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



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Stato said:
Was never a huge fan of 'The Good Life' but have to watch the Christmas special every year just for Margot saying 'Christmas has not been delivered to this house.' Will sit through any episode of Porridge any time I catch the beginning of one. The Young Ones can never age for me. It is written on my heart. Fawlty Towers has aged much better than John Cleese has. Love Pete and Dud, but Derek and Clive got old quickly especially when the cruelty bubbled to the surface. I just wanted them to love each other.
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I know. I loved the shocking first LP but was shocked by the cruelty in the others.

(Incidentally I am obsessed by a Christmas thing. Not a comedy, but The Box of Delights. Pure nostalgia for the early 80s, crappy special effects, and an imaginary England that always seemed beyond my grasp (takes out small onion) and Patrick Troughton!!!)
 






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Jam The Man said:
From the mid 90s I’d say The Fast Show has aged well, yet Harry Enfield and chums hasn’t.

Also - and I know I’m in the minority - I’ve never found any of Vic Reeves shows funny at all.
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Same thoughts here.

The difference imho is Paul Whitehouse, a comic genius. He’s always reminded me of Milligan and Cooper, when on one of life’s highs, a creative force.

Enfield wasn’t anywhere near that level.
 




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lawros left foot said:
I really hated Carla Lanes sit coms.

The Liver Birds, Butterflies, and, worst of all Bread, were all unfunny, overrated crap .

IMO, of course.
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Bread was shite. As was the Royle Family, Derry Girls and Mrs Brown’s Boys. All lowest common denominator tripe.

Butterflies was special at the time for me, I looked up to the older teenage sons, I loved the interplay of the generations.
 




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Weststander said:
The difference imho is Paul Whitehouse, a comic genius. He’s always reminded me of Milligan and Cooper, when on one of life’s highs, a creative force.

Enfield wasn’t anywhere near that level.
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A shameless indulgence, but Whitehouse's flexibility and talent is showcased in 2 and a half minutes here.

Enfield very much the supporting cast.

 


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hart's shirt said:
A shameless indulgence, but Whitehouse's flexibility and talent is showcased in 2 and a half minutes here. Enfield very much the supporting cast.

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Whitehouse, Milligan, Smith & Jones clips all still make me laugh out loud now. There’s a natural nuts to them all, palpably laughing at their own wonderful p-takes, parodies. I loved the blank expression dryness of Mel Smith.

Palin probably had that too.
 








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Weststander said:
Aged well:
Fawlty Towers
Spike Milligan
The Office - UK and US versions
Frasier - saw an incredible episode this week.
Anything by Smith and Jones.
Dad’s Army
The Thick Of It
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Eek. Disagree vehemently on this. Loved it first time and probably saw the two series more than once back in the day. Went back to it a year or so ago, and it's of a different era.
Delightfully we've got some channel that's got Curb Your Enthusiasm which we haven't seen for about two decades, and it's still comedy gold.
 








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Machiavelli said:
Eek. Disagree vehemently on this. Loved it first time and probably saw the two series more than once back in the day. Went back to it a year or so ago, and it's of a different era.
Delightfully we've got some channel that's got Curb Your Enthusiasm which we haven't seen for about two decades, and it's still comedy gold.
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Probably different senses of humour.

I never liked the hitting a car with a stick or silly walk stuff. Too basic.

What I do love is; The Major and 6 o clock drink “That time already?”, mocking very British snobbery Lord Melberry, the ignored family as not posh, Basil dealing with the spoilt brat kid, the crazy upstairs floor levels … that really is a feature in old hotels, the person complaining about the view, the yank and Waldorf Salad, the general parodying of the British class system.
 
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Probably different senses of humour.

I never liked the hitting a car with a stick or silly walk stuff. Too basic.

What I do love is; The Major and 6 o clock drink “That time already?”, mocking very British snobbery Lord Melberry, the ignored family as not posh, Basil dealing with the spoilt brat kid, the crazy upstairs floor levels … that really is a feature on old hotels, the person complaining about the view, the yank and Waldorf Salad, the general parodying of the British class system.
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I do think Sybil is one of the most hilariously cutting characters in comedy: "Oooo, I know"
 




Harry Wilson's tackle

Harry Wilson's tackle

Harry Wilson's Tackle
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Weststander said:
Long before my time (honest) there were Basil Rathbone movies. Also brilliant, without the all pervasive opioid darkness.
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The modern reboot written by Mark Gatiss is bloody brilliant.
 










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