Talk:Absolutely (TV series)

Title

What's with the exclamation mark on the page name? I don't remember any series of the programme using it. --McGeddon 02:32, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Have moved this page from Absolutely! to Absolutely (TV series). Couldn't find any source for the exclamation mark - it's never been part of the programme logo, it doesn't appear on the book or videos of the series, and the production company itself refers to it without the exclamation mark. --McGeddon 09:22, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Don and George

Jack and Moray appeared as early versions of Don and George on three or four editions of C4's Friday Night Live in the Spring of 1988. They were depicted as standing endlessly at a urinal, waiting to "get going" as it were...

Callum!

Moray Hunter reprised Callum Gilhooley on Jack Docherty's Channel 5 chat show a few times in 1997-8.

Stoneybridge

Any idea as to a possible location? I know there's a lot of sniping by the characters at the Yetts o'Muckart, and there's a very distinctive stone bridge just down the road on the A823 at Rumbling Bridge... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Illuminatusds (talk • contribs) 12:46, 5 January 2018 (UTC)

Mocking minorities

As i recall, the show's portrayal of Welsh people was downright racist, and its writers had certain "issues" with their Scottish background, which would be described as "self-loathing" in some quarters - not to mention the anglophobe cliche. "Absolutely?" had great potential, but was let down by its cringe. Thank god Scotland's moved on from that...

Shows like "Absolutely" although pretending to be progressive, and cutting edge, really pander to the old ethnic and regional stereotypes (like the north eastern Englishman) and reinforce prejudices. --MacRusgail 15:58, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

though most of the funniest "Welsh" stuff came fromm John Sparks, who's Welsh. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Illuminatusds (talk • contribs) 12:48, 5 January 2018 (UTC)

Hello. Unless you're about to pull out an academic paper or newspaper report and start writing this up, talk pages are for discussing the article, not for chatting about our own opinions of the subject. --McGeddon 16:41, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

Most of the "article" (if it can be called that) is an opinion. I've tried to make it more balanced. Slagging off minorities and other languages, "cos they talk funny" is basically racist humour. --MacRusgail 23:41, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

Welshmen lampooning other Welshmen, Scotsmen taking the mickey out of other Scotsmen hardly constitutes racism....David T Tokyo (talk) 17:58, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

It's known as self-loathing. Black folk in the States used to do shows that hinged on parodies of their people. Scotland has the same kind of thing - Harry Lauder etc, and folk who continually need to apologise for being Scottish, or start foaming at the mouth any time any aspect of Scottish culture is mention. Fortunately, Scots seem to be grown out of the cringe, and the "me not good enough" attitude. Comes with gaining self-respect. --MacRusgail (talk) 18:15, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

McGlashan's name

Although the character is named simply "McGlashan" in the Recurring Characters section, I am certain that he was called 'Fergus McGlashan' in the series. However, I could not find any confirmation of this anywhere on the Net.