Television provokes strong opinions, and sometimes we try a bit too hard to appeal to everyone.
Jo BrandI remember when Victoria Wood started to come through, and I thought she was great, though she and I are very different in our approach.
Jo BrandRegular panelists on shows can be terrifying. They own that space, and many guest comics suspect they are favoured in the edit, while their own hilarious jokes end up being ejected into the ether.
Jo BrandSome men are deeply likable but have attitudes I don't like. Does that mean I should completely dismiss them? It's like saying: if someone votes Tory can you like them? And, yes, I can. I have friends who vote Tory, and I'm appalled, but that's not to say they're not great people in so many other ways. We have a tendency to oversimplify things.
Jo Brand