Wakayamaben t1_iqqvgrj wrote on October 2, 2022 at 1:18 PM Reply to TIL the BBC released a 'Green Book' in 1949 to define comedy guidelines. Among some of the banned topics were jokes about fig leaves and vulgar use of the word 'basket'. by morecharts I thought basket was from basket case, as in a reference to mental illness. Permalink 1
Wakayamaben t1_iqqvgrj wrote
Reply to TIL the BBC released a 'Green Book' in 1949 to define comedy guidelines. Among some of the banned topics were jokes about fig leaves and vulgar use of the word 'basket'. by morecharts
I thought basket was from basket case, as in a reference to mental illness.