Mary Whitehouse

Mary Whitehouse moment of the day

Pigdogfucker (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008

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Total Video Games (Free subscription) | 08/12/2008

Forget Manhunt 2, there's a new target for the group created by the infamous Mary Whitehouse...

Myspace Trawl – Kunt And The Gang

Hecklerspray (Free subscription) | 08/15/2008

... and share it’s about time to offer something that will hopefully make you laugh. Or if you’re Mary Whitehouse, send us verbal abuse for us to ignore. Kunt And The Gang offer an alternative view of love songs. Well that’s what we think anyway. Whatever the case, they still amuse us. Unless you’re a bit slow, you’ve probably not realised that any band with the word Kunt (that’s ‘kunt’...

Deep Purple, Excel, London

The Independent (Free subscription) | 08/11/2008

Arms aloft, tanned vocalist Ian Gillan makes like a bird as the band takes off, much like a plane from neighbouring London City Airport does later on. They even dig out "Mary Long", a pop at Mary Whitehouse from Who Do We Think We Are?, the 1973 album when the rot set in for what rock family tree spotters always call the Mark II line-up. The current Purple is as close as you're...

Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius

DVD Times (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008

... Then there's the memorable UGH scene of a brain sliding out of its jar and falling on the floor. Mary Whitehouse did not like it at all.We are on the planet Karn. Winds howl, lightning flashes, and the landscape is bleak indeed – and only once seen in daylight. The Doctor and Sarah become the guests of Mehendri Solon (Philip Madoc), a brilliant surgeon gone into hiding. However, Solon...

Alice Cooper Addicted To His Wife

icelebz | 08/01/2008

... gave up drink and drugs 26 years ago after a well-documented struggle, also revealed he admires Mary Whitehouse, despite her banning the music video for his hit 'School's Out'.Alice also revealed he sent Mary - who campaigned for morality and decency on TV - flowers to thank her for her controversial decision.He added: "Banning us was the greatest thing that could ever have

Must we fling this flower at our filth kids?

No Rock & Roll Fun (Free subscription) | 08/01/2008

Who does Alice Cooper credit for his success? The last woman you might expect, it turns out : Alice Cooper tells Leona Graham on Virgin Radio that criticism of his band by Mary Whitehouse was the greatest thing that could have happened. He says: “We were sending her roses every day saying thank you. And she couldn’t figure out why.” Likewise, of course, nobody could ever work out quite...

Family in name only

The Australian (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008

... very big ask. Yet Buchman attracted a significant group of followers. The likes of morals crusader Mary Whitehouse and the Kim Beazleys, Sr and Jr. Though tainted by some prewar enthusiasm for Hitler, MRA built up a head of steam – Alcoholics Anonymous is a famous byproduct. Though based on a fervent, feverish view of Christianity, MRA evolved into an ecumenical organisation that...

Go Nude to Toughen Up

TheSpoof.com - Spoof News (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008

... and will hold an official launch at the Mile High music festival where they will all strip.The Mary Whitehouse appreciation society will be opposing the new Act and feminist groups have stated they will be keeping their clothes on.

Pink Floyd-Pigs (Three Different Ones) Pt.2

websound.ws (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008

... it seems to me, as if I'm just being used" in the song "Dogs." The third mentions Mary Whitehouse by name, painting her as a prudish, sexually repressed "house-proud town mouse." This contributed to Whitehouse's negative image of Pink Floyd, who she thought were immorally promoting sex and drugs. Some people (and US politicians like Tipper Gore) misconstrued this verse as "Hey...

Pink Floyd-Pigs (Three Different Ones) Pt.1

websound.ws (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008

... when it refers to her as a "bus-stop rat bag" and "fucked-up old hag". The third mentions Mary Whitehouse by name, painting her as a prudish, sexually repressed "house-proud town mouse." This contributed to Whitehouse's negative image of Pink Floyd, who she thought were immorally promoting sex and drugs. Some people (and US politicians like Tipper Gore) misconstrued this verse...

Stars in their eyes: Astrologists reviewed

DollyMix (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008

There was an entry for astrology in largely forgotten spin-off title "The Mary Whitehouse Experience Encyclopedia" which said something like "Some people believe that the activity of planets millions of miles away on the day they were born has some kind of influence over what they should do this week". It was funnier than that, obviously, but the sentiment is one I suspect many of us...

Walters joins new BBC One drama

Digital Spy (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008

Rex FeaturesJulie Walters is to follow her role in The Mary Whitehouse Story with another BBC drama, A Short Stay In Switzerland.Walters will play Dr Anne Turner in the one-off film, written by Frank McGuinness, which will air on BBC One early next year.Based on a true story, the drama sees Dr Turner diagnosed with an incurable neurological disease shortly after her husband has died of...

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Julie Walters to appear in BBC euthanasia drama based on life of Dr Anne Turner

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008

Walters, most recently seen on BBC screens in Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story, and who stars in the movie Mamma Mia!, will play Dr Anne Turner who, after having witnessed the death of her husband Jack from an incurable neurological disease, is diagnosed with a near-identical illness.

ENTERTAINMENT: Comedy Connections: Till Death Us Do Part

Daily Express (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008

Written by Johnny Speight, it was one of the first working-class sitcoms and turned the face of British comedy upside down with its outrageous scripts containing sex, politics and religion. But it was the colourful bigotry from its star – Alf Garnett played by actor Warren Mitchell (pictured) – that saw this satire on racism disliked by many, including moral crusader Mary Whitehouse who...