I've got to ask this...

[imasyko]

I downloaded a pic from a BigSoccer supporters thread, for which I need an explanation. It shows what appears to be an entire section of Anfield, with all the fans wearing yellow Carlsberg jerseys, black curly wigs and thick cheesy moustaches. And everyone has a purposely stupid expression. It looks like a Jerry Colona festival (if you know who he is - one of Bob Hope's WWII tour regulars). It's hilarious, and everyone who sees it on my PC screen (it's part of a rotating screensaver) asks me about it, and I have no explanation.

What the heck was this about? ;^)

[655321]

I downloaded a pic from a BigSoccer supporters thread, for which I need an explanation. It shows what appears to be an entire section of Anfield, with all the fans wearing yellow Carlsberg jerseys, black curly wigs and thick cheesy moustaches. And everyone has a purposely stupid expression. It looks like a Jerry Colona festival (if you know who he is - one of Bob Hope's WWII tour regulars). It's hilarious, and everyone who sees it on my PC screen (it's part of a rotating screensaver) asks me about it, and I have no explanation.

What the heck was this about? ;^)

It's a very very very old un-funny joke.

[USsupport]

It's a very very very old un-funny joke.

well that takes care of that then.



except - you didn't answer the question and now I'm wondering what it's all about too. it is a funny pic.

[usscouse]

well that takes care of that then.



except - you didn't answer the question and now I'm wondering what it's all about too. it is a funny pic.I'm no help, I first saw it a couple of years ago and thought it was funny. It's just gotten overused and tired and not-funny anymore.
But having said that I would like to know the history.


(Edit)PS. You know who Jerry Colona is. How OLD are you....???

[imasyko]

(Edit)PS. You know who Jerry Colona is. How OLD are you....???

I saw him in a history book or something...;^)

[The Potter]

I downloaded a pic from a BigSoccer supporters thread, for which I need an explanation. It shows what appears to be an entire section of Anfield, with all the fans wearing yellow Carlsberg jerseys, black curly wigs and thick cheesy moustaches. And everyone has a purposely stupid expression. It looks like a Jerry Colona festival (if you know who he is - one of Bob Hope's WWII tour regulars). It's hilarious, and everyone who sees it on my PC screen (it's part of a rotating screensaver) asks me about it, and I have no explanation.

What the heck was this about? ;^)

i dont know what your on about
but a comedien named harry enfield had a sketch with 3 scousers wearing liverpool shirts big perms and moustaches

[usscouse]

I saw him in a history book or something...;^)He was quite an item in the '50's. My uncle thought he was great and had some of his records. The old bakerlight 78 rpm's

[croco dile]

The picture in question could actually be construed as being offensive to us native Scousers. Jason McAteer took part in the photoshoot and it was semi-controversial if i remember rightly.

For a long time now Liverpool as a City and as a people have been tarnished with a dirty brush. Thieves and scum bags always on the look out for a fight. Harry Enfield and his 'calm down' Scousers image, as portrayed in the picture, only serves to re-inforce these old, boring and lazy stereotypes. The club helps to perpetuate this image as its a jovial way to sell products to outside fans. Oh how we laugh! Chortle ********ing chortle.

Lets see if the club thinks its funny if we all thieve the new ********ing kits.

Im not always this serious, but i thought hey, ******** it.

[usscouse]

The picture in question could actually be construed as being offensive to us native Scousers. Jason McAteer took part in the photoshoot and it was semi-controversial if i remember rightly.

For a long time now Liverpool as a City and as a people have been tarnished with a dirty brush. Thieves and scum bags always on the look out for a fight. Harry Enfield and his 'calm down' Scousers image, as portrayed in the picture, only serves to re-inforce these old, boring and lazy stereotypes. The club helps to perpetuate this image as its a jovial way to sell products to outside fans. Oh how we laugh! Chortle ********ing chortle.

Lets see if the club thinks its funny if we all thieve the new ********ing kits.

Im not always this serious, but i thought hey, ******** it.That's what I was looking for, thank you for your insightful post..

Welcome to the gang hope you'll stay and post some more, light or heavy.

I see you've already visited our blue brothers from across the park....Die Rooney Die...!!!!.. :)

Couple of good comments for him on a thread as well.

[TruReds]

I see you've already visited our blue brothers from across the park....Die Rooney Die...!!!!.. :)

No, don't just yet, not until the formalities are done... :D am i evil or what? :p

[imasyko]

The picture in question could actually be construed as being offensive to us native Scousers. Jason McAteer took part in the photoshoot and it was semi-controversial if i remember rightly.

For a long time now Liverpool as a City and as a people have been tarnished with a dirty brush. Thieves and scum bags always on the look out for a fight. Harry Enfield and his 'calm down' Scousers image, as portrayed in the picture, only serves to re-inforce these old, boring and lazy stereotypes. The club helps to perpetuate this image as its a jovial way to sell products to outside fans. Oh how we laugh! Chortle ********ing chortle.

Lets see if the club thinks its funny if we all thieve the new ********ing kits.

Im not always this serious, but i thought hey, ******** it.

Thanks. I appreciate your feelings on this. Stereo-typing is rarely flattering.

[Matt Clark]

It's quite funny really. It was originally a Reebok advert, based (as mentioned) on the Scousers routine Harry Enfield did in his sketch show from the mid-Nineties. In that, there were three Scouse brothers (Baz, Daz and Gaz) who each week would get into some form of scrape. It was mildly amusing at times (the one where they all go to Wembley for the Cup final is quite good) but basically just consisted of the stereotype that all Scousers are jobless, thick and emotionally volatile plebs who wear horrible shell-suits, all have Graeme-Souness-in-the-1980's bubble perms and silly 'taches and spend their days blowing their dole money on beer and having fights in pubs. The catchphrase of the sketch was from the weekly fight that they would get embroiled in (usually amongst themselves) where one or all of them would make a sort of "stunned kitten" face, wave his arms around in front of him and say "Ey - ey, caaaaarm down" in an invariably futile attempt to diffuse the impending ruck.

It was briefly fashionable for visiting supporters to Anfield to make these gestures whenever anything raised the ire of the home support. But it was never sufficiently amusing to last. Even the Mancs stopped doing it after a year or two.

Overall, the rationale for the ad and for the sketch show upon which it is based is that Scousers are renowned for their sense of humour and would be happy to laugh at themsleves in relation to this image of them. Which is all true enough in general, but doesn't really make it any less tiresome that people are too lazy to come up with new ways of tapping that ability to have a laugh.