Henning Wehn the German comedian made a couple of Holocaust jokes on Live at the Apollo. I didn't see anyone demand he is taken off TV. I didn't see the usual long line of white Anglo Saxons making threads and saying how disgusting it was.

If we tell people what they can laugh at, what's next? Telling people what they can read?

Indeed, Fawlty Towers was one of the pioneers of the "genre", so to speak. You're not supposed to agree with Basil Fawlty. You're not supposed to agree with his treatment of Manuel. Basil is the joke. That's why Sybil and (especially) Polly exist - to highlight how absurd Basil Fawlty is. It was a show quite ahead of it's time in many ways. It could easily be described as feminist :think:.

Sure, John Cleese describes himself as a Liberal, and it was co-written by Connie Booth! I don't know anything about her apart from Fawlty Towers, but still :laugh:

https://www.reddit.com/r/europe/comm...holocaust_the/

you mean this, Liv

But I specifically pointed out that stand-up comedy is distinctly different to prime time family television? Whether or not Little Britain was ever intended to be that isn't really relevant; it became that.

I also specifically said it's not about telling people what they can or can't find funny. You can find something funny and still have consideration for those who you know won't find it funny.

For what it's worth I'm not a huge fan of "erasing history" - I don't think there's much sense in pulling or censoring things that have already been made and aired, in time it'll only distort historical perspective. We can look back on old shows from the 60's and think "Ooooh, that wouldn't fly these days" and appreciate and understand why. I wonder how people will be able to do that in 40 years time if we pretend that shows from the 2000's never existed?

But I say that still fully recognising why it simply isn't funny for many people, and for many reasons.

yes here in Netherlands, we got a Nostalgia TV channel, basically lots of old shows being re-aired there

we also have one comedian, one of our comedy icons you can easily call him, André van Duin, his shows from back then wouldn't be appropriate now, however he himself is still very popular also with younger people, having adapted to modern day TV industry as presenter for dutch bake off, as for his comedy he just makes random cheesy humour songs for carnaval here (where that is still allowed, since it is for light entertainment purpose)

That's not the one I saw. But I do think he's hilarious. Imagine, a German comedian! (stereotyping the Germans now).

Where do we draw the line though? There's no one-size-fits-all legislation for this. Humour can be cruel. And people are teased for all sorts of reasons

It does make me smile that this current generation of young people doesn't understand that this feeling that you're going to be the generation that changes the world.... are at the end of a long line of generations that thought the same.

The only things which should be taken off the table are calls to violence. Otherwise, every single type of person should be mocked and laughed at, if that's the kind of "comedy" they want to produce or watch :)

My point is WHY mock anyone .. why didn’t they just have a white singers and black singers ??

It’s not as though there weren’t great black singers around at the time


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The League of Gentlemen and The Mighty Boosh have also been dropped from Netflix.

I was talking to my dad the other day, and we were talking about the statues and TV programmes and he told me about a show in the 80's called mini-pops that was just basically tv for paedo's.

I watched a few clips on YT the other day as there's not much around anymore and it was completely shocking to watch through a 2020 lens.

But your dad is obviously not a Paedo so why did he watch it?

My daughter had a video very similar called pop skool, she loved it! :/

[Noel Fielding's The Mighty Boosh becomes latest show to be pulled from Netflix over scenes containing blackface.]


https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/06...1835596271.jpg
[In the bin: The Mighty Boosh
joins The League Of Gentlemen and Little Britain
in being pulled from Netflix over scenes
containing blackface. The BBC comedy show features
a character called The Spirit Of Jazz,
portrayed by Noel Fielding [pictured] ]


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbi...blackface.html

:joker:

That looks more like a sugar skull than blackface.

Netflix and BBC in a Rush panic.

Love the Mighty Boosh

It's being pulled for fear of blame not because anyone thinks or cares anyone is offended

Love your Avatar LT
the Man that saved us from Nazi Germany

Yes a hero to all the great British public

As Basil once said 'nobody mention India'!!!... What do you mean he never said that? :/

Yes Fair Criticism Kizzy.

But as he saved GB from the Nazi take over
he is our Hero.
Or we would all be speaking German , now

He was one of many, he wasn't a one man band.

Russian.

Of Course
we all know that
but he was in charge.