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[Humour] Comedy's that have aged well and those that haven't



WATFORD zero

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From a couple of the threads already on the main board one of each please

Aged well - Not the Nine O'clock News
Hasn't - Fawlty Towers

And just to prove it's not about 'being down with the kids'

Aged well - Keeping up appearances
Hasn't - The Good life
 








Sid and the Sharknados

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WATFORD zero said:
From a couple of the threads already on the main board one of each please

Aged well - Not the Nine O'clock News
Hasn't - Fawlty Towers

And just to prove it's not about 'being down with the kids'

Aged well - Keeping up appearances
Hasn't - The Good life
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The Good Life is brilliant and anybody ("down with the kids" or otherwise) who thinks otherwise can f*** right off. :lolol:
 


























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Charlie Livesey said:
Still enjoy Royle Family and Early Doors. Always found Butterflies boring
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I loved butterflies, but it is a whimsy rather than a comedy.

Aged well:
League of Gentlemen;
Black Adder,
Hitch hiker's Guide to the Galaxy,
Red Dwarf;
Hancock's Half Hour

Aged badly (disregarding obvious shite such as Mind Your Language):
Monty Python;
Whatever happened to the Likely Lads;
Porridge;
Man about the house
Up Pompeii
 




jcdenton08

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Fawlty Towers is the best sitcom of all time. It has aged absolutely fine, so well in fact it’s just extended in the West End before it goes on what will be a sell-out tour. Same as Only Fools and Horses.

There is a lot of people wanting comfort and nostalgia and couldn’t give two shits if social norms mean you’re not allowed to laugh at things that upset some people nowadays.

There’s a reason why Dad’s Army, Only Fools, Fawlty Towers et al are still loved today, and trash like Up The Elephant isn’t.

That’s because Up the Elephant was racist garbage then, and is racist garbage now. Not a case of aging badly, but audiences hopefully growing out of it. The fault of the audience not the material.
 










Sid and the Sharknados

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WATFORD zero said:
Very much of it's time :shrug:
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I'd say the idea of trying to live a more sustainable lifestyle is very much of the here and now.

That bit where they all come back from Margo's am-dram Sound of Music and can't think of anything to say is brilliant as well.

"Why did Margo sing Maria?"
"It's the name of her character"
"I know, but the song's from West Side Story"
 




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