September 17, 2008

whitehouse=daleks

From wikipedia on Dr. Who:
"With popularity came controversy over the show's suitability for children. Moral campaigner Mary Whitehouse repeatedly complained to the BBC in the 1970s over what she saw as the show's frightening or gory content.[20] The programme became even more popular — especially with children. John Nathan-Turner, who produced the series during the 1980s, was heard to say that he looked forward to Whitehouse's comments, as the show's ratings would increase soon after she had made them.[21] During the 1970s, the Radio Times, the BBC's listings magazine, announced that a child's mother said the theme music terrified her son. The Radio Times was apologetic, but the theme music remained."
Wiki on Mary Whitehouse:
"She became a target for mockery and caricature. During the episode of Till Death Us Do Part entitled "Alf's Dilemma" Alf Garnett is seen reading her book 'Clean up TV' and agreeing with every word. One publisher of pornographic magazines named a magazine Whitehouse, in an apparent attempt to annoy her. British "electronic" band Whitehouse also named themselves after her, in mocking tribute. She is the inspiration of Deep Purple's 1973 song "Mary Long" and the Sensational Alex Harvey Band's "Mrs Blackhouse", in which the eponymous Blackhouse is depicted as a demonic, unholy creature. The British punk band The Adicts wrote a song called "Mary Whitehouse", which includes the line "She don't like pornography when it's on the BBC" among others. In an episode of the current events satirical comedy programme Not the Nine O'Clock News a voice-over talked in reverential tones of a "certain personage" who had deigned to watch the programme that night, by all indications referring to the Queen until it was revealed they meant Mary Whitehouse. She's also mentioned by name in the song "Pigs (Three Different Ones)" on the 1977 Pink Floyd album Animals, described as an uptight "house-proud town mouse" who is "trying to keep our feelings off the street" and mocked with the recurring phrase "ha-ha, charade you are". In the Monty Python's Flying Circus election-night satire, John Cleese says "Mary Whitehouse has taken Umbrage — no surprise there."
Mary Whitehouse retires 1994:

Which brings me to my point. I never really made the connection before, but the band Whitehouse sounds remarkably like the Daleks at their most hysterical and self-destructive. Seems appropriate. The boogeymen we love to hate:

3 comments:

anthony campuzano said...

this is great stuff justin.

anthony campuzano said...

also the lead singer of whitehouse is like the evil version of freddie mercury.

jay said...

his stage moves are totally freddy mercury. you're right. now the real question is, speaking of the red krayola, does anyone know who performed the amazing girls double-dutch style chant of 'no woman no cry' in the movie 'born in flames'?