YMMV / It Ain't Half Hot, Mum

• Memetic Mutation: "Oh dear. How sad. Never mind."
• Retroactive Recognition:
  • A WVS lady from "The Last Roll Call" is played by Brenda Cowling, who would later be best known for playing Mrs. Lipton in You Rang, M'Lord?.
  • A burly soldier from "The Pay Off" is played by Gorden Kaye, who would later be best known for playing René Artois in 'Allo 'Allo!.
  • A RAF airman from "Flight to Jawani" and Aircraftsman Ormanroyd from "The Superstar" are played by Jeffrey Holland, who would later be best known for playing Spike Dixon in Hi-de-Hi!.
  • Four guest roles from between 1980 and 1981 are played by John D. Collins, who would later be best known for playing Fairfax in 'Allo 'Allo!.
  • Chief Commander Crisp from "Ticket to Blighty" is played by Mavis Pugh, who would later be best known for playing Lady Lavender in You Rang, M'Lord?.
  • A Medical Officer from "Flight to Jawani" and Dennis Forbes Dobson from "The Great Broadcast" is played by Robin Parkinson, who would later be best known for playing the third LeClerc in 'Allo 'Allo!.
  • The Corporal from "Aquastars" is played by Roy Heather, who would later be best known for playing Sid in Only Fools and Horses.
• Values Dissonance: One reason the series has hardly ever been repeated on British television is its perceived racist portrayal of the Indian characters, and especially the casting of Caucasian Englishman Michael Bates as Rangi Ram. The series' defenders note that Bates was born and raised in India (he learned to speak Hindi before he could speak English) and retained a lifelong fondness for the country which he poured into his performance, while a number of the actual South Asian regular and guest cast members expressed gratitude that, in the otherwise almost all-white landscape of 1970s British television, there was at least one series where they could find work.

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