me lol so much. I almost thought this was spoof about a spoof.

[@buckbumble]

Came here to say this! The way she appeared out of nowhere too is so Brass Eye 🤣

[@81Mace81]

Imagine being immortalised as a pillock who said "Brass Eye just wasn't very funny"

[@CedrickTudge]

In 2023 i still see brass eye in the way the news on the radio behaves

[@MystroX44]

I'm pretty sure the woman at 1 min 07 is actually a ghost.

[@anonb4632]

MystroX44 Why is the camera angled to highlight her breasts? Odd angle.

[@virus2003]

Best one: "I can't BELIEVE I missed Brass Eye."

[@betabenja]

I love it when someone criticises something for being not funny, but in recounting it, it is obviously hilarious. "they stopped a pig jumping out of a tree onto a python in a two-way death pact in Chester." excellent. what a great combination of words.

[@IaJagon]

To all the people who complain about Brass Eye and take it seriously... YOU are the punchline for the rest of us to laugh at

[@rooneye]

No one did. My god there is no punchline. NO ONE ever did. THIS is fake satire. YOU are the punchline mate for the rest of US to laugh at!. 🤣🤣

[@DrTWG]

@@rooneye WTF are you talking about ?

[@eadweard.]

Unbearably self-satisfied drivel.

[@CAdams6398]

@@eadweard. 'You're wrong, and you're a grotesquely ugly freak'. 🤪

[@eadweard.]

@@CAdams6398 My notification just showed "You're wrong and..." and I said the rest to myself before clicking ')

[@luqas99]

1:06 "There're a lot of people out there who will take what Chris Morris said at face value, which is dangerous..." Yes, WHY IS THAT, YOU UTTER FOOL?

[@freakyfadge]

yeah, that doesn't make any sense, because he never had a consistent viewpoint on brasseye anyway.

[@apothecary36]

Too right. It's dangerous that there are people out there that would take it at face value.

[@Enelition532]

"Blue jam: Thick people"

[@Enelition532]

Enelition532 That is a perfect description of that woman.

[@Enelition532]

Enelition532 Sorry for any offense. Thanks.

[@brucethomson3242]

As with Life of Brian, the people that thought this programme shocking were the people it was making fun of. Chris Morris is a criminally underrated satirist.

[@mollyfilms]

I think I remember it? I was off my face on Cake at the time.

[@itsbobobananas]

i was disgusted and appalled at this program, it was aweful. Then i realised... I had the channel on top gear by mistake.

[@TheDiamond2009]

"I actually had to leave the room.....because I have no sense of humour whatsoever."

[@stuckinthepastproductions4329]

I keep wondering why someone would leave the room instead of change the channel.

[@KaskDaxxe]

@@stuckinthepastproductions4329 she said later she thought it was horrible to watch but very very funny

[@tomwright4969]

These people would probably find Michael McIntyre opening a tight biscuit tin funny.

[@robertwright7937]

No, that would be really really boring. As is Michael McIntyre. Stupid fringe.

[@spangol87]

Hahahahahahhaha

[@nudisco300]

It really wouldn't surprise me if opening a tight biscuit tin is actually in Michael McIntyres act.

[@BradPiano]

To be fair, so would I - providing that the whole scene was shown in slow motion, and underpinned by a menacing synth drone.

[@wetigaz]

This segment is SO similar to an actual brass eye/day today spoof, it's SO on the nose. I mean LOOK at the ghostly fade in of the offended gormless dork at 1:06

[@budbrewsky6658]

Fascinating. I thought calling things you don’t like “dangerous” was a modern phenomenon

[@YTCENS0R]

Chris Morris carved my personality and humour what it is today. He is my hero.

[@blatherskite3009]

The thing with "The Day Today" and "Brass Eye" is that they were satirising the format of the BBC evening news and "investigative" current-affairs programmes like Panorama, respectively. And, in the way that only the cream of satire can achieve, they made it impossible to take the real thing seriously ever again - which puts them right up there with Spinal Tap and The Life of Brian.

[@JackLongbridge]

And 16 years later the public are even more stupid. No wonder I'm a misanthrope.

[@Iagoingsoc]

amazing how well the style aped the style of 90s news broadcasting at the time - this bit itself melds entirely with the show being discussed

[@Pining_for_the_fjords]

0:52 - Finally somebody who gets it.

[@j-man8888]

Brass eye was pure genius

[@georgeknox1822]

Brass eye, a work of art decades ahead of its time. Satire at its highest form. Genius

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

This really stimulated my Shatner's Bassoon.

[@VooDooMaGicMan81]

The machine minded type of people will never see past what they've been programmed to. The term NPC was simply perfect.

[@RaferJeffersonIII]

Support Ukraine

[@samjam170]

Pieces of art always have people who get upset, those people are always forgotten, the art remains

[@luciatilyard2827]

I got the feeling Carla Lane knew perfectly well that it was a spoof.

[@cbak12sg]

The guy at 0:51 is now a film critic. I recognise him, but I don't know his name.

[@nistle2]

hey that was Mary Goodnight from the Bond flicks

[@bwrwbleidlais156]

One of the vox pops is Adam Smith of Empire magazine.

[@tehf00n]

"It wasn't all that funny, very repetative" said the guy who seems to think there was anything remotely like Brass Eye on tv before. What a conflated erogenous piper.

[@bodieofci5418]

One of the funniest and best written shows ever.

[@DaveInBridport]

Nothing like it since. Brilliant

[@nudisco300]

See? There were snowflakes back in those days too, it's just we didn't have a catchy name for them at the time.

[@tempestfennac9687]

They've existed for ages (it was generally the Christian Right who got triggered over things ranging from Heavy Metal to D&D though).

[@robertwright7937]

We did have a catchy name; Gobshites. Still works. Forget all this boomer/ snowflake nonsense. Gobshites are the problem, and they come in all creeds, races and flavours. 👍

[@tempestfennac9687]

@Thomas Farrell I'd say they've been as bad at times (not quite the same thing but when anaesthetics first became reliable in the 1800s, the Church of England objected to them being used by women during childbirth because of that ridiculous "original sin" belief). I agree completely about so-called modern "Liberals" though.

[@spikedmo]

They just couldn’t all get together and tweet at people.

[@WarrenCromartie2]

Satire at its best. I would say the News at Ten is more 'dangerous' than a satirical comedy show.

[@YourBeingParanoid]

Brass Eye had the best overuse of pointless graphics and I use to love it when people watching with me would complain about it

[@RaferJeffersonIII]

….and if we do this, the word Cruel starts flashing

[@cap4137]

Why have I always thought that Brasseye was on the BBC, it satirises the BBC so well.

[@stephenc8]

That show was way ahead of its time, they interviewed people who just don't get it

[@infinitecrayons]

That's Nonce Sense

[@hannesjakobsson765]

1:19 Is that Britt Ekland?! The Bond girl from Man With The Golden Gun

[@astrozombie2010]

"I actually had to leave the room in embarrasment" Really? Your remote control is broken?

[@Si74l0rd]

She was watching it with mother and father, and they were having a right old giggle ;D

[@yeastcapp]

that goat fight was cut from the dvd release or something, right?

[@toph8298]

Funniest TV show I’ve ever watched. Chris Morris is a genius.

[@neilgodfrey2669]

Woman at 1:15 is so patronising. “There are people out there..NOT ME.. but weaker people who will take this at face value...Not me however because I’m not thick but some people are thick.”

[@jesuschrist2284]

Tvs back then didnt have an off button and only played one channel

[@simonhinchliffe8228]

Great series

[@GeraldSmallbear]

Thanks, I'll have a look. I think the problem on my side is that I use Bing, which learns my surfing habits and has filtered out all the tabloid stuff. You've probably heard of Derren Brown, he makes some good points about malleability in his Assassin episode. In fact he makes the same points as me. My argument is about how 'clever' Morris is. Derren Brown isn't pretending to be 'clever', he just knows a good target and has the skills to help them delude themselves. That's my point.

[@geekymarianne]

0:33 - SPEAK YOUR BRAINS!

[@southbanktrousers2]

how did you dig this out? very good

[@creativeflo5599]

Jillian barrette was one of the talking heads?

[@DistinctCellsInterlinked]

Wherever he may be a quarter of a decade on, if anyone knows the "wasn't all that funny" guy at 1:49, please remind him of this every day for the rest of his life. Thanks.

[@mrbenoit5018]

1:07 how the hell did she do that

[@Hazy992]

0:51 that guy hit the nail on the head. At least someone gets it

[@PurePessimism]

Wait, is this also a scene from Brass Eye? 🤔

[@loungedemon]

I have some Triple Sod, that any good to you?

[@benh715]

1:10 are we all just going to ignore the way this woman mysteriously materialises in front of our eyes???

[@djassassinuk]

Chris Morris = Legend

[@ZigUncut]

Hard to tell the difference between the comments program and the day today.

[@tinkerfox1774]

My favorite part was the bit with Pantou the Dog computer game.

[@TheSnoozeFox]

None of those people had seen the show, I used to do vox pops like this in the street years ago, you just tell them what to say

[@danofthedead1979]

Was about to say, this almost looked like it was something out of brass eye. Was that deliberate?

[@bl1398]

Tonight on Brass Eye: Television - has it got too dangerous? I’m here in Chichester to meet a man who believes it has. “I was in my sitting room enjoying a fish supper when without warning a programme called Brass Eye was aired on my Television.” “Within minutes I became physically sick and had to be airlifted to hospital by the RAF” “Three surgeries later and I’m only just regaining the use of my Shatner’s Basoon.”

[@StalwartShinobi]

The david jatt bit about being stung by a snake when snakes bite not sting was too godd

[@LiquidSpiral]

God I love the 90s

[@supbuddywhatsgoingon]

How can you take a piece of satire at face value? It is clearly riddled with subtleties and yes, it completely takes the media to pieces. It's not so much satire, as it seems as real (or fake) as any other news I have seen! Chris Morris is an exceptionally clever man and a fucking funny one as well. On the Crime episode he asks a black man if there is a relation between race and crime, the caption under read "representing every black man in Britain." - It's true how people think.

[@boozerverif]

@bandmedal I was thinking just that. Would've been the complete Brass Eye tribute if she faded in only to say one word from the overdub.

[@NxDoyle]

The most annoying thing about the media as it applies to people like Chris Morris is their labelling of his work as 'controversial'. Then when they interview him, 'controversial' is almost invariably used to describe him. He's been bypassed in the adjective choosing process.

[@Monumentum616]

The majority of peasants having their talkboxes felched seemed to enjoy Brass Eye.

[@infinitecrayons]

Anybody got any Clarkey Cat? I'm running short...

[@NoctuaOlivae]

1:07 is no one going to talk about this lady phasing into existence? Seems like the editors were fans of Brass Eye

[@sculli722]

Chris Morris at work?

[@MrBuch169169]

Some of those vox pops, I could have sworn they were part of the show.

[@jeanpaulsinatra]

It's a real-life Speak Your Brains

[@StandardGoose]

It's strange to think now that there were people complaining at the time that Brass Eye's satire had actually been toned down too much.

[@russelledwards001]

I’m going in like a ferret with a tape.

[@kevrockism]

1.02 that chap knows what he's talking about 👍👍

[@mr0perator]

They spoke their brains

[@lambd01d]

I suspect the Brass Eye-haters are also Daily Mail readers. Chris Morris is a twisted genius.

[@LordLionelBond]

I just don't want my arms to feel like a couple of fortnights in a bad balloon.

[@rokn9591]

Get it repeated in 2022 and see the outrage

[@alex6734]

agree sooo much!

[@smackmyfishup666]

If she had to leave the room in embarassment during the animals episode, She will move abroad if she sees the brasseye special.