Talk:The Black and White Minstrel Show

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:Query: BBC Two started colour in 1967 but BBC ONE didn't get it until 1969, and I always thought the B&WMS was only on BBC ONE. If so the above date should read 1969. Confirmation would be appreciated.
::Having just asked on a forum, I have it in good authority that the 10th series of the programme was originally broadcast on BBC Two in colour, and then repeated on BBC One the following year (1968). The show moved to colour on BBC One full time in 1970, after a Christmas special the previous year. So, the 1967 date is correct. BillyH 12:17, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Confirmation of year 

message: As nobody has bothered to answer any of my points above, and no references have been provided, I have deleted this entire section as unreferenced speculation. 217.155.20.163 01:10, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Criticism section (addendum) 

message: I do think the show first had intended to be racist, but that idea shot out my head once I learned that Blacks & Whites were enabled into the shows. I do believe that the Minstreal Show allowed blacks in to explode the acting on "slavery". Or simply because the audience rate was down or never was to high.
Well i am A 7th grade student doing a report on this topic & I am happy to continue a disscusion about this topic
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email me if interested. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 216.79.193.217 (talk) 18:30, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is It truly racist. 

message: I remember this show and remember, before it was finally cancelled, that they tried a variation where the singers were in "coloured" face. That is to say, still with white lips and eyes but with faces of assorted colours including blue and green. I remember one singer wore large coloured spots. The article doesn't mention this variation. Does anybody know of a reference for it? HairyWombat 02:08, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Wasn't that a sketch comedy show send up? Perhaps The Two Ronnies? Format (talk) 20:46, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Coloured minstrels 

message: Is there a DVD release of these shows?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.54.54.85 (talk) 06:47, 5 August 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  DVD Release?  

message: The stage show performed in Sydney when I was a boy, early 1960s I'd guess but could have been earlier, I was taken to see them... guys in blackface with straw boater hats, ties and and blazers etc., girls in several changes of costume all very short-skirted, I particularly remember a beefeater or Swiss guard theme complete with halberds. The singing was excellent, that's probably why I was taken. Andrewa (talk) 03:51, 29 April 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Australian tour 

message: Music Music Music… replaced The Black and White Minstrel Show. It did well, with viewing figures to match the Minstrels…
But then:
Music Music Music, a "whiteface" version of the show, had been tried, only to lose viewers.
:Can't be both. Valetude (talk) 22:26, 22 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Which was it? 

message: Shouldn't "Morecombe" be "Morecambe"? I don't know of a place called "MorecOmbe", but with an A it is a well known Lancashire seaside resort. All right if you like that sort of place, but at least let it be spelt correctly. Sarandone (talk) 22:22, 31 August 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, go ahead and edit it then... thankfully, someone now has. --TrottieTrue (talk) 01:51, 18 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: "Popularity"

message: Surely the main reason this show is notable now is its use of blackface, but this is not mentioned at all in the lead paragraph. I think it should be included there. Newburyjohn (talk) 08:14, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lead paragraph