boat while partaking in a sex act. In December 2015, Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie sparked controversy and accusations of racism when it was announced that Janette Tough would be playing a male Japanese character named Huki Muki. Korean American comedian Margaret Cho accused Janette Tough of "yellowface", which she described as "when white people portray Asian people. And unfortunately it's happening in this film." Upon release of the film it became apparent that the character was not, in fact, Japanese but Scottish. When asked about the controversy Jennifer Saunders replied "the whole film is about people being what they're not, Huki Muki is a brand, she is the designer and she looks a bit Japanese, but the moment she opens her mouth she's from Glasgow. There's no yellow makeup..." On 24 December 2015, the Krankies appeared on the BBC One programme Pointless, losing out to Su Pollard and Jeffrey Holland who reached the final. In August 2018, they appeared in the third series of BBC's travel documentary The Real Marigold Hotel. In 2019, they appeared on Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule. On 8 April 2022 they appeared on GB News's Mark Dolan Tonight on Dolan's Mark Meets segment. They also appeared as panellists on Dolan's show on 3 July 2022. References External links The Krankies official website Scottish comedy duos Scottish television presenters British cabaret performers Pantomime Married couples Scottish television comedy 1980s Scottish television series