4 posts tagged “marc ellis”

An excerpt from a discussion between some of us here on Vox and on Facebook—the part I can share. (Thanks to Ninja and Randy for their thoughts in this.)

I believe in men being gentlemen, women being ladies. I believe in respect, grace, honour, integrity and keeping my word. I believe in facts before assumptions, I believe in truth and not BS.
   I believe in self-determination of people and respecting their paths.
   I believe that no one can complete me. A relationship is about my sharing who I fully am with someone, not needing someone to complete how I see myself.
   But we real men, those of us without sex and footy on the brain, are plain not represented widely. So when mothers consider locking up their daughters, do men like me get grouped with the assholes of this planet? You know, the guys who think Ralph is sophisticated literature?
   And when a magazine domestically says that Marc Ellis is the typical Kiwi male, what heck hope do the rest of us have?
   The last time anyone close appeared in the cultural Zeitgeist was Brendan Fraser in Blast from the Past. And he was made out to be a freak who grew up in a fallout shelter.
   We now return you to our regularly scheduled programme.

070323 Letter from New Zealand no 6

[Cross-posted] I thought it was the fifth when I made the recording, but it’s actually the sixth. This is a long recording: 15 minutes long, but I think it is more enjoyable than a few of my earlier ones. Click at the left icon to stream.

0.00 Introduction
0.06 My blog-hating phase
0.53 SFist attacks Jennifer Siebel: America does not want transparency
2.40 Earlier today on Good Morning: what if your partner is gay?
4.24 Helen Clark goes to Washington
6.39 The free-trade agreement with the US
7.08 Helen Clark must know that our economy is shaky and visits Arlington National Cemetery
7.57 Irish company outsources editing and layout of its New Zealand publications
8.51 I buy Pam’s orange juice and not the foreign stuff
9.11 Marc Ellis is not the quintessential Kiwi bloke
10.04 Miss Universe New Zealand
10.25 Running into Lorraine Downes: her tips on who should win Miss New Zealand
12.00 Text and vote for Miss Universe New Zealand
14.24 Sponsors of Miss Universe New Zealand

Andrew asked us for a topic for next Friday’s Good Morning. I maintained that I wanted to do the Marc Ellis one, especially after Bridget’s comment, which I want to read on air.
   This year: I intend to lay off the Tom Cruise jokes. Poor bastard has had enough. And if we ignore him, that’s one fewer outlet for Scientology.
   However, I will reveal that my romantic ideal is Debra Lynn Messing, MFA, and that there may be an ongoing joke about this each week. You can never tell with live TV.
   Don’t worry, Debs (and Dan and Roman): it’s all for humour. I am not a stalker. At least my shrink and parole officer say I am not.

Brendon Pongia emailed today since he started back on Good Morning, so I guess we’re back on soon. The topic hasn’t been finalized but I did indicate to Andrew Wood, the researcher for our show, that I would not mind having  a chance to rip into Marc Ellis. Not personally, of course: I’m sure he’s very nice to his mother. But just the whole values’ angle to his very swift recovery in the media.