In what surely marks the start of my Christmas hibernation today I've mostly been watching Frankie Boyle's "Last Days of Sodom" DVD. As usual this pretty much made me weep with laughter and helped convince me - for a short time at least - that I'm a well adjusted member of a civilised society. The DVD extra was really good though because it was an unbroadcast pilot for a possible show for Channel 4. Entitled "Frankie Boyle's Rehabilitation Programme" it was meant to be an attempt to get the comic back on main stream TV after his previous attempt caused some issues with the broadcast regulator. The premise was basically that Boyle would make a controversial statement and a guest would come on to argue the point with him. If the guest won the argument they would be rewarded with a Jim'll Fix It style badge saying "I proved Frankie Boyle wrong." One of the main topics discussed in the pilot was; "Having children makes you happy." This basically involved getting a nine year old boy to sit on stage in headphones while Boyle and another comedian Jack Whitehall made jokes about shagging his mum. Needless to say the pilot did not get commissioned for a full series.
As this was all been filmed right at the end of 2011 you can't escape the feeling that Channel 4 made the whole thing up just to have a swipe at the BBC over their celebration of Jimmy Savile Christmas schedule.
22:50 on 22/12/12.
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