one on the cleverest men that i ever worked with .a man before his time.I remember his words to me after one show.keep up the good work. regards tony sadar
dave allen was one of the best and most funny men ever and miss his humour he was so funny and so clever a gem of a man sorely missed personally and theatrically
"Dave Allen At Large." I remember. On one of the shows Dave told a joke that included the N-word. He told it very offhand, tossing around the word like it was no big deal... my family and I were stunned, and we weren't the only ones. I don't know how it played in the UK, but here in the States it did not go over well. The complaints rolled in, the press picked it up, PBS got nervous, and next thing you know "Dave Allen" was "At Large" no more. Doesn't anyone besides me remember this?
Catgirl I find that quite ironic, America was then just about as racist as it could get- in some parts of America even today it is racism at its finest-
@narlacat68 ...I'm reading your stuff .Two year's ago you wanted to be a teen in the 60's ...I was a teen Paratrooper in the 50's .I don't think you would have proved up even in the 70's .
No, it is not "just a word." If that were true Dave Allen would not have gotten into trouble with it, and you and I would not be discussing it now. In my lifetime it has been flung at me by young white males intent on asserting their superiority (a mask for their insecurity), an experience that doesn't begin to approach what my parents and grandparents have endured. That word has a long, searing history with black (and white) Americans, whereas epithets like "shit" and "motherfucker" do not.
Yeah, and speaking of white males masking their resentment and insecurity with attempted shows of superiority.... You know, something told me--maybe all that capping of letters--that it was probably pointless to try to have an adult conversation with you about this issue, but I thought I'd give it a shot. My suspicions have been confirmed; we're done.
