The Formby's behaviour in South Africa is, of course, examplary; doesn't mean Oh Mr Wu isn't racial stereotyping though, or that it has a place in the multi-cultural England I was born into & love very dearly. I also love Dudley D. Watkins but have always found the racial stereotyping we find in Desperate Dan and Lord Snooty beyond the pale too. Harmless fun? Having had Chinese friends beaten up whilst being taunted with chants of Oh Mr Wu then forgive me for taking it a little more seriously. One guy turned up at our old folk club a few year's back and gave us his update: Mr Wu Runs a Gay Bar Now (Oh Mr Wu, ooh, get you!); in the next song he was lamenting how the fish & chip shop of his childhood ho,e is now a Chinese Takeaway. Sad thing was - people loved it. I walked out in disgust. But, hey, I've seen racism and homophobia at the front line - and it really is no laughing matter believe me.