I don't think the VJ Singh bits were offensive... they were just not the least bit funny. To me he was just taking a brown guy (Fijian actually, who sounds nothing like that) and slapping on a cliche Indian accent in an attempt to garner laughs. It's as lazy as it is unoriginal and unfunny.
The Kipper bits were no better. He's Finish so you add a "Hans and Frans from Saturday Night live" twang and that makes it funny?
Anyone who found either of those things funny strike me as the types that find those "Not Another ____ Movie" and Jay Leno funny. Just awful, lazy and unfunny stuff aimed at people who think like sheep.
Richards was a good host, a good sports guy and a great interviewer. But a lot of those bits were cringe worth with how un-funny they were.
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