Love Thy Neighbor in Australia | 🤩 YOU WON'T BELIEVE This Show Aired! The MOST UN-PC 70s Sitcom

🤩 *YOU WON'T BELIEVE This Show Aired! The MOST UN-PC 70s Sitcom We Can't Look Away From!* 🇦🇺 Join us for a deep dive into a truly controversial piece of Australian television history: the 1979 sequel series, Love Thy Neighbor In Australia!

The famously bigoted Eddie Booth (played by Jack Smethurst) has emigrated Down Under to the suburb of Blacktown, Sydney, leaving his original black neighbors behind, only to find a new source of cultural conflict in his Dutch-Australian next-door neighbor and work foreman, Jim Lawson!

⚠️ *A Note on Historical Context:* Why This Show Was So Controversial
Love Thy Neighbor In Australia (1979) is a prime example of Un-PC comedy from the late 1970s that reflects a very different cultural landscape. While the original British series focused on a white-vs-black neighbor rivalry (which was already highly controversial), the Australian spin-off pivoted to a rivalry between the main British character and a Dutch-Australian. The comedy relied heavily on crude cultural stereotypes, loud shouting, and racial/national epithets that are considered offensive and unacceptable by modern standards.

This sitcom's broadcast in 1979 highlights how some mainstream television at the time covered sensitive topics like migration, national identity, and cultural integration in a deeply insensitive, confrontational, and comedic manner. Its lack of subtlety and reliance on tired clichés ultimately led to its short seven-episode run, serving as a jarring snapshot of the pre-PC era of Australian entertainment.

*Watch the clips and decide for yourself: Was this show a product of its time, or simply bad TV?*

🤯*CANCELLED BEFORE CANCEL CULTURE! The Australian 70s Sitcom That Tried to Make Fun of EVERYONE! (Love Thy Neighbor: Australia)*

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*CHAPTERS: Key Moments*
00:09 S1.E1 ∙ Out of the Frying Pan
23:49 S1.E2 ∙ A Hard Day's Night
01:02:32 S1.E3 ∙ A Night to Remember
01:51:16 S1.E4 ∙ A Rose by Any Other Name

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