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  • No laughing matter! Woke censors slap offensiveness warning on classic 'Allo 'Allo episodes because zey take ze mickey out of ze French and German accents

    08/06/2021 1:07:50 AM PDT · by Oshkalaboomboom · 17 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 8/6/2021 | Tom Pyman
    Woke censors have slapped an offensiveness warning on classic 'Allo 'Allo episodes in case viewers are upset by characters taking the mickey out of French and German accents. The BBC comedy, which ran from 1982 to 1992, coined a multitude of catchphrases that proved popular for decades. 'Good Moaning', uttered completely straight by French policeman Officer Crabtree, is still widely offered as a greeting nearly 30 years after Cafe René closed its doors for the last time. But now an online streaming service has included warnings over the show's content, which includes panto-style sexual innuendo as well as the foreign...
  • Gorden Kaye: 'Allo 'Allo!'s Rene Artois dies aged 75

    01/25/2017 12:11:47 AM PST · by Dajjal · 10 replies
    BBC ^ | 23 January 2017 | Entertainment & Arts
    Actor Gorden Kaye, who was best known for his role in the long-running BBC sitcom 'Allo 'Allo!, has died aged 75. The star's former agency confirmed to BBC News he died at a care home on Monday morning. Kaye played cafe owner Rene Artois on the hit show, which centred on the fictional exploits of resistance fighters in World War Two in German-occupied France. He appeared in all 84 episodes of the sitcom, as well as a stage version. [snip] Kaye's career almost came to an abrupt end in 1990 when he was critically injured in the Burns' Day storm....