oh dear , roseanne dropped now

She is very outspoken about MK ULTRA,so I surprised she was given another series

O I see, they say she made a racist remark,guess it is her punishment for speaking out of turn, o well prob never work again

they just cant help themselves !

Who are they exactly ?

Jews , women, bad female comedians, Trump supporters ?

May 29, 2018 -- 8:56PM, terry mccann wrote:

O I see, they say she made a racist remark,guess it is her punishment for speaking out of turn, o well prob never work again

she got her tv show revived despite her views being well known so anything is possible

She was talking about the whole show biz thing in the States that's why I was surprised she was offered another series, but now its all ended up in tears,as I say maybe a bit of pay back

Mouthy people...you can't trust them !

She'll turn up somewhere else. Has made a name for herself for being outspoken and is still a national treasure for her work in the 90s.


Given the current climate, her views and the fact she is wittier than 99.999% of any other person who shares her political views means she's a draw to millions of people.

Expect a weekly show on infowars announced soon.

she has already been invited on

Damnit. This game's too easy!

She is witty ? .. wow thats new to me.
She was never my cup of tea...this time round or back in the 90's.

Wittier than almost others vick.


Bar's barely off the ground to be fair.

she was very witty back in the 90s, great show

I liked it too to be fair

I can't comment on her of recent as I never seen her in anything but earlier in her career I did and didn't find her funny.
Couldn't get American humour and just to ward off the normal cheap comments I could never get the Carry On humour either.

I can't comment on her of recent as I never seen her in anything but earlier in her career I did and didn't find her funny.
Couldn't get American humour and just to ward off the normal cheap comments I could never get the Carry On humour either.

Calling black people Apes isn't a good career move, why be so bloody stupid?

I pretty much agree with akabuka's post @ 23.23. American humour to me is banal and puerile and that includes Roseanne when it was on. The only American sit com that I liked was Married With Children but that's about it.

I've been watching Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In. Bit hit or miss maybe but some of it is genuinely funny even 50 years on.
Some pretty awful British shows are viewed as being "ground-breaking". " Little Britain" is one imo.

May 30, 2018 -- 9:29AM, terry mccann wrote:

Calling black people Apes isn't a good career move, why be so bloody stupid?

It's what her base likes to be fair. The reactionary right are out in force for Bill Maher after he said Trump is like an ape. They think he is left wing

It was the top story on the Beeb website at one stage last night........not the murder of 2 police officers and one other civiliian in Belguim .....

Apparently there may be a "Moral" clause in her contract. So not only is she cancelled, she could be sued for breach of contract.

Feel sorry for the others on the show who presumably will now be out of work.

Hours after ABC's announcement, Ms Barr blamed Ambien, a sleeping pill, for her actions although she said she did not want to give "excuses for what I (she) did but I've done weird stuff while on ambien," in a tweet that has been deleted.

US conservative comedian Terrence K. Williams defended Ms Barr on Twitter. He said she "is not a racist" and that she "made a mistake while she was on Ambien."

The term Ambien has also been trending overnight, with people criticising Ms Barr for using the drug as a defence.

https://mobile.twitter.com/oldpicsarchive/status/1001924471555608577/photo/1

I am glad she has been dropped like the hot turd she is and maybe she might think about the 200 who will be looking for work because of her foul mouth bigotry.

Having said that I did enjoy the show previously and was intrigued as to how the new show would go given that there was such a rich source of material to exploit. Fair's fair. There are a large amount of people in America who share her vile views and while I do not want those racist views broadcast in a manner that makes it ok to talk like that, I think their point of view must be examined and comedy is a good way to do it.

She'll be back, making racist remarks never did Diane Abbott any harm.

Personally I put little weight on racist remarks from people.

The really bad people are the ones who take trivial remarks and use them as an excuse to damage the person who made the slip.

Blimey,

are you Donald Chump's script writer?

Really bad people?

So it is alright to make racist remarks is it?

there 80 million to late

So it is alright to make racist remarks is it?

It's not okay to make any offensive remarks against other people, but it's certainly not a matter of life or death, or an area where the law should get involved.

I'm sure some people find remarks of a personal nature regarding their appearance far more hurtful than quips about their race.

So why this big deal over race?

Are you really that ignorant?

I wonder if it is worth arguing with an idiot!

there just words words words

Be careful what you say. People  are ready to pounce , like viscous dogs

you are right my friend but there is only a certain amount of dog viscosity anyone should have to take!

: ) my spellings gone to pot

I know what you meant! Funny enough I went past Bill Whyman's Sticky Fingers Restaurant in Kensington the other day and thought how did that man not go to jail!

Bill Wyman .. people said the stones looked like apes , and so they did

Didn’t do them any harm

Never heard of her. Probably never will now!

A lot of English people look like apes , Charles Darwin ? so what
We produced the most intelligent people , who could deny that ?

Ps have recently loved watching Dinnerladies.

Veiled racist joke when the royals visit the canteen.

The Duchess meets and greets the staff and says to Asian in appearance Anita: 'Are you an Immigrant'?

Anita says no. 'So you don't feel the cold then?!'

Probably wouldn't be allowed now.

Mandy Smith aged 13! I am lead to believe.

Alf Garnet was the master! Definately would not be allowed now!

Can't say I was a fan of that show in the 90s, seemed quite depressing with almost every scene filmed in the kitchen.
I'd also agree that most US comedies are dire - about 90% of them anyway.

But several of the 10% that aren't, are superb.

Probably wouldn't be allowed now

Read the reviews for Only Fools & Horses on Amazon. So many scenes cut from the early series; punters not happy

Porridge. The scene with Black Scot MClaren.

'I hate that screw Fletch. He once called me a black bastard'

'Now be fair Jock. You are of course of negro origin. And you woz conceived illegitmately. So technically....'

The show should have been left alone anyway imo. Was good at the time. Agree Platini - Curb Your Enthusiasm is probably my fave US comedy.

Platini    01 Jun 18 17:30
But several of the 10% that aren't, are superb.

There`s the obvious well known ones like Big Bang, and Curb, but two lesser known little gems are `Parks and Recreation, and `Veep`; both multi-award winners, both highly recommended. Seeing as most of the posters on here are really posting about Politics, `Veep` might be most appropriate, as it follows the ups and downs of the US Vice President, played fantastically by Julia Louis Dreyfuss. Any similarity to Hillary Clinton is, I`m sure, entirely coincidental...

Whisperingdeath  01 Jun 18 15:23   

Are you really that ignorant?
I wonder if it is worth arguing with an idiot!

Well there you go, what kind of a person talks about PC then comes on here and posts stuff like that simply over an opinion that they disagree with?

I'll leave the other readers to work that out.

it is how the progressives carry out their debate crippen

Or in this case moisok, someone with a mighty chip on their shoulder.

You get what you deserve when you make a racist comment or make reference to someone's skin colour. Look how Nish Kumar's career has come crashing down after saying "Piers Morgan is essentially what would happen if someone injected a gammon steak with WHITE privilege" oh sorry forgot one rule for one etc etc not that Piers Morgan isn't a coont but the colour of his skin has no bearing.

Why should her career be ruined for merely saying what most people of her ilk think anyway?

I'm sure it would take more than a comment like that to upset Piers Morgan.

It's getting to be a case of tit-for-tat. She was hung out to dry in retaliation, because others before her on the other side of the coin were hung out to dry for racial comments.

Still amazed how Diane Abbott got away with it in the present climate.

Still amazed how Diane Abbott got away with it in the present climate.

I refer to my earlier statement

Oh I see, I didn't follow it up the story.
So I she hasn't been hung out to dry.

So it is alright to make racist remarks is it?

DrC was making the point that Diane Abbott has made plenty of racist remarks and still has her job.
Why do you think that is condoning racism? Seems quite an idiotic stance to take.

Treating one side better than the other is standard tactics in the divide and conquer game.

While we're too busy fighting amongst ourselves our rulers won't be challenged and can do as they please.

What about Joy Reid, who did much worse, how does the left accept that ?

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Jesus doc, you're so close to getting it. Working class brits v working class foreigners while Mr Burns escapes any blame.

Keep going lad, you're so close.

The problem we have now is all the virtue signallers jumping on any silly comments people make and demanding action.
The waiting to be offended brigade.
Those in control are too scared to be labelled by whatever 'crime' has been broken and take the easy way out.

Some real condescending coonts on here btw. Easily seen through as they aint as clever as they think they are.

Dianne Abbott is frequently getting challenged on her racist remarks. Maybe the tide is beginning to turn

Fcek me there will always be an England!

One in every village and they have taught them how to use computers!

Curb is so good I'd put it in the top 3 of all comedies, US or British. 


BTW, is that right about the PC idiots hacking out scenes in OFAH ? 

Thats terrifying if they can get away with desecrating one of the Uk's most loved and iconic shows

Thats a move straight out of the same playbook as tearing down historic statues and monuments.