The Black & White Minstrel Show Christmas Special (20/12/75)

[@stephenlever419]

Wonderful voices

[@EadwinTomlinson]

You can't see the lip syncing then?

[@nickeden4418]

Watched it again this morning on a big TV. Some great numbers I thought. I loved the jump cuts (right name?) which I thought clever and added extra to the piece. Lenny Henry I thought was both clever and talented and did himself proud. He gave Mike Yarwood a run for his money.

[@tcac1687]

1975!

[@Lumibear.]

Lordy times change don’t they?

[@hatelovebowel4571]

i mean if some group mocks me like this for hundreds of years i'd be mad too...joyful show tho

[@adamdalziel]

Only watched the initial dance but didn't seem offensive to me

[@lib556]

OMG!

[@Rebel1972x]

Haha I love reading these comments. Bunch of sanctimonious cry babies.😂

[@maccagrabme]

Lenny Henry wasn't bothered as he was on the show promoting himself.

[@pleidiolwyfimwlad2104]

A great watch...proper entertainment

[@VandalStork]

Ironically, I love that this show existed. As an American I spent most of my life just assuming that the British were so classy, and that even at my best I was just a garish Yankee lout. Then I see this, and realize that Brits can suck too.😂

[@tullochgorum6323]

Even as a kid, watching in black and white (pun intended) in the 60s I found this show deeply disquietening. The fact that the BBC chose to run it right through till 1978 shows a level of crass insensitivity that's difficult to fathom. They prioritised ratings over integrity, as they did when they ignored Saville's appalling activities during the same period.

[@Dudders_32]

Plenty of brownie points there for you, I'm just surprised that you haven't mentioned the Larry Grayson joke you missed another point 😊

[@MasonBryant]

Oh the humanity! It's funny and taken in a completely different spirit. No point crying over it now 😂

[@maccagrabme]

I know plenty of black people who didn't have any problem with this at all, including myself a brown Brit. Its black and white. What's the problem you have with it?

[@mwhi475]

There is nothing disturbing at all about this refreshing show, wokey.

[@HULLGRAFFITI]

They should be ashamed of themselves ! Giblet gravy sounds disgusting

[@Aeonterbor]

This content is hosted here with an introduction for additional background details and to act as educational research content so the program can be judged in full with it's content in context. If you would like to learn more about the racial stereotypes this show was based on consider visiting the web page for "The Jim Crow Museum"' for a in depth exploration of the culture of the time and how it affected people's lives. jimcrowmuseum.ferris.edu/index.htm

[@Khayyam-vg9fw]

I'd prefer to enjoy the programme for what it is - a superb variety show with brilliantly staged musical numbers - than to apologise for its incompatibility with current racial politics.

[@Aeonterbor]

@@Khayyam-vg9fw It wasn't exactly compatible with the politics of it's own time either, people had been campaigning against this show since 1961!

[@grrfy]

@@Khayyam-vg9fw it was dogleg then ! Let alone now