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69% of record nationwide response to poll on Hey Hey, It's Saturday 'blackface' skit says the clip was neither racist nor tasteless

HOST Daryl Somers called the Hey Hey It's Saturday Jackson Jive skit furore a "storm in a teacup" - and it seems readers agree.

An overwhelming 69 per cent of readers who voted in online News Ltd polls across Australia said the skit - which featured four men with blackened faces wearing afro wigs miming to the Jackson Five’s Can You Feel It - was neither racist nor tasteless.

Almost 30,000 people voted and more than 1500 comments were posted on heraldsun.com.au stories after Hey Hey’s guest judge, American crooner Harry Connick Jr, said he would not have taken part in the show had he known about the performance.

“Just another uptight American with no sense of humour. I would not be offended if five black men appeared on Red Faces with white paint on their faces,” was just one of the responses on heraldsun.com.au.

It seems just about everything these days is offensive. Well I am offended by the direction that our sense of humour is heading. Can't get anymore black and white than that,” wrote Mr Brown of Brisbane at news.com.au.

On heraldsun.com.au, 76 per cent of respondents said the skit was not racist or tasteless

The strongest reactions came from readers of PerthNow.com.au, where 81 per cent said the skit was not racist, and adelaidenow.com.au, where 80 per cent supported Somers' point of view.

Results from other News Ltd sites were:

• News.com.au - 72.2 per cent said the skit was not racist or tasteless
• Dailytelegraph.com.au – 77 per cent said the skit was not racist or tasteless
• Couriermail.com.au – 53 per cent said the skit was not racist or tasteless.

Tory Maguire, deputy editor of opinion site The Punch, where almost 500 readers left comments, said that the results to the national poll weren’t surprising.

“While the skit was not the most offensive on recent Australian TV, it demonstrated how old-school and out of touch the producers of Hey Hey were,” she said.

“The Australian public has grown up since the skit first aired 20 years ago. But the 2.5 million Australians who were watching last night were looking for nostalgia, so a returning act like the Jackson Jive was always going to appeal to them.

“In spite of the large majority of respondents in the News Ltd-wide poll saying they did not find the skit offensive, many hundreds of people who commented on websites including The Punch were appalled at what they saw as blatant racism.”

"The Australian public has grown up since the skit first aired 20 years ago".....What an arrogant piece of crap statement!

These politically correct, elitist, holier than thou, lefty wowzers need to get their own life and stop trying to run everyone elses.

And this goes for dopey Harry Connick Whinger too as he should tune into a few more 'Red Faces' vids on You Tube such as this one
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Wy doesnt Harry Cockwit Jnrmind his own business??

Hey Hey is the funniest show in the history of Australian telly closely followed by Australias funniest home videos and the Footy Show. I bet Harry doesnt think Sam Newman is funny either.

I bet he didnt knock back the opportunity to plug whatever album of crap cover songs he is selling on the show OR give back the cash he would have gotten for going on in the first place.

He is talentless BIG MOUTH Yank and if I wanted to listen to people rip off other artists songs etc then I would listen to Human Nature or Barnesys son.
At least they are Australian. (Im obviously not talking about the Tin Lids)