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Bernard Manning has died...

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beansprout · 18/06/2007 19:35

And while I respect the grief of his family and friends, he's frankly no loss to the rest of us.

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southeastastra · 21/06/2007 10:24

argh my parent's weren't racist and didn't watch bm either. but you cannot deny that tv was rife with them in the early 70s. even the middle class hero spike milligan made a sitcom based around it.

Aloha · 21/06/2007 10:35

What's the difference between an Iraqi woman and a pilchard?" he would ask: "One's oily and greasy with f***g bulging eyes, and the other's a fish. "

"When the police pull you up, they must caution you. They say to you, 'You are not obliged to say anything, but anything you do say will be taken down and used in evidence'. Your next sentence must be, 'Please don't hit me again, officer'. But if you're a nigger, 'again and again and again'."

Looking for the only black officer at a police fund-raiser, he said:

'Where is he? How are you, baby? Having a night out with nice people? Isn?t this better than swinging from the trees? ? You?re black, I?m white. Do you think colour makes a difference? You bet your bollocks it does!'

To whoops of laughter he carried on: ?They used to be happy people in the cotton fields, singing their bollocks off day and night. A fella used to go around with a whip? ?Oh, massa, give us another crack of dat whip. I love dat whip???

A black waitress working at a venue where he was performing described it as like 'a National Front rally'.

I'm glad he's gone.

mytwopenceworth · 21/06/2007 11:01

To clarify, I was just pondering about the 'do not speak ill of the dead' type of attitude in society, not having a go at anyone on here! I am not addressing any individual, simply commenting on the way people (in general) on the death of an individual (any individual) look for all manner of good things to say, or say that saying 'bad' things (ie you didn't like the person, you thought they were a shit) is disrespectful. It is something that is very widely done, this 'do not speak ill of the dead'.

I just question that as an attidude in general. I just think that if you didn't like someone when they were alive, then you shouldn't try to change it because they are dead.

I think that the whole don't speak ill of the dead thing probably has its roots in y'old superstitious dark days! When we thought they would curse us or something!

edam · 21/06/2007 11:22

Aloha, those are the incidents I was referring to. Stomach churning.

Aloha · 21/06/2007 11:24

Yes, Edam, I think it helps to know what we are talking about here. Most of his 'jokes' haven't been republished even in the context of talking about his racist act because they are so extremely offensive.

edam · 21/06/2007 11:26

I think you are right about knowing what we are talking about, but couldn't bring myself to post it, it's so disgusting.

Mercy · 21/06/2007 11:36

Thank you Aloha.

Anyone still think BM is hilarious?

southeastastra · 21/06/2007 11:43

says quite alot about the police service

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beansprout · 21/06/2007 18:28

And from this week's Popbitch:

What's black and annoyed?

The reincarnation of Bernard Manning.

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Peachy · 21/06/2007 22:10

MTP yu may be right about superstition, I just think that its unfair because A) this is a public forum and he has a family; and B) he cant exactly defend hiimself can he?

HOWEVER as a few days has passed, i thought the mans humour was totally loathsome and if not intended as racist dcertainly offensive nonetheless. Not really funny to me, either. SO I just don't get it at all.

I'm not a stranger to comdey- as a child my friend and I would have scripts tried on us before submission to Jim Davidson, Jethro et al but for soem reason Bernard Manning seemed to confuse abuse and jokes.

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