Reasons you will hate me

Hadn't you heard about Eddie ringing up talkback radio to bitch about people in the media before? Also Rupert Murdoch still has the time to ring up the editor at the Herald Sun to bitch to them.

Still. Scary.

Just as well you're moving house, eh?! What a brilliant abuse of power.

I reckon a big part of his day is spent reading blogs/articles about Nine (or someone does it for him)... after that discussion on Boxcutters about local content and the subsequent blog entries, suddenly we hear Nine are no longer using it to count towards their drama points.

Ummm. I think that is extremely creepy. What a thug.

if it indeed was him, i'd venture that it wasn't a "prank" so much as "vaguely intimidating". he's trying to bully you, no?

Stop big noting yourself Ms Fits.

Eddie rang me, Bruce at Thinkers Podium, Tim at Road to Surfdom, and half a dozen other bloggers.

And yes he pissed in our pockets too.
That man has a lot of urine.

Oh shit indeed. Here we are now, the world of The Critic.

I'm sure he just coudn't resist the joke.

That's all it is.

Hopefully.

Hah! Come on – it's the equivalent of the way boofy blokes like to punch each other to show affection. I think he's genuinely trying to be nice, he's just been Eddie for so long, he's forgotten how to be Human.

i think its time to start wearing those fakes moustaches hanging in your kitchen whenever you leave the house, lady.

and perhaps to hire a bodyguard.

i'm sure kevin costner isn't busy at the moment.

This all sounds a bit too Jack 'I was Russell Crowe's stooge' Marx.

Next time he calls push him for a free lunch (sans liquid nitrogen).

Dude knows how to eat well

in fact i doubt if kevin costner is ever busy.

I love how for his "joke" he still had to get the assistant to ring you up first to make sure you were going to be there to listen to it.

He's a busy man and his joke calls have to get through first time, every time. Imagine if he'd rung and got your answering machine? That could have ruined his whole day.

super-ego talent that also happen to be held accountable for every single rating point and retaining #1 position without football, quite like to psychically transfer the accountability to the edges. so what better to do than go direct to the shape formers and use that 43 seconds between takes to mess with your head. in the nicest possible way. it's quite a common tactic actually - the aim being to get better or less worse future coverage (having worked in related said family media operations before and seen various versions enacted... the next escalated version is them buying or appearing interested in your next script :|)

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I'm still trying to work out what Eddie's idea of "a bit of a joke" actually encompasses.

Next time he calls ask him to be taken off their list, like all the other stinking telemarketers.

Crazy story.

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Wear a Collingwood scarf and the hit will be called off (but could you live with yourself?).

I think it's terribly flattering! Eddie McGuire wants you sleeping with fishes, etc? you got clout!

it was a joke and quite a good one. i wouldn't say threatening. and you called him mate! you're in, mate. it is flattering. whatever people say about him, and the fact he had someone ring first a la president of the usa, at least he took the time.

he's a very busy man.

I've long had the impression that he's someone who doesn't take criticism very well, the prime example being his talkback activities soon after becoming CEO. It may have been a sublimated attempt to intimidate you but it was an attempt to intimidate you. But clearly he does it to just about anyone, even stooping to bloggers, so you probably shouldn't be too concerned. Pay out on another Channel 9 show and see if he ramps the creepiness up a notch.

what a tool

Good thing you're moving house, Ms Fits!

Pleased to see OkGO score a Grammy award today for their fantabulous music video!

Good call!

You realise that your decision re what footy team to barrack for now has just been made for you?

Welcome to the dark side.

I'm sure the secretary call was a ruse. I can't imagine he's really that busy any more. It's not like he actually runs Nine.

i think what it all comes down to is this ...... you mentioned your friend wouldn't mind hitting andrew o'keefe ..... so, eddie's gigantic green monster reared it's ugly head ..... & did the equivalent of a primary school boy's attempt at cracking-on with the pretty pig-tailed girl sitting in front of him .... yes, he pulled your pig-tails .... cause he likes you ..... he really, really likes you

either that or he's just a mega-chinned bully who wants to put the little opionated lady in her place....

I won't comment on this, because my keyboard would not be able to sustain all the Os, Ms, Fs and Gs.

Was there laughter in the background or powertools with occasional screaming?
Hmmm, I suspect it's the equivalent of 'Nice column you have there in the paper. Shame if anything were to happen to it.' But that's just me.

Some fodder for this week's column perhaps?

I like your column too but unlike Eddie I haven't got your mobile number and have no interest in finding out where you live... unless you're planning on having a HUGE party - then I would insist on an invite.

Anyways... I'm sure it's nothing to worry about. Not like he would "bone" you or anything.

Do you want his mobile?

what a cockwomble. still sounds like intimidation to me, veiled in that jokey, matey shtick that is the only weapon in his arsenal it seems.

and eddie if you (or one of your lackeys) is reading this, i'd *walk it* on 1 vs 100.

maybe you could ask me to define 'conflict of interest' or 'smug shit'?

Uncle Eddie, that crazy fucker.

I found the story high-larious and quite like that he bothered with the japery.

You had made a joke in the column regarding his ability to have you "taken out" if you wrote something bad about him, hadn't you? Or have I got that wrong?

If indeed that was the case, his call is simply a charming extension of your own humour! An in-joke, if you will!

xx

Unlike Jess, unless she is the cool cousin I don't know, Ed actually is my uncle. I figure people can make their own minds up if it was malicious or not, but it's definately his sense of humour.

I was Molly Sugden's bridesmaid so whatever...

Hmmm,

I'd check the upcoming episodes of Crank Yanksters and inform them about what kind of puppet you'd like to be. :) Or perhaps this is a tv hosts way of warming up for 1 vs 100, just after he'd hung up to you, he probably turned around to his assistant and said, Popplebottoms, 99 more to go.

Rups

Who's Eddie McGuire?

You really need to flip this on him and take the power back. Become some mental stalker chick who thinks that love is in the air and you're destined to be.

He called me, you'll say, as they drag you away and he nurses the cut on his face.

More than a little creepy. While reading that curious exchange, this little excerpt from Wolf Creek sprang to mind for some reason:

Ms. Fits: So, uh.. where do *you* live now?

Eddie: Oh I get around, y'know.. never know where I might.. POP UP! *Spine-chilling Mick Taylor-esque laugh*

Seems to apply quite well to Eddie, you think?

(For the movie version ie. not the real-life Eddie McGuire one, please refer to this video).

out of the woodwork mr tex martini.

fits you should have a confessional booth where people have to confess who they are related to. might be very interesting.

and i still think it was a joke, though jess said it better. and he did, he made it an in-joke which is kind of cool. he makes an effort to mix it with the people.

Just you let me know if that puny human named McGuire calls and hassels you again ’Fits, I will sort him out for you!

MORBO SAYS DEATH TO THE PUNY HUMAN NAMED MCGUIRE!

Wow, d'you think he reads the blog?

Hi Eddie, got a great idea for the breakfast slot.

Missed opportunity, Fits...

MORBO SAYS DEATH TO THE PUNY HUMAN NAMED MCGUIRE!

(cowers in fear)

I reckon he asked his secretary to call first because most people, upon answering the telephone to Eddie McGuire, would almost certainly think it was a joke. I have had a prank caller at my work tell me he was Eddie McGuire...unless it really was Eddie McGuire making a prank call and i had unwittingly just been "Eddie'd" ho ho ho.

I reckon he asked his secretary to call first because most people, upon answering the telephone to Eddie McGuire, would almost certainly think it was a joke. I have had a prank caller at my work tell me he was Eddie McGuire...unless it really was Eddie McGuire making a prank call and i had unwittingly just been "Eddie'd" ho ho ho.

Eddie over reacts to criticism because he is:

a) Someone wealthy and powerful who, because of his working-class origins, is terrified of losing it all.

b) Someone wealthy and powerful who is so used to always having his way that even the smallest critisicm is perceived as a catastrophic threat.

Either way he needs to see a therapist. NOW. Are you reading this, Eddie? NOW.

this pleases me, though i understand it could be scary for you.
listen to jess & tex. (he's in the family)
personally, i'd be terrified.
BUT YOU would handle it with grace...

He tried to sue my Mother once. Hmpff!

You know you've made it when Eddie McGuire is calling to put the heavy on you...

I didn't mean to upset you or anything. But yes, I do know where you live.

fits you really are getting too influential, becoming too much of a media identity, to be blogging (giving it away for nought) for the likes of us.

Thank you for posting this. It made me laugh out loud.