Steptoe & Son (1966) - I wish I was a blackie!

[nq:1]'I wish I was a blackie - it's nice and warm in Africa and you can pick bananas off trees! ... own dirty water!'. [/nq]
Non-PC but hardly racist IMO. Only an exec who wants to make the front page of the Daily Mail would raise any objection to this going out after 9 o'clock on a terrestrial channel.
Mike Hall

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Typographical error there "Sanford and Son"

Once you acclimatized to the cultural paradigm of this show (father and son who had moved from St Louis MO to Los Angeles CA and were running a junk yard business there) it was actually quite funny.
It was the second show produced by Norman Lear, whose first show, the mega-hit "All in the Family" was based on "Till Death Us

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[nq:1]Typographical error there "Sanford and Son" Once you acclimatized to the cultural paradigm of this show (father and ... by Norman Lear, whose first show, the mega-hit "All in the Family" was based on "Till Death Us Do Part". [/nq]
Neither of which were as good as the originals - by a long chalk!

[nq:1]Neither of which were as good as the originals - by a long chalk![/nq]
Good in what way though?
One's own culture is going to influence that conclusion.

Take a typical USofA citizen and they will say that they do not understand Steptoe and Son, and take a typical UKofGB&NI subject of Her Britannic Majesy and they will say that All in the Family is not funny.

Do you

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[nq:2]Typographical error there "Sanford and Son" Once you ... the Family" was based on "Till Death Us Do Part".[/nq]
[nq:1] Neither of which were as good as the originals - by a long chalk![/nq]
I've never seen the Brit version, but the neighbors in our apartment building told me they always knew when All in the Family was on because I laughed so hard they could hear me.

I

[nq:2]'I wish I was a blackie - it's nice and ... - Steptoe had an American version called Sandford & Son>[/nq]
[nq:1]Non-PC but hardly racist IMO. Only an exec who wants to make the front page of the Daily Mail would raise any objection to this going out after 9 o'clock on a terrestrial channel.[/nq]
The words "**** shop" "chinkie"and "bog-trotter" have been edited out of Only Fools an

[nq:1]The words "**** shop" "chinkie"and "bog-trotter" have been edited out of Only Fools and Horses. The racist policeman skit in ... " Look at you, you're so black and so beautiful, what can I call you ? I know '!' "[/nq]
I realise this is done with the best of intentions, that is not to cause offence but I always feel rather uneasy with this kind of censorship. I would like to see these pro

[nq:2]The words "**** shop" "chinkie"and "bog-trotter" have been edited out ... what can I call you ? I know '!' "[/nq]
[nq:1]I realise this is done with the best of intentions, that is not to cause offence but I always feel ... constantly being re-written in order to reflect the present. Didn't somebody once try to air-brush out smoking from old films?[/nq]
The mind boggles at the thought

[nq:2]Didn't somebody once try to air-brush out smoking from old films?[/nq]
[nq:1]The mind boggles at the thought of people standing around, with two fingers raised in the air holding an imaginary cigarette![/nq]
Well if it saves one child from starting smoking..
Col
And all the stars that never were
Are parking cars and pumping gas.

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[nq:2] Neither of which were as good as the originals - by a long chalk![/nq]
[nq:1]I've never seen the Brit version, but the neighbors in our apartment building told me they always knew when All ... into a deep vein of Black American culture and humor, making it hard to make comparisons with Steptoe and Son.[/nq]
I first watched the BBC version of "The Office", then NBC's version. T