Apu off the Simpsons is racist, apparently.

[Luis Anaconda]

They're Grrrrrrrrrreat!

Probably the last time I had any energy in the morning

[Ash]

To be honest, I'm simply amazed it's taken America this long to work out that the Apu stereotype is a touch problematic.

No British programme with a character like that would have been commissioned in the last 35 years. Look at poor old 'It ain't half hot, mum'. Apu got a pass on British telly purely because the people writing and voicing the character were American rather than British.

Congratulation! You are the first poster on AWIMB I have seen using the word 'problematic' in this context.

Normally I expect to see it on a site I occasionally frequent with a predominantly left-liberal North American population.

[Viva Prat Vegas]

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:Chinky:
:china:
:chinese:

The smilie had a pointed hat and two front teeth

[Burney]

Probably the last time I had any energy in the morning

It's the ubiquity of orange squash as sugar delivery system that I most associate with the late 70s and early 80s. I just seem to remember it being what we drank all the fvcking time. Do kids even drink it anymore? They just seem to have cans of pop these days.

[Burney]

:chink:
:Chinky:
:china:
:chinese:

The smilie had a pointed hat and two front teeth

I knew I hadn't imagined it in some fevered, racist dream!

I bet Headgear took it down, the big lefty.

[Viva Prat Vegas]

The only time I heard the word pop was in The Dandy
Normal people called them Fizzy Drinks

[SWv2]

No British programme with a character like that would have been commissioned in the last 35 years. Look at poor old 'It ain't half hot, mum'. Apu got a pass on British telly purely because the people writing and voicing the character were American rather than British.

The "best" one was the classroom based comedy where the entire programme was based around laughing at Johnny Foreigner and his/her attempts to learn the language.

[Viva Prat Vegas]

What was that one called ?

[SWv2]

What was that one called ?

I was unsure but research shows it to be Mind Your Language.

Fast forward to 9 minutes.

[Viva Prat Vegas]

You are early
No I am Ali



Fast forward to 28:40
I used to love the French bit
She made my tummy go all funny