CycleChat Investigates - Gavin and Stacey

[Kempstonian]

I've never watched Gavin & Stacey but I know James Corden is a prat, so I voted accordingly.

 

[MrGrumpy]

To be honest its a welcome change from all the reality TV shows and celebrity crap that seems mainstream just now. Not a Corden fan however plenty other characters to keep me interested.

 

[Saluki]

I was late to G&S, having watched the first series last year. I liked it so watched all the others.
I rather enjoy it, Nessa is brilliant.

As they are on catch up, I might well watch again. They are amusing nonsense in a grumpy old world full of reality tv.

 

[Drago]

Early indications at the exit poll are that Gavin and Stacey are as interesting as Das Reich.

 

[MrGrumpy]

They are amusing nonsense in a grumpy old world full of reality tv.

Exactly !!

 

[MontyVeda]

Don't like police dramas so not for me.

I've got that bloody theme tune going round in my head now!

 

[Rusty Nails]

At least it infuriated both sides of the spectrum. The woke criticised "homophobia" in the Pogues song, while the reactionaries hated that it "promoted" cannabis use as harmless.

Offending everyone is more interesting than being so anodyne as to please everyone.

 

[Edwardoka]

At least it infuriated both sides of the spectrum. The woke criticised "homophobia" in the Pogues song, while the reactionaries hated that it "promoted" cannabis use as harmless.

Offending everyone is more interesting than being so anodyne as to please everyone.

Literally no-one seriously criticised Bryn and Nessa singing that song. I myself jokingly said "Bryn is cancelled", and I am the Wokemaster Supreme. If I wasn't offended, no-one was.

Happy new year you lovely bastids!

 

[nickyboy]

Perfect Xmas entertainment. Undemanding comedy, plenty of laughs, relatable characters.
G&S has picked up the torch from Only Fools and Horses.

Wasn't it the most popular Xmas TV show of the whole decade? Of course the old CC grumps take delight in posting that they didn't watch it or it was rubbish but that's to be expected

 

[Rusty Nails]

Literally no-one seriously criticised Bryn and Nessa singing that song. I myself jokingly said "Bryn is cancelled", and I am the Wokemaster Supreme. If I wasn't offended, no-one was.

Happy new year you lovely bastids!

https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/12/...hristmas-day-special-homophobic-slur-defence/

https://metro.co.uk/2019/12/30/gavi...nabis-ok-pam-mick-light-living-room-11975548/



Blwyddyn Newydd Dda

 

[SpokeyDokey]

I liked it back in the day but the Xmas show was dire. Same old same old with nothing (apart from the marriage proposal) to add to the story. Lame.

 

[icowden]

I have to say I found it a bit bizarre given that in the UK a Faggot is a bundle of sticks as far as I am aware.
Private boarding schools have a fagging system but that comes from the word "Fag" meaning to work hard.

The US usage seems to come from the older use of Faggot as a pejorative term for old women.

Of course neither of those is relevant to the song which was written by Irish writers. The term as used by the Irish means "lazy person" or "waster".

The odds of anyone in the UK being *actually* offended as opposed to publicly woke, seem to me to be small.

 

[Venod]

I have to say I found it a bit bizarre given that in the UK a Faggot is a bundle of sticks as far as I am aware

I didn't know the bundle of sticks connection, but I did know the food reference.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faggot_(food)

 

[Smudge]

I have to say I found it a bit bizarre given that in the UK a Faggot is a bundle of sticks as far as I am aware.
Private boarding schools have a fagging system but that comes from the word "Fag" meaning to work hard.

The US usage seems to come from the older use of Faggot as a pejorative term for old women.

Of course neither of those is relevant to the song which was written by Irish writers. The term as used by the Irish means "lazy person" or "waster".

The odds of anyone in the UK being *actually* offended as opposed to publicly woke, seem to me to be small.

I think the majority of people in the uk know that faggot is a derogatory term for gay men. However it was used in the US in this way long before we in the UK started using it this way. Before that, in the UK, the word was more likely to just be used for the meat dish.
The word was not used in this context in the Pogues song, but almost anything can offend some people these days.

 

[Kempstonian]

Old man with a faggott, as used on Led Zep's 4th album cover...