Let's just face it. This is funny as hell. I'm black and shows like this and in sickness and health were family viewing in our house. People are too easily offended.

@SuperLeddie

5 жыл бұрын

any relation to john conteh, he has a brother named paul.

@degsbabe

5 жыл бұрын

Well said mate. Sort of comedy that helped to break down barriers. Unfortunately theres an extreme element that despises our social achievements and wants to rebuild the barriers. I'm sure you know who I'm talking about.

@freddiebozwell7049

5 жыл бұрын

its seen as racist,but it was taking the piss out of racists.

@loungejay8555

5 жыл бұрын

Well played sir.

@pacandvan4036

5 жыл бұрын

@@SuperLeddie 2nd cousin. Never met him though

I’m black British and this was my childhood. Laughed every episode

@mikydees91

4 жыл бұрын

Robert Few because it’s comedy , comedy now is shit , is there one comedian on mainstream tv that has a different view ? Dare question climate change or gender you will be blacklisted

@KRW1612

4 жыл бұрын

Robert, you can see the premise in this show. The white guy is initially racist, the black guy is justifiably aggrieved, and the ladies become good friends. Probably says more about men. although it was a long time ago.

@seanscanlon9067

3 жыл бұрын

@@mikydees91 I must admit I laugh whenever idiots like Donald Trump question climate change.

@jonmcay9659

3 жыл бұрын

@@seanscanlon9067 i bet you'll be laughing your ass off when you get scammed with all the extra taxes on a lot of things the climate has always changed throughout history they are using it as an excuse to fleece the People it used to be called global warming but that has been debunked

@seanscanlon9067

3 жыл бұрын

@@jonmcay9659 Not trying to be rude here but nonsense like that does not even warrant a proper reply. Once someone states that global warming has been debunked when it clearly has not, then they are too far gone to even bother to try to reason with them.

I'm half Jamaican and grew up on this show, Absolutely brilliant!

@neilhobson3624

3 жыл бұрын

Good on you mate. I never watched it though. It cuts close to the bone. Just a generation before me. They wouldn’t get away with it today and probably rightly so👍👍.

@markhutton6055

3 жыл бұрын

It shows up bigotry and shows how ridiculous it is.

@dannyswettenham1251

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely it's a joke ffs

@martinbennett9578

3 жыл бұрын

No such thing as racism then!!!

@pr-tj5by

3 жыл бұрын

@@martinbennett9578 It wouldn't work now but it was the top show 50 years ago

This guy totally gets it. And he is astute enough to describe it as an historical record, which it is. It doesn't need to be censored.

We watched every episode of this back in the 70's and loved it. Okay, I'm white but I loved the way this series highlighted the stupidity of racism in a way that was entertaining to everyone. Unfortunately, this series will never be shown on mainstream TV anymore, and would never be made in these days thanks to the snowflakes. Thank god we were able to make this back then, it stands up for racial equality far better than protests, pulling down statues and Black Lives Matter banners ever can.

@brianraymen3085

3 жыл бұрын

Quite agree i used to watch it myself with my mates in the pub we had a couple of black guys with us they were not offened they were just pissing them selfs we used to have a great crack with them but as you say a programme like this would never be made again its such a shame .

@duketranslucent3rd

3 жыл бұрын

The show may have highlighted the stupidity of racism, but that almost certainly wasn't its aim. It's quite clear that its premise, from which it hoped to derive its comedy, was "Look! there's a black guy next door!" Even the press reviewers of the day pointed this out. If it had been knowingly taking the piss out of racism (almost no shows did in those days), then its protagonist, Eddie Booth, would have got his comeuppance occasionally. As it was, he always prevailed; the implicit suggestion is that his views are OK. I don't think you have to be a "snowflake" (a term people of a certain age use to castigate people who stand for pretty much any moral cause) to find that a troubling concept.

@roslynaubrey7766

3 жыл бұрын

It’s satire. Wokists don’t understand satire.

@duketranslucent3rd

3 жыл бұрын

What on earth makes you think LTN is satire? What can you point to that would suggest this? Even the writers of it never used this defense. Defenses, such as they were, were more along the lines of, "oh, the times were different."

@roslynaubrey7766

3 жыл бұрын

@@duketranslucent3rd vegan piano guy, eh? I could quite accurately describe myself as a vegan piano woman. What’s there to defend?

The 2 wives just got on with it. The male actors were really good friends in real life.

@jerrysummers5971

2 жыл бұрын

Bill didn't go to Eddie funeral!🤔😢

@stewedfishproductions7959

2 жыл бұрын

@@jerrysummers5971 - So ? I didn't go to a funeral of a friend two weeks ago because of prior commitments - and I'm still thinking about not (sadly) having gone..! Rudolph Walker CBE is 82 and busy acting and doing charity work, so he may very well have had prior commitments too ? Also, Jack Smethurst's son (Adam) is married to Rakie Olufunmilayo Ayola and they have two daughters... - Just saying ! 😎😃

@jerrysummers5971

2 жыл бұрын

@@stewedfishproductions7959 And! must have been really important prior commitment not to go as you said regret it and will always nothing would have stopped me but that's me 😉.....

It’s sad that these shows have been axed, the irony is the joke was usually on the white man, I have a Jamaican mate, this show is huge in Jamaica

They are making fun of the white guys ignorance, he's the fool.

@chrisrogers8111

3 жыл бұрын

It's only Comedy

@chrisrogers8111

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidz2808 u R correct

@garyrichardson8934

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly - Eddie is the one who is always left with egg on his face.

@afreeman63

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly!

@roknroller6052

3 жыл бұрын

@Phil Pugh... Every race is ignorant of other races, it's a majority population based ignorance it's not a Western or white issue. But it's also making fun of leftist hypocrisy. The bourgeoisie liberals and fake socialist that don't practice what they preach... Bernie Sanders with his three homes and millions in the bank, talking about the evils of capitalism, and the evil billionaires. Haha.. Hollywood and politicians etc preaching environmental propaganda used to guilt trip people, over their cars or eating meat and then flying all over the world, with millions of times the impact...

Loved "Love Thy Neighbour", even as a child it was a lesson on not what to be, don't be an Eddie.

I worked in a factory when this became popular and a strange thing happened. Without any direct reference to this show different ethnic groups started to talk to each other. This was new. I had not seen any interaction other than just work stuff. This show and others in the same vein bravely held a mirror up to all our outdated empire based world views and made us better for it.

The show was supposed to be cringeworthy, it was written to show just how ridiculous racism was at that time, in the episodes that followed the wives were the level headed ones, the 2 guys were as bad as each other but more often than not the black guy got the upper hand, I believe the 2 actors that played the main characters were good friends in real life.

@stevel9914

3 жыл бұрын

well spotted but for the wrong reasons... it's the beginning of political correctness .. the stereotyping of working class white man. Whilst men existed like that .. so did women .. but where is she? Equally black guys were racist too... but where is he?

Alf Garnet was the real deal --a classic comedy series to make your toes curl up!!! all the best x

@whatshisname3304

5 жыл бұрын

i think the racists thought it condoned their bigotry, creating alf was ment to characterize the racist as a narrow minded old fart. it just seemed to allow the racist to have a fantasy type reality that supported their mindset .

@realdiamondshow

5 жыл бұрын

@@whatshisname3304 I think you don't understand this program at all. Of course people CAN take it however they chose...but every episode clearly illustrated how idiotic it is to be racist.

@kidcreole9421

5 жыл бұрын

WilfChadwick I’m not white and i don’t think Tommy Robinson is racist!

@bagpussunleashed9908

5 жыл бұрын

@@jackspencer8680. you may have missed the point.

@jackspencer8680

5 жыл бұрын

Bagpuss Unleashed I liked bagpuss though

Programs like this really helped race relations back in the 70's. They took all the bigoted racist views and put them in to one character it really showed everyone just how stupid these views were.

Never judge a person by the colour of their skin, judge them by their character.

@peteringlis1800

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly

I think its good that this show was straight forward, it helped to educate and dissolve ignorance in a comedic way.

It was a interesting show. Its that fine line between what seems to be racist but is in fact trying to make a fool of the troll. Shows how foolish a person can be for hating a different nation or colour etc.

I urge you to watch the whole series. The two men begin to get along together and become drinking buddies at the local pub.

A few of the British viewers may not be aware that Rudolph Walker (the black man) now plays Patrick Trueman in Eastenders

@Mania28

5 жыл бұрын

The Green Knight learn something new everyday

@michael10662

5 жыл бұрын

And in the Thin Blue Line

@Whiteshirtloosetie

5 жыл бұрын

Also the 90's comedy series The Thin Blue line. :)

@andrewjoyner4133

5 жыл бұрын

I heard him say that as long as he could give as good as he got he didn't mind doing the show.

@darkwarrior6465

5 жыл бұрын

I knew i heard that guys voice before but couldnt think where, now i do.........thanks for that

The two actors were best mates in real life , Speaks volumes ❤️

@ianz9916

3 жыл бұрын

In the Man About The House film there is a scene where Roper goes into the Thames TV studios and sees Jack Smethurst and Rudolph Walker in the bar. Roper insults Rudolph Walker and Jack Smethurst tells him to stop abusing his friend. Roper says You do it on the show, what's the difference? and Rudolph Walker says He gets paid to do it.

This I think is the unaired pilot. The first episode that was actually transmitted has a reworked script as the pilot, but with better dialogue - and it includes Eddie Booth's reaction to learning his new neighbour is black!

If you watch the whole series, it ends up the 2 guys become the best of friends which is great and a mesage i think the producers of the series were trying to portray! but some instant snowflakes at the time jumped upon and tried to derail!

@MrDaiseymay

4 жыл бұрын

yep---they were the racists , and idiots.

The actor is from Manchester and so he has a Mancunian accent.

@HighHoeKermit

5 жыл бұрын

Albeit a very 70s Mancunian accent. Nothing like Oasis. Haha

Your laughter was contagious, especially when the furniture remover had his handshaken. I couldn't stop giggling

There is a moral to the story and it is that they actually become best friends despite their differences. It really was pioneering for its day in the U.K.

Would love to hear your comments on the British TV show "Mind Your Language."

In later episodes they stick up for each other, it's really great. There's one where they get kicked out of a restaurant when they are both sticking up for each other against a racist 'crummy old tory' type. The story arc is that politically & racially they both become more understanding

UK here. Great that you guys discuss things on your videos. Great to have you here in the UK analysing our culture.

Just wanted to say bless you and your lovely family 💝

My wife is American, so I have done this on occasion comparing and watching etc.. You could try our 'Steptoe and Son', this is where you adapted 'Sanford and Son'. Also 'Man about the house' was the blueprint for your 'Three's company' (Complete with the Ropers downstairs, who also had a spin off series called 'George & Mildred') Anyway, I like your family and enjoy watching your reactions. Al.

@bagpussunleashed9908

5 жыл бұрын

let's not forget alf garnet in "til death do us part'....the original archie bunker

I was very interested to see what your reaction to this series would be as a reflection on that part of our history. I grew up in one of the less affluent areas of Leeds when this was being shown, but even as a kid I found it silly to say the least. Keep up the great work you guys, love the vids.

Give The Good Life a try. Think you should like it. It's a sitcom from the 70s about self sufficiency in the suburbs. Very funny

@jagdpanther1944

5 жыл бұрын

I always say, "The Good Life" is one of the cleverest and funniest sitcoms ever made. I can watch each episode a 1000 times, and still find something funny or clever in it. The only criticism I ever have with Good Life is the final episode....they could have done it differently. But how can anyone not laugh at the line: Margo: "I want to build a little arbor" Tom: "For boats?"

@barryfullick7981

4 жыл бұрын

@@jagdpanther1944 Margot and Jerry trawling their address book for an entertaining couple to invite round for the evening. After several no-goes Jerry suggests a couple they know, and in a voice of panic, alarm, and shock horror, Margot exclaims, "But Jerry !, they're SOCIALISTS! , a priceless moment delivered to perfection with precisely the proper amount of horrified disdain with Penelope Keith's perfect diction and timing. Bless her, a class act right out of the top draw, a comedic genius, she could do pathos, compassion, coquettishness, devastatingly cutting sarcasm with equal facility and was, by a magic denied to lesser actors, able to imbue all of those with hilarious comedy, which would have fallen flat, had her lines been delivered by anyone else. Penelope Keith and the scripts were a perfect match. The casting director(s) of that show could not have done a better job in a million years.

Hi Lillian and Felipe, A flashback to my childhood here, the series ran for 4 years and it is surprising that KZread haven't censored it, thanks for the memories ..

I remember my mum and dad laughing at this when I was young. They took me to the pictures to see the film version of it. We lived in Bradford and it was already happening to us with Pakistanis.

@martinkulkarni3569

3 жыл бұрын

‘It was already happening to us with Pakistanis’? What does that mean?

@iriscollins7583

2 жыл бұрын

One of the first Pakistan person I met was a DJ at a dance that I went to, he called himself The Wakki Pakki. I bet he did good.

PLEASE TRY 1970S TV SERIES [RISING DAMP]

@ronaldobrien6870

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, its main character Rigsby was something of a racist and homophobe etc but the show was parodying him for his old fashioned and conservative views, rather than laughing with him. He was a likeable character though and definitely not as racist as the guy in the clip above

@davidbailey6563

5 жыл бұрын

That's a good one - well acted too. Leonard Rossiter was a star.

@BlueShadow777

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Yes, “The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin” was excellent. The only trouble (although each episode is good as stand-alone) is that it’s really better to see the whole series to get a better understanding of the running story.

@calicokittenproductions591

5 жыл бұрын

@@BlueShadow777 No, mind your language cllassic

@BlueShadow777

5 жыл бұрын

calico kitten productions ??? “No” to what???

This show was from an era where we still left our doors unlocked during the day, those days are well and truly over now and I miss them.

Love the way you put your hands over your mouths when laughing

Loved this as a young kid on the 70s

One foot in the grave was my favourite, highly recommended

@follyfour506

3 жыл бұрын

Watched the one last where they came home and their house had burnt down . It was funny and sad at the same time .

I love how you understand that this was the norm in that period of time , obviously in real life the interaction between the two wouldn't have been comical , but in comedy can see the problems with racism without it being so controversial. This is why its hard for todays generation to understand people in there 70s and 80s that inevitably say certain words and phrases and get torn to shreds by a younger generation that hasnt lived through this , and not saying it was ok then to act like that but it was society then . Glad to see it didnt shock you as much as it would others as you are a very level headed couple . Oh and by the way the black guy in it is still on tv now he plays in eastenders as patrick trueman

Just classic comedy takes me back to the good old days

This was a very popular and well loved program and good family entertainment. It showed just how ridiculous the male white character was (Eddie, played by Jack Smethhurst) was. Even his on screen friends made fun of him. The show wasn’t racist, it just made fun of those that were. Making fun of and ridiculing their argument and attitudes. I challenge everyone to watch this today, it would do us all good to see how ridiculous the arguments were (and are) about racism. We should be ashamed of ourselves if we are offended by programs such as this. You can’t even sneeze today without being called a racist. Common sense has been lost. Racism does exist, and it works both ways. I have seen and witnessed that, and it should indeed be frowned upon. This program and its scripting was many times milder than the majority of stand up comedian’s repertoires of today, and the innocent and extremely funny content of it should be seen and appreciated. I say bring it back so we can all see how ridiculous we are now.

At a time of racial confrontations; after the first big waves of non-european immigration into the UK, this show was trying to make a point. A positive point. Yes, the language is shocking to modern ears - but it's simply the reality of that time; censoring that would be to make this inaccurate. But with that backdrop of genuine racial tensions and genuine racism, this show tried to point out both the silliness of racist thinking and the fundamental similarities of family life, regardless of race. The joke was always at the expense of the bigoted character....which is why I think this was a really positive force in the effort to improve race relations in the 70s. I don't think it should be a surprise to anyone who knows even a little about the social politics of the era, that this was loved by many black families and white families alike.

One British comedy routine that never fails to make me cry with laughing is Peter Kay’s “misheard lyrics”. If you haven’t seen it you definitely should, but like the other videos of yours which I’ve seen so far, these comedy acts were always much funnier to an audience already familiar with the performers, than to somebody seeing them for the first time. Another utterly brilliant pair were the Two Ronnies (Ronnie Corbett and Ronnie Barker). Some of their sketches were legendary.

Love this show, Eddie gets as good if not more than he deserves!

You should try watching "The fall and rise of Reginald Perrin", it is brilliant 70's comedy about a man loosing his mind due to the monotonous daily routine of life.

@rowdyyates4273

5 жыл бұрын

Indeed that applies to 90% of todays workers!!!

@leehallam9365

5 жыл бұрын

Yes a wonderful comedy about a midlife crisis.

@Jade-jg8hc

5 жыл бұрын

Loved reggi Perrin. It is a bitter sweet comedy.

@danw1374

3 жыл бұрын

Reginald Perrin was a brilliant 70s comedy, loved Leonard Rossiter. I wish they would show them more often on TV.

As someone else has said on here, 'Rising Damp' is a very good series, you may want to give that one a try sometime. It's a 70's sitcom set in a boarding house with a landlord called Rigsby.

There is a feature length film of "Love Thy Neighbour" also, where Eddie's mother and Bill's father become very friendly together.

The show makes the two of them realize they are both equal you need to watch to under stand

This is my first time seeing this, and I thought it was damn hilarious.

Nina Baden Semper was so hot in this

In the series the wife was played by a different actress, and there were additional characters at the working men's club (Jacko, Arthur and Nobby)

I watched this in the 70's when my school was about 5% people of asian and colour. I revisited the same school a few years ago, pictures on the wall of students 90% asian.

@pavitashergill8308

3 жыл бұрын

What school was that mate??

@flybobbie1449

3 жыл бұрын

@@pavitashergill8308 Near Pleck, Walsall.

@pavitashergill8308

3 жыл бұрын

@@flybobbie1449. I'm from West brom mate and I know the feeling. The whole of the midlands as changed from the 70s when I moved there. Good luck and keep safe mate.

@martinkulkarni3569

3 жыл бұрын

And your point is what? Less bad language, less getting drunk all week, actually work for a living, respect their parents and elders. Is that what you mean?

Wow this brought back old memories of my childhood. Believe when i say this Black West Indians loved this show and another show called Till Death Do Us Part with the Alf Garnet character. My West Indian grandfather used to cry with laughter watching these old comedies.

@stephenowens3687

4 жыл бұрын

My mum is black and my dad was white, and they would sit on the sofa and laugh there heads of to this show together in the 70,s! also good to know that the middle class liberals were the rascists back then, as they still are today! Lol!

I remember watching this when I was 8. I can't believe some of the words used. Some of it was funny, some of it a bit cringy. I can't remember Eddie being such a chain smoker.

@GEOFF0906

3 жыл бұрын

This is the pilot; I don't think he chainsmoked in the subsequent series.

Most definitely a show of its time. Another suggestion to watch would be Steptoe & Son (the episodes in colour). They are considered classics, and were remade in The States as Sandford & Son. Very funny, very well acted.

Being the pilot episode one person was changed they got another actress (Kate Williams) to play Joan booth Eddie's wife Plus there's a film version to concide with the tv show The actor who plays bill (the black neighbour) is currently in the British soap opera EastEnders as Patrick trueman

It's great to see that you've got the idea of the show right from the start, to depict the racist as a fool. This show was anti racist, and did so much to educate white people in Britain about why their attitude to black people back then was so wrong. Unfortunately, we now live in a Politically Correct society which don't have the intelligence to understand that Love Thy Neighbour was so important in breaking down the racist attitudes of Britain. It hasn't been repeated on British tv for decades, despite being a perfect tool to educate the right wing.

Review father Ted? It's irish but a big hit in the UK

@mrbrown2186

5 жыл бұрын

Actually although it is set in Ireland, it was filmed/produced in both Ireland and the UK and was technically a UK owned production (UK commissioned, UK financed, made for channel 4 etc) but at the end of the day it's the setting that makes the show, I don't care if aliens had produced and commissioned it, as long as we got the same end product set on Craggy Island. In my opinion, Father Ted is definately in the top 5 comedy shows in existence, just behind Only fools and Still Game.

@mrbrown2186

5 жыл бұрын

xxxxxxxxxxxxxx5 not saying it isn't Irish but if it hadn't been for who commissioned it, it wouldn't exist now because the sad truth is NO Irish production companies and TV studios wanted to make it incase of religious backlash or were afraid of being accused of promoting an old fashioned out of date Irish stereotype (which wasn't what the show was about anyway) it got turned down by every TV company going until Chris Morris recommended it to bosses at channel 4 and they snapped it up. They placed no restrictions on Arthur Mathews & Graham Linehan's writing, giving them free reign to create one of the best series ever made. Unfortunately the TV studios in London where the internal parts of the show were recorded are permanently closed, but most if not all of the outdoor locations still exist and can be visited to this day. I still think if it wasn't for the death of Dermot Morgan the show might have gone on to do a good few more series. It's an amazing show that no fault can be found with it.

@stephenroney6490

5 жыл бұрын

@@mrbrown2186 Hello Mr Brown. How's Mrs Brown? Couldn't help that. Another Co production, this time between BBC Scotland and RTE.

@RicTic66

5 жыл бұрын

@@mrbrown2186 And it was hated by a lot of Irish people.

@mrbrown2186

5 жыл бұрын

@@RicTic66 it was also loved by a lot of Irish people too. Every TV show and movie has its fans and it's critics. That's how it goes.

The black guy is now in a soap opera "Eastenders"..... his character is called patrick trueman and the woman who played his wife in love thy neighbour was also in Eastenders.. :) they aire it on the BBC.... :)

They had a different actress as Joan and a different street of houses (terraced-more working class) in the actual series also neither husband owned a car till partway through the series (and both lost their cars in the same episode where they bought them).

This is the pilot episode. The real series featured a different actress as Eddie's wife.

@troyagane8220

3 жыл бұрын

kate williams

It was a big hit in Jamaica. The beauty of the programme is that Jack always lost and Bill always won.. and that is how it should be.

Hilarious oldies but goldies Alf Garnett was another classic.

perhaps you could watch Steptoe and son (the inspiration for Sanford and son) or till death us do part ( the inspiration for all in the family).the character Archie bunker was based on Alf Garnett a reactionary bigot who like Eddie booth from love thy neighbour was meant to prove the bigot always is wrong in the end. Rudolph walkers role in this series was the first time a black person was on equal billing and pay as jack smethurst.

Another show to watch would be "Mind Your Language".

@renoverrin9624

4 жыл бұрын

watched the entire of that !

@danw1374

2 жыл бұрын

Yes mind your language was hilarious 😂

the black guy always came out on top and it always showed the white guy as the fool . and it was all said in fun the black couple were the best looking and had more class . and in real life they were all friends having a great time and earning a load of money and fame . and we all knew it was said in fun . it went both ways and that's what missing now in the UK , a seance of humor . you were both giggling at the jokes

@johnhannaway9445

5 жыл бұрын

Totally agree - the PC brigade have killed off humour and a seance is the only way to bring it back !!!

@OldFellaDave

3 жыл бұрын

actually, Bill would come off second best at times during the show, especially when Bill and Eddy would run up against their wives. The show was never just about Bill v Eddy ;)

Brilliant back in the day funny 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍👏👏👏

If you can find it, try the Spike Milligan show 'Curry and Chips'.

Have a look at 'The Brittas Empire' , I'd love to see your review of this classic British sitcom.

@tardeliesmagic

5 жыл бұрын

Used to watch it all the time....funny as f*ck back in the day.

@Charlieb82

5 жыл бұрын

Brittas Empire was "eeeeexcellent"

@reactions5783

5 жыл бұрын

It wasn't as good as Chris Barrie's other comedy "Red Dwarf" though.

@markp1081

5 жыл бұрын

Classic British sitcom?

Have a look at , "Thin Blue Line" with Rowan Atkinson, hilarious.!!!

The first episode of the actual series ends with the threat to cook Eddie.

The friendship between Eddie and bill is heartwarming

The Young Ones and Bottom would be great for reaction videos too.

What a beautiful couple.

This is funny AF.! If people think mocking racism is racist then they are stupid.

15:17 Eddie: Shake shake shake, 15:23 Barbie:Wipe wipe wipe.

Absolutely love your reaction videos. Would like to suggest some for you to try: On the Buses One Foot in the Grave Only When I Laugh Open All Hours Porridge Steptoe & Son

@ciaobella8963

5 жыл бұрын

I love "One Foot in the Grave" it's really funny.

@lorrainecotton5414

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely

@lorrainecotton5414

Жыл бұрын

I also recommend Mixed Blessings. A 70s sitcom about an interacial couple, recently secretly married, and of their family's reaction.

@lorrainecotton5414

Жыл бұрын

I also recommend: Robin's Nest. Man about the House. George and Mildred. Fawlty Towers. Mind Your Language. Please Sir! Doctor in the House. Open All Hours. Sorry. Bread. Butterflies. The Liver Birds. 'Til Death Us Do Part. Three Up Two Down. In Sickness and in Health. Desmond's. Just Good Friends. Duty Free. Trouble and Strife. The Rag Trade. No Place Like Home. Father Ted. The Upper Hand. Tandoori Nights. No Problem. Dream Stuffing. Ever Decreasing Circles. Dear John. The Likely Lads. From May to December. As Time Goes By. Auf Weidersen Pet (nor sure if I got the spelling right).

I feel like you definitely have to watch more, as this episode was just setting up the premise. In future episodes you see they're all as bad as each other the whole point is to show how ridiculous prejudice is. It does a great job

I'm too young to remember this. I only have an extremely time-distorted memory of it as I was only about five years old when this was running and I hadn't seen it since.

Love this brilliant 👏back in the day 😀

The Nazis weren't socialist. I mean, maybe I'm just being triggered because I'm a socialist, but in actuality the Nazis weren't socialists anymore than the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea is a democracy. They co-opted socialist language and rhetoric to capitalize on its popularity and undermine their rivals, but once they achieved power they condemned socialists to the concentration camps, outlawed strikes and unions, and preserved private ownership of the means of production. The Nazis wanted to create a totalitarian, militaristic one-party state built on racial supremacy, not the egalitarian worker-run state envisioned by socialists, they couldn't be more different from each other.

@ThePostmodernFamily

5 жыл бұрын

Communism and Fascism were cognate--creatures of the the same basic principle--absolute state control for the benefit of some supposed victim group; in one the "working class", in another, the supposed "pure German." What is socialism? It's a victim-peddling mentality the justifies its means by its ends. German vs. Russia was a family dispute within the broad framework of socialist ideology.

@Fangtorn

5 жыл бұрын

@@ThePostmodernFamily Thank you for your response, but no, socialism and communism aren't even the same thing, let alone communism and fascism. Both socialism and communism promote equality and the elimination of social classes, while fascism promotes racial purity and a class system ruled by an elite minority and typically a dictator. While Stalin was obviously a dictator this contradicts communism, while dictatorship is a core component of fascism. This link covers many of the differences: www.diffen.com/difference/Communism_vs_Fascism

@Ynysmydwr

5 жыл бұрын

@@ThePostmodernFamily >> What is socialism? It's a victim-peddling mentality the justifies its means by its ends.

@LewesMint

5 жыл бұрын

@@ThePostmodernFamily "Communism and Fascism were cognate--creatures of the the same basic principle--absolute state control for the benefit of some supposed victim group; " Wow, you've made up your own definition of to encompass your understanding of extreme ideological popularism - called it Socialism in order to label fascism and socialism as branches of Socialism. Very odd. You only have to look at what was actually going on in Germany and around the world at the time and what terms people were using and how neo-Nazis view themselves. They certainly don't think of themselves as socialists. Have a look at this video of when there was a Nazi Rally in Madison Square Garden, kzread.info/dash/bejne/YpuJm9GpYZnYmrQ.html

@westernpatriot2500

5 жыл бұрын

The Nazis were in many ways socialists especially compared to the UK and USA. They were for nationalizing industries and increased government control of the economy. The reason they were against the communist socialists is because they wanted to unite the working classes across the world and have a one world socialist government where all cultures and national identities were destroyed. Whereas the Nazis wanted a socialism based on ethnicity and national identity. Hence the term National Socialism.

My favourite program as a kid. Makes me cringe watching it back now. They both give as good as each other as the episodes and the series moves on it really gets more outrageous and funnier. Try to find the episode where Bill and his mates in work scare Eddie and put him in a big cooking pot.. The program is so funny but just so politically incorrect. It was meant to be ironic and poke fun at racism, which I believe it did It actully did great things to break down some ratial stereotypes at the time as in a funny way as it delibrately poked fun at them. It wasusually Bill that got the last laugh on Eddy. Another series that could never be shown again would be "til death do us part" again was portrayed as supposidly helping to challenge racism it got a lot of stick from anti racists.

@markborder906

5 жыл бұрын

Paul K I don’t think “till death” would work today. Part of its power was Alf Garnett’s language. Today it would be too mild to shock.

@grahamd1318

5 жыл бұрын

Exaclty. And how many of us teenagers didn't fancy Nina Baden Powell? what horrible racists we were.

@cloudfactory2000

5 жыл бұрын

The cooking pot incident actually happened in the film.

@markkram849

5 жыл бұрын

@Paul K Til Death Us Do Part is still regularly repeated on BBC2 and still holds up well. Love Thy Neighbour has dated badly and appears crude now. Mind you, many popular comedies from the 70s find themselves in the same boat. Great comedy like great music doesn't date and TDUDP is one of the best.

Love these reaction clips.

This was the pilot, with the first Joan - not the one who took the role in the series. Interesting to see this again!

They don’t make comedy like they used to. They can’t with the likes of this though. It’s not a racist comedy, it’s a comedy poking fun at racism and the stupidity of it all.

Could you please react to "mind your language" the first episode.

This is your best reaction yet, mostly because you reacted to episode one of this series, thus absorbing the context from the very beginning. I really think you should go back and react to episode one, series one of the previous shows like Red Dwarf... Blackadder(series 4 though, its the best series)

Love your family and blog by the way xxx

One of your best videos

@tardeliesmagic

5 жыл бұрын

Think they'll enjoy Porridge,starring Ronnie Barker.It's a classic!

@woody816

5 жыл бұрын

FLETCHER

I'm white and as a young lad when I started work in the 60's I ran up against people like Eddie . It was my first introduction to racism which I didn't understand but I hated it , and still do

@franminky7763

3 жыл бұрын

I know , I hate socialists too

I think the thing that people miss in this kind of tv show is that it shows racism and stereotyping goes both ways. Obviously socialism and racism is an oxymoron but I think today’s pc culture would be too preoccupied with the overt racism rather than the message it actually intends. And I think too many people are constantly worried about feelings and being offended rather than there being more important things in the world. Thanks for the upload guys.

Till Death Us Do Part would be my recommendation (the Alf Garnett character mentioned below was the main character in this). It ran at the same time as LTN, but was recorded just a few days ahead of transmission, so that real-world events could be included in the script and satirised (often scripts would be based on real-world events, too, which had happened in the week before transmission).

That is balanced with Alf Garnett in Till Death do us Part who was Conservative. The success of that program then went to the USA which became All in the Family. The point of programs like these was to openly take issues head on and show up human stupidity. If they were uncomfortable to watch then good because that was the whole point because it raised issues that could be openly debated. The thing is programs like these actually worked in greatly reducing bigotry. Unfortunately we now live in a modern brain dead World where say a wrong word the World goes into total meltdown. Also a lot of modern TV is no longer balanced but extremely left wing and they dictate they know more about equality, even though they wouldn't understand equality if it got up and bit them. If there was a program to deal with modern day issues like there is today, it couldn't be made. If anything even if they did rather than resolve issues you could guarantee they'd make matters worse, or create issues that didn't exist.

The humour is this show might be distasteful, However it is a great historical reference to how cultural attitudes and opinions have changed from the 60s to today.

@jasbindersingh2441

5 жыл бұрын

"Distasteful" to who???????

@tonymmorg

5 жыл бұрын

Yep and the Race Relations Board was a real government agency. Most non whites who entered Britain came from Commonwealth countries that where ruled by Britain, a remnant of the British Empire, which gave them the legal right to be a Citizen. They, to this day, have the Commonwealth games even though they have become independent of British rule with the Queen as their head of state.

Great program loved it made me laugh I was bought up to love everyone no matter what colour creed religion love and peace

I must say I had forgot at what could be said back then, but its very very funny.

I think what made this broadcastable, even at the time as it was controversial even then like Til Death Us Do Part was, was that it was made to show how stupid the bigots were. You ended up laughing AT them instead of WITH them, or most people did anyway. Warren Mitchell, who played Alf Garnett in Til Death Us Do Part and In Sickness and In Health, always said that was the idea. Maybe without programmes like this people wouldn't have seen how the ignorant and bigoted people were just stupid and backward looking. Are there still people like this? Yes of course there is but instead of having shows like this and showing how out of touch they are we prefer to bury our heads in the sand and think they will go away. That to me is a more dangerous attitude than showing what they really are and battling against them.

All the best sitcoms were from the 70s, early 80s Rubbish now.....

They develop into really good friends which is the whole premise of the show. Start off being ignorant and racist and once you get to know someone and "share the same space" for a while, you realize we're all the same under the skin. Looking back to the 60's, 70's, 80's and even 90's TV, you would never get away with it. Not necessarily because of the language because it is what it is. The UK had a huge influx of blacks in the 50's and 60's (mainly England and Wales) and there was a genuine fear of the unknown. A famous politician (Enoch Powell) even made a speech proclaiming there would be "rivers of blood in the streets", so this was the perception at the time. I was born in Scotland, early 60's and I was 6 before I saw a black man and even now, there are very few blacks. Scotland has a lot of Indian, Pakistani and Chinese communities and are the better for it. I believe that there's very little racism in the UK (although of course there will always be bigots) but endemic racism is long gone. We tend to have more division between Catholics and Protestants than we do with racial tensions. Personally I couldn't give a stuff what race, creed, colour or religion you are. We're all here together and we need to live together and get on with life. Anyway, I'm a new subscriber. Love the videos. I've lived and worked in the US (Houston) so I've seen it the other way around, so your videos are a very interesting view of what you actually think of us here. Keep up the good work.

@MazzaEliLi7406

15 күн бұрын

Yup. Brothers & sisters under the sun. Cheers.

Love the embarresed laughs, the type of laugh that says, we shouldn't be laughing at this but it's funny.