OPINION:
“He’s not the messiah, he’s just a very naughty boy.”
That famous phrase from Monty Python’s Life of Brian seemed strangely appropriate as The Paul Henry Show rolled onto our television screens for the first time last night.
For while New Zealand broadcasting’s enfant terrible (back after a less than successful sabbatical across the Tasman) jokingly promised a programme that would “define television as we know it”, what he delivered was a proper half-hour of current affairs programming laced with his trademark schoolboy humour and roguish riffing.
But those hoping for something truly anarchic or
