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.. yeah, but Spike was attempting to do stuff before that, that the TV authorities got cold feet over. Not passing judgment, it's all on record. Fascinating character - read a couple of books about him, the war and his up bringing obviously had a massive effect on him - as did his depression...

I was replying to suggestion he was let down by TV and trying to give a reason why, without defending the reasoning. Not sure if I made the point strong enough, but some of his stuff freaked out the TV authorities in your different era, which possibly explains his somewhat sporadic television...

Explains some of it (I think), but possibly not all. As I've said I've read a bit and my conclusion is comedy genius (and I don't use that term lightly), but really not a very nice person at times. I personally find it quite difficult to understand what he was trying to do with the racially...

Wasn't at times a very nice person though, in fact quite the opposite. Read a few books either about him or mentioning him. At times he was completely impossible. He also either made or attempted to make some comedies in the 70s/80s that focused on the subject of race in the Till Death Us Do...