Talk:Absolutely (TV series)

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Contents 1 Title 2 Pictures 3 Don and George 4 Callum! 5 Mocking minorities

[edit] Title

What's with the exclamation mark on the page name? I don't remember any series of the programme using it. --McGeddon 02:32, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Have moved this page from Absolutely! to Absolutely (TV series). Couldn't find any source for the exclamation mark - it's never been part of the programme logo, it doesn't appear on the book or videos of the series, and the production company itself refers to it without the exclamation mark. --McGeddon 09:22, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pictures

Yeah nice.No pictures!.Sort it out you muppets!!!(This unsigned post was added 16:19, 1 January 2007 217.38.64.28 (Talk) )

[edit] Don and George

Jack and Moray appeared as early versions of Don and George on three or four editions of C4's Friday Night Live in the Spring of 1988. They were depicted as standing endlessly at a urinal, waiting to "get going" as it were...

[edit] Callum!

Moray Hunter reprised Callum Gilhooley on Jack Docherty's Channel 5 chat show a few times in 1997-8.

[edit] Mocking minorities

As i recall, the show's portrayal of Welsh people was downright racist, and its writers had certain "issues" with their Scottish background, which would be described as "self-loathing" in some quarters - not to mention the anglophobe cliche. "Absolutely?" had great potential, but was let down by its cringe. Thank god Scotland's moved on from that...

Shows like "Absolutely" although pretending to be progressive, and cutting edge, really pander to the old ethnic and regional stereotypes (like the north eastern Englishman) and reinforce prejudices. --MacRusgail 15:58, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

Hello. Unless you're about to pull out an academic paper or newspaper report and start writing this up, talk pages are for discussing the article, not for chatting about our own opinions of the subject. --McGeddon 16:41, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

Most of the "article" (if it can be called that) is an opinion. I've tried to make it more balanced. Slagging off minorities and other languages, "cos they talk funny" is basically racist humour. --MacRusgail 23:41, 21 August 2007 (UTC)