This was understandably a very controversial show that was intentionally very racist but with the intention of showing how stupid racism is and you end up seeing how alike people are rather than how different, it was a very clever concept but a bit to clever for some and they just didn't get it , I thought it was hilarious
you show lack of intelligence when you automatically shout racist at everything ,, love thy neighbor is considered racist now but Rudolf walker the black guy in it says if you watch it you actually see that between all the racist name calling on both sides they were actually good friends ,,, same as don warrington from rising damp people are trying to get it banned but he says no it should still be shown as it was a good reflection of life in those times ,,,,, the problem as i see it is there will always be real horrible racists no matter how much you ban or gag people the only thing the modern offended generation are succeeding in is driving us appart
The joy of 'till death do us part was in the fact that the racist character Alf Garnett was always the butt of the jokes. It made me aware at a young age that racism shouldn't be taken seriously as it has no value in the world.
To clarify. I was born in 1975 and grew up with this show on the television in the background of my life and I soon came to realise that the bitter old white man had views that were of his time but he hadn't realised that the times were changing, yes I grew up with a healthy diet of music including Bob Dylan.
This is what so many people miss about these shows. They think it's racist without understanding the underlying message that the racist was the idiot. Love Thy Neighbour was exactly the same. The racist neighbour was the moron. I get so angry at how modern audiences use these things are examples of racism.
The modern generation react to words without understanding the context behind them. The context was always to show how stupid discrimination is, you laugh at Alf not with him. You can almost see Blazing Saddles being banned because the modern generation don’t grasp the context behind the use of language in the movie, again it is mocking discrimination not promoting it.
@ indeed. And Bill could give as good as he got, but it was always Eddie that came a cropper. I always loved Rudolph Walker’s accent. That first generation West Indian accent is slowly dying out as the decedents of those first generation immigrants have more localised accents. Great shows, superb acting & sadly mislabelled by those who don’t understand the context.
Warren Mitchell a much loved Jewish actor taking the piss out of the racists who had no idea . Johnny Speight who wrote this was so clever. And that's Spike Milligan at the bar with the champagne. He was born in India and his war memoirs are well worth reading.
I loved watching the automated subtitles, trying to make sense of Alf Garnet's accent and Spike Milligan's Pakistani accent! 🤣 That was a fantastic tv programme - a great way to poke fun at racism.
The laughing old woman (who I think is a guest star in this episode) is Joan Sims & she is hilarious. She was one of the regulars in the "Carry on" films which were bawdy comedies that ran from 1958 - 1992 - her era was late 60's through the 70's
It always astounds me that there are folk who think that the likes of this show and Love Thy Neighbour were racist. They totally miss the point - it was racism and those that sincerely held it close that were the target of the joke. Alf and Jack were the tools the writers used to show us how bad it was to judge and treat someone just because of what colour they were. We learned that lesson back then in the 70's and it did indeed need to be learned because there truly was racism then - people were coming in from other countries during harsh economic times and were working for less than a British born person could afford to, which caused lots of hostility and resentment ... sound familiar? :( We have had that valuable lesson quickly undone in the past ten years or so by university 'educated' virtue signallers seeking a cause to fight for when the cause was already won. Such a step backwards taken for no good reason. Now I fear it will take more than jokes and a bit of social commentary to sort things out again.
Seriously to class Alf Garnett in the same breath as LTN is laughably stupid. Garnett was a wonderfully crafted intolerant bigot who you were supposed to laugh at (although far far too many people saw him as a working class hero, telling it like it was from the street, some beacon of light in the darkness). LTN was just two blokes throwing racist epithets at each other.
@@simontomlinson6484 No, not at all. Even then we had the BBC as the overarching shite that can put you in prison and everyone had to pay a TV licence. Everyone "up norf" didn't really watch London "sarf FC" BBC shite, we watched ITV Granada. In Sickness with Alf Garnet is great, but you are using completely disgusting snobbery because ITV made a similar programme that was clearly anti-racist, but your London snootiness and hate for white working class is more important.
@@Drew-Dastardly"the cause was already won" are you stupid? Crying about university educated people and not all the racists, you're part of the problem, not people with an education...
Spike Miligan was an Irish comedian. writer, actor, musician, poet and playwright. The son of an English mother and Irish father. He was born in India. It would not be politically correct for a white actor to play the part of a Pakistani today. Nonetheless one cannot deny that Milligan brought great humour to the part.
This is from the classic sitcom 'Till death Us Do Part' with bigoted character Alf Garnett, played by the late Warren Mitchell. The US version of his character was Archie Bunker. Warren was once stopped in the street apparently by a man who said he agreed with all Alf said - Mitchell told him he was a fool since Garnett is a fictional character, Warren was very different in real life and didn't share the characters politics. In the show, the actor playing his left wing son-in-law Mike was Tony Booth. In real life, he was father-in-law to our former PM, Tony Blair who married Booths daughter, Cherie.
The first thing to note about Alf Garnett (on whom the American character of Archie Bunker was based) is that he was supposed to be a satire of racism and bigoted views which were prevalent at the time (1960s and early 1970s). I´m glad you can see this. The problem, however, was that he became the hero of the people he was mocking.
So funny, when we could joke around about silly things, this is the humour I remember being born in London 1950, Migrated to Australia in 1957 with parents and sister. Comedy was always making fun of the silliness between races, the rich and the poor, female and male, old and young, politicians, religion.....anything could be funny, we knew it was only a joke.
Warren Mitchell the actor who played Alf Garnet wasn't racist and only played to character to highlight how dumb racism is. He is known to of had many black friends including the actor Eamonn Walker who played Winston the black character in the show. It was seen as comedy by the majority of Brits and not to be taken seriously. Unfortunately there is still some racists who see the show as being serious and how blacks, browns and even Orientals should be treated.
Never seen this clip before, I love these shows as Alf, always ends up the loser in a row of words. It is joyous to watch with you as it isn't meant to cause division but highlight his bigotry which in later episodes softens. In Sickness and Health my favour evef, imo. Thank you for sharing this. Had a good chuckle too. ☕🇬🇧👵❤
Garnett is a classic comic character in that he is awful- he’s racist, misogynistic, selfish, lazy, dishonest and mean, but we end up sympathising with him because he always ends up as the victim of his attempts to victimise others. He starts as the underdog, tries to become top dog, and always ends up further down than where he started. That’s what makes it funny- he never wins, and that’s why he is tolerated by his fictional friends and family- because they know how it always turns out. If only real life delivered consequences so fairly.
Warren Mitchell was Jewish, that made the joke even funnier in that he was having a go at racists from the other side , and Johhny Speight the scriptwriter was born into an Irish Catholic family, so he saw everything from a different perspective
I miss Spike Milligan, Warren Mitchell not so much but if you have never watched or listened to the Good Show you should. Harry Secombe, Spike Milligan and Peter Sellers. I could NEVER watch Harry Secombe sing without laughing (he sang opera)
Great reaction to a sketch that would be universally condemned by most today. Love Thy Neighbour is another good comedy show which features a West Indian couple moving into a house next to a bigot and racist. Very funny but wouldn’t be shown these days. ❤
@ just like the idiots back then? Just like the idiots today who try and lecture people on what to find funny and what’s offensive. They’re usually white middle aged liberal women or students 🤷🏾♂️
@ no, it would be because people like you would want it cancelled assuming everyone is a racist and you’re so pure hearted when really you’re the racist 🤷🏾♂️
The lead up to this sketch is that the house next door to Alf’s is council owned, Alf owns his house, and next door is empty and awaiting a new council tenant and Alf is hoping a new ‘white British’ family will move in.
I love old Brit Comedy like this as i an 49 now and this kinda comedy is not allowed anymore even tho its not ment to harm anyone its just comedy. I have subbed, nice to see your reactions. Unsure on all your videos what you seen but look for… The Knights Who Say NI from monty python and The Life of Brian juniper bushes… you will love them trust me :)
Sorry But this still makes me laugh 🤣🤣🤣. I’m no racist believe me . This was on when I was in school long time ago, had some back girls in our class and we would all talk about this show and we all be laughing together. There was no animosity.
The show was intended to be anti-racist, but back in the 1970s, when I was frequently racially abused, I generally didn't find it amusing. It didn't help that racists loved it and used to quote from it...
The US made a copy of this series. It was quite good. The US version was called All In The Family. The Alf Garnett character was renamed Archie Bunker.,
The writers and the actor that played Alf Garnet weren't racists but they created a character that we would love to hate, but the real racists treated Alf Garnet as a visionary and the show not as a comedy but as a documentary. They really couldn't tell it was all a joke.
Alf Garnett was very much CB like his American equivalent Archie Bunker (though not as likeable) and was meant to be the but of the joke, to make racists look ridiculous, but there were a lot of those raciats who didn’t realise and would occasionally praise the character
The English TV show of the seventies “ Curry and Chips” with Spike Milligan made up as someone from Pakistan is hilarious . Completely socially unacceptable these day, but so funny. It actually pokes fun at racial discrimination by going over the top.
I can imagine how racist this TV show from British 1970s looks at first glance, to people seeing it for the first time. However the actor Warren Mitchell was playing the role of stereotypical working class racist and bigot, of the time. He was supposed to be laughed at, for his ignorant views. Though some people seemed to think he was real and took his racist views seriously, and were offended. It does look quite dated now.
The writer, Johnny Speight, meant for people to see how ridiculous Alf Garnett's racist beliefs were. Unfortunately a lot of English people agreed with him because racism is part of English culture. Speight was appalled.
good to see you laughing at this because now its not cool to find this stuff funny and everyone is offended, but it was different times and it was to show how ridiculous racism is, infact im sure the character alf garnet was married to a black woman and wasnt racist at all..
I am guessing half of the jokes were totally not understood, so many British references that could not be understood by those who were not steeped in1960s Britain
we ok , me, was brought up similar. but we understand and cringe at our parents and are , one.. i think that seeing the old ways make us all realise how nasty and stupid we were. cheers from Scotland UK
This was a progressive show, pointing out the lead's small mindedness. The joke was always on him. To be laughed at for his opinions or understand his faults. It was not for small minded people to support him as the lead. This would have happened, but as with any show, the intent is what matters and the wrong interpretation is down to the viewer.
Have you tried Mind your Language, love they Neighbour. Both were considered racist. I think you would love them. Nice to see you having a real good laugh. Seen a few of your clips now. Must be difficult for you because some jokes are about olden days and people who you rightly don't know.
A son of Russian Jews and also a socialist, making fun of right wing racist bigots by playing a racist Tory. The racists among the viewers never understood the irony.
I grew up watching These shows These are british classics. But what made these funny? Was that they were wrong?. So you Where laughing at them because they were wrong
My parents and brother (3 years older than me) loved the series but I found it grimme and boring. I didn't understant the humour. I remember a joke about them coming over on the bannanna boat! I remember wondering how a boat can be made of bannannas!
Before my time, but brilliantly scripted 70s satire. It's ridiculing so many stereotypes. Cancelled now because of blackface. Even the Spike Milligan character is pretending to be Irish and hating Bangladeshis.
I found this so embarrassing even my father would not watch it; it was so cringe-worthy. Perhaps people were supposed to see Warren Mitchell's attitude as foolish and wrong but a lot got the message that it was okay to say these things if they said it was a joke!
I find it amazing that these people find this so funny.back in the 70's these shows fuelled racism by the TV's influence.anyone who wasn't white with blue eye's became a target being mixed race myself 3/4 British I was constantly racially abused in the playground.Shows like this shouldn't be shown anymore. It's not funny but hateful.
@@johnfinister5011 I think you've missed the point. The reason Spaight stopped writing garnett is because way way too many people took what he said seriously, believed he was some working class beacon of light in the darkness. TOO many people used Garnett's language the next day in school, at college, at work etc. Convince yourself the show had altruistic intentions by all means but then educate yourself from the thousands of non white people who suffered the next day after an episode was shown.
@@simontomlinson6484I know it was written for good reasons; in fact you acknowledge that in your comment. I was replying to a comment from someone who didn't know that.
Astonished how you guys are laughing at this, terrible subtitles missing nearly all the words, as a white English I cannot understand how any of this is funny, not the racism aspect but just lack of real humour. So dated.
This was understandably a very controversial show that was intentionally very racist but with the intention of showing how stupid racism is and you end up seeing how alike people are rather than how different, it was a very clever concept but a bit to clever for some and they just didn't get it , I thought it was hilarious
The irony is with modern identity politics they have actually created a division that we lost decades ago.
Same here, I wasn’t offended and understood it clearly despite me being aged around 10. It was hilarious. 😂
you show lack of intelligence when you automatically shout racist at everything ,, love thy neighbor is considered racist now but Rudolf walker the black guy in it says if you watch it you actually see that between all the racist name calling on both sides they were actually good friends ,,, same as don warrington from rising damp people are trying to get it banned but he says no it should still be shown as it was a good reflection of life in those times ,,,,, the problem as i see it is there will always be real horrible racists no matter how much you ban or gag people the only thing the modern offended generation are succeeding in is driving us appart
Racist? No, just satire
The joy of 'till death do us part was in the fact that the racist character Alf Garnett was always the butt of the jokes. It made me aware at a young age that racism shouldn't be taken seriously as it has no value in the world.
To clarify. I was born in 1975 and grew up with this show on the television in the background of my life and I soon came to realise that the bitter old white man had views that were of his time but he hadn't realised that the times were changing, yes I grew up with a healthy diet of music including Bob Dylan.
This is what so many people miss about these shows. They think it's racist without understanding the underlying message that the racist was the idiot. Love Thy Neighbour was exactly the same. The racist neighbour was the moron.
I get so angry at how modern audiences use these things are examples of racism.
The modern generation react to words without understanding the context behind them. The context was always to show how stupid discrimination is, you laugh at Alf not with him. You can almost see Blazing Saddles being banned because the modern generation don’t grasp the context behind the use of language in the movie, again it is mocking discrimination not promoting it.
Same with love thy neighbour
@ indeed. And Bill could give as good as he got, but it was always Eddie that came a cropper. I always loved Rudolph Walker’s accent. That first generation West Indian accent is slowly dying out as the decedents of those first generation immigrants have more localised accents. Great shows, superb acting & sadly mislabelled by those who don’t understand the context.
Good you see them not for racism, but mocking it.
Warren Mitchell a much loved Jewish actor taking the piss out of the racists who had no idea . Johnny Speight who wrote this was so clever. And that's Spike Milligan at the bar with the champagne. He was born in India and his war memoirs are well worth reading.
I loved watching the automated subtitles, trying to make sense of Alf Garnet's accent and Spike Milligan's Pakistani accent! 🤣 That was a fantastic tv programme - a great way to poke fun at racism.
The laughing old woman (who I think is a guest star in this episode) is Joan Sims & she is hilarious. She was one of the regulars in the "Carry on" films which were bawdy comedies that ran from 1958 - 1992 - her era was late 60's through the 70's
Oh wow
The Pakistan guy is Spike Milligan in makeup
The woman in The Blue Coat is Dandy Nichols, you wouldn't think that she was in The Vikings, with Kirk Douglas and Tony Curtis.
It always astounds me that there are folk who think that the likes of this show and Love Thy Neighbour were racist. They totally miss the point - it was racism and those that sincerely held it close that were the target of the joke. Alf and Jack were the tools the writers used to show us how bad it was to judge and treat someone just because of what colour they were.
We learned that lesson back then in the 70's and it did indeed need to be learned because there truly was racism then - people were coming in from other countries during harsh economic times and were working for less than a British born person could afford to, which caused lots of hostility and resentment ... sound familiar? :(
We have had that valuable lesson quickly undone in the past ten years or so by university 'educated' virtue signallers seeking a cause to fight for when the cause was already won. Such a step backwards taken for no good reason. Now I fear it will take more than jokes and a bit of social commentary to sort things out again.
Seriously to class Alf Garnett in the same breath as LTN is laughably stupid. Garnett was a wonderfully crafted intolerant bigot who you were supposed to laugh at (although far far too many people saw him as a working class hero, telling it like it was from the street, some beacon of light in the darkness). LTN was just two blokes throwing racist epithets at each other.
A true enough point, Simon, in terms of the quality and depth of writing in one show compared to the other.
@@simontomlinson6484 I disagree. Also Nina Baden-Semper was gorgeous.
@@simontomlinson6484 No, not at all. Even then we had the BBC as the overarching shite that can put you in prison and everyone had to pay a TV licence. Everyone "up norf" didn't really watch London "sarf FC" BBC shite, we watched ITV Granada.
In Sickness with Alf Garnet is great, but you are using completely disgusting snobbery because ITV made a similar programme that was clearly anti-racist, but your London snootiness and hate for white working class is more important.
@@Drew-Dastardly"the cause was already won" are you stupid? Crying about university educated people and not all the racists, you're part of the problem, not people with an education...
5 great comic actors who are no longer with us. A totally racist show with a blacked up Spike Milligan and it's still funny.
Oh dear. Another comment that completely misses the point of the show. It was NOT "totally racist. It was totally anti-racist.
Spike Miligan was an Irish comedian. writer, actor, musician, poet and playwright. The son of an English mother and Irish father. He was born in India. It would not be politically correct for a white actor to play the part of a Pakistani today. Nonetheless one cannot deny that Milligan brought great humour to the part.
Absolutely!
Spike Milligan was the first choice as Willy Wonka in the "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" movie in 1971 by Roald Dahl who wrote the book.
This is from the classic sitcom 'Till death Us Do Part' with bigoted character Alf Garnett, played by the late Warren Mitchell. The US version of his character was Archie Bunker. Warren was once stopped in the street apparently by a man who said he agreed with all Alf said - Mitchell told him he was a fool since Garnett is a fictional character, Warren was very different in real life and didn't share the characters politics. In the show, the actor playing his left wing son-in-law Mike was Tony Booth. In real life, he was father-in-law to our former PM, Tony Blair who married Booths daughter, Cherie.
It’s great that you can laugh at this comedy- it was truly hilarious!
As you wisely said, " It's just a joke." The English like to laugh at themselves and everybody else 🤭🤣 and laughter is good for us.
Love to hear you all laugh like that. It makes me happy too.
The first thing to note about Alf Garnett (on whom the American character of Archie Bunker was based) is that he was supposed to be a satire of racism and bigoted views which were prevalent at the time (1960s and early 1970s). I´m glad you can see this. The problem, however, was that he became the hero of the people he was mocking.
YOU MUST WATCH ( Love Thy Neighbor ) . ANOTHER CLASSIC BRITSH COMEDY .
Don't bother. That show WAS racist. Really cringeworthy, and not at all funny.
@@fredemny3304 It mocked racism and made the black neighbours look morally superior to the pathetic racist Eddy next door!
So funny, when we could joke around about silly things, this is the humour I remember being born in London 1950, Migrated to Australia in 1957 with parents and sister. Comedy was always making fun of the silliness between races, the rich and the poor, female and male, old and young, politicians, religion.....anything could be funny, we knew it was only a joke.
Absolutely.
Warren Mitchell the actor who played Alf Garnet wasn't racist and only played to character to highlight how dumb racism is. He is known to of had many black friends including the actor Eamonn Walker who played Winston the black character in the show. It was seen as comedy by the majority of Brits and not to be taken seriously. Unfortunately there is still some racists who see the show as being serious and how blacks, browns and even Orientals should be treated.
You guys should check out the UK's Love Thy Neighbour. Bloody Nora!
Spike stole that sketch.
😂😂
This is humour before the wokes took over - glad you can appreciate this.
Do you even hear yourself?
Are the "wokes" in the room with us right now, are they?
This was woke dear, you obviously don't know what woke is, his family made it clear his racism was out of order, hense woke.
Here in Australia this was a top rating show. We had a similar show, though a bit milder, called Kingswood Country. Check it out.
The joke is the old lady Couldn't stop laughing from the start because she knew in advance who his new neighbour was.
It wasn't racism it was good old British banter, blacks in England gave as good as they got and no one was offended 🇬🇧
This show is on tv and i watch it just as my parents did when inwas a kid.
Never seen this clip before, I love these shows as Alf, always ends up the loser in a row of words. It is joyous to watch with you as it isn't meant to cause division but highlight his bigotry which in later episodes softens. In Sickness and Health my favour evef, imo. Thank you for sharing this. Had a good chuckle too. ☕🇬🇧👵❤
You're laughing exactly as we did when we watched this in the sixties, remember the joke was always on the bigoted Alf Garnett character.
Was one of my favourite shows 😂😂😂😂
Garnett is a classic comic character in that he is awful- he’s racist, misogynistic, selfish, lazy, dishonest and mean, but we end up sympathising with him because he always ends up as the victim of his attempts to victimise others.
He starts as the underdog, tries to become top dog, and always ends up further down than where he started.
That’s what makes it funny- he never wins, and that’s why he is tolerated by his fictional friends and family- because they know how it always turns out.
If only real life delivered consequences so fairly.
Warren Mitchell was Jewish, that made the joke even funnier in that he was having a go at racists from the other side , and Johhny Speight the scriptwriter was born into an Irish Catholic family, so he saw everything from a different perspective
It’s good to see people laughing it’s so unusual nowadays !
Spike Milligan - one of the best writers/comedians we have had in this country.
I miss Spike Milligan, Warren Mitchell not so much but if you have never watched or listened to the Good Show you should. Harry Secombe, Spike Milligan and Peter Sellers. I could NEVER watch Harry Secombe sing without laughing (he sang opera)
Great reaction to a sketch that would be universally condemned by most today. Love Thy Neighbour is another good comedy show which features a West Indian couple moving into a house next to a bigot and racist. Very funny but wouldn’t be shown these days. ❤
Such a pity as only by laughing at racists and bigots will we ever truly unite.
Idiots today would probably agree with the racism
@ just like the idiots back then?
Just like the idiots today who try and lecture people on what to find funny and what’s offensive.
They’re usually white middle aged liberal women or students 🤷🏾♂️
@ no, it would be because people like you would want it cancelled assuming everyone is a racist and you’re so pure hearted when really you’re the racist 🤷🏾♂️
We all knew an Alf garnet . But to this day I know when I get in a cab , they are one of the good ones
If the BBC showed this stuff now they would get sued into the stone age. In Sickness and in Health was hillarious...
That was so refreshing and funny 👍👍❤
You guys are fantastic ❤ new sub , been watching your videos all night 😊 ❤ from UK 🇬🇧
The lead up to this sketch is that the house next door to Alf’s is council owned, Alf owns his house, and next door is empty and awaiting a new council tenant and Alf is hoping a new ‘white British’ family will move in.
He gives back what he is given .
Love you guys, your laughter is fantastic, maked my day ! Best wishes.
Cliff, Devon, England ❤
It’s amazing how Africans can laugh at the stupidness regards racism in comedy yet white westerns feel it should be banned on their behalf…
I love old Brit Comedy like this as i an 49 now and this kinda comedy is not allowed anymore even tho its not ment to harm anyone its just comedy. I have subbed, nice to see your reactions. Unsure on all your videos what you seen but look for… The Knights Who Say NI from monty python and The Life of Brian juniper bushes… you will love them trust me :)
Sorry But this still makes me laugh 🤣🤣🤣. I’m no racist believe me . This was on when I was in school long time ago, had some back girls in our class and we would all talk about this show and we all be laughing together. There was no animosity.
The show was intended to be anti-racist, but back in the 1970s, when I was frequently racially abused, I generally didn't find it amusing. It didn't help that racists loved it and used to quote from it...
The US made a copy of this series. It was quite good. The US version was called All In The Family. The Alf Garnett character was renamed Archie Bunker.,
This is hilarious 😂😂😂 love seeing all you laugh..😂😂😂😂
The writers and the actor that played Alf Garnet weren't racists but they created a character that we would love to hate, but the real racists treated Alf Garnet as a visionary and the show not as a comedy but as a documentary. They really couldn't tell it was all a joke.
Hope these ppl realise the point of show was to take mick of the bigotry not to encourage it
Also. The Alf Garnett character was a Jewish man in denial of his heritage due to being teased about it.
Alf Garnett was very much CB like his American equivalent Archie Bunker (though not as likeable) and was meant to be the but of the joke, to make racists look ridiculous, but there were a lot of those raciats who didn’t realise and would occasionally praise the character
Unfortunately,even today,some don't get the joke and see Garnett as some sort of hero.
The English TV show of the seventies “ Curry and Chips” with Spike Milligan made up as someone from Pakistan is hilarious . Completely socially unacceptable these day, but so funny. It actually pokes fun at racial discrimination by going over the top.
I can imagine how racist this TV show from British 1970s looks at first glance, to people seeing it for the first time. However the actor Warren Mitchell was playing the role of stereotypical working class racist and bigot, of the time. He was supposed to be laughed at, for his ignorant views. Though some people seemed to think he was real and took his racist views seriously, and were offended. It does look quite dated now.
Growing up my mother wouldn’t allow us to watch him 😂 I can see why 😂 shocking now! ♥️🇬🇧
The writer, Johnny Speight, meant for people to see how ridiculous Alf Garnett's racist beliefs were. Unfortunately a lot of English people agreed with him because racism is part of English culture. Speight was appalled.
Alf Garnet was a brilliant creation
This was spike million that was playing the indian character
unfortunately they dont make great tv like this anymore
it showed you how people thought it was a different world
good to see you laughing at this because now its not cool to find this stuff funny and everyone is offended, but it was different times and it was to show how ridiculous racism is, infact im sure the character alf garnet was married to a black woman and wasnt racist at all..
I am guessing half of the jokes were totally not understood, so many British references that could not be understood by those who were not steeped in1960s Britain
A mate of mine calls me the black Alf Garnett
we ok , me, was brought up similar. but we understand and cringe at our parents and are , one.. i think that seeing the old ways make us all realise how nasty and stupid we were. cheers from Scotland UK
This was a progressive show, pointing out the lead's small mindedness. The joke was always on him. To be laughed at for his opinions or understand his faults. It was not for small minded people to support him as the lead. This would have happened, but as with any show, the intent is what matters and the wrong interpretation is down to the viewer.
Alf did not not have a racist bone in his body. Trouble is you cannot have a laugh with the woke about
Have you tried Mind your Language, love they Neighbour. Both were considered racist. I think you would love them.
Nice to see you having a real good laugh. Seen a few of your clips now. Must be difficult for you because some jokes are about olden days and people who you rightly don't know.
Thank you. Will check them out as well
A son of Russian Jews and also a socialist, making fun of right wing racist bigots by playing a racist Tory. The racists among the viewers never understood the irony.
I bet the young Keir used to enjoy this.
Just so you know the guy playing the Pakistani man is actually a white comedian called spike Milligan
Did anybody else notice the hole under her armpit at 4.43min in . 😅 I'm sorry had to be said 😂
😂😂😂The comment I have been waiting for
Didn’t realized my top was ripped until editing and they was no going back 😂😂
I grew up watching These shows These are british classics. But what made these funny? Was that they were wrong?. So you Where laughing at them because they were wrong
Good old racist day😂😂😂😂😂😂bloody hell.
racism was the joke and did more to combat racism than any current methods because it's getting worse not better.
Spike milligan doing black face.
My parents and brother (3 years older than me) loved the series but I found it grimme and boring. I didn't understant the humour. I remember a joke about them coming over on the bannanna boat! I remember wondering how a boat can be made of bannannas!
The subtitles are full of errors.
Spike Milighan
Get some Goons shows!
Great comedy for grown ups.
check out love thy neighbour if u find this funny
Before my time, but brilliantly scripted 70s satire. It's ridiculing so many stereotypes. Cancelled now because of blackface. Even the Spike Milligan character is pretending to be Irish and hating Bangladeshis.
The subtitles you use are terrible! - So many mistakes & so confusing
Saw that too.
I found this so embarrassing even my father would not watch it; it was so cringe-worthy. Perhaps people were supposed to see Warren Mitchell's attitude as foolish and wrong but a lot got the message that it was okay to say these things if they said it was a joke!
You see the black people laughing, right?
I find it amazing that these people find this so funny.back in the 70's these shows fuelled racism by the TV's influence.anyone who wasn't white with blue eye's became a target being mixed race myself 3/4 British I was constantly racially abused in the playground.Shows like this shouldn't be shown anymore. It's not funny but hateful.
Sorry you were bullied but, this highlights how stupid racism is.
😂😂😂
You've missed the point 😐
@@johnfinister5011 I think you've missed the point. The reason Spaight stopped writing garnett is because way way too many people took what he said seriously, believed he was some working class beacon of light in the darkness. TOO many people used Garnett's language the next day in school, at college, at work etc. Convince yourself the show had altruistic intentions by all means but then educate yourself from the thousands of non white people who suffered the next day after an episode was shown.
@@simontomlinson6484I know it was written for good reasons; in fact you acknowledge that in your comment. I was replying to a comment from someone who didn't know that.
American? ...reacts ??
Astonished how you guys are laughing at this, terrible subtitles missing nearly all the words, as a white English I cannot understand how any of this is funny, not the racism aspect but just lack of real humour. So dated.
no winners/no losers in our old comedy every one was game.
Very funny comedy and funny these guys think its funny too 😂🇬🇧