20 things your child will never do or understand

[echogirl1]

I fear a mention of Captain Pugwash, but we wont go there !!

[Colwyn]

Unfortunately all the talk of surreptitious gay jokes in Pugwash is all later hogwash - there never was a cabin boy called Roger nor a seaman called ... Pity.

[kevin3]

For a bit more TV nostalgia try  www.televisiontunes.com & www.fiftiesweb.com.
Aunty Jeans Tinger & Tucker could be misconstrued by the PC brigade.
I think Murial Young was the first presenter I can remember.
Mexican Pete the Bandit is currently running the Piknik kebab shop in Fethiye.
TV snacks in those days were Condensed Milk sandwiches and biscuits toasted on the fire.

[Scunner]

Well I was working at the BBC at that time and I remember the launch was transferred to Alexander Palace because of a major power failure in West London. Reputations were made that night - brilliant effort by all concerned. Can't remember the exact date in the Sixties ! Paul Fox of Sportsview was the top man in charge.

I was round at my old ma's and couldn't find the invitation but in case anyone is interested, here's the 1967 invitation my dad received to attend the "Open house" to mark the successful launch of colour television broadcasts:

[echogirl1]

Very interesting Scunner, would never have remembered without that reminder.

[mercury]

There are several programmes that wouldn't be allowed now... The Black and White minstrals.. Love thy Neighbour. Till death us do part.. I saw an excerpt of Love thy neighbour and it made me squirm... My parents loved the Black and White Minstrals on a Saturday evening... Programmes we never thought of as more than good comedy are not acceptable... Our kids would be horrified at them...

[Highlander]

Surely the point of Till Death Us Do Part was to expose the racism.

[mercury]

He used to use a lot of racist comment towards his Irish son in law as well as his black neighbours.. I just dont think the programme would be allowed nowadays..

[Scunner]

I saw a few episodes of Love They Neighbour on UK Gold quite a few years back and it was hilarious - an incredibly awkward funny but the funniest thing was thinking that this sort of thing was deemed acceptable back then, when it wouldn't have a chance today. Sorry but watching two men calling each other "sambo" and "honky" IS funny, especially due to the fact that it would be impossible to air today. What could be funnier than something you shouldn't say.

It's sad to me that these days we can't have this sort of humour. The Major in Fawlty Towers going on about wogs, Delboy telling Rodney that after a nuclear war "there's bound to be a paki shop open" - these programmes are NOT racist, they depict an age where people like the Major and Delboys certainly did exist.

When we start to delete, and dub over these lines we try to bury OUR past - and that, throughout history, has never turned out well.

[Menthol]

But they aren't being dubbed over, are they? They are being shown on Gold for what they are - comedy of their time.

Humour changes over time. I watched an episode of Benny Hill with my daughter (or excerpts of an episode) and asked her what she thought. She said she hadn't found any of it remotely funny. It didn't even make her smile. And she could not believe that it had been such a popular programme in its day.