SST on Paul Henry
August 30th, 2009 at 9:36 am by David FarrarAm amusing profile of Paul Henry in the SST. The part that made me laugh the most was this:
The morning we visit the studio, he uses the expression “donkey deep” on air. A viewer wonders about the etymology. Maybe, muses Henry, it is derived from the days when donkeys pulled carts through muddy roads. “Did you just make that up?” asks co-host Alison Mau. “Because it’s brilliant.”
Unfortunately for Mau, during the break, Henry is handed an actual definition from the urban dictionary. He is gleeful, delighted, like a small boy who has just discovered the word “poo”. He faces the camera and tells his audience the expression refers to (drum roll) a donkey’s HUGE member.
Later, seconds before Paula Ryan goes live to tell viewers what not to wear while holidaying in Muslim countries, Henry leans across to the fashion doyenne: “Did you know that? About a donkey’s cock?”
Heh classic. Urban Dictionary does indeed say:
New Zealand slang for being heavily involved, usually in a contentious matter. May be a reference to either a stinking pile of donkey shit or a reference to the length of a donkey’s huge cock.
I did not realise it was a unique NZ saying.
August 30th, 2009 at 10:14 am
Donkey Deep will be a NZ saying in no time after this!
Vote:August 30th, 2009 at 10:28 am
The man is brilliant!
Vote:August 30th, 2009 at 10:30 am
SST article also mentions Paul Henry’s telling-off from the Broadcasting Standards Authority re his hilarious item on greenie Stephanie Mills’ moustache.
Why does the BSA judge Paul’s actions to be a “blatant breach of broadcasting standards” – is it part of a systematic campaign to undermine one of NZ’s most popular and entertaining, but un-PC, broadcasters? Or more evidence of their pro-Green stance, or perhaps their PC anti-male gender-bias?
Who are the current bunch of numpties on the BSA who come out with this crap? This is the same BSA who, in 1992, found Sharon Crosbie had no case to answer after her puerile comments accusing a man of bad driving because of his small penis. It was apparently okay (in the early 90′s) for the matronly old media doyen to tease a bloke about his small dick (how did she know?), but in 2009 a male broadcaster can’t mention Ms Mills’ incontrovertibly hairy upper lip.
Paul Henry is one of the very few NZ media figures worth watching – the PC brigade’s discomfort with his antics just make him all that much more entertaining.
Vote:August 30th, 2009 at 10:33 am
I had no idea it was a saying at all, never mind a NZ one. Every day there’s something to learn.
Vote:August 30th, 2009 at 10:47 am
Henry’s on air relationship with Alison Mau is working out fantastically, TVNZ have really stumbled onto a good pairing.
One can only hope that when the blond bimbo Pippa returns from maternity leave (another fucking socialist imposition upon business owners and the tax payer) that TVNZ find her something else to do rather than breakfast TV.
Vote:August 30th, 2009 at 10:56 am
Agreed big bruv – they are a great combination
Vote:August 30th, 2009 at 12:15 pm
Well said bruv, I have always thought Pippa was a bit vacuous, she might be ok as a weather presenter though I wouldn’t want to lose Jim Hickey. Alison Mau is much more attractive too, if you were to see them both without all the hairdo’s and makeup Pippa is fairly plain whereas Ali would still be attractive.
I don’t mean to slag Pippa off, just I have had mates tell me she is gorgeous but I don’t really see it. Ali is another kettle of fish though!! As you say, the chemistry between her and Paul is excellent, could be a tricky one for TVNZ when Pippa wants to come back.
Vote:August 30th, 2009 at 12:56 pm
Who?
Vote:August 30th, 2009 at 1:16 pm
Ha! wadayaknow, I’m a donkey.
Vote:August 30th, 2009 at 1:23 pm
Alison Mau may be all of the above, but as a broadcaster, news journalist and as an interviewer, she’s incompetent and an embarassment. The sooner she goes the better. Bring back Pippa, I say (she’s way smarter too)
Vote:August 30th, 2009 at 1:55 pm
Paul you could not be more wrong, Mau is almost as good as Henry when it comes to asking the hard questions.
Pippa is soft, easy to put off topic and always leaves me feeling that the interview was one that should have been done ny Paul Henry.
Vote:August 30th, 2009 at 2:26 pm
Henry certainly has a boyish charm.. And Mau as co-host only emphasizes his immaturity.. The only thing missing is Henry’s school shorts and cap..
If you like Benny Hill .. you will like Paul Henry.. Its all childish slap stick entertainment.. brilliant!!!
Vote:August 30th, 2009 at 2:41 pm
big bruv – I wasn’t going there but I think Paul might be an ex-boyfriend of Mau, disgruntled that she ditched him for the nice but dim Simon Dallow. Either that or it’s Pippa’s mum with a pseudonym.
Vote:August 30th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
That’s been a Kiwi saying for donkeys’ years. I always brayed when Helen Clark frequently used the term. I cannot imagine she knew the real meaning of it. Why did no one tell her? har
Vote:August 30th, 2009 at 4:24 pm
big bruv (4365) Vote: 2 0 Says:
August 30th, 2009 at 1:55 pm
Paul you could not be more wrong, Mau is almost as good as Henry when it comes to asking the hard questions.
Pippa is soft, easy to put off topic and always leaves me feeling that the interview was one that should have been done ny Paul Henry.
Oh, BB for crying out loud, how can you think that?? Mau bumbles and stumbles her way through everything…Is ill-prepared, rude and arrogant. Pippa on the other hand, may have had a slow start, but really began to shine. She also started to show the upperhand to Henry. You guys should stop reading the back of the wheatbix box and watch the damn TV, then you’ll be qualified to voice an opinion.
And no Kaya, I’m not Mau’s ex (she’s far too snooty for me). I prefer trollops.
Vote:August 30th, 2009 at 5:18 pm
“Pippa is soft, easy to put off topic and always leaves me feeling that the interview was one that should have been done ny Paul Henry.”
Exactly why they wouldn’t put Susan Wood on with him
There needs to be contrasts.
Although the polite sniping would be intelligent entertainment.
Vote:August 30th, 2009 at 5:51 pm
I’d always been told there was a difference between an ass and a donkey.
Now I’m not so sure.
Vote:August 30th, 2009 at 6:55 pm
Susan Wood??????
Christ!, there are enough bloody left wing broadcasters on our TV as it is.
Vote:August 30th, 2009 at 7:00 pm
Henry – Mau a brilliant combination. I only hope the powers that be do the sensible thing and keep that duo together.
Vote:August 30th, 2009 at 7:03 pm
He’s the rich man’s Michael Laws. A bigoted, misogysinst, neo-con prick. New Zealand’s version of Bill O’Reilley.
Problem is, that there is no balance. Maybe they should hire Pam Corkery as his co-presenter, Now that could be fun. Two failed wannabe politicians who hate each other guts. Would make some amusing viewing.
But poor old TVNZ won’t go with a co-presenter who will stand up on-air to Henry’s appalling bigotry.
Vote:August 30th, 2009 at 7:11 pm
Toad
” A bigoted, misogysinst, neo-con prick”
Ahh yes, the left’s usual and only reply when faced with somebody who does not share their communist views.
I ask you Toad, if you are so fucking concerned about balance, where is the right wing “balance” on Comrade Campbell’s show?, where is the right wing “balance” on radio left wing?
Why not just be honest for a change Toad, you hate Henry because he does not share your political views, therefore in your world he must be stopped, why the hell is it that you are so scared of letting those who disagree with you the chance to speak?
Vote:August 30th, 2009 at 7:11 pm
You’ve got no idea how out of touch you are toad. Compare Henry’s ratings with Oliver Driver on 3. Paul Henry is closer to the centre of NZ values than virtually every other employee of TVNZ and TV3.
Vote:August 30th, 2009 at 7:13 pm
I am getting mighty sick of my taxpayer dollars going on an extremist like Bomber Bradbury being a regular guest on Jim Moras left wing love in panels.
Vote:August 30th, 2009 at 7:19 pm
probably would be too concerned with Corkerys potty mouth Toad. …?
Besides, the balance is fantastic, Henrys humour and Ali’s gorgeous looks – what Mau could you want ?
Vote:August 30th, 2009 at 7:20 pm
Easy way to fix Paul Henry, just turn the fucking TV off and look at the kitchen floor.
Vote:There are a bunch of humourless wankers who will always moan, and moan even more first thing in the morning.
Piss off back to bed you morons
August 30th, 2009 at 7:20 pm
Sheesh Toad he just talks a bit of crap.
Vote:August 30th, 2009 at 7:22 pm
Would this be what TVNZ was like under a Green government and minister of broadcasting?
1 Henry would be fired, Pam Corkery and other communists would be the ones to take their places.
2 Moustaches would be compulsory on all female news readers.
3 Top Gear would be banned, as would all motor sport.
4 Contact sports would not be shown lest they encourage violence in our kids.
5 All shows would be dubbed over in Maori with English subtitles
6 TVNZ news would be censored, no stories would be allowed the showed Maori in a negative light unless the story included some bone carving wearing honky crying and begging for forgiveness on bended knees because colonisation was the cause of the crime committed against her/him.
7 Travel shows would be banned
8 No advertisements would be shown from any fast food restaurants.
9 Any show questioning the climate change con would not make it to air.
Vote:August 30th, 2009 at 7:42 pm
10 Banning of dihydrogen monoxide
Vote:August 30th, 2009 at 7:43 pm
Too true Big Bruv, too true
Vote:August 30th, 2009 at 8:26 pm
Big Bruv, know you are just being humorous, but your 7.22 is eerily true.
Vote:And the Greens bang on about civil liberties…
August 30th, 2009 at 9:11 pm
bruv, you forgot the official information films teaching us how to knit our own yoghurt…
I, for one, would find it difficult to wake up in the morning without PH causing me to snort my tea down my nose a couple of times…
Vote:August 30th, 2009 at 9:33 pm
Yep, PH is a wanker, but aint he great?
Vote:Just pisses off the doom and gloomy so much that they complain anywhere they can.
Set the clock for 6.30am, like as if I need to. You dull people can stay in bed and complain at lunchtime, when you have your first food for the day.
Fuck it you lazy bastards, why not record it and watch it after you roll out of bed at 1pm
August 30th, 2009 at 9:41 pm
I might be mistaken, but it seems to me that Henry is pushing the boundries a little further since the hairsuite lark. I have visions of the producer living in fear of what he might come out with next! I hope Henry stays right where he is. My mornings would never be the same without him.
Vote:August 30th, 2009 at 10:56 pm
The man’s a baffoon, and quite frankly, if this was my fan-base, I’d feel not less a gimp… as you were.
Vote:August 31st, 2009 at 12:25 pm
PH is why I watch TV3 in the morning.
I struggle to think of a more irritating personality.
Vote:August 31st, 2009 at 12:36 pm
It was a soft interview all right.
Any decent profile of Henry should start with the question “So have you got over being beaten by a trans-sexual in an election you should have won?”
As for the rest of the show; that Matty McLean (I think that’s his name) is breathtakingly appalling.
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