Jim Davidson

He doesn't seem funny any more. There was a time, about twenty years ago, when I found Jim Davidson funny. In a crude, down-to-earth way.
We were on holiday at Torquay; Jim was playing at a theatre there. I had no desire to see his show because I had heard how racialist it was, how coarse it was etc. but some people in the hotel said they were going again that night because they had enjoyed the show so much.
Going again! You don't go again unless there is something very special about a show. I went again to see "Singing in the Rain". And again. And again. And I saw "The Searchers" three times in as many weeks.
So off we went, my wife and I, to see Jim's show.
Yes it was coarse. Yes it was crude if not disgustingly rude. Yes it had racialist jpokes galore - but then people accepted them more easily than now in these politically correct days.
There were some good jokes in it and some clever sketches and Jim delivered the jokes with great style, the old cheekie chappie style of banter; and the sketches were often quite funny.
But that was then. Now Jim Davidson is not acceptable. And in an interview the other evening he gave one the impression that there might be a rather nasty piece of work behind those bland, bloated features.
I wouldn't go again to see him - but I'm glad I went that once if only to be in an audience of people who just loved him: theatre does not cater for that sort of audience any more. Many would say "thank God for that". I don't.