Andy

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[J Stewart @triffic_stuff_]

😂 This Harry Hill’s TV Burp clip on “Muslim Driving School” is brilliant.

Harry mercilessly takes the mickey out of the entire premise and a few Muslim traditions while he’s at it.

First he zeros in on an 18-year-old, born and bred British girl who was married off in an arranged marriage to a man her parents chose in Pakistan.

Harry, completely deadpan:

“Hmm… the arranged marriage. How’s it going?”

Cut straight to the narrator:

“As an 18-year-old divorcee…”

😭 The audience loses it. Harry just pulls that classic awkward face and goes, “Sorry to hear that. Oh well… plenty more fish in the sea.”

Then later, with a different woman whose husband is “very confident” she’ll pass her test, Harry gets ready to crack open the champagne… only to be disappointed when she fails, but quickly adds:”

“It’s non-alcoholic… yeah, I’m sensitive.” 😂

Little polite jab at Muslims and alcohol. Nothing vicious, just lighthearted teasing.

This was mainstream television. ITV. Peak-time. And there was no outrage. People took it exactly as it was meant: good-natured, sharp British jesting.

That was just over a decade ago.

No way on earth you’d see a clip like this on mainstream TV today.

Times really have changed… and not for the better when it comes to being allowed to laugh at things.

Bring back TV Burp!

[Andy @AndrewPayneUK]

@ivanpzrodic Brought a tear to my AI

[Andy @AndrewPayneUK]

@NoContextBrits They need to be cooked!

[Andy @AndrewPayneUK]

@ClarksonsFarm1 Kaleb only works with Jeremy. They have an amazing chemistry and synergy. Having said that Jeremy could work with anyone and make them look great.

[Andy @AndrewPayneUK]

@ClarksonsFarm1 OF.... Only Farmers... brilliant 👏 😂😂

[Dudes Posting Their W’s @DudespostingWs]

I don’t think people realize how absurd this is. Scottish runner Josh Kerr just broke the mile world record in 3:42.66, an average speed of 16.2 mph. Most people couldn’t even briefly reach that speed, let alone sustain it for an entire mile.

[Andy @AndrewPayneUK]

@KEdge23 They flew the same flag over Port Stanley in 1982 but it didnt have any writing on it.

[Andy @AndrewPayneUK]

@fw_bigjay Absolutely right. Anyone who hits a woman deserves no less than this. Good on you Mr Conductor. Not all heroes wear capes 🙌 👏

[Andy @AndrewPayneUK]

@TansuYegen "Mission failed successfully"

[Andy @AndrewPayneUK]

@ClarksonsFarm1 Absolutely 💯

[Andy @AndrewPayneUK]

@ClarksonsFarm1 💯

[Andy @AndrewPayneUK]

@SurferAnders @ClarksonsFarm1 Brilliant. 10 gallons a mile though 😂

[Andy @AndrewPayneUK]

@ClarksonsFarm1 Love the tshirt 😎

[Andy @AndrewPayneUK]

@ClarksonsFarm1 Sheeps. Definitely.

[Fiona @Fiona35352137]

@thetimes Visited friend in care home last week.

She was made to sell her family home, to pay fees.

£104,000 a year.

Her room is exactly the same as the person in the next room who pays nothing.

My friend had 2 jobs all her life, to afford mortgage.

The other person didn’t work.

[Andy @AndrewPayneUK]

@realninawysocka Thatcher. 💯

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