bo selecta! funny?

His appearances on BB were the worst though

In conclusion: Why did it last more than one series?

Even when you get those rare monkeys-at-typewriters moments when something funny does happen, they repeat and play out the joke til you want kill him even more.

I thought some of the trailers for this new series were hilarious though.

Does Avid Merrion still do BBLB? I like the fact that Dermot used to be terrified of him, but the fact that he continues to be given airtime outside of Bo Selecta worries me.

I think this deserves a revive in the light of what Craig David has been saying about Leigh Francis's non-apology recently.
I think possibly Francis *did* have a blind spot and fail to realise that wearing a mask of a Black person when you are yourself White is blackface as surely as applying make-up is. But that is surely the only slack I could ever bring myself to cut him.

Craig David himself can't - and shouldn't be expected to-separate the main way in which Francis's portrayal of him was offensive - the blackface, from the secondary one - it was bullying, but it did make me wonder....if comedians relentlessly take the piss out of the same celebs is it automatically bullying? Did Morecambe & Wise bully Des O'Connor?

the absolute pits. blairite britain at its most nakedly sadistic. no wonder we are where we are now

I don't get the other reference but the (fucking constant not just CD) blackface is key here more than just the bullying - I seem to remember he particularly hated black women above all. arguments about a different time don't work here since everyone knew it was offensive - that was literally the selling point

I wish him nothing but ill

the first series ok (esp. Craig David and Osbournes) but this latest one is atrocious - wtf is so funny about dressing up as Frodo Baggins or whatever? (blueski),

wtf was so funny about wearing a black mask and racially bullying Craig David?
It's no better than that Melody Maker free tape cover.

to he fair he also did that joke where he sexually harasses famous women and makes them visibly uncomfortable, but with a Dutch accent

This guy's entire career is revolting.

iirc the consensus at school was that it was racist and the argument was over whether or not it was funny. I don't remember the sexism ever being called into question

there needs to be a verso type book written about this cruel and reactionary era of UK comedy and pop culture, social & political conditions it reflected, how it got here and how it got us where are now, how people tried to fight it and how to keep fighting it, and so on

if only there were writers on this message board