I don’t.

That’s your loss, son.

Has he sacked “Quizzzzzz” yet?

Those Jews are just likeable people, fact.

They come from outer space, y’know.

I didn’t say I didn’t like him—I just don’t love him...not in...you know...that way.

I don’t fancy his much.

I’ve never seen his much.

His Dad was fucking A too.

Sorry, I meant his uncle.

“Raise the Titanic? It would’ve been cheaper to lower the Atlantic.”

The world needs many more Lew Grades.

One morning in 1966:

GRADE: Good morning, Pat my boy, what can I do for you?

McGOOHAN: I want to do a sequel to Danger Man except it’ll be a multilevel allegory about the alienation of the individual within the deceptively cosy facade of society. There will be a mute dwarf butler and psychotic bouncy weather balloons. Haven’t quite worked out how to finish it yet but I’ll think of something.

GRADE: It’s so crazy it might work. Let’s shake on it!

All useless “commissioning editors” please take note.

DAMN STRAIGHT

Let us not forget he cancelled Mind Your Language.

Cue Vince Powell telling us it wasn’t racist.

I FEEL SORRY FOR VINCE POWELL.

There, I said it.

Feeling sorry for him is perfectly compatible with his being a twunt.

Everyone’s a winner.

Love Thy Neighbour wasn’t racist neither, apparently. He is the misunderstood Johnny Speight.

Much appreciated around the world (unless all these people are Vince Powell)

http://www.classictelly.com/programme.php?Programme=Mind%20Your%20Language

108 Ali Amir from Lahore, Pakistan: MYL was probably the best comedy show I have ever seen and will see for year to come. I learnt more, different accents, courtesy of this show.

As a comedy Pakistani, he would say that.

80 K S. Prabhu from INDIA: Mind your language is a clean & simple universal comedy. I am in a very stressful profession & watching this programme relaxes me very much. I have watched this so many times that I can laugh in anticipation of certain situations!

There actually was a letter from Vince Powell in the Times the other week saying more or less the same thing (re. new Penguin TV Companion so why he was writing to the Times and not Penguin baffles me).

There’s still such a thing as a strongly-worded etc.

Did he use the word ‘racialist’?

“Just a bit of fun, let’s be coon.”

No, and surprisingly he didn’t use the term “coloured” either.

Nephew of the one time WORLD CHARLESTON CHAMPION and don’t you forget it.

WORLD CHARLESTON CHAMPION (White Division)

Oh, you meant Lew Grade, not Vince Powell’s uncle.

Um, yeah.

In any case, I don’t think they let the black dancers compete in 1926.