Thanks for being here Charlie.

[garinda]

Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp

That smiley icon actually looks like the big grin he nearly always had. I loved the gentle way he had of telling a joke and that broad Yorkshire accent even though I am a Lancashire lass. He was a northerner like us.

Slightly off topic but "Love Thy Neighbour" was a dig at the bigots not a laugh at the brown skinned neighbours. I think programs like that helped to show people how stupid racial prejudice was. I do think that an INdian actor should have been used to play an Indian role in "It Ain't Half Hot Mum" but the character didn't come across to me as thick - more as fooling the Welshman into thinking he was thick which is a different thing entirely.

I think we'll have to disagree on why Love Thy Neighbour was popular. I think its audience was pretty similar to Till Death Do Us Part. Even left wing luvvie Warren Mitchell admits much of the audience liked Alf Garnet because of his bigotted views, on everything from race to a woman's place in society.

[junetta]

I remember seeing Charlie live once. It has been bugging me since the start of this post. Could it have been Burnley Mecca?

Not to worry, it was well funny.

I trust he died with a smile on his face......he always had one in life.......RIP Charlie