Peter Kay's Phrase Baffles Netflix Executives

The newly released Wallace and Gromit film, 'Vengeance Most Fowl,' which aired on Christmas Day on BBC, features the return of the notorious penguin villain Feathers McGraw. Peter Kay, in his first TV role in four years, plays Chief Inspector Mackintosh and ad-libs the phrase 'Flippin’ Nora,' causing confusion among Netflix executives who were concerned it might be offensive. The phrase, a common expression of surprise in Northern England, was explained by the film's creative team as an innocent idiom. The film attracted nine million viewers in the UK and will be available globally on Netflix from January 3. This is not the first time Peter Kay's British humor has puzzled US audiences, as he previously apologized for culturally specific jokes during a 2009 LA stand-up show.