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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I think it can be the funniest comedy when done correctly.
Like Russel peters guy is hilarious.
What you guys think?
And who your favourite comedian? "
I wouldn't say Russell peters was specifically racist in the way some see the word in his humour its more racial stereotyping he uses and he does it inwardly as well as outwardly. I do wonder why people have to jump in though on things like this as we are getting very touchy about humour these days. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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There is a difference between tongue in cheek/controversial comedy and flat out racist comedy.
Which do you mean.
I don't think you explained the post properly to be fair... |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Nah, people who need to use racism or nit picking on communites or individuals for comedy/material for their shows and stand ups aren't really funny to be honest. There's only so much jokes you can do before it becomes duIl and boring - usually the same comments too. I prefer comedy based on observations of everyday life and comments on that.
...like Lee Evans. I like his comedy stand ups. It's everything you can relate to.
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I wish we could just poke fun at each other and use what ever point of differences we have to do that.
But alas things aren't that simple and evil creeps into the equation.
There are no funny racists. |
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"I wish we could just poke fun at each other and use what ever point of differences we have to do that.
But alas things aren't that simple and evil creeps into the equation.
There are no funny racists."
Watch Russel peters red, white and brown and tell me you didn't cry with laughter.
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By (user no longer on site)
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I once went into a barbers with a friend who isn't white. (he calls himself brown but im not comfortable saying that other than around him) all the barbers were black and were watching a black stand up comic who was talking about how black people think white people them the 'n' word who they're not around. Was the most uncomfortable trip to the barbers I've eve had |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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although i got called racist last night because my collegues and i had decided not to serve a party who had been causing a disturbance to other customers for some time (unfortunately they happened to be travelers) im a trainee but also the oldest and biggest staff there so i was blessed with the job of refusing sale |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Everyone will see differently what is and isn't acceptable.
Personally I prefer to think about how people treat one another rather than the comedy routine they create to determine if someone is being racist.
If it's not peddling a message of hate then for me personally (and just for me personally) not a lot is off-limits when it comes to comedy.
The only things I suppose I don't personally laugh at are jokes about people being physically harmed or killed.
It's collective thinking that's makes everyone think they ought to toe a line on this subject for fear of a backlash or being judged.
I don't check the race relations act before I laugh, it just happens.
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Everyone will see differently what is and isn't acceptable.
Personally I prefer to think about how people treat one another rather than the comedy routine they create to determine if someone is being racist.
If it's not peddling a message of hate then for me personally (and just for me personally) not a lot is off-limits when it comes to comedy.
The only things I suppose I don't personally laugh at are jokes about people being physically harmed or killed.
It's collective thinking that's makes everyone think they ought to toe a line on this subject for fear of a backlash or being judged.
I don't check the race relations act before I laugh, it just happens.
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Jimmy Carr is a classic one for that he says his favourite kind of joke is when some1 laughs then goes ooo |
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"Most of it is pretty unfunny tbh although I do like Dave Chapelle and Chris Rock. Neither dont really do it often though"
My two favourites plus Eddie Griffin. For me they are laugh out loud funny. They take the piss out of black people too: Dave Chapelles "Black Bush", hilarious! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Now replace RACIST COMEDY with OBSERVATIONAL COMEDY THAT POINTS OUT THE FUNNY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ETHNICITIES, get off your soapboxes and lighten the fuck up!
Granted, no white man can make fun of the difference between ordinary black americans and those that call themselves niggas like Chris Rock, because he is a black american.
But white redheaded Irish Bostonian Bill Burr is great at observational comedy and can have a theatre full of black people howling with laughter, so I'd nominate him as a man that can do it right, regardless of offending all the eggshell ballerinas out there! |
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By *emmefataleWoman
over a year ago
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"Now replace RACIST COMEDY with OBSERVATIONAL COMEDY THAT POINTS OUT THE FUNNY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ETHNICITIES, get off your soapboxes and lighten the fuck up!
Granted, no white man can make fun of the difference between ordinary black americans and those that call themselves niggas like Chris Rock, because he is a black american.
But white redheaded Irish Bostonian Bill Burr is great at observational comedy and can have a theatre full of black people howling with laughter, so I'd nominate him as a man that can do it right, regardless of offending all the eggshell ballerinas out there!"
Well said, with sunglasses.   |
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By *ddie02Couple
over a year ago
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"Now replace RACIST COMEDY with OBSERVATIONAL COMEDY THAT POINTS OUT THE FUNNY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ETHNICITIES, get off your soapboxes and lighten the fuck up!
Granted, no white man can make fun of the difference between ordinary black americans and those that call themselves niggas like Chris Rock, because he is a black american.
But white redheaded Irish Bostonian Bill Burr is great at observational comedy and can have a theatre full of black people howling with laughter, so I'd nominate him as a man that can do it right, regardless of offending all the eggshell ballerinas out there!"
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Now replace RACIST COMEDY with OBSERVATIONAL COMEDY THAT POINTS OUT THE FUNNY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ETHNICITIES, get off your soapboxes and lighten the fuck up!
Granted, no white man can make fun of the difference between ordinary black americans and those that call themselves niggas like Chris Rock, because he is a black american.
But white redheaded Irish Bostonian Bill Burr is great at observational comedy and can have a theatre full of black people howling with laughter, so I'd nominate him as a man that can do it right, regardless of offending all the eggshell ballerinas out there!"
well said!
It is a great ability to be able to laugh at yourself. It is a greater ability to be able to laugh with others giving you a bit of banter.
There is no place for real racism or a chip on a shoulder! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I think it can be the funniest comedy when done correctly.
Like Russel peters guy is hilarious.
What you guys think?
And who your favourite comedian? "
Surprisingly enough the guy who had the most racist routine was Richard Prior yet he hardly ever got lambasted. Shows what you can get away with I guess. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Did anyone ever see Darkus Howe go to a Bernard Manning gig in a documentary he did. Was years ago now.
He said it opened his eyes and it opened mine too to my own over-sensitivity.
He said he tried very hard not to laugh, really hard, in the end he just gave in to it. He realised the audience (who weren't all white) simply enjoyed having the piss taken out of themselves. In fact revelled in it.
He may have been a horrible sexist, racist bigot to many, some people just saw a good comedian.
And I've probably just mentioned the most unmentionable comedian there is, feel free to be horrified. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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i really dont like people trading on certain descriptive comedies.
if i find it funny, its funny, and thats how it should be.
i dont care if the comedian wants to describe himself as cutting edge/offensive/racist/sexist as he is just putting himself to his own detriment and cutting out an entire audience to him that may find him funny given a chance.
comedy should never be taken seriously as it is never meant in such a way, unless specifically targetting an individual.
if its offensive, then as long as its offending everyone over the course of a set, rather than just focussing on 1 particular race/coulour/religion, then im fine about it.
i have listened to pro IRA/anti english sets and found them absolutely hilarious, |
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By *urvywelshCouple
over a year ago
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"Some "stereo types" comedy is great when it is done right....
Remember the 'going out for an English' by Goodness Gracious Me? "
I loved that programme. They took the piss out if themselves.
'I'll have the blandest thing on the menu' |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Now replace RACIST COMEDY with OBSERVATIONAL COMEDY THAT POINTS OUT THE FUNNY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ETHNICITIES, get off your soapboxes and lighten the fuck up!
Granted, no white man can make fun of the difference between ordinary black americans and those that call themselves niggas like Chris Rock, because he is a black american.
But white redheaded Irish Bostonian Bill Burr is great at observational comedy and can have a theatre full of black people howling with laughter, so I'd nominate him as a man that can do it right, regardless of offending all the eggshell ballerinas out there!Well said, with sunglasses. "
Trust me to forget |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Some "stereo types" comedy is great when it is done right....
Remember the 'going out for an English' by Goodness Gracious Me?
I loved that programme. They took the piss out if themselvees.
'I'll have the blandest thing on the menu' "
I'm pretty sure they weren't actually taking the piss out of themselves. More parodying and challenging stereotypes. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Some "stereo types" comedy is great when it is done right....
Remember the 'going out for an English' by Goodness Gracious Me?
I loved that programme. They took the piss out if themselvees.
'I'll have the blandest thing on the menu'
I'm pretty sure they weren't actually taking the piss out of themselves. More parodying and challenging stereotypes. "
I think they were trying to be funny personally rather than feed an agenda, the comedians who worked on that show said they themselves could never stop laughing it was so much fun to make. The aim of comedy should be to make an audience laugh first and foremost and if it puts promoting political beliefs ahead of that it's not comedy, it's propaganda. |
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"Did anyone ever see Darkus Howe go to a Bernard Manning gig in a documentary he did. Was years ago now.
He said it opened his eyes and it opened mine too to my own over-sensitivity.
He said he tried very hard not to laugh, really hard, in the end he just gave in to it. He realised the audience (who weren't all white) simply enjoyed having the piss taken out of themselves. In fact revelled in it.
He may have been a horrible sexist, racist bigot to many, some people just saw a good comedian.
And I've probably just mentioned the most unmentionable comedian there is, feel free to be horrified."
My dad would howl with laughter at Bernard Manning. He also liked Jim Davidson, the Black and White Minstrels and Til Death Do Us Part.
Didn't find any of them funny then or now. |
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"Now replace RACIST COMEDY with OBSERVATIONAL COMEDY THAT POINTS OUT THE FUNNY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ETHNICITIES, get off your soapboxes and lighten the fuck up!
Granted, no white man can make fun of the difference between ordinary black americans and those that call themselves niggas like Chris Rock, because he is a black american.
But white redheaded Irish Bostonian Bill Burr is great at observational comedy and can have a theatre full of black people howling with laughter, so I'd nominate him as a man that can do it right, regardless of offending all the eggshell ballerinas out there!
well said!
It is a great ability to be able to laugh at yourself. It is a greater ability to be able to laugh with others giving you a bit of banter.
There is no place for real racism or a chip on a shoulder! "
...aaah, I wondered when someone would mention "chip on shoulder".  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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You know what's a great comedy topic though? Racists! Not outward racism, but closet-racism and racist guilt from people that are afraid of being seen as racists evem though they naturally have a little in them!
Politically correct piece of shit country doesn't see that different ethnicities respect an adversary more for being open about it than someone that has pet hates and only brings them out when their backs are turned. The greatest alliances in history were all born out of bitter rivalry.
Bill Burr mentioned in a podcast once, that one guy who starts a conversation with "NOW, I'M NO RACIST, BUT..."
Yeah, he's racist!
The human race is racist. What a strange oxymoron, but it's true. We have millenniae of conquering and invading each other and enslaving each other and forcing each other to learn Latin, English, Christianity, the spirit of Christmas giving, Knitting and (even worse) pop song lyrics in foreign languages.
On top of that, Patriotism is racism, Capitalism is racism, Culture and Heritage are racism. If you can live happily without any of those, fuck off, you liar!!! lol
So, you know, just laugh it off, we're despicable creatures, we're all going to be destroyed in about fifty years anyway and the monkeys and the dolphins won't have learned a thing from this experience, if they survive! |
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By *abioMan
over a year ago
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"Most of it is pretty unfunny tbh although I do like Dave Chapelle and Chris Rock. Neither dont really do it often though
My two favourites plus Eddie Griffin. For me they are laugh out loud funny. They take the piss out of black people too: Dave Chapelles "Black Bush", hilarious!"
see i would agree with you... chapelle is a different animal.. the fact they only did 3 series on "chapelle's show" and he walked away from a 50 million dollar contract says all
my favourite chapelle sketches are "clayton bigsby, the black white supremesist" and "the racial draft"....
his stand up is awesome |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Most of it is pretty unfunny tbh although I do like Dave Chapelle and Chris Rock. Neither dont really do it often though
My two favourites plus Eddie Griffin. For me they are laugh out loud funny. They take the piss out of black people too: Dave Chapelles "Black Bush", hilarious!
see i would agree with you... chapelle is a different animal.. the fact they only did 3 series on "chapelle's show" and he walked away from a 50 million dollar contract says all
my favourite chapelle sketches are "clayton bigsby, the black white supremesist" and "the racial draft"....
his stand up is awesome"
Chappelle is a great impressionist |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"You know what's a great comedy topic though? Racists! Not outward racism, but closet-racism and racist guilt from people that are afraid of being seen as racists evem though they naturally have a little in them!
Politically correct piece of shit country doesn't see that different ethnicities respect an adversary more for being open about it than someone that has pet hates and only brings them out when their backs are turned. The greatest alliances in history were all born out of bitter rivalry.
Bill Burr mentioned in a podcast once, that one guy who starts a conversation with "NOW, I'M NO RACIST, BUT..."
Yeah, he's racist!
The human race is racist. What a strange oxymoron, but it's true. We have millenniae of conquering and invading each other and enslaving each other and forcing each other to learn Latin, English, Christianity, the spirit of Christmas giving, Knitting and (even worse) pop song lyrics in foreign languages.
On top of that, Patriotism is racism, Capitalism is racism, Culture and Heritage are racism. If you can live happily without any of those, fuck off, you liar!!! lol
So, you know, just laugh it off, we're despicable creatures, we're all going to be destroyed in about fifty years anyway and the monkeys and the dolphins won't have learned a thing from this experience, if they survive! "
Sir I salute you for pontification of the highest order. It was so enjoyable I read it three times until I came.
Mrs D
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"Most of it is pretty unfunny tbh although I do like Dave Chapelle and Chris Rock. Neither dont really do it often though
My two favourites plus Eddie Griffin. For me they are laugh out loud funny. They take the piss out of black people too: Dave Chapelles "Black Bush", hilarious!
see i would agree with you... chapelle is a different animal.. the fact they only did 3 series on "chapelle's show" and he walked away from a 50 million dollar contract says all
my favourite chapelle sketches are "clayton bigsby, the black white supremesist" and "the racial draft"....
his stand up is awesome
Chappelle is a great impressionist"
so was matiss lol |
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"Sir I salute you for pontification of the highest order. It was so enjoyable I read it three times until I came.
Mrs D
It's what I do, ma'am!  LOL"
If I ever met you the verification would be thus:
He gave the best oratory I've ever had, don't pass up this one girls.
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"Sir I salute you for pontification of the highest order. It was so enjoyable I read it three times until I came.
Mrs D
It's what I do, ma'am! LOL
If I ever met you the verification would be thus:
He gave the best oratory I've ever had, don't pass up this one girls.
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"Most of it is pretty unfunny tbh although I do like Dave Chapelle and Chris Rock. Neither dont really do it often though
My two favourites plus Eddie Griffin. For me they are laugh out loud funny. They take the piss out of black people too: Dave Chapelles "Black Bush", hilarious!
see i would agree with you... chapelle is a different animal.. the fact they only did 3 series on "chapelle's show" and he walked away from a 50 million dollar contract says all
my favourite chapelle sketches are "clayton bigsby, the black white supremesist" and "the racial draft"....
his stand up is awesome
Chappelle is a great impressionist
so was matiss lol"
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"Most of it is pretty unfunny tbh although I do like Dave Chapelle and Chris Rock. Neither dont really do it often though
My two favourites plus Eddie Griffin. For me they are laugh out loud funny. They take the piss out of black people too: Dave Chapelles "Black Bush", hilarious!
see i would agree with you... chapelle is a different animal.. the fact they only did 3 series on "chapelle's show" and he walked away from a 50 million dollar contract says all
my favourite chapelle sketches are "clayton bigsby, the black white supremesist" and "the racial draft"....
his stand up is awesome"
No matter how many times I watch "Clayton Bigsby, the black white supremacist" it leaves me rolling on the floor in tears from laughing, ending = classic  |
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"Most of it is pretty unfunny tbh although I do like Dave Chapelle and Chris Rock. Neither dont really do it often though
My two favourites plus Eddie Griffin. For me they are laugh out loud funny. They take the piss out of black people too: Dave Chapelles "Black Bush", hilarious!
see i would agree with you... chapelle is a different animal.. the fact they only did 3 series on "chapelle's show" and he walked away from a 50 million dollar contract says all
my favourite chapelle sketches are "clayton bigsby, the black white supremesist" and "the racial draft"....
his stand up is awesome
No matter how many times I watch "Clayton Bigsby, the black white supremacist" it leaves me rolling on the floor in tears from laughing, ending = classic "
I have just watched this on the bus, I think the back row heard me laugh.
Mrs D
Second row from the back, in stitches. |
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"Use to love Bernard Manning .. so funny 
Never found him funny. In fact walked out of one his shows back in the day. "
He reminded me of Jabba the Hutt when I was a kid. |
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As a kid I used to love watching Love Thy Neighbour. You won't see it on TV any more for obvious reasons. However, what a lot of people didn't (and still probably don't) realise was that while Eddie Booth (Jack Smethurst) was always hurling racist abuse at Bill Reynolds (Rudolph Walker), the series was made to show that racism really is uncool, as Eddie Booth always got his come-uppance, or was made to look stupid, at the end of each episode. I still believe that the series (quite rightly) poked fun at racists, rather than those of other races. |
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"Now replace RACIST COMEDY with OBSERVATIONAL COMEDY THAT POINTS OUT THE FUNNY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ETHNICITIES, get off your soapboxes and lighten the fuck up!
Granted, no white man can make fun of the difference between ordinary black americans and those that call themselves niggas like Chris Rock, because he is a black american.
But white redheaded Irish Bostonian Bill Burr is great at observational comedy and can have a theatre full of black people howling with laughter, so I'd nominate him as a man that can do it right, regardless of offending all the eggshell ballerinas out there!"
There's a difference between being racist and having a bit of observational humour. I'm regularly mocked for my Bolton accent (which is a world away from racism I understand) but that's because my accent is different to all the Scousers I work with. My Indian friend and I regularly joke about her Mum trying to marry her off to a good Indian boy. I've been to a concert with a Black friend who joked about smiling so I could see her in the dark. It's all just a bit of fun taken as that...sometimes people get overly sensitive or worry too much about causing offence when it's just banter. |
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"I could write a huge list, but my favourites are:
Eddie Murphy - Italians and Rocky films
Chris Rock - There are two types of black men
Eddie Murphy - White people can't dance
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Eddie Murphy Raw is just legendary.
YO, ROCKO!!! |
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"As a kid I used to love watching Love Thy Neighbour. You won't see it on TV any more for obvious reasons. However, what a lot of people didn't (and still probably don't) realise was that while Eddie Booth (Jack Smethurst) was always hurling racist abuse at Bill Reynolds (Rudolph Walker), the series was made to show that racism really is uncool, as Eddie Booth always got his come-uppance, or was made to look stupid, at the end of each episode. I still believe that the series (quite rightly) poked fun at racists, rather than those of other races."
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"I can't stand purple people. coming over here. stealing our jobs, our women and using our sky remotes to measure their penises. keep them out  "
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