Crude Joke at ESA

[Ali <Ali@zymurgy.org>]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "dradamsapple 
<dradamsapple at y...>" <dradamsapple at y...> wrote:

<<  I agree with Steve in that Dan truly shows that he was not shaken 
by  this so-called-joke at all, even though he may have been 
terrified, furious, embarressed, or whatever emotion you can think 
of.  He  certianly showed a lot more integrity and maturity than the 
 announcer, and I hope everyone remebers that.>>

I can't help thinking that the whole interaction might have been pre-
planned. It just seems too much of a coincidence that Dan followed 
Jack Dee's reference to broomsticks with his own. Perhaps he did make 
his speech up then and there, but I think it unlikely. I'm tempted to 
think that he knew what was coming, and exactly what it meant.

Perhaps this is my awful dry humour, but I've seen Jack Dee perform 
as a stand-up and he really was brilliant. Perhaps his humour is a 
little risque, but I don't think any Brit would have been unduly 
surprised by it. I suppose for Dan, that's the kind of risk he runs 
by moving about in those circles. It isn't then surprising that his 
parents try to shield him from the worst impact of it. He is an 
actor, he loves to perform and I'm sure he will have enjoyed the 
laughter even if it was at his expense. I'm not even sure that having 
his parents there would have been a problem. He seems very close to 
his parents, and perhaps their relationship can deal with this kind 
of innuendo.

Ali