to think Little Britain wouldn't be allowed today

[Tobythecat]

Just came across some old Little Britain clips on Youtube. I'm really shocked! The amount of racism, disablist and sexist stuff. It was only back in 2007 I think that the filming ended so it wasn't that long ago at all! There is no way this would be allowed on tv now, surely?!

Come fly with me is worse (but still makes me chuckle)

Quite honestly it was never funny. People that quote it are always a type

Keeping a baby in a drawer at work was funny though...

Little Britain was late 90s / early 00s wasnt it? Not 2007.

Like lots of things it's aged. Some bits are funny, some not.

I don't think you'd get away with lots of comedies from the 90s / 00s now.

There are quite a few things that I don’t think would be on tv now from not that long ago... The Office springs to mind

I was repulsed by it when it first came out. Definitely wasn't the only one either.

Considering it's not even that old it has dated

I think Matt Lucas himself has said there's stuff in Little Britain he now regrets

Isn’t that the britas empire windydays?

I often think the same about LB. 2007 must’ve been the very end of acceptance of that sort of thing

Windyday, that was Brittas Empire- it was good, and probably mainly still acceptable.

Little Britain was horrible then and still is now.

Although there was some prescient stuff in there.

And they were evenhandedly offensive, I suppose...

I LOVE little Britain and I am not racist, or sexist or disablist. I don't care if that makes me a 'type' fwiw I'm early 30's

I watched it again recently and it really wouldn’t be allowed now but it really makes me laugh

Wonder what we're doing /saying/watching /laughing at nowadays that will be deemed unacceptable in the future...

Little Britain was awful then and awful now..

Weirdly the IT Crowd seems quite dated now - but still very funny..

LB wasn’t my cup of tea back in the day. Not for the “racism”, “disablism” etc, just not my sense of humour

Come fly with me was very funny.
LB was a bit hit & miss.

Come Fly with Me had zero funny sketches. They were trying so hard to be un-PC that they forgot to include any actual jokes.

For some reason I blame David Williams for it being shit more than Matt Lucas. I can’t even stand his kids books. My DD brought the Worlds Worst Children and the only Asian character was called Chris Wong who was never wrong and of course he had to be a maths genius weirdo.

Comedy dates so quickly, even really mainstream comedy. I’m not sure some of The Office would be allowed now either.

I could be wrong but wasn't the whole point of Little Britain to point out the racism etc in our society, rather than promoting it? Still makes uncomfortable viewing though

I’m interested, what bits of The Office would seem unacceptable now?

Nah, I never rated LB - watched it once and never again. Thought they were twats, still do. I think they got away with it by the 'Alf Garnett' principle - ooh, we're laughing at him, not with him - but somehow, it never rang true.
And I don't let the kids read his books either.

Keeping a baby in a drawer at work was funny though...

That was Brittas Empire, loved that! (Unless Little Britain did it too?)
Never found Little Britain funny in the slightest.

I agree @Tobythecat I used to watch it occasionally and I thought the two ladies who couldn't stop weeing was 1) disgusting, and 2) ageist and sexist. I just didn't like it AT ALL

Wonder what we're doing /saying/watching /laughing at nowadays that will be deemed unacceptable in the future...

I wonder too. Characters smoking (unless villains) aren’t allowed anymore so maybe no one will be shown eating meat or drinking alcohol though that would rule out any meal time scenes in period films.