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Quote: from cormack15 on 10:18 am on June 20, 2007[br]He was a racist, sexist dinosaur.
However, you couldn’t help but laugh….<br>
<br>I managed.
gc<br>
Jeremy Grayson. Son of immigrant. Adoptive father of two. Metadata librarian. Freelance point-to-point / horse racing writer, analyst and commentator wonk. Loves music, buses, cats, the BBC Micro, ale. Advocate of CBT, PACE and therapeutic parenting. Aspergers.
To call a comedian a racist ?
Isn’t there job just to make people laugh at themselves and also other people ?
Manning once quoted "I am not a racist, I take the p**s
out of everyone"PC he wasn’t, but funny he was. <br>He must of been, he even made graysonscolumn laugh.<br>
Evening Lolly’s Mate, how ya bin?
I’m not sure graysonscolumn was saying that, but I won’t speak for him.
I didn’t see more than snatches of Manning’s comedy, so I won’t pretend to be an expert. I didn’t much like what I heard, his comedy seemed to be based on picking out small groups of society and mocking them. It wasn’t always about race, religion or sexuality, I’ve heard it said he told jokes about ginger haired people, white working class blokes and so on. That’s just not my kind of humour, its the kind of thing that goes on in the school playground, the mocking of anyone different, and I didn’t enjoy it much then. But obviously lots of people did.
On the other hand, he wasn’t Pol Pot, he was just a comedian. And he does have a grieving family. Some of the comments (in other less intellectual forums, I hasten to add) have been well over the top.
(Edited by Aranalde at 9:06 pm on June 25, 2007)
Quote: from lollys mate on 6:14 pm on June 25, 2007[br] <br>He must of [sic] been, he even made graysonscolumn laugh.
<br>Er, no. Guess again.
gc<br>
Jeremy Grayson. Son of immigrant. Adoptive father of two. Metadata librarian. Freelance point-to-point / horse racing writer, analyst and commentator wonk. Loves music, buses, cats, the BBC Micro, ale. Advocate of CBT, PACE and therapeutic parenting. Aspergers.
Is their any type of comedy that makes you laugh GC?
Just wandering what floats your boat, me old mucker;)
Is their any type of comedy that makes you laugh GC?
Just wandering what floats your boat, me old mucker
<br>Panorama?
Mike
Quote: from lollys mate on 3:22 pm on June 26, 2007[br] Is their [sic] any type of comedy that makes you laugh GC?
Just wandering what floats your boat, me old mucker;) <br>
<br>Plenty. But this appears to be a thread about Bernard Manning, and therefore patently, emphatically and irrefutably not about comedy.
gc<br>
Jeremy Grayson. Son of immigrant. Adoptive father of two. Metadata librarian. Freelance point-to-point / horse racing writer, analyst and commentator wonk. Loves music, buses, cats, the BBC Micro, ale. Advocate of CBT, PACE and therapeutic parenting. Aspergers.
Just like the original poster, I nearly died laughing the first time I saw Bernard Manning.
In my opinion he was the best stand up comic in this country by miles, and nobody who’s obsessed with all this political correctness cobblers, will ever convince me otherwise.Those who think he wasn’t funny have either never seen him, or have had a sense of humour bypass.
R.I.P. Bernard, you were the greatest.
Bernard Manning died on Monday evening in hospital.
His doctor , Dr Iqbal Patel described his condition as ‘Satisfactory’.Recieved this by text the other day, and obviously not one of Benard Mannings own, sure he would appreciated it.
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