Back in June we cast our eye on Southern Cross Ten’s “The Workers” and their exhortations for children to go to bed.
Elizabeth from The Workers has this week been in touch to express her disappointment with us all:
From: Elizabeth Gaunt
Subject: The Workers Goodnight by MWFMessage Body:
Hi there,I really hope you can do the right thing. My name is Elizabeth Gaunt and I’m one of the members of the group The Workers.
I have noticed the story and video of the television commercial I am in and the proceeding comments, and I have to say I’m so saddened by what MWF and followers have said about us. We are creepy, or pedophiles, or going to ‘rape’ children. We are loving parents, professionals and performers who are just having a go at producing some new content in television. I’m disgusted by the comments and would ask that you please look at removing the post and all it’s comments as we are all highly embarrassed by them.
We have a wonderful new childrens show on southern cross ten running Monday to Friday at 8.30am. Perhaps you could write some positive things about us instead?
I really hope you can understand we are just normal people having a go, and would appreciate the opportunity to be respected for it on a blog like this.
Elizabeth.
(We’re unsure if Elizabeth is the ballerina or the nurse)
Listening to the above video here in The Eagle’s Nest we did wonder if it wasn’t effective at getting children to go to bed simply to escape the glass shattering racket.
If, on the other hand, you’re a fan there is a YouTube channel to rejoice in.
fabforty said :
…and almost a year later they are still creeping out me and my kids.
Please, SOMEONE MAKE THEM STOP!
Oh my god. They are back !
I thought Ten had seen the light last year when they took this rubbish off.
But no. Not only are they back, but its the same cringe-worthy effort that we were subjected to ages ago.
Solidarity said :
“I wondered if this show was an attempt to address generation umemployment. Beyond the gender stereotype issue, what the show does portray is normative ambition. Children need positive role models to show them hope, drive and success. The show is clever and fun.”
poetix said :
Yeah, but evidently a very ineffective one! No one bit on it! I shall have to study Violetta who is much more practised in the art.
EvanJames said :
I missed this earlier. You are an evil man-troll.
Holy snappin’ duck crap – have you guys seen their rendition of “Dem Bones”? Some crazy shizzle…
PM said :
It’s a nice little job for a girl to do before she gets married and settles down.
PM said :
Maybe she’s meant to represent artistic, creative jobs.
Or maybe it’s character night at the strip club. Who knows?
I wonder if deliberately invoking the Striesand Effect is the same as deliberately invoking Godwin’s Law?
So how is a ballerina a “worker” anyways?
Mang said :
“Are You Tougher Than A Fifth Grader?”
Hi Beth! Don’t drink and email!
What’s always confused me is why the song plays during the 7pm Project… not really kids TV is it?
Goodnight!
Wake up workers. They nearly had me with there ditties going around in my head all afternoon. But then I noticed the right wing propaganda on their Utube page. including a tribute to Hitler, migrant workers issues, Angelia Jolie.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=np9Wnwndxy8&feature=relmfu
Fascist front. Should of known when its the jacks that wake you up.
They are starting to growing on me.” Wake up workers, wake up. Get up out of bed” on the lounge room stereo at 6:00am.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=np9Wnwndxy8&feature=relmfu
I feel the “angst” of being a worker mixed with the fear of being woken by Ben. Yet I’m happy and having fun. Its deep man. Wake up.
There’s really no call for some of the comments here.
If you ever see these hand signals then its either a bad stripper-gram or a very gay stage show.
I liked this one. Its Bens job to teach us hand signals of the police. Hands on hips everyone.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=fpobmsOQakE
Might help some posters in other traffic threads.
I don’t see the fireman connection. I do blame TV shows like this for the rise of ultra-violent computer games. Its very repetitive and droning, but that must be the genre.
WillowJim said :
Fixed.
Such defensiveness on here. The original attacks on the show were cruel and not even remotely humorous. But that’s the internet, isn’t it?
If anything, it’s the original commenters who are creeps. I can’t imagine absorbing the view through the perverted prism that it their perspective. Ironic that “creepy” is the label they applied to people who try to put something innocent together to entertain children.
http://au.linkedin.com/in/elizabethgaunt
It appears she is the ballerina.