Talk:Goodness Gracious Me (TV series)

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)
 * 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)

Song
A question was raised by User:Zuytdorp Survivor, and I wonder if anyone can give an authoritative answer. Did the song (which of course came from a film) simply reflect existing Anglo-Indian usage of the phrase "Goodness Gracious Me", or did it start a new trend in the impersonation of Indian speech? (Either way, the song needs to be mentioned, but perhaps I am wrong to say that it was the sone that inspired the title of the series.) Deb 17:54, 30 Jan 2004 (UTC)

I've just listened to the Peter Sellers & Sophia Loren song "Goodness Gracious Me" from The Millionairess and was intrigued to discover that it forms the basis of the sketch show's theme tune, so I guess the connection is pretty blatant. As to whether the "goodness gracious me" was a stock phrase of indian-imitators before Sellars, I still have no idea.

(In the original song chorus, Sophia sings "my heart goes boom-boody-boom-boody boom-boody-boom-boody boom-boody-boom-boody boo-boo-boo-boom ..." (x2) to which "indian" Sellars exclaims "Goodness Gracious Me!")


 * The song 'Goodness Gracious Me' is not actually featured in 'The Millionairess'; it was merely the result of a reprisal of the two characters. I have altered the article accordingly Martyn Smith 20:07, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

Zuytdorp Survivor 02:15, 2 Feb 2004 (UTC)
 * As was parodied in a recent(ish) advert for walkers crisps, with Tara P-T as the woman and Gary Linker(sans burnt cork/dodgy accent) as the doctor. I'v just realised that Gary Lineker's adverts aren't on any more, and Tara has faded into the obscurity she deserves. Oh, frabjous day!
 * I'm surprised to find the original was Peter Sellars. boffy_b 01:11, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

In Anita and Me (the novel), Meera Syal refers to "a goodness-gracious-me-accent" as the way Indians were represented on TV in the 60s, and that makes the link between the song and the show quite neatly, I think. --Doric Loon 13:13, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

Cast and crew
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)
 * 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)
 * 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)


 * 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)
 * 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)

Mistake on page
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)

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

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

Who?
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)

Yogi
Some of the "gibberish" he spouts are song lyrics, such as Chumbawumba's "Tubthumping"(I get knocked down, but I get up again"), and I seem to recall him quoting the opening lines of Madonna's Like a Prayer(this latter one may have been from a similar sketch from In Living Color though).

Recurring characters - the melodramatic family
Theres was a melodramatic family recurring through several episodes of the TV series, but they are not in the list of recurring characters yet. Perhaps they should be, but I don't really know if they have an offical title; "the melodramatic family" i have just made up. Also, the "Will I bollocks" character only appears in one TV episode, albeit several times through that episode as there always one scetch like this in each episode. I don't know if this really should be a recurring character, I don't know if thie character had been on the radio (I never heard the radio one).

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Relevance of some content?
"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)

Introduction: last paragraph
The last paragraph of the introduction is entirely unsupported, and doesn't seem relevent to the show itself. Unless someone can referance it, it ought to be removed.

Oh looks like the above post is on the same topic, whoops. Well, I'm moving it here untill it can be referanced and improved,

The cast casually drop Punjabi and Hindi/Urdu slang phrases into their speech, in the manner of many British Asians living in the UK. 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 Russell Peters.[citation needed]

Nitin Sawhney
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) Yes, good idea. He talked about being in the programme when he was on Desert Island Discs, and said it gave him more self-confidence. Vorbee (talk) 08:36, 21 June 2019 (UTC)

Banned episode - taking communion
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)

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