Listening To: Music For The Jilted Generation : Prodigy

OK guys, so how good was last Sundays BB eviction ? FAN - friggin - TASTIC, that’s what ! In case you live under a rock (or just don’t watch Big Brother); Glenn the sexist, racist, in-bred, sheep-shagging … er I mean sheep-shearing, carrot-top moron from country Victoria was booted out of the BB house on Sunday night by a whopping 54% majority of viewers. Yeeehaaa ! How you like them apples, Glenny boy ?

As an electorate, we might not be able to exercise the same strength of purpose and unity to stop our government taking us to war in Iraq for example, or to affect regime-change in our own country and remove said government from power. However, at least when it comes to the important(*) things like Reality TV contests, we ‘the people’ know how to do ‘the right thing’ and remove the bastards that need to be removed from the general equation.

As our regular readers would know, I never liked Glenn to begin with. He struck me as a moron from the get-go, and feel free to call me biased here but I don’t particularly like redheads either. I’m sure the feeling is mutual - Glenn wouldn’t exactly take a shine to me if he met me, I’m sure. My initial feelings about Glenn were confirmed as the series progressed, and he proved himself to be a liar, simpleton, sleaze-bag, racist and sadistic bastard (as far as animals are concerned), all rolled into one. I won’t go into the details of all the shit he’s done and said - there are plenty of other commentators out there who’ve already gone down that path - but I have to say IG and I both whooped out aloud with pleasure, sitting on the couch in her apartment as Gretel read out Sundays verdict “It’s time to …. Glenn”.

The episode really WAS a gem …. in sooooo many ways. Not only was Glenn booted, but it was hilarious to watch the subsequent grilling Gretle subjected him to on the eviction stage. This was followed up by an appearance by Michelle, another former housemate and unfortunate victim of much of Glenns lying, sleazy behaviour. Now some people think Gretle and Michelle were ‘too hard’ on Glenn, but I think he deserved every second of it. In fact, I would have liked to see them be even ‘harder’ !!! It would have been great to see Gretle ‘crack’ this ‘quintessential country lad’ and reduce him to a snivelling wreck. Between herself and the erstwhile Michelle they almost managed it too - by the end of the confrontation (which was what the majority of Glenns eviction stage appearance consisted of), Carrot Top’s body language was so defensive it was a virtual Atlantic Wall. I reckon a few more well-aimed pinpricks, and we WOULD have seen him bawl.

Alas, acting no doubt on instructions from production staff during the ad-breaks, who have after all favoured Glenn in the house up till now (hoping to keep the country + ‘aussie’ demographics interested in the show no doubt) - in the end Michelle was banished from the stage again and Gretle let up on Carrot Top for the last part of the show. Nonetheless, the important deed is done - Glenn is gooooone and won’t be winning the BB prize-money. It’s official - Glenn is a looooser, and 54% of Australians agree with me.

Thankgod for democracy ! :)

(*) Can you detect tongue firmly in cheek ? …