Jim Davidson

[BertTrautmann'sParachute]

It's easy to have a go at Jim Davidson, but... No, actually he's a homourless ****.

 

[Crouchinho]

Jim Davidson seems to be getting it in the neck. I think he deserves a big break

 

[dronefromsector7G]

Jim Davidson seems to be getting it in the neck. I think he deserves a big break

Cue a load of crap puns

 

[Phil1]

Cue a load of crap puns

He hates being left with a difficult black.

 

[RayCTID]

Give it a rest

 

[citytill1die84]

Give it a rest

Rack it in mate

 

[I'm With Stupid]

You said about his act, it “wouldn’t be tolerated these days”.

We both know why it wouldn’t be tolerated these days: because it was racist.

It's not just that though, the whole way comedy is done nowadays is different, and certain old school comedians didn't move on. Mainly back in the 70s, jokes were told and retold by different comedians (to the point where they actually have blackboards in comedy clubs crossing out the jokes as they're told so the next act doesn't repeat it). Nowadays, there's far more expectation for comedians to write their own stuff and as a result, they have more control over it (i.e. you can't steal people's jokes any more). So people who became successful purely because they had good delivery fell by the wayside when they weren't only expected to perform all original material, but they weren't even allowed to repeat jokes from one tour to the next. Henning Wehn does a good bit about how musicians have the easier career because they can write a few big hits and just play them for the rest of their life, whereas he has to throw all of his jokes away every year and write a brand new show.

 

[Ancient Citizen]

You said about his act, it “wouldn’t be tolerated these days”.

We both know why it wouldn’t be tolerated these days: because it was racist.

You seem to think that the fact he didn’t get paid for performing racist jokes to a group of like-minded (ie racist) people is some badge of honour, when it was merely a taste of things to come for Davidson’s current career. He rarely gets paid to spout his racist shite these days either.

And you seem to think you can throw out insults and slurs at someone who, with hundreds of mates, had the temerity to laugh at a comedian 30 years ago. Moralising, pseudo, preachy tossers abound at the moment, inflicting an uninterested audience with their ideas about how society should be framed. People like Davidson, Manning and their ilk earned fortunes and played to packed houses, and were regulars on TV. Whether you like it or not, millions were laughing at them at home, so according to your trumpeted revisionism. all these folk are fucking racists.
The new thought police will never change the facts.

 

[lefty goldblatt]

Cue a load of crap puns

I'm stunned

 

[peoffrey]

Bernard Manning was a gifted comedian. His ability to tell a joke was second to none.