Can you believe it. Once upon a time we were allowed to laugh at 'Mother-in-Law' jokes, and overweight female dancers of a 'certain age'.
These days there would be several hundred, banner-waving, shaven-headed, dungaree-wearing, woke protesters, outside the theatre all demanding compensation.
I think I prefer it how things used to be! Here are 'The Roly Polys'; Les Dawson's wonderful answer to The Tiller Girls.
I remember those, the good old days, when we were allowed to have fun and not feel guilty about it. Can't even move these days without somebody coming over with 'the vapours'!
ReplyDeleteAnd if you didn't like something, or felt offended, you simply didn't watch.
DeleteLes Dawson was an amazing comic and pianist, along with Bob Monkhouse.
ReplyDeleteHe was a real 'comedian'; very funny.
DeleteI remember them well! Great fun.
ReplyDeleteThere were, and they all loved what they were doing.
DeleteThey were great dancers with a sense of fun.
ReplyDelete'Fun' is the right word; that's exactly what they were. Sadly that type of fun isn't allowed any more.
DeleteEven though I am proudly woke, I can still applaud The Roly Polys and indeed Les Dawson's edgy brand of Northern humour. He was a comedy genius.
ReplyDeleteI'm pleased to hear that YP. I've never seen you as a killjoy.
DeleteThey were great entertainers and we laughed along with them - not at them. These days where has all the sense of fun gone?
ReplyDeleteExactly. Sadly the woke brigade have no sense of 'fun'.
DeleteNope not my cup of tea back then and not now. I couldn’t stand those 1970s entertainment shows with skits (with mega laugh track) interspersed with dancing.
ReplyDeleteBenny Hill, Dick Emery, Morecombe and Wise…no thanks
You need to have a sense of fun to enjoy that type of humour. It's not obligatory.
DeleteI also remember them.Surely they wouldn't have done it if it had offended them ? XXXX
ReplyDeleteOf course not. They loved it.
DeleteI've never seen them. The clip you post is very funny.
ReplyDeleteThey were very popular back in the 80's (?). They worked with the comedian Les Dawson.
DeleteThat's true entertainment all right. Just lovely
ReplyDeleteI agree. All good fun.
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