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That doesn't follow any logic at all! Sorry!

It's more like 35 or 45 years ago that JD was 'big'. 25 years ago his fame was well past its zenith, so your experience of 25 years ago isn't really relevant. Once again, judging a previous era by the mores and ethics of the present day is a failure. 200 years ago people flocked to watch public...

I think you'll find the sentence, "And absolutely no comparison to other certain charity personalities of his time" in the post you are replying to specifically rules out the 'Jimmy Saville defence' in this case.

Fair enough, but I think we'll have to differ about how many people found his comedy acceptable at the time.

'You' might not have laughed 'with' the character of Alf Garnett. Millions did, and tuned in week after week not realising he was the one being ridiculed. And even back then there were some of us who didn't laugh at all - we just thought he was a nasty little shite. Many of those millions of...

No, I haven't seen the programme, but that is what I understood he said. It was acceptable at the time (even though it shouldn't have been) and that's what he did. And that's the absolute truth. I'm not 'defending' anything - you'd have to be a bit prejudiced to think I did. What he did was...

Wasn't it a programme reviewing the career of Jim Davidson? 'Chalky' was part of that career, so he was asked about it, and replied in character. As part of the past. The past which is no longer part of the present. As in, 'This is what I used to do, and why' - not that I intend to carry on...