or was Peter Kay homophobic on Strictly?

[ThisPasadenaHomemaker]

His bit with Rinder made me cringe so hard.

That kind of 'humour' based on the idea that gay men are predatory sex pests belongs in the 70's with Alf Garnett type sitcoms rather than 2016 doesn't it? Felt dated, lazy and really awkward.

Not that I expect Peter Kay to be at the cutting edge of comedy of course but still.

Just me?

Drama

We should have a Frankie Boyle thread for an encore.

Incidentally, Robert Rinder could hardly have used his legendary wit to demolish Peter Kay on life television because, well, it was live television

He didn't mind being rude to Gethin on ITT

I'd be into a Frankie Boyle thread massively!

I have no extensive dealings with Judge Rinder but I realised he wasn't a real judge - the clue being that anyone with an important judicial career wouldn't appear on reality TV.

That doesn't make it okay for Peter Kay to make crappy 'mind your backs, lads' jokes.

Everyone knows that straight men can't be trusted around young women or girls. It's not their fault. Just their urges.

That would make a funny joke on TV, wouldn't it?

TaraCarter
Oh jaysus if they get all offended over Peter kay can you imagine the pearl clutching that would be done over Frankie Boyle? MN might implode 😂

Frankie Boyle? The one who makes oh so funny jokes about members of his audience with disabilities? That Frankie Boyle?

MN didn't explode before when we discussed FB's Tramadol Nights, so I don't see it exploding now.

Yeah, that FB. Just hilarious and earnest. A bit too strong for the pastel tastes of many MNers.

can you imagine the pearl clutching that would be done over Frankie Boyle? MN might implode

Because Frankie Boyle has never been mentioned in MN before.

Lweji

I've never seen one, though I haven't been here that long. But seeing the reaction to a PK joke I doubt FB is welcomed lol

Pan, the amount of times I have seen you take other MNers' jokes literally leads me to feel you are not best placed to mock their tastes in humour.

FB is on a level with a 90s teenager sticking a Trainspotting poster in his room to shock his parents.

Amalfimamma

Do you really think that, after all these years of MN, there never was any mention of FB anywhere in MN, or a discussion about his jokes?

I mentioned upthread that I know Frankie irl, and he's actually a very nice person, (that doesn't mean I find him funny though) ... so no comment

I can't believe Judge Rinder isn't a real judge!!

Tara - maybe true, so I'll demure on that one - your probs right.

P.S. Anyone else been to a Tiff Stevenson show? I thought she was rather good.

Lweji

What's annoyed you today? I made a comment based on the pearl clutching at Peter kay. no need to get yer knickers in a twist

I'm not annoyed at all.
Why would you think I'm annoyed? That in itself is quite funny.

Just amused that anyone would think a Frankie Boyle discussion would make MN implode, or that he had never been discussed on MN.

BTW, 23 threads just with his name on the title:
www.mumsnet.com/SearchArch?mustmatch=frankie+boyle&dontmatch=&nickname=&src_displ_option=s_t_d_t&fromDate=&toDate=&topicmode=All&availtops=-1

Just for you, though. It looks like you need it.

Ironed this morning Lweji but thanks for the thought

amused someone gets their knickers in a twist for anow off the cuff comment about the lack of some posters sense of humour

You are the one who seems to have missed my joke, though.

Why are you so upset?

Sheesh this got nasty.

We laughed at PK. But we are old.

I worry for the future.

if judge R isnt a judge what is he? just a passerby?