I perform at Leicester Square theatre, a few nights in Edinburgh. The nature of his act is well known not least by the Pleasance, which has been booking him since the 1980s and clearly signalled to audiences. Sometimes theres a deep level of irony. We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. Sadowitz speaks to a visceral animal instinct that society has superseded. Perhaps they should have warned the people working in the theatre what he was like so that they could avoid listening to him, however, for the punters there is a simple rule just dont go. Sadowitz: Advertise your fucking tour too late you cunt. People are not stupid. Following Savile's death in 2011, hundreds of reports of sexual abuse by him became public. ', When it comes to cancel culture and comedy, we know the routine. I do not recall thinking he was particularly offensive, but sensibilities were more robust then. [18], In the early days, Sadowitz was managed by comedian and club proprietor Malcolm Hardee. Its not for everyone and Ive never attempted to persuade everyone to come and see it. I'm truly sorry for everyone who travelled to see the show tonight. Oh, hes a bit like Ricky Gervais, hes a bit like Jimmy Carr or Chubby Brown. [7][8] His parents split up when he was three, and he moved with his mother back to her native Glasgow when he was seven. OMG what comedian would apologize for their work. Show buis knew and did nought. What is irritating is the robot censorship that is triggered by pretty common words and blanket censorship of any comments where sensitive subjects are discussed coupled with over-sensitive moderation. As a Sadowitz sympathiser, maybe I want him to mount a stronger defence of his comedy, or to engage more openly with what he calls a diktat and what I see, at least in part, as cultural change. There is nothing particularly surprising about the cancellation of Sadowitzs show; it was simply a matter of time. I hardly perform. Play over 265 million tracks for free on SoundCloud. His stage persona is all an act. It's not just online videos he's protective of, it's his entire magic act (which he's actually pretty talented at). Indeed. I expect only a third of the seats will sell. OUTSPOKEN: There was a showbusiness personality who voiced his concerns about Jimmy Savile: Jerry Sadowitz, There have been serious allegations of child abuse in Cleveland. visited London, Glasgow, Manchester and Wolverhampton. Im just saying, I do what I do., So how does he describe that? what a fucking fanny. If it exists, he hates it. Sadowitz was right about Savile using his charity work as a shield . Im a fan of Bill Hicks, I like what Ive seen of Doug Stanhope and Chris Rock and Ive seen a couple of George Carlins last specials and wonder what his earlier work was like but Ive always thought Louis CK is massively over-rated. One presumes he had heard the rumours and was bold enough to put them out there. The Sunday Mirror had evidence against Savile in 1994 but, according to their legal advisers, not enough to go to publication. Mainly I just try to be funny. We know that Blanco went to the party to invite Doherty to attend a play he was starring in Dario Fo's Accidental Death of an Anarchist, about a man who falls, or is thrown, from the fourth floor window of a Milan police station. [21] Sadowitz has described Bernard Manning as "the good cop" to his bad. Just because his act seems repulsive (from what Ive read) and I would neither see nor hire him, doesnt mean I agree that he should be cancelled. This is why we have seen so many second-rate acts promoted by the industry for conveying the correct message, one typically related to the new religion of Group Identity. Venues have been cancelling Roy Chubby Browns shows on the grounds that the shows content may cause offence for years. And it was. This week, the Pleasance one of the so-called big four venues at the Fringe cancelled Sadowitzs show at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre. [54], Commenting on his "imitators", he said that "I'm sorry I've given some very nasty people a good living. The point is, what about the rest of them? He has in the past thrown people out of shows when he believed that they were competing magicians. [11][12] Sadowitz was encouraged by his mother to research magic at his local library, and he was once kicked out of a school exam after the examiner discovered his deck of cards and thought he was cheating. Please click here to submit your pitch. In 2006 he toured his "Equal Opportunities Offender" show[39] and broke the Soho box office record for ticket sales when he performed his close up magic show at the Soho Theatre. Photograph: Tristram Kenton for the Guardian, Sheila and Mark Blanco. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. Stream Jerry Sadowitz - The case for the prosecution by Agnes Guano on desktop and mobile. Shortly afterwards, Doherty's minder Johnny "Headlock" Jeannevol confessed to police that he had pushed Blanco over the balcony. [14], Sadowitz made his comedy debut in 1983 at a Glasgow club and secured a regular stand-up slot at the Weavers Inn pub on London Road in Glasgow. Bring in an expert! Its no secret that the 61-year-old is prone to depression: this is the flipside of his splenetic stage persona. If I owned a comedy club I wouldnt book him, perhaps Id go bust pretty quickly, though, seeing the amount of filth people seemed to like at the comedy venues that I have had the misfortune to attend. But I dont want to give away my jokes.. Am I right? Accents are done. Saw Sadowitz at the Edinburgh Fringe about 25-30 years ago and he was getting his willy out even then. I tell you why I hate Canada, half of you speak French, and the other half let them. Thats probably all very rambly, sorry, but its annoyed me. Not so defeatist, though, that he would stop screening Sheila Blanco's appeal, nightly, in a West End theatre. Brokentalkers sketch out an answer, King review: Incredibly compelling narrative but something isnt quite right, Have your say: the Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards audience choice prize, Sean Quinns former Dublin pub sold for 3.75m, Eleanor Catton on Jacinda Arderns pretty huge betrayal of young people in New Zealand, Im worried I ruined a strangers date night, Sharp decrease in number of asylum seekers arriving in Ireland recorded, Baby died after traumatic delivery into toilet at Rotunda, inquest hears, Wexford General Hospital evacuated due to fire, public asked to avoid area, Judges can depart from personal injury guideline valuations, Supreme Court told. By Martin Samuel - Sport for the Daily Mail, Published: 22:56 GMT, 11 October 2012 | Updated: 13:42 GMT, 12 October 2012. Sadowitz began his career in the 1980s and quickly became known for his provocative performances. The link was also made by Daily Mail columnist Martin Samuel in 2012, who said the US-born comedian was the only "showbusiness personality brave enough to voice his concerns about Jimmy Savile" in the Eighties. [22], Sadowitz's 1987 Edinburgh Fringe show Total Abuse was filmed at the Assembly Rooms and also released in audio as the album Gobshite. In 2005, Sadowitz performed two separate shows at that year's Edinburgh Fringe: a stand-up comedy show (Not For The Easily Offended) at The Queens Hall, and Jerry Sadowitz Card Tricks & Close Up Magic at The Assembly Rooms. After a brief run as a columnist for Time Out magazine, he embarked on the Lose Your Comic Virginity tour in 1989. I dont dispute the existence of cancel culture but I dont like the way some people talk about it and Dave Chappelle is an example of that. Rubbish hes a child-bender! He took an interest in magic at the age of nine, and by the age of 11 decided that he wanted to become a magician, acquiring books from Tam Shepherd's Magic and Joke Shop. 33 views, 32 likes, 3 loves, 4 comments, 69 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from Calling Out Bigots: The Legendary Jerry Sadowitz outed Jimmy Saville as a paedophile back in 1987!!! Cathy, Im fascinated by and grateful for your comment because Im interested in what the comedy scene is like in the USA. . One comedian who recently expressed support for Jerry Sadowitz signed a letter expressing support for the cancellation of a stand-up comedy show and which led to the cancellation of a TV comedy show. READ MORE: Jerry Sadowitz row: 'The Edinburgh Fringe is over, the SNP have put a nail in it' says fuming comic, Sadowitz said: "There have been serious allegations of child abuse in Cleveland. that's got to be jerry's useless fucking fault. One of the acts, Reginald D. Hunter, was trending for the day on Twitter because he had dared to appear on the bill. . "[27] The rarely quoted follow-up line, which Sadowitz claims is what actually led to him being attacked was "Why don't you speak Indian? Clickbait articles ensue and the delighted comic cashes in with a new TV special or lucrative tour. In another promo, Sadowitz said: I might just do card tricks and say nothing for a whole hour or I might just do the usual screaming fascist schtick. [Fintan OToole: No one was forced to read The Satanic Verses or watch a show by a notoriously offensive comedian], This is partly because as someone who, per his August statement, has never ONCE courted a mainstream audience he is uneasy speaking to journalists, frequently telling me that these things are too complicated for soundbites, as if it were soundbites I was asking for. "You have to at least try. [25] At this time he was being managed by Jon Thoday's fledgling Avalon Entertainment Ltd. It was the standard strange baying mob, except for one man who was taking a picture of the scene as Bridger was led in. Lavatorial straining noises. Jerry Sadowitz was right about Jimmy Savile. Am I right? The Whisperers (Jerry Sadowitz, 1982) Variations. DH's Uncle taught Jerry close up magic and used to take him to magic circle meetings. I'm not convinced by that objection: the line between serious and comical in Sadowitz's world is vanishingly thin. In 1992, Sadowitz appeared in his own television show The Pall Bearer's Revue. [13][10][16][17] There, he began his first job working in Selfridges. Jerry Sadowitz. And, 25 years ago, this is what he had to say about Savile. At the Pleasance, the management capitulated. Do you not think Id prefer to have been given the opportunity because Im a good comedian?. An Edinburgh Festival show by controversial comedian Jerry Sadowitz was cancelled for "extreme racism and misogyny", venue bosses have said. How dare kids who know nothing about the dark side of life tell me what as I am allowed to find funny. Look, thats not a simple question and theres not a simple answer. Some people who have been very quiet, when it would have needed only one voice to speak out. A friend of mine reckons Jimmy Savile is a paedophile. Most of what has come out via the Savile story was probably on that old GLP thread he did seven or eight years ago which allegedly got their servers hacked by British intelligence. . Hopefully, all this free advertising will have the opposite effect on his career to that which the woke mob intended by having his show cancelled. If it exists, he hates it. This would include people who have done some serious moralising in the media of late. A stand up tourette, "Comedian, Magician, Bawbag! Thats what I think, anyway. You cant afford to f*** about! No matter their commitment to the cause, not many comics would start their show like this. However, people and organisations have the power to ban someone from their own venues or media outlets and have used that power. SoundCloud . Really strange - the Pleasance theatre have cancelled Jerry Sadowitz's show at the fringe, citing audience walkouts and complaints of extreme misogyny and racism. Dec 14 2022 Lancaster, Grand Theatre Jerry Sadowitz Dec 01 2022 Hull, Social Jerry Sadowitz: Not For Anyone Nov 30 2022 The Glee Club Birmingham Jerry Sadowitz: Not For Anyone Nov 24 2022 The Glee Club Nottingham Jerry Sadowitz: Not For Anyone Nov 20 2022 Frik. As beefy security chaps kept the brothers apart, Jeremy ploughed on with what is nothing more than a craven ratings game. A recording of Jerry Sadowitz accusing Jimmy Savile of child abuse in 1987 has resurfaced following the furore surrounding his short-lived run at the Edinburgh Fringe. As a long-term Sadowitz-watcher, I can attest to the potency, and brilliance sometimes, of his comedy, even as it plunges out of fashion. Not the stuff of blithe goodcheer, then but not cheap either, given that Sadowitz had first branded Savile a paedophile 25 years before the news went public. Its a small club so the audience is almost as prominent as the act itself. Some revile him, most comics admire him. [ edit] edit to say. Its just a comedy act with magic. Deep in our own struggles, we wouldnt have had or spent the disposable income to go out and be shouted at in an age of shouty comedians. That's the POINT of international sport, MARTIN SAMUEL: If Gareth Southgate does not want to carry on as England manager, there is ALWAYS someone else. No pressure, then. Writing in response to David Camerons address to the Conservative Party conference, Miliband used One Nation seven times in 13 paragraphs. I dunno, you lend some people a fiver, you never see them again. Plainly unwholesome, and clearly labelled as such. Failed SNP council candidate embarrassed after deleting tweet due to Jimmy Savile faux pas. Not from the public, not from the government. Lets cancel the living schidt out of them. [42], In 2008, Sadowitz published an open letter to reviewers asking them not to quote his material stating that "a very important element of comedy is surprise, and it can often make the difference between a show that works and one that does not". Plus you get magic. Did I mention that Sadowitz is widely acclaimed as one of the best close-up magicians in the world? My favourite room at the Tate Modern houses Mark Rothkos Seagram paintings, one of which was defaced this week by pseudo-intellectual artist Vladimir Umanets. Were you there? Case in point A few months ago, my husband and I, both comedy enthusiasts, spent an evening at Stand Up NY on NYCs Upper Westside. Another signatory to the same letter is a close friend of Jerry Sadowitz. Unfortunately at venues such as the Young Vic and the Pleasance management has allowed the staff to be self-appointed censors. Who has a platform to speak and for what purpose do they use it, to challenge or to embed power?. From an artistic point of view, I quite enjoy the fact that theres a fine line with what I do. When jokes in front of an audience are seen not as entertainment but as part of a wider progressive political project, this will always be the result. In an incredible feat of doublespeak, Anthony Alderson, Director of the Pleasance, claimed that it is a venue that champions freedom of speech and does not censor comedians material but has nonetheless cancelled this show because it is not acceptable and does not align with our values. The comedy industry, in other words, is seemingly dominated by those who are not comedy-literate. . Some art-lovers have suggested he should be flogged and the punishment filmed, with the footage submitted as a potential Turner Prize winner. The problem is with this post of appreciation is that there's virtually nothing online to show the range of Sadowitz's talent as a comedian, but this is this video on his YouTube channel of his card tricks. Sometimes I say things that I mean. Or maybe they can, because this seems to have been a screw up from the start. Im 63 and though Im not as easily influenced as I was as a teenager, still my views are constantly changing due to things Ive seen, read or heard. Hes on tour at the moment, not all cancelled I hope, the first para of his blurb (Andrew quoted the second para) goes like this: You might as well speak the language of the people you stole the country off of in the first place."[28]. But hes also miserable right now. There was a number of performers at that time who were exploring the role of the fool, and this is where Id place Sadowitz. Some people would like the power to do that and some people believe that if they are offended they have the right to expect that the person who has offended them should be banned from all venues and media outlets but no entity has that power. ", For more information on Justice for Mark Blanco, visit justiceformark.com, Comic Jerry Sadowitz denounced Jimmy Savile years before he was exposed. Don Rickles is howling from the skies above. For Whitehouse, it wasnt sufficient that adults make choices about what they did or did not watch; authority figures were expected to intervene in order to prevent the spread of dangerous ideas that might lead the plebeians astray. In Petersons case, the publishers refused to be cowed. Was Jill Dando shot by Russian hitman who was hired to kill another blonde BBC reporter? But give the guy his due, he was cancelled back then also after publicly calling out Jimmy saville.https://hmsfriday.com/2012/10/12/jerry-sadowitz-on-jimmy-savile-back-in-1988/. The Pleasance isnt a single venue. . How dare kids tell me who I am allowed to laugh at. Sadowitz makes no bones about the fact that he thinks there was foul play on the night of 3 December 2006. Sadowitz is very funny but if he knew Saville was a paedophile why didn't he do something about it or am I being naive? Comedy (and particularly stand-up) is something that has not crossed borders as much as music or film or TV drama but I have heard a lot of comedy aficionados say that American comedy is much better than British comedy. Jerry Sadowitz was born on 4 November 1961 in New Jersey, USA. hOU. Few brave a seat in the front row. This is incredible. Some have compared Sadowitzs work to the Derek and Clive albums of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, but I always felt it was closer to what Alexei Sayle had done at the start of his career, with his Stream of Tastelessness routine, which you can hear on the Comic Strip album, which was recently re-released on CD. I had never heard of Sadowitz before the cancellation of his show. Sturgeon and Freeman ignored our warnings now they will be reported to cops TODAY for 'corporate manslaughter' deaths during Covid pandemic, The outgoing SNP first minister and her former health secretary should be held accountable for Scottish Government decisions and prosecuted for corporate manslaughter under UK health and safety law, Nicola Sturgeon writes to Rishi Sunak for DRS exemption but still no formal request is made. (Sample trick: turning the letters T, W, A and T on four playing cards into the letters C, U, N and, well, you get the point. Frankly he's a bit mental. The series' title comes from an old magic magazine "The . (Features)", "Jerry Sadowitz: his dark materials | Stage", "Jerry Sadowitz Gobshite (Vinyl, LP) at Discogs", "Jerry Sadowitz was right about Jimmy Savile", "A funny thing happened at the Fringe Festival", "TheMagicCafe.com Interview, September 2004 Derren Brown", "Interviews 2006: Chortle: The UK Comedy Guide", "Not at all bad: Gerry Sadowitz has been lying low for a while. For all the industry gatekeepers and their pretensions to moral superiority, comedy audiences would still much rather laugh than hear a sermon. Here are the most recent UK tour dates we had listed for Jerry Sadowitz. The implied decree was observed by up-and-coming comics in subsequent years; eligibility for awards or plaudits would be reserved for those who toe the ideological line. Former Rangers director Imran Ahmad's 'Life of Riley' claim on day one of 60m civil case. Sadowitz was, after all, naming Savile's crimes decades before anyone else wanted to listen. Sadowitz later expressed regret over his appearance in the video, stating that "it shows how stupid I am. No. It's part of his act. In a statement released yesterday, Sadowitz wrote: I dont want to humiliate the Pleasance but they are doubling down on their position and I dont want to be made the victim of that My act is now being cheapened and simplified as unsafe, homophobic, misogynistic and racist A lot of thought goes into my shows and while I dont always get it right I am offended by those who, having never seen me before, hear words being shouted in the first five minutes before storming out without listening to the material which I am stupid enough to believe is funny. I think, he adds glumly, its exceptionally difficult for any newcomer to enjoy what I do., This is not, then, a man eager to exploit his summer of notoriety. We need edgy, adult comics who understand life in all its glorious riotous colour to make old crabbit women like me laugh out loud. He makes me cry from laughing so hard! If they succeeded in winning Sadowitz over, they were invited back at the end of the show for a chance to compete for a 10,000 cash prize. This was a really decent guy, a good guy. I dont know, but I know what I like. Not the best show Id done in my life, but it wasnt bad. Girl sues council over alleged attack by Belgian Shepherd during playdate. No. For a show that lectures on morality, this is a pretty despicable package. 1 62 This Tweet is from a suspended account. No surprise if it came from staff rather than punters either. They dont go home and smash things up, do they?, Its just a comedy act with magic. "Jerry Sadowitz is a nasty piece of work. And yet even you, Andrew, single out Roy Chubby Brown as an acceptable target for your opprobrium. [12][15] Sadowitz began travelling to London to perform at The Comedy Store every two weeks for two years, making the 400-mile journey via Stagecoach express coach. 12 October 2012. I could protest: Sadowitz has a storied professional history. Due to perform for two nights at the Pleasance, . ", Standup is the most immediate art form for speakers of truth to power where the unsayable can be said first. A veteran of the Fringe, the stand up is also recognised as one of the best magicians in the. Jeremy Kyles show on Monday featured some dysfunctional feuding brothers and their mum. Neither are that well known in the world outside comedy festivals, but both are legendary within that world. Learn more Show replies Paulus Malvo @MalvoPaulus Sadowitzs frustration is palpable, and rightly so. Couldnt agree with you more. The comic and. It is the shock of the new that we cant protect ourselves from as it is horribly unpredictable. Savile - whose appalling crimes only came to light after his death in 2011 - has also found himself back in the limelight this year following the Netflix documentary, Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story. Sadowitz is also one of the finest sleight-of-hand magicians in the world and his 2011 tour carried the banner Comedian, Magician, Psychopath. It then shows Doherty and friends running past Blanco's inert body. Ok but your paragraph was somewhat ambiguous maybe you should clarify the distinction you refer to. ", in February 2013[47] and close up magic and comedy "Comedian, Magician, Psychopath!" "I've lost one of my best friends," he said of Mark in an earlier interview, "and this country has lost a potentially great author, wit and unique talent." Is it nationalist? Football just needs to say NO to the hideous Gianni Infantino and his FIFA henchmen. Last Edit: Jan 5, 2013 at 9:39am by Joe Chip. The punters cant choose not to go if the venue refuses to book him. Jerry Sadowitz: June 1989 Opus (Vol. I perform at Leicester Square theatre, a few nights in Edinburgh. Ho hum, Its censorship by robot. If I have a comment deleted anywhere or put into moderation I unsubscribe. Sadowitzs performance did not take place at one of the core Pleasance venues, but at the EICC, a huge, soulless conference centre, totally unsuited to comedy at the best of times. This is Sadowitzs first published interview since the second of his two shows at the Pleasance was axed in August. If I was a comedian in America in the last few years I would have been doing routines about Trump, QAnon, Biden, dead rappers, Black Lives Matter, mass shootings and the person I want to stand in and win the Presidential Election in 2024. Please click here to view our media pack for more information on advertising and partnership opportunities with UnHerd. Share your story: have you recently obtained an Irish passport for the first time? The Pleasance axed the second of his two nights at . This was how I opened my review of Jerry Sadowitzs show for ScotsGay magazine in 2008. At that time, the NME didnt cover comedy, so to give a comedy album their Album of the Week award and to give it a full page several-hundred-word review was unusual. Nor even to discuss it much. I havent found any reports of fellow comedians expressing dismay for the cancellation of Roy Chubby Browns shows or discussions of Roy Chubby Browns right to free speech. I used to read the comments on the UK Motley Fool where moderation kept conversation civilised and generally interesting while I didnt bother with Adfin where the comments tended to descend into pointless flame wars so I am not against some level of moderation to avoid pointless vulgar flame wars. He was writing about how comedians view Jerry Sadowitz and Roy Chubby Brown. You said it elsewhere and Jeff may not know that. Tony Allens book Attitude provides a good overview of this scene. I dont usually get caught out myself now as I have worked out a fair number of the trigger words and know not to refer to ex Metropolitan Police Chief Cressida Richard for example. Lots of comments around the web saying never heard of Sadowitz, which is exactly right and how it should be. Hes gonna be rude. It can still be heard at seats of learning and public record, such as the British Library and my house. However, the fight for free speech in comedy and in general hasnt been going well and thats because it hasnt been fought well and because comedy is not a significant cultural or political force. Anyway here are a couple of clips of him speaking about Jimmy Savile last year and also in 1987. Ah, what brave people the culture warriors and religious extremists are: taking up weapons to fight words, words, words, words, words. Jerry Sadowitz is a widely-respected sleight-of-hand illusionist . The man is a monster. Sadowitz had even posted a promo video in which he referred to himself in the third person, saying: Hes gonna be funny. Chilling photos of Savile inside hospital as Stoke Mandeville nurses reveal patients were told 'pretend MARTIN SAMUEL: Qatar 2022 rolled over us and we had to lie back and take it. Really? Anyone surprised? [30][31][32] which led to his breakthrough show Mind Control in 2000. Cosla confirmed that they had lifted the cap on how much chief executives wages could rise despite many local authorities struggling financially. God forbid we allow these pettifogging authoritarians to re-establish the parameters in accordance with their banal and bloodless creed. We get Jimmy Savile in action at his necrophilic worst, Schofield in flagrante at his homosexual best, a catalogue of Sadowitz' own zoophilic fantasies. Im awfully sorry, says Sadowitz. Sadowitz appeared in the 2012 Kathy Burke comedy-drama Walking and Talking on Sky Atlantic, playing the character Jimmy the Jew. Scottish stand-up comedian and magician Jerry Sadowitz There was an occasional, unsettling, unironic burst of applause for some of his most vile tirades - and perhaps rather more insecurity. Sadowitz allegedly uttered some unambiguously racist slurs in his show on Friday, including one at the expense of a current candidate for the role of Conservative prime minister. Racist epithets are always racist; context be damned. Its unsafe to live in Ukraine or Yemen. Mr Ahmad and former Rangers chairman Charles Green have received apologies from the former Lord Advocate James Wolffe KC for being arrested in the wake of being arrested in connection with the 2012 takeover of Rangers. In late 2016 Sadowitz tour "Comedian, Magician, Psychopath!" Actor: Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle. Jerry Sadowitz (born June 1961) is an American-born Scottish stand-up comedian and magician. I remember Sadowitz from the early 90s: in particular I recall him mercilessly sending himself up on his television show. In the wake of Sadowitz's cancellation by the Pleasance, blogger Mark Irvine wrote: "One claim to fame that no one but Jerry Sadowitz can make is that he called it absolutely right over Jimmy Savile - by referring to Savile as an expert in child abuse, when everyone else was either running for cover or fawning over the TV celebrity, now exposed as a terrible paedophile, of course.". Police have recently undertaken to review that new evidence. The Twitter site tells visitors to repeat vote as many times as they can. The current trend of cancelling comedians is infantilising audience members by deeming them susceptible to corruption through their favourite shows. I didn't even know that song was about drugs. The album was quickly withdrawn from sale due to fears of being sued by Jimmy Savile as Sadowitz calls the TV personality a paedophile, although Sadowitz has sold copies after gigs now that Savile is dead. 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