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Post by lordeffinghamhunt on Aug 5, 2008 17:40:30 GMT
;D
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Post by Brick-Top on Aug 5, 2008 17:45:36 GMT
Pfft, peasants
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Post by Huddysleftfoot on Aug 5, 2008 21:43:14 GMT
TRouble was it wasn't funny either  |
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Post by JoeinOz on Aug 7, 2008 10:52:04 GMT
Johnny Speight created Alf Garnett to ridicule the rubbish he spoke and mock those who shared his views. Unfortunately there were those who saw that character as a spokesman for the common man. Warren Mitchell tells a story about going to watch Spurs and someone coming up and telling him he was doing a great job and to keep getting at the c**ns. Mitchell was disgusted and told him We aren't having a go at c**ns we're were having a go at idiots like you"
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Post by Rebelliousjukebox on Aug 7, 2008 12:16:22 GMT
Johnny Speight created Alf Garnett to ridicule the rubbish he spoke and mock those who shared his views. Unfortunately there were those who saw that character as a spokesman for the common man. Warren Mitchell tells a story about going to watch Spurs and someone coming up and telling him he was doing a great job and to keep getting at the c**ns. Mitchell was disgusted and told him We aren't having a go at c**ns we're were having a go at idiots like you" Joe, I hope you're not expecting Lordeffinghamgit to understand that are you? |
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Post by serpico on Aug 7, 2008 12:22:38 GMT
Sometimes it's to subtle for certain people to realise that the joke is on the racist, like Rising Damp, which i love, you were laughing at Rigsby not with him, But that said i bet if you were a black kid at school age when those programs were on TV it wasn't much fun.
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Post by JoeinOz on Aug 7, 2008 12:29:06 GMT
Johnny Speight himself used to get depressed when Garnett became a sort of cult hero. To hold him up now as being part of a golden age because things weren't 'over pc' is ludicrous.
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