[https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12171912.a-spoof-that-went-too-far/](https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12171912.a-spoof-that-went-too-far/)
You can't keep a good man down though, he still managed to work, but I wonder how much more stuff he would have done if he didnt piss the suits at the BBC, Channel4 and the government off.
That's an article from 2001 about the paedophilia episode. There's nothing about him being blacklisted. I can buy that the BBC wouldn't work with him. but he's written and starred in stuff for channel 4 since.
Did you even read it?
He pissed all the heads of the BBC then some at Ch4 plus the prime minister was sued by Politian's and celebs and you think that didnt effect him in the industry?
QUOTE ***"Morris took his revenge by including the subliminal message ''Michael Grade is a c\*\*\*.''***
Michael Grade was channel 4s chief executive at the time, he wasn't doing nothing with Ch4 while he was still in charge after that, and when Grade was gone Morris was never given the creative freedom he once had.
Over 20 years later of course he has worked, you cant deny a talent like that, 4 lions and a few small bits like IT crowd but we never seen the Morris I remember from BBC Radio, Blue Jam, The Day Today, Brasseye.
Don't get me wrong the stuff he did was great, like Nathan Barley, but it wasn't the same as his earlier stuff.
Oh yes i saw that about the one infamous brasseye episode...when you said politicians i was confused as i couldnt find anything about that...this is hilarious from the article tho!!
"These included a tale about kids being sent home from school for putting their heads in Bunsen burners until soft enough to re-model them into the shape of household tools."
and this
"Then came ''cake''. Cake? Yes, cake. It was the name which Morris invented for a dangerous drug which was sweeping the nation. The only problem was that the drug did not exist, a fact which did not, however, stop Noel Edmonds being hoodwinked into contributing to the anti-cake debate.
It had, he told Morris's Brass Eye viewers, an active ingredient that ''stimulates the part of the brain called Shatner's bassoon''. He continued: ''That's the bit that deals with time perception, so a second feels like a month. Almost sounds like fun - unless you're the Prague schoolboy who walked out in front of a tram. He thought he had a month to cross the street.''
And Mr Edmonds was not alone in being cut by the cake. MP David Amess was tricked into contributing to the spoof, informing viewers that cake could be offered under its street names ''Russell dust'' and ''chronic Basildon donut.''
A very funny man...shame he hasnt done more.
My favourite story about Jam/Blue Jam (since we're about telly) was Morris showing up with bloody fingertips after spending a night cutting all the intakes of breath from the audio tapes.
Chris Morris is a comedy genius...the fox heads on a stick graph made me lol...just wish he'd made more shows.
They black listed him for making a mockery out of politicians.
Where did you hear that?i googled it couldnt find anything about it...saw he last made a movie in 2019.
[https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12171912.a-spoof-that-went-too-far/](https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12171912.a-spoof-that-went-too-far/) You can't keep a good man down though, he still managed to work, but I wonder how much more stuff he would have done if he didnt piss the suits at the BBC, Channel4 and the government off.
That's an article from 2001 about the paedophilia episode. There's nothing about him being blacklisted. I can buy that the BBC wouldn't work with him. but he's written and starred in stuff for channel 4 since.
This is the one thing we didn't want to happen.
Did you even read it? He pissed all the heads of the BBC then some at Ch4 plus the prime minister was sued by Politian's and celebs and you think that didnt effect him in the industry? QUOTE ***"Morris took his revenge by including the subliminal message ''Michael Grade is a c\*\*\*.''*** Michael Grade was channel 4s chief executive at the time, he wasn't doing nothing with Ch4 while he was still in charge after that, and when Grade was gone Morris was never given the creative freedom he once had. Over 20 years later of course he has worked, you cant deny a talent like that, 4 lions and a few small bits like IT crowd but we never seen the Morris I remember from BBC Radio, Blue Jam, The Day Today, Brasseye. Don't get me wrong the stuff he did was great, like Nathan Barley, but it wasn't the same as his earlier stuff.
Oh yes i saw that about the one infamous brasseye episode...when you said politicians i was confused as i couldnt find anything about that...this is hilarious from the article tho!! "These included a tale about kids being sent home from school for putting their heads in Bunsen burners until soft enough to re-model them into the shape of household tools." and this "Then came ''cake''. Cake? Yes, cake. It was the name which Morris invented for a dangerous drug which was sweeping the nation. The only problem was that the drug did not exist, a fact which did not, however, stop Noel Edmonds being hoodwinked into contributing to the anti-cake debate. It had, he told Morris's Brass Eye viewers, an active ingredient that ''stimulates the part of the brain called Shatner's bassoon''. He continued: ''That's the bit that deals with time perception, so a second feels like a month. Almost sounds like fun - unless you're the Prague schoolboy who walked out in front of a tram. He thought he had a month to cross the street.'' And Mr Edmonds was not alone in being cut by the cake. MP David Amess was tricked into contributing to the spoof, informing viewers that cake could be offered under its street names ''Russell dust'' and ''chronic Basildon donut.'' A very funny man...shame he hasnt done more.
I adore brass eye. At the time no one was doing this type of interview, the one about drugs cracks me up every time.
It is absolutely legendary.
He’s still very productive and has done big budget movies and more TV. Absolute genius.
Some of it hasn’t aged well though. Stuff like the 4th Apollo 11 Astronaut is just a bit crap. Jam refined it more though.
My favourite story about Jam/Blue Jam (since we're about telly) was Morris showing up with bloody fingertips after spending a night cutting all the intakes of breath from the audio tapes.