@@mrmofthegower3926Well said! I’m the same, I love these sketches from my childhood, but I’m not ashamed to say I’m “woke” as it means only that a human being has, over time, learnt from life’s experiences, and expanded and ultimately now recognise how we view the world and the impact, in particular, of words on others. And it can be no accident that this has occurred at a time when a truly ignorant, cruel and malicious, often racist, bully named Donald Trump has used language as a weapon to conquer and divide and take power thanks to a mass of supporters who are, sadly, caught up in a cult in which they must never question the words of the ‘Dear Leader’. Most of his supporters feel nothing for the genuinely widespread pain he causes due to his inability to embrace diplomacy through the power of words, hence why we thankfully have had a moral reckoning by many over just how dangerous certain rhetoric can be. “Woke” means only to be awake to the feelings of our fellow man and woman. Facts do show certain words can and do have a hugely negative, sometimes lifelong effect on, say, a gay man or woman whose life has been made a living hell thanks to the ignorant use of offensive words by people who should, by now, know better. The dictionary and human mind has access to potentially billions of words. Are we really so ignorant as a people that we don’t wish to learn and grow from life’s experiences, to strike out words our hopefully improved, adult selves now recognise to be not just cruel and childish but also wholly offensive? Regards the beloved Cissie and Ada TV sketches of my childhood, I feel sure that Les Dawson (who was a committed, very serious student of the written and spoken word) truly would analyse every word he wrote if alive in this age of thankfully increased awareness of such matters as mental health and how even a throwaway slur or word can cut deep and cause literally decades of pain.
Two of the greats and them doing 'Cissie and Ada' are the best.
Do funny together 😅😂😊
This is gold but the woke crowd won't understand
Don’t be ridiculous. I’m “woke” and I love these two. People like you throw this word about without knowing the first meaning of it.
@@mrmofthegower3926Well said! I’m the same, I love these sketches from my childhood, but I’m not ashamed to say I’m “woke” as it means only that a human being has, over time, learnt from life’s experiences, and expanded and ultimately now recognise how we view the world and the impact, in particular, of words on others. And it can be no accident that this has occurred at a time when a truly ignorant, cruel and malicious, often racist, bully named Donald Trump has used language as a weapon to conquer and divide and take power thanks to a mass of supporters who are, sadly, caught up in a cult in which they must never question the words of the ‘Dear Leader’. Most of his supporters feel nothing for the genuinely widespread pain he causes due to his inability to embrace diplomacy through the power of words, hence why we thankfully have had a moral reckoning by many over just how dangerous certain rhetoric can be.
“Woke” means only to be awake to the feelings of our fellow man and woman. Facts do show certain words can and do have a hugely negative, sometimes lifelong effect on, say, a gay man or woman whose life has been made a living hell thanks to the ignorant use of offensive words by people who should, by now, know better.
The dictionary and human mind has access to potentially billions of words. Are we really so ignorant as a people that we don’t wish to learn and grow from life’s experiences, to strike out words our hopefully improved, adult selves now recognise to be not just cruel and childish but also wholly offensive? Regards the beloved Cissie and Ada TV sketches of my childhood, I feel sure that Les Dawson (who was a committed, very serious student of the written and spoken word) truly would analyse every word he wrote if alive in this age of thankfully increased awareness of such matters as mental health and how even a throwaway slur or word can cut deep and cause literally decades of pain.