Diversity in the UK, late-70s style…

[almostwitty]

Thanks to @bloggerheads and b3ta for pointing me to this amazing late-70s UK video, celebrating the diversity of London by … having the great Derek Griffiths impersonate a Chinese man by pulling on his eyebrows and singing about Chinkies, with a popular UK song from 1969 celebrating the ‘melting’ pot’ of the UK.

Derek Griffiths, btw, was the amiable black host of many a childrens’ TV show back in the 1970s and early 80s. I feel like my childhood has just been urinated on. But I can’t stop watching it…

Mirrored from almost witty.

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[charlycrash.livejournal.com]

Alan Partridge: [Sings] Take a pinch of white man, wrap him up in black skin.. [spoken] what's the next bit?

[Michael is sitting in an armchair, with a toolbox by his side. He holds a screwdriver and is cleaning an air vent.]

Michael: Add a dash of blue blood.

Alan: [sings] Add a dash of blue blood.

Michael: [Thickly accented] And a little biddy bit of a Red Indian boy.

Alan: [sings] And... something else in Geordie.

Michael: This hasn't been cleaned out for years. Hey, there's a little Japanese soldier in here still fighting the war!

Alan: Ha ha. You daft racist. [sings] Curly black and kinky, mixed with yellow chinky.. [spoken] can you still say that?

Michael: Oh, aye. You're all right with that, like, because it's a race of people, and it's a food.

Alan: [Thoughtfully] Chinese. Yeah, you're absolutely right, yeah.