Talk:Goodness Gracious Me (TV series)

message: Mistake on page! 01/01/2011:
Apologies, never edited a wiki article before. Fourth paragraph down in the introduction - starting "One of the more famous sketches..." Later it goes on to say that the group order 24 bread rolls, this is incorrect, they actually order 24 bowls of chips. Also, I'm not sure it's credible to say "ordering chicken phall and too many papadums" - is it widely accepted that Chicken Phall is a standard curry to get when out? Personally I would have thought it was more Chicken Tikka Massala as I'm sure I've heard that quoted as being typically popular British curry. Anyway in the meantime the bread rolls needs to be changed to chips. Evidence here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdo79znnHl8  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.96.181.221 (talk) 13:58, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: A phall is traditionally "the hottest thing on the menu".  Hence the parody of the Indians ordering "the blandest thing on the menu".  They do indeed order 24 plates of chips and "some of those bread rolls" - again, to be compared to the ordering of excessive rice and "some of those poppadoms" (or naan breads) IMO.  62.196.17.197 (talk) 13:59, 10 February 2014 (UTC)

message: Is the Cast and Crew section really necessary?  I haven't seen other articles with such sections.  —JD[don't talk|email] 21:46, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't see any reason why it shouldn't be there just because nothing similar appears on other pages.
--NeilEvans 21:53, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Fair enough.  But if it's going to be there, it could at least be fixed up so it doesn't look as though it was taken straight from the IMDb.  —JD[don't talk|email] 21:57, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: How's that it looks a bit better than before, didn't realise it was taken from IMdb. I you feel like changing it be my guest.--NeilEvans 22:31, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It looks heaps better, I can't see how it would need to be changed now.  —JD[don't talk|email] 22:40, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
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message: hey look at the top of the page, it says somehwere there that goodness gracious me comprises of 3 seasons running from 1996 to 1998, but further down the page it says it ran from 1998 to 2001, so which isit? 1996 - 1998 or 1998 - 2001?
:Cleaned-up the radio series was from 1996-1998 and the TV series was 1998-2001.--NeilEvans 14:20, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mistake on page 

message: Save us bhangra man! 83.100.221.131 15:32, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bangra Man 

message: what is wikipedia's view on adding links to youtube for this show? SleweD 20:51, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Videos 

message: The Bhangra Muffins - ...Some people (Shakeel Hussain and Simon O'Leary) always thought that chuddies was a reference to testicles.
Since I can't find any other reference to these two people, I've deleted this sentence.  Rojomoke 22:04, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Who? 

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message: "The Punjabi language is now the second most spoken in the UK.[citation needed] Some of the newer generation are following the Goodness Gracious team while others are turning to their parent language.[citation needed] These British Punjabi Writers include Daljit Nagra. The Canadians are also taking a leaf out of the GGM success. There is a growing number of Indian acts, such as Russel Peters.[citation needed]"
All of this is not directly to do with the programme. What does the second sentence mean? The new generation of comedian? What is "following the GGM team" and how is that the opposite of "turning to their parent language" (unless it just means using English)? Is there evidence that Canadian comedians would not be working were it not for GGM? Details should be given if they were specifically inspired by it.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Salopian (talk • contribs) 11:14, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
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message: The musician Nitin Sawhney was a member of the cast of the radio show and left after the TV pilot. Should that be mentioned here? Djkrysa (talk) 23:27, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Nitin Sawhney]] 

message: In Ann Widdecombe's Are You Having a Laugh - Comedy and Christianity, BBC1, 27 Mar 2013, Ann talks about a banned episode involving taking communion. Ann had to get special permission to view the episode, and some snippets are broadcast during the program. There is no mention of this banned episode in the article. 81.187.162.109 (talk) 23:44, 27 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Banned episode - taking [[Communion (Christian)|communion]] 

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