I always thought the Simpsons was a, you know, comedy show, which rather gently and charmingly mocked many apsects of mainstream US culture.
I was wrong, apparently. :rolleyes:
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I always thought the Simpsons was a, you know, comedy show, which rather gently and charmingly mocked many apsects of mainstream US culture.
I was wrong, apparently. :rolleyes:
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.
Only Fools and Horses included several used othe word [insert racist term for asians] in referring the owner of the loca corner shop.
These are now erased from versions they show on telly, so the scene just jumps to a random sentence or laughter. This would make an episode of It Ain't Half Hot Mum around 30 seconds long, with no intro music
:nod: This is correct.
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To be honest, though, I wouldn't eat a brown ricicle. I'd assume it was defective or that a rogue Coco Pop had snuck into the packet in search of all the white ricicle women.
I only found out a few years ago this was the Indian fella from Short Circuit :curry: (turns out Awimb is at it too with the smilies.
http://movie.info/actor/Fisher_Stevens_3.jpg
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The smilie had a pointed hat and two front teeth
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.
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The only time I heard the word pop was in The Dandy
Normal people called them Fizzy Drinks
What was that one called ?
I was unsure but research shows it to be Mind Your Language.
Fast forward to 9 minutes.
https://vimeo.com/142272792
You are early
No I am Ali
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Fast forward to 28:40
I used to love the French bit
She made my tummy go all funny