Kamahl attacks Hey Hey It's Saturday - racism debate

"It's desperate. It's toilet humour and it should be flushed." Hey, Hey It's Saturday regular Kamahl has threatened legal action after he was literally drawn into the Red Faces skit which offended visiting singer Harry Connick Jr and sparked a world racism debate. Kamahl told The Daily Telegraph he had endured years of racist remarks at his expense on the show but had enough after again being the butt of a joke during the now condemned Jackson Jive sketch. Connick and host Daryl Somers both denied the six amateur performers "intended any harm" after reviving a skit they did as Sydney University medical students on the program 20 years ago. The dance featured them performing in Al Jolson-style black make-up and afro wigs, with the lead, Sydney plastic surgeon Dr Anand Deva, playing Michael Jackson and wearing white face paint. The routine was immediately ridiculed by Connick, a judge on the talent segment who gave it a mark of zero and appeared visibly uncomfortable during the live telecast. Malaysian-born Kamahl was not among the personalities who agreed to return to air for the reunion special, but featured in a cartoon by resident artist Andrew Fyfe, which flashed up on screen during the skit with the words "Where's Kamahl?". The veteran performer, whose "why are people so unkind?" comment featured often as a punchline on Hey Hey, said he did not watch the show out of disgust. "It's really just a desperate attempt at notoriety and publicity," he said. "I used to laugh ...