I was never a particular fan of Goodness Gracious Me, there were a lot of sketches which fell flat. But this sketch is just glorious, it's a beautifully executed pastiche of post-pub white English pillocks "going for an Indian." Absolutely brilliant.
They are making fun of the old stereotype British people who would go to the pub and then go to the Indian restaurants in the UK. It is very accurate of the uk in the 1970s/80s when a lot of people didn't know much about Indian food and would just order everything and being drunk some could also be a little obnoxious ❤
What was so great about this sketch is that it held up a mirror to a lot of British people at this time and actually made them think about their own behaviour. From the 1970's right through to the 90's and even early 2000's there was a British drinking culture that involved going to the pub or a club on a Friday or Saturday night getting absolutely drunk and then finishing off the night by going to an Indian restaurant as the Indian restaurants used to open late. This sketch captures a lot of the common behaviour of British going for a curry at the time. Including ordering the hottest spicy dish, ordering way too many poppadoms, and sadly it has to be said being very rude and sometimes out and out racist to the staff at Indian restaurants. I don't want to say that this sketch ended that culture and I'm not saying it's gone away altogether but this sketch did get quite a few people to examine their own behaviour by holding up a mirror to them.
A few other funny things they do are the uncle who, no matter what you are getting, always says "why didn't you come to me? I could have gotten you a much better deal!", the man with the overreacting family where his family acts like every small inconvenience is a great disaster, and the mother in law who always complains "why did you come here for this, I could have made it at home. All I need is ---, ---, and a small aubergine!"
no disrespect love but did you hang the wallpaper your about 12inches out of match and your not suppose to see any but joints, sometimes single woman get ripped off by people which is not right, you should watch the isle of man accidents esp the raven pub accident
I was never a particular fan of Goodness Gracious Me, there were a lot of sketches which fell flat. But this sketch is just glorious, it's a beautifully executed pastiche of post-pub white English pillocks "going for an Indian." Absolutely brilliant.
possibly the greatest sketch ever, as it showed up what South Asian immigrants had to put up with in the 70s/80s
They are making fun of the old stereotype British people who would go to the pub and then go to the Indian restaurants in the UK.
It is very accurate of the uk in the 1970s/80s when a lot of people didn't know much about Indian food and would just order everything and being drunk some could also be a little obnoxious ❤
A brilliant mirror image of british behaviour by certain indivduals of society, expertly portrayed by the cast of Goodness Gracious me.
What was so great about this sketch is that it held up a mirror to a lot of British people at this time and actually made them think about their own behaviour.
From the 1970's right through to the 90's and even early 2000's there was a British drinking culture that involved going to the pub or a club on a Friday or Saturday night getting absolutely drunk and then finishing off the night by going to an Indian restaurant as the Indian restaurants used to open late.
This sketch captures a lot of the common behaviour of British going for a curry at the time. Including ordering the hottest spicy dish, ordering way too many poppadoms, and sadly it has to be said being very rude and sometimes out and out racist to the staff at Indian restaurants.
I don't want to say that this sketch ended that culture and I'm not saying it's gone away altogether but this sketch did get quite a few people to examine their own behaviour by holding up a mirror to them.
i love this.
Me too😊
The British can laugh at themselves, whoever they are.
A few other funny things they do are the uncle who, no matter what you are getting, always says "why didn't you come to me? I could have gotten you a much better deal!", the man with the overreacting family where his family acts like every small inconvenience is a great disaster, and the mother in law who always complains "why did you come here for this, I could have made it at home. All I need is ---, ---, and a small aubergine!"
no disrespect love but did you hang the wallpaper your about 12inches out of match and your not suppose to see any but joints, sometimes single woman get ripped off by people which is not right, you should watch the isle of man accidents esp the raven pub accident
...except it's cushion-embossed and the seams are no accident, also neatly reflecting the furnishings...