Manning and Jim Davidson are pilloried. Although some observers once argued certain comedy series of the 1970s were targeting racism rather than being in sympathy with it, such series as Love Thy Neighbour and It Ain't Half Hot Mum are no longer considered acceptable for repeat screenings. Along with the first of these two series, Till Death Us Do Part, was an attempt to deal humorously with the influx of immigrants to the United Kingdom, but it is now usually considered to have been counter-productive. Still much admired, however, Fawlty Towers featured the mistreatment of the Spanish waiter, Manuel, but the target was the bigotry of the lead character, Basil Fawlty. The Young Ones featured a police officer (in sunglasses) engaged in racial profiling, only to discover the man was white and wearing dark gloves. Later, The Fast Show has mocked people of other races, such as the Chanel 9 sketches, and Banzai has mimicked Japanese games shows, which have an exaggerated sense of violence, sex and public absurdity. Goodness Gracious Me turned stereotypes on their heads in sketches such as 'Going for an English' and when bargaining over the price of a newspaper. An episode from The Goodies depicted all of the black population of South Africa leaving to escape apartheid, leaving the Afrikaners with nobody to oppress – instead, they begin a system of discrimination based on height, targeting short people, labelled "apart-height". Bullying and harsh sarcasm Harsh sarcasm and bullying, though with the bully usually coming off worse than the victim – typified by: On the Buses, Arthur toward his wife, Olive, and Jack and Stan towards their boss Blakey Blackadder, Edmund Blackadder toward his sidekick, Baldrick The Young Ones, comedy TV series Fawlty Towers, Basil Fawlty toward his waiter, Manuel The New Statesman, satirising a domineering Conservative Member of Parliament The Thick of It, satirising the spin culture prevalent in Tony Blair's heyday Never Mind the Buzzcocks, satirical music-based panel show Mock The Week, satirical news-based panel show Black Books, where Bernard Black attacks his assistant, Manny Bottom, in which Richie attacks Eddie with little or no provocation, usually resulting in Eddie violently (often near-fatally) retaliating. The Ricky Gervais Show, Stephen Merchant and Ricky Gervais mocking Karl Pilkington's unique outlook on life. Parodies of stereotypes Making fun of British stereotypes, typified by: Beyond the Fringe That Was the Week That Was (TW3), late-night TV satire Little