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Apologies then if it sounds like I'm having a go at you because I'm not at all. I've obviously not put my point across too well but it's late, I'm knackered and not trying to start an argument so let's leave it here.

I think there's a lot of truth in that but I would still draw a distinction between him and the likes of Bernard Manning. I've nothing to back it up but I'd guess that most people only ever know Davidson from TV so probably making judgements from that. Even back then though we all knew Manning...

I'm sure that most people now don't like or agree with what he represented but for mainstream UK it was clearly at that time, their values and humour too. Absolutely nothing wrong with not liking him but as I said, it's unfair to put all this abuse solely on him when it was the Great British...

I'm not doubting that but I think you're missing the point. Back in the 80s he was a TV A-lister because his brand of humour was extremely popular. He's now almost universally sneered at so that must include a lot of people who appear to be in complete denial of their small part in his success.

The definition of 'countryside': To kill Piers Morgan Admittedly, that joke works better spoken than written.

Exactly. He's become a hate figure for all the things that we dislike about 70s/80s humour when most of us were complicit in it.

Not sure it's entirely fair, all the scorn that's poured on Jim Davison. He was extremely successful at the height of his career because a lot of people found him funny. His humour was a reflection of what we all found acceptable. I dare say a lot of people in this thread, myself included...