Reaction To Super Racist British Comedy | British Humour 002

[@catfrab]

it was never a "racist comedy" but a comedy featuring a racist character. It was actually ridiculing the idiotic behaviour of a working class bigot. Warren Mitchell played the part so well, some idiots actually believed he was racist himself!

[@luckybag6814]

@catfrab That’s right. Don’t you just hate the working class.

[@ehilton96]

@catfrab There's not enough interesting about the middle class to make a comedy series. Most of them live in Dulsville.

[@WillsChild]

Warren Mitchell was actually Jewish and loved the fact that thicko English racists thought he was actually serious!

[@maudeboggins9834]

I personally hated it, I hated Love Thy Neighbour I thought those two were drivel rather than solely racist. Purely unclever comedy.

[@WillsChild]

@@luckybag6814 Right wing working class yes. (Left wing Working class say Hi)

[@MrJoecool9999]

I'm Scottish - and I get fed up hearing jokes about "Mean Scotsmen" - we're not "Mean" - we just don't like to see waste -- like when my dad got his hip replacement operation - he brought the bone back for the dog....!

[@stephenracklyeft9929]

I love yore comment good sense of humour

[@LeeMoore-fv3zz]

Im a Yorkshireman and we get the same "tight with a bob" reputation. Though I heard once that copper wire was invented when two Jocks fought over an half penny.

[@Bazroshan]

I hope the dog didn't get a taste for Dad!

[@kimcutts6153]

🇬🇧 Nice one. That was a lol. 👍👌

[@MarlynHutchison]

Brilliant

[@martinwoollett8468]

these were designed to be anti racist buy pointing out bigotry with humour.

[@emtibAlucard]

Same with love thy neighbour tv series, its shocking to watch these days but it killed racism in this country by making racists look stupid

[@susanvanderbilt358]

@@emtibAlucardgrew up on both progs n me black mates loved em too😂

[@michaelb2388]

Thanks for pointing that out, we didn't realise 😂

[@georget1050]

@@michaelb2388obviously the post wasn’t for someone with your great intellect. Do better try not being an erse.

[@cliffwestnidge6604]

6:11 I tell people all the time that programs such as "Love thy neighbour " defused racial tension, humour will always help to unite people.

[@alex-E7WHU]

It was a great thing to be able to laugh at each other and ourselves. Sadly we could get cancelled or jailed now for such behaviour.😢

[@pastorpresent7774]

The people of Britain don't laugh at ourselves anymore. If you point out the thread of bigotry that exists in certain white ethnic mentalities, you're called an anti-white racist by the same group of people that throw bananas at black football players on the weekends.

[@JamesonEst1780]

The thing about Alf Garnett was that whilst he had racist views, he was always the butt of the joke. The whole show was designed to laugh at those with racist, bigoted views. It was designed to make them look like the fools! It’s a pity it’s not shown again, as it tackled racism with humour.

[@michaelbarmby9105]

Not quality TV writers nowadays, only dumb witted race baitors

[@ianbeale2527]

It is being shown again on Freeview channel That's TV. It gets repeated on there quite frequently - although not at the moment, but it will be on again in the next few weeks. Trouble is, they always have the "disclaimer" at the beginning not to upset the snowflakes and bleep out certain words like "poof", etc. So the point gets somewhat lost.

[@WillsChild]

He was also Jewish in real life.

[@julben27]

Johnny Speight was the writer and he said that he was pointing out the racism of many British people. Warren Mitchell was fabulous as Alf. The actor who played Winston ,Eamon Walker,did very well in America,acting in films and television shows.l bet most Americans wouldn’t know that he was English.

[@nigelanscombe8658]

Eamon Walker plays Battalion Chief Wallace Boden, Chicago Fire.

[@gordonh9258]

He was in one of my all time favorite comic scenes from one foot in the Algarve with the donkey the tears were rolling down my cheeks when I first saw it.

[@colinmelling6369]

The great days when people could laugh at each other regardless of race and not take offence.

[@georget1050]

Is someone stopping you from laughing now.

[@colinmelling6369]

@@georget1050 no but this snowflake generation bursts into tears and complain it’s offensive.

[@georget1050]

@@colinmelling6369 is that something you know for certain or have been told by others

[@colinmelling6369]

@@georget1050 experiences

[@georget1050]

@@colinmelling6369 receipts

[@mandriod5255]

The program was about making fun of the absurdity of racism and bigotry/ misogyny and intolerance. Nice to meet you 🙏🏻

[@georget1050]

The intention didn’t always match the outcome.

[@elainehills4075]

Thank you for showing the video. Made me laugh. All 3 actors played their parts well.❤

[@bee3541-y7s]

You 3 lovely people have just had me laughing until tears ran down my face 😂 You never fail ❤

[@christopherbarnett6098]

Your laughter is brilliant. It's so good to watch something from the time when you were allowed to laugh at people & they could laugh at you. The great thing is you get to see Alf & Winston becoming very protective of each other. And of course we can really take the piss out of the fact that Alf Garnett is Jewish. The very early career of Eamon Walker. Kareen Saed inThe brilliant HBO's "OZ". And the fire chief in "Chicago fire". Yes. Eamon is a good London lad. English thru and thru. Peace out.

[@georget1050]

Is someone stopping you from laughing now.

[@dnorfed]

This is from the mid 70’s, when nobody knew what being offended was, you could say anything you wanted about anything, a far better time than today, the widower was played by warren mitchell, one of our greatest actors for decades here in the uk, glad you like the video guys and gals

[@DJTheTrainmanWalker]

Er... No... This is from 1986... The Second season of 'In Sickness and in Health'... Cos that's when Else (Dandy Nichols) died.

[@DapperChappy1010]

Every one in this sketch is giving as good as they get....and everyone...everyone laughing!!!!

[@NickNick-tp5cr]

It's satire, not racism.

[@joelle8201]

I think it appealed to a lot of folk people recognised folk like these.

[@jon-paulfilkins7820]

There is a tradition in British comedy, characters you are supposed to laugh at, not with... Another example is Basil Fawlty

[@georget1050]

The intention didn’t always match the outcome though.

[@WillsChild]

Still alive with Alan Partridge!

[@unkle_Enkil]

These uk racist tv shows helped to break down barriers between our immigrant communities , it gave us all common ground to understand and accept each other. Where there was hostility, these programmes showed that we were all the same regardless of skin colour, and laughter is universal.

[@simontomlinson6484]

Er- no. The programme was written and created to highlight the bigoted, intolerant racist for the thick lump of lard they were. You were supposed to laugh AT the racist, you were supposed to realise Garnett was an intolerant bigot.

[@georget1050]

@@simontomlinson6484 The intention wasn’t always the outcome though.

[@georget1050]

@@WilliamStewart-tk9dj where in my post did I say the intention wasn’t valid

[@veganvocalist4782]

really enjoyed your genuine response , not playing up to the camera but very real , you all have the most beeeeautiful faces and smiles 🥰 watching from Cornwall, UK 🌴☀

[@HansMartinØvre]

British humor are the best there is!!

[@dougiebrimson]

Love you guys. You're brilliant. I'm old enough to remember this show when it first aired and it was always about mocking racism and bigotry. That was the whole point. Yet sadly, too many people these days don't see it for what it was. Very, very funny.

[@WillsChild]

Most people these days don't do two or three stage thinking

[@Kernewik101]

It's worth watching 'Goodness Gracious',..another british comedy classic with a great twist on racism & class in the uk❤❤

[@simoncampbell3144]

Yeah , going out for an " English " being a classic 😂😂😂

[@simoncampbell3144]

No that was the Kumars at no 10 , sorry

[@itsalladream1448]

Your reactions were so brilliant. You saw this for what it was...... Comedy! God bless

[@raycope2086]

Always great watchin with you lovely people, and I enjoyed this one too. Thank you. I wish you rainbows.

[@SISU889]

Big up to the guy's laughing and seeing the funny of this comedy ! Respect to you all .....

[@cricketbat09]

The 'racist' character, Alf Garnet, was always intended to be shown up as being a fool.

[@davidlewis2447]

I remember watching this growing up it was a brilliant show

[@davidfrancis4882]

Very apt - the lady in the background is wearing a claret and blue dress. The colours of the lead characters soccer team (old white man) -West Ham United

[@BarryOstle-o8z]

CLASSIC!!! VERY FUNNY.

[@spikeus3039]

That is pure class in script writing acted really well!

[@stephenracklyeft9929]

I love the way this sketch knocks racism in a very clever no space for racicm and I love you guys reaction it's brilliant ❤😂

[@russell-di8js]

Alf Garnett played by Warren Mitchell who was a staunch anti-racist & was actually Jewish so this humour is ridiculing racism from a point of understanding!

[@sharonellis8776]

This show was very funny. You guys should try watching Love Thy Neighbour which was another British comedy ! xx

[@michaelgarman5569]

I thought i recognised the shop keeper. He is in only fools and horses. That is the best show of all time for me. Check it out of you havent already.

[@ansugib]

Alf Garnet 😂. Not seen that for years. Good old 70s politically totally incorrect shows😂

[@petegarnett7731]

When we could all laugh at the bigots on both sides of the divide it was a sign of how LITTLE racism existed. Then PC came along and a whiole section of humour was lost. Now we have factions with no sense of humour and even more extreme attitudes. I could even laugh at Alf despite the fact that he hijacked my surname.

[@Samuel-hd3cp]

Pete Garnett. That's absolute nonsense.

[@andrewstevenson8935]

This series was absolutely brilliant, it was humour at its greatest,I have coloured friends who have watched this many times because of it being funny,I don't see anything racist at all,I just see three people having a great time acting.

[@Countryboy071]

Youre reactions are priceles 😂😂 ❤

[@maureen348]

British comedy of that time was never insulting other races, the joke was the ignorance of the racist. They were the but of the joke. Notice in Rising Damp, it was always Rigby that came off worse.

[@Burglar-King]

The thing is with Alf Garnet and Eddie Booth (Love thy Neighbour), it was always give and take. The wives were always the anti racists while the men took the gloves off. They called each other names all the time. that’s British because we do call our friends a family names in banter. It shows we care. Eddie and Bill were always at the pub having a drink together in every episode. Bill and his black friends were dressed in loin cloths in one show where they had Eddie Booth in a cooking pot with onions. Eddie always came off worse. 😂 it took the piss out of racism. However, there’s only so much anyone can take and it hasn’t imo stood the test of time.

[@7neilk13]

But it wasn't racist and don`t forget Winston was also gay, the comedy element was the irony. Alf Garnet was portraying the racist, homophobic stereo type of the era but all the while he was showing care and compassion for Winston who he became best friends with.

[@craigcottrell944]

This mocked racism in the day

[@paidwitness797]

Very racist to modern eyes, but need to remember in much Brit comedy of the era characters like Alf Garnett were mostly the butt of jokes overall, our best comedy punches up.

[@MrKeefy1967]

It was always very racist. It was intended to satirise racism by showing it in its most ridiculous caricatures. But instead of laughing at the caricature of Alf Garnet, as the writer intended us to do, too many people wrote in fan mail agreeing with his views. So much so, that the writer Johnny Speight stopped writing the character for 20 years.

[@DatFwad]

Yeah the joke is on the racist for being ignorant. As the audience you’re supposed to laugh at him not with him.

[@MrMarcusWWW]

And you forget to mention this programme will be nearly 50 years old.

[@davidspendlove5900]

This brings us all closer together unlike all the divisive woke nonsense.

[@georget1050]

Define woke

[@davidspendlove5900]

@@georget1050 A condition where everyone is offended by everything.

[@georget1050]

@@davidspendlove5900 your version of woke that suits your narritive

[@davidspendlove5900]

@@georget1050 Yes I am making a generalisation.So what’s yours ?

[@georget1050]

@@davidspendlove5900 It’s not something I see in my everyday life & the only examples i get are when i read the comments on here of people crying about it so that’s probably my generalisation.

[@69woodys]

In an interview back in the 80s, he said he was walking down the street and a guy shouted " hey Alf,there should be more people like you " his reply " my name is Warren. Im an actor who plays an ignorant, stupid racist like yourself " :)

[@NickNick-tp5cr]

Yeh not true.

[@georget1050]

@@NickNick-tp5crThe interview or the incident

[@williambolton4698]

America knows the Alf Garnett character as Archie Bunker.

[@silverfire01]

Yeah i think the alf garnett character was racist and homophobic and just about against anybody who was different from him and he got the marigold character who was black and gay as a carer for him if i remember right .

[@damienrobbie5974]

It's not racist at all, I'm not offended 👍

[@HelenA-fd8vl]

This was broadcast in about 1968. Times have completely changed since then.

[@PryceMortensen]

If you like that you should watch love thy neighbour it how people used to talk to each other before everything come about racism

[@jameshumphreys9715]

You should react to love thy neighbour. Does anybody feel sorry for Alf, he treated her rotten.

[@MrSnout5]

He called her a 'silly moo,' and she called him a pig.

[@jameshumphreys9715]

@@MrSnout5 Else was given it back to him.

[@dianebell3653]

I remember an episode of the Fresh Prince of Bel Air where Vivian's sister is engaged to a white man. Lots of programmes on telly that we can view as racist and it certainly isn't a one way street.

[@MichaelBradley-u6n]

@starr larh have you seen only fools and horses? Mr bean? one foot in the grave? on the buses?carry on camping??

[@MC14may]

It was a timeless classic when times were less complicated, and offence was in the perception of the receiver and not an excuse for reactionaries to play the victim

[@rnw2739]

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[@nealgrimes4382]

It's not Racist at all, it's making fun of Racists.

[@piggypiggypig1746]

Making fun of racists doesn't make for a catchy title though

[@johnjones-henderson3249]

That was a funny sketch 😅😅😅

[@Sofasurfa]

The human species evolved to a point where we are at today, because of our sophisticated method of communication. It allows us to gather in cooperative groups. We observe, copy, teach, learn, invent innovations and so much more. Humour is an effective means to point out the absurdity of bigotry. It’s not when we stop talking to each other that the fighting begins, it’s when we stop listening to each other. Sadly the self righteous are usually the first to stop listening because they believe wholeheartedly that they are right and thus no other viewpoint has any validity.

[@CommonSense65H]

Forget about racism, just enjoy the comedy.

[@susihush]

What in the world is, 'Britsh Humour'? Never heard aboot it! I'm from Scotland and Scots do bellyache! Nout British aboot it! 🤣

[@neilgilbert6798]

Love thy neighbour is racist on both sides between Bill and Eddie but it so funny thers 7 seasons plus a movie which is funny with a twist at the end

[@johncarlin8755]

You should give love thy neighbour a watch the Voodoo episode is brilliant.

[@michaelperry4308]

The thing is, this was not racist because everyone then took the mickey out of each other and IT WAS FUNNY, it only becomes racist when it is said with malice and intent to do harm. For example, Gunga Din, was a movie about a very loyal and brave Indian who supported the Raj, so the term was a backhanded compliment in fact. I worked with a lovely Jamaican bloke, he called me Honky Boy all the time, no malice meant, none taken,. Now even Maths is racist if you listen to those who make money out of pushing that agenda. What a lot of people missed was that Warren Mitchell was Jewish so he knew what racist was. Also all the actors in it have gone on to have fruitful careers as a result of the show. So in short what I am saying is, if it is funny and both parties laugh, it is just funny.

[@zarita4037]

These programs are unfortunately now banned here in the UK , this is at least 20 years ago, it was fantastic.

[@petermizon4344]

TRY WATCHING LOVE THY NEIGHBOR, BIT RACIST BUT VERY FUNNY, MANY AMERICAN Reactors LOVE IT,ITS A BRITISH SHOW FROM EARLY 70S

[@anitahargreaves9526]

It was funny how they came to love each other, the episode voodoo, was my favourite.

[@petermizon4344]

@@anitahargreaves9526 THEY WERE ALL MY FAVORITES, IT WAS A LESSIN IN HOW TO KNOCK DOWN RACIST USING COMEDY

[@flawedgenius]

@@petermizon4344 Yes, you get it! The racists are the butt of the jokes in these shows :)

[@Lillian-Alice-Margaret]

They are both as bad as one another. Not just one sided

[@petermizon4344]

@@flawedgenius BRILL SHOW. I WATCH AMERICAN REACTORS AND ITS THE BLACK GUYS WHO LOVE IT THE MOST, THEY ARE ONLY JUST GETTING BRITISH HUMOUR AD NOW THEY ARE UNDERSTANDING OUR DIFFERENT ACCENTS, WHILST WE WERE. DRAGGED UP ON AMERICAN PROGS, SO JUST WATCHED USA PRIGS GI BACKWARDS OR STAND STILL

[@darrencox9529]

Best era of comedy, end of.

[@davidhardie5644]

Its three different cultures having a conversation 😂

[@andrewdickson3627]

The days when humor was just that and nothing more..

[@AnnabelleJARankin]

This is humour about all races, not racism!

[@robinburn4974]

They were showing the injustice with racism with humour, something that would never be allowed in todays woke society

[@georget1050]

Are you watching this in 70’s then

[@XENONEOMORPH1979]

classic series.

[@AussiePaulie]

Love this❤

[@vanvliet1600]

The mockery was of the racist bigot, the pratt is Garnett. Warren Mitchel (the actor who played Garnet) was not only a socialist but Jewish. This was and still is a great British comedy that should position you at a certain angle laughing at the absurdity of what comes out of the pratt's mouth and behaviour and how things turn against him.

[@mattking5936]

If you want a good laugh watch a TV show called 'mind your language' it would never be made today but very funny.

[@youtubesucks8995]

Ironically every country has an Alf Garnet it’s just that we’re honest enough to not hide it. I wouldn’t say the show was super racist though, not after hearing people like Woopie Goldberg in the states or David Lammy moaning more than Alf did 🤣.

[@ConcreteJungle7]

Love Thy Neighbour 1972 ‧ British Sitcom ‧... Is on KZbin 😂

[@juliannetomlinson]

Wouldn't get away with this now.But back in the day this was so funny.

[@georget1050]

Don’t you find it funny now

[@juliannetomlinson]

@@georget1050 i find it as funny now as i did all those years ago.But these days we have to be so careful about what we say.

[@No1grandma74]

It still is funny - and NOT one bit racist!

[@veritasaequitas9875]

I would just like to point out that Till Death Do Us Part (1965) was NOT racist in any way shape or form. It was actually the complete opposite. The period was the post war 1950s. The lead character, wonderfully portrayed by Warren Mitchell, was your stereotypical, elderly male London bigot. If you watch the series you will find that there is a single theme throughout the series. That's taking the piss out of Alf for his outmoded views. That was the point of the ethnically diverse cast. The comedy was in the way Alf is constantly being wound up by the diversity he found himself among and constantly being mocked for his tantrums. Some might say it was before its time.

[@dogstar5572]

We should have fun with our differences. People can be so serious. We should have racist, homophobic, sexist characters in comedy. They make fools of themselves. It’s funny.

[@robertlonsdale5326]

Whatever your race everybody laughed.

[@Stephen-lx9nm]

Hilarious

[@paulwhite2533]

It's important to realise that Warren and the writers were shining a light on racism, Alf was the butt of the jokes, the one made to look foolish. There is a danger of The Woke completely misunderstanding what it was all about. You can see interviews with Warren and he was a brave man. This was their way of standing up to racism. If you peel back the layers, it was absolute genius.

[@Freya262]

'The woke' did get it. It's the ones who didn't and agreed with the bigoted views that didn't and sadly there were many 🙄

[@maudeboggins9834]

If you enjoyed this please check out "The Offensive Translator" with Catherine Tate. That is hilarious.

[@angieflynn5354]

I wish these fun days where still here these words never ment any harm it was all good huma after a long days work no w when you get home all news is doom and gloom and all programs are totally depressing because know one is allowed to say anything anymore especially if it’s something funny

[@KaiserMoC]

British humour is the best

[@MrMarcusWWW]

And by the way it’s a sitcom comedy. You FEEL offended doesn’t make the programme offensive.

[@seanrobson1]

It was the norm in those days in the nation

[@patrickmcardle4771]

Not one English man.😂😂😂

[@ashprice5752]

Give love thy neighbour a look

[@bejfdhvla6773]

😮N. N😊

[@jonstarbird8484]

Comedy is comedy

[@paulbriody297]

Well done Greece!

[@CMc-v7z]

You weren't laughing at the "racism" but rather laughing at how ridiculous he was.

[@robellins3906]

It was never horrible racist words it was comedy

[@tdm-h7j]

Classic

[@edwardpearce9668]

In NZ I as a kid and my white family used to get all the BBC sitcoms and most were funny but this character and guests playing to him is irritating. Love thy Neighbour better although became boring after awhile and On the Buses (woke would say sexist) etc. My first taste of TV was visiting grandmas who had one and peeking through my fingers from around from the back of the sofa when Callan came on (the swinging lightbulb) For some reason I thought it scary (i must have been 6). American sitcom and police and western drama increased in the 70s. I was allowed to stay up when High Chaparral came on, at the time we believed this stuff was great and got cowboy and Indian costumes ( I remember my mum embroidering a light weight sack cloth for my sisters Indian costume and my best every present what I thought to be a realistic size silver and pearl shell colt cap gun (apparently now all racist because unrealistic.) We loved watching "Good Times" when it came on. Same thing just the other way around and J.J. was awesome. We weren't entitled lived in multicultural society but both my parents worked for what they gave us and my alcoholic father quit drinking many years earlier and struggled with it not just because of temptation but the social pressure at work etc. And yes there is the other side and regardless whether Maori or not alcohol in the culture destroys families. It is a big problem in NZ and Australia, also Ireland as well our ancestors. and many years later we get all the dirt what went on in these American programs behind the scenes. Everything in the US is a lie. This lie we are living right now. Halloween is now being practiced and promoted in Thailand not brought here by Britain but by the US. Christmas trees introduced a few years back. it is a cancer. Thailand traditionally Buddhist and Muslim buying into the western mainstream lie. Americans have been using TV as a weapon. Straight after illegally destroying Iraq they place TVs in every ones houses for free. To change the Iraqi with lies. The whole medium and how the programs are made uses lies to deceive the eye, to make something look credible then there are the verbal lies and the forced content. Sounds devilish to me.

[@markmewordz6860]

Everything is of its time. Chill peeps

[@newremote]

Your description is wrong. This is not “super racist” … it’s anti-racist. The bigoted character is the one who is made to look a fool.

[@bejfdhvla6773]

😅😊 3:43

[@TheCol1957]

It is not racist the point was that he was bigoted on everything