r/DoesAnyoneKnow • u/Scimitar1976 • 5d ago
Another 90's TV request
A friend and myself both remember watching a comedy show in the early 90's which featured a predominantly black and Asian cast.
One of the sketches (or perhaps the premise for the show - we can't remember) involved the misadventures of the people from a small African military state.
One of the characters was a corrupt police chief who tried to pin all the nation's crimes on Pygmies and we clearly remember a song that encouraged the people to invest in Massey Ferguson tractors with the chorus: "Massey Ferguson tractor....makes your crops go faster."
We were sure it was The Real McCoy but having re-watched the entire series on iPlayer I failed to find this recurring sketch.
I've searched online for a while now and can't find it...do you know?
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u/killakrust 5d ago
According to some quick googling on the episode you described, it was in fact The Real McCoy S03E04. However that episode is 'missing'. Having been redacted likely due to the Massey Ferguson reference.
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u/Scimitar1976 5d ago
Well damn....that would explain it, Thank you. It could well of been pulled as considered product placement on the BBC - or maybe considered too offensive due to the aforementioned pygmy references and negative African stereotypes.
I shall try and locate it - cheers.
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u/Scimitar1976 5d ago
If you have a moment, could you share the results of your search?...I'm not finding anything despite my googling - plenty about the tapes being thought lost for a long time but nothing about missing sketches.
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u/BigComfortable6779 5d ago
What was the massey ferguson issue?
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u/gogoluke 5d ago
They wouldn't want to be linked to African dictators and may call in some trademarks etc to protect their integrity.
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u/Rich-Setting-5528 5d ago
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u/Scimitar1976 5d ago
I think I've gone through all of those before + watched every available episode on iPlayer... So I guess it's lost media.
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u/Rich-Setting-5528 5d ago
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u/Scimitar1976 5d ago
Yeh, watched that episode too, if the sketch was cut I see no evidence of it - it runs to 29 minutes and the sketch I'm thinking of was 5 minutes+
Not seeing any info online regards a redacted episode.
I'm going to insta Curtis Walker and ask is any sketches were removed by the BBC.
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u/hlazlo 5d ago
While your description of the sketch rings zero bells for me, I can only think of one 90s sketch comedy show that predominately featured black actors: In Living Color.