Humphrey Barclay became Head of Comedy at LWT in 1977 and supervised various successful series including "No, Honestly", "A Fine Romance" (1981–84). In May 1980 he unveiled "Metal Mickey" as a show "with the appeal of "Star Wars", the Daleks and "Mork and Mindy"" Following criticism at the Edinburgh International Television Festival of what was seen as casual racism the LWT series "Mind Your Language" (1977–79; 1986), Barclay commissioned "No Problem!", transmitted by Channel 4 during 1983–85, the first original black-made sitcom for British TV (an earlier series featuring a black family, "The Fosters" (ITV, 1976–77), had been a remake of a
Cast Your Fate to the Wind and Nelson Rangell. In 1970, the rock group James Gang covered the song as part of a three-song medley ("The Bomber Medley") on their album "James Gang Rides Again." Quincy Jones rendered an orchestral arrangement of the song on his 1971 album "Smackwater Jack". In 1976 an easy listening version was recorded by guitarist Harald Winkler and the Norman Candler Orchestra. The song was featured in the 1987 film "Good Morning, Vietnam" and also in the 1988 film "The In Crowd." In 2007, the alternative-rock band They Might Be Giants spoofed the song's title by issuing "Cast Your Pod to