David Jason Accused Of Being Racist, After Mistelling A Joke By The Queen.

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/david-jason-accused-racism-after-8173897

Oh dear, did you cringe when David Jason told that story of how the Queen allegedly described a certain foreign diplomat?

[jourdain2]

I usually catch it lunch-times trt. Radio 4 Jack Dee is proving an able replacement for Humphrey Lyttleton. Not ssure what days, I'll have to go and look it up - maybe mikey has it at his fingertips (as Samantha might say). The joke is that Samantha exists purely in the imagination - as does Sven whenever she is otherwise occupied. I completely agree with mikey. :)

[jourdain2]

Sorry for perpetuating a wrong info. The prog. is called 'I'm Sorry, I Haven't A Clue'. You can Google or Edge it easily.

[mikey4444]

trt...here is a link ::

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qnwb

Its on Radio, but there isn't a current series on at the present time. There are usually 3-4 series a year.

Enjoy !

[anotheoldgit]

Well judging by some of your posts, I think some of you think you are on ChatterBank.

[Gromit]

Jason is old so you cannot blame him for get confused and misremembering a joke.

However, you have to question his judgement in retelling
a) a joke that was racist (or at least was racist the way he remembered it) and
b) attributing the joke to her Majesty.

Falsely branding the Queen as a racist, on national television, is not clever even from an institution like Sir David.

[ummmm]

By all accounts I don't think the queen actually told a joke. My BIL has hairy arms like a gorilla and I wouldn't be racist to say that out loud.

[dave50]

Yawn, yawn bl***y yawn! Who cares? I am sick of hearing about alleged racism every time I read a newspaper. i am not interested and I dont care.

[andy-hughes]

I think Sir David either mis-remembered, or mis-quoted the story he was telling.

It appears to me that the reaction was centred around the simple fact that his story was not remotely amusing, and Kirsty Young forced a laugh to be polite, and everyone else looked a little embarrassed.

Not sure how you can parlay 'racism' out of that.