Two episodes out of six of the "Little Britain USA" series that aired on
HBO in 2008 are still up on HBO's VOD and presumably on HBO Max and
whatever the other streamer is called. Whether the remaining episodes (2
and 5) don't have any of the blackface characters, I don't know.
I do know that
Adam Bowie, to moi, in part, Friday (6/12):
>
> We've also seen a number of other comedies like Little Britain (something
> I've never liked) and Bo' Selecta being withdrawn from iPlayer, Netflix and
> All4 since characters appear in blackface.
>
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"Little Britain" creators Matt Lucas and
This is another example of a story being blown out of all proportion
because those are the times we live in. Funnily enough, if go back to a
Daily Mail (I know) article from 2013, it seems like the same story all
over. "Don't mention the ***" -
Semi related, Cleese posted this clip on Twitter today
https://twitter.com/johncleese/status/1271535485467283457?s=21
On Fri, Jun 12, 2020 at 2:39 PM Joe Hass wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 12, 2020 at 3:48 PM Kevin M.
> wrote: "You picked the wrong year to allow idiots to piss you off"
>
> Sadly, my
On Fri, Jun 12, 2020 at 3:48 PM Kevin M. wrote:
"You picked the wrong year to allow idiots to piss you off"
Sadly, my reaction to behavior like this existed long before the start of
this year, and it shows no sign of abatement.
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On Fri, Jun 12, 2020 at 1:44 PM Joe Hass wrote:
> Before I begin to try to unpack this, I will note that, just like with HBO
> Max and "GWTW" (and I will caveat that I am very much behind on that
> thread, so if this was raised there, apologies), the fundamental point of
> the stories, the
Before I begin to try to unpack this, I will note that, just like with HBO
Max and "GWTW" (and I will caveat that I am very much behind on that
thread, so if this was raised there, apologies), the fundamental point of
the stories, the actual press release, is repeatedly quoted without being
ever
I think it gets a bit more complicated than has been portrayed. The
original reports suggested that it was about Basil saying, "Don't mention
the war!" to some German guests at his hotel. This episode has become so
famous in British culture for this scene that it trumps everything else.
The major
Joe Hass, to moi, today (6/12):
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> This is literally on par with saying "We're never showing Blazing Saddles
> again because they say the n-word".
>
> I know there's a stronger word than "stupid", but this has pissed me off
> so much I can't think of it.
>
That, and Cleese already used that.
This is literally on par with saying "We're never showing Blazing Saddles
again because they say the n-word".
I know there's a stronger word than "stupid", but this has pissed me off so
much I can't think of it.
On Fri, Jun 12, 2020 at 8:48 AM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV <
"The Germans," from 1975, is temporarily off the UKTV service. From an
Aypee piece:
"In the episode, hotel owner Basil Fawlty is seen rocking back when a black
man approaches him in the hospital where his wife Sybil is readying for an
operation on an in-growing toenail, only to find out that
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