...rogramme was cancelled for what some (including the ITA) considered racist humour. ...Milligan's caricatured performance as the charmlessly-nicknamed '[[List of ethnic slurs|Paki Paddy]]'. The shocked reaction from some viewers and cultural co

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...Ritz Hotel]].<ref name="Timesobit" /> Over the years he began to introduce humour into his compering. This went down well, and Manning slowly moved from bein ...udiences which he claimed sometimes included people from [[ethnic minority|ethnic minorities]].<ref name="BBCobit" />

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...r popular comedians of his era, his comedy included jokes about "[[List of ethnic slurs#Paki|Paki]]s" and "[[List of racial slurs#Coon|coon]]s".<ref name="te By the late 1970s and early 1980s, his brand of humour was becoming old-fashioned, and his career declined. He caused offence to s

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...ies) [[Michael Bentine]]. The scripts mixed ludicrous plots with [[surreal humour]], puns, catchphrases and an array of bizarre sound effects. There were als ...is "Go On Show" people are talking about? }}</ref> or even ''The [[List of ethnic slurs#C|Coon]] Show''.<ref>{{cite book | last = Milligan | first = Spike |

...ont of a studio audience, and Williams would play up to them with physical humour, causing hilarity in the studio. Simmonds spoke to the cast, telling them t ..., Took was enjoying the show less than he had previously. He also felt the humour was becoming more obviously dirty and complained to Williams that "We might

Took said of the character that his "bogus ethnic patter and totally meaningless songs" created the illusion of "something te * {{cite book | last=Alexander | first=Richard | title=Aspects of Verbal Humour in English | year=1997 | location=Tübingen | publisher=Gunter Narr | isbn=

Much of the humour comes from Basil's overly aggressive manner, engaging in angry but witty ar ...ns through comedy cross-talk. The show also uses mild [[Black comedy|black humour]] at times, notably when Basil is forced to hide a dead body and in his com