I still can't think of that guys name...

REDFEATHERS said:

Did he have a puppet called Sam?

I was reading MsSerendipity/Sammy's thread about Bernard Manning and it got me thinking. Coarseness and brutishness R in, and sensitivity and emotion R out. It is not a question of prudishness, but of the undermining of the human dimension of sexuality and its reduction 2 a mechanical act demeaned by even more sexual innuendo, even when there is no contextual necessity. Dont get me wrong I like a joke about sex but aslong at its amusing. I remember going 2 see Mark Lammarr in Manchester a few years ago and all he did was tell smutty jokes, which were just crude and unfunny.
A recent Radio 4 programme on the decline of ventriloquism acts interviewed Keith Harris, whose act with Orville the duck was a hit 20 years ago but has since dissapeared from view. Harris told how, by revising his act 2 include 'effing and blinding', he had immediatly secured 170 bookings.
Censorship is not the answer-art and the media reflect current values. Its those values that need 2 be challenged. What kind of society is it where personalities aim 2 draw audiences on theatre tours by promising that they can see material not permitted on television? 2 of my favorite comedians Eddie Izzard and Harry Hill dont need 2, and that hasnt stopped them being hilarious. So why others?

JDINTERACTIVE said:

The Guardian...June 28 Edition...Page 12...Simon Hoggart's Diary

JDINTERACTIVE said:

I think Fawlty Towers may well be my favourite sitcom ever.

Cloudbuster said:

There's a Hungarian version called 'Hotel Crazy'

as i seem to have inspried your thought process jd...thought i'd also put in my comments.
i read the reprt that red was speaking of and i kinda agree with it. humour these days is less slap stick and visual and more sarcastic and smutty. i actually prefer the humour of tody .i don't mind the swears...i love the work fuck...but not when its there to shock...cos it doesn't anymore. its boring when comedians use it for the sake of it.
the phrase you fucking c"*t is the best phrase ever when used in the right context...ie not right now.
i love the humour of jack dee...dead pan rules...sarcasm rules...its about taking the piss out of people to their faces. its a little more clever. i'm even sure race has been laughed about...but hey jokes about race can be made without being offensive. i'm not one of those people who holds up a red card whenever race becomes a subject of humour. bernard manning has no skill whatsoever,...hes just a rascist twat.
i hated "some mothers do ave em" though ...but like "faulty towers"

How long do U wanna keep this up Cloudbuster?!

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