"See, told you madlizziecornish would use this thread to drag up the dreary, ideologically dodgy dirge Roots again. Mind you, it was really funny when Cool As Folk managed to broadcast it at a slowed-down speed (just so that estuary people could catch the slight and proceed to put the boot into the poncy West Country . . ."


Now now, Sweetums....I know you is gettin' older, same as me, but methinks you've forgotten that the only person who didn't realise something was drastically wrong with Cool as Folk's output of 'Roots' was er....you. although I appreciate the humour of your post there. ;-) Chris came on the thread to apologise and to explain as well, bless him.

BBC Thread about it...


"In any case Sid James worked better as a foil for Hancock than he ever did in the common-minded trash served up in the terminally unfunny Carry On films which defined the urban / lumpen proletariat as idiots and set out to patronise them as such."

See, shows how different we all are, I used to fall around chuckling at the cheekiness of them. "Quick, Nurse..the screens!"

:0)

And as for BManning...Yuk.