Marcus Parks
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
I think that it was just that's a part like.
any sort of like pedophilia, sexual assault, anything like that was just... It was icky and dumb and outside the door.
Well, it's just a part of the culture.
That's just what boys do.
It didn't even factor into the types of jobs that they would give him because if his behavior factored into the types of jobs they gave him, they wouldn't have given him a fucking travel show in which he had a rape van that was ready to be parked anywhere in England.
Now, the concept of Jim'll Fix It is that every week, Jimmy Savile would grant the wishes of children who expressed their deepest desires in adorable letters.
Jimmy would read a letter aloud on the show, then fix the wish either in the BBC studios or on location, depending on the request.
I don't know.
Oh, Jimmy, do it.
I want to be a pencil.
All right.
Put it in the jibber.
Well, for example, a kid might want something super simple on Jim O'Fixit.
They might say, like, I want a pet camel.
And so they take him to the zoo, and he pets a camel.
You want a camel?
Kid might want to meet a celebrity.
That's super easy.
You call up a celebrity, find a day he's free, and you just set up a meeting and they have a fun day together.
But the...