Fawlty Towers , Porridge

[bobh]

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I had "belly-laughs" when I watched the first couple of seasons of Allo, Allo when it first came out, saw a coiuple of episodes recently and they are soo predictable, hardly raised a smile. Another series that went on too long though, the later series left me cold, even when first aired.

[Eric the Half a Bee]

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Was that the one where Stan and Blakey take a bus into Longleat, safari park?
That always makes me laugh!

That was the end part of Mutiny On The Buses. My dad was a bus driver, so ended up knowing the 3 films almost off by heart by the time I was 10!

[splott parker]

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That was the end part of Mutiny On The Buses. My dad was a bus driver, so ended up knowing the 3 films almost off by heart by the time I was 10!

Did you live in Luxton?:hehe:

[Rjk]

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This is a topic I've always been interested in - why does comedy become dated, and why do some things date more than others?

As a kid i'd hear adults saying how funny Tommy Cooper was, but I have never found him even remotely funny, yet I found Harry Hill hilarious and Harry Hill's act seems to awe a fair bit to Tommy Cooper.
Nothing will ever be as funny to me as the first time I watched Monty Python's the Holy Grail - I was just the right age for it and me and my brothers were in absolute hysterics, as soon as it finished we rewound the video and watched it again, every bit as funny. At the time it was probably about 20 years old but seemed really fresh and new.
Similar story with Airplane.

I remember enjoying the sitcom "Game on" when I was in my teens - I went back and watched an episode a couple of years ago and it was completely awful, not funny at all and in fact a slightly depressing experience.

[Eric the Half a Bee]

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Did you live in Luxton?:hehe:

It felt like it! :hehe:

[Rjk]

Re: Fawlty Towers , Porridge

This is a topic I've always been interested in - why does comedy become dated, and why do some things date more than others?

As a kid i'd hear adults saying how funny Tommy Cooper was, but I have never found him even remotely funny, yet I found Harry Hill hilarious and Harry Hill's act seems to awe a fair bit to Tommy Cooper.
Nothing will ever be as funny to me as the first time I watched Monty Python's the Holy Grail - I was just the right age for it and me and my brothers were in absolute hysterics, as soon as it finished we rewound the video and watched it again, every bit as funny. At the time it was probably about 20 years old but seemed really fresh and new.
Similar story with Airplane.

I remember enjoying the sitcom "Game on" when I was in my teens - I went back and watched an episode a couple of years ago and it was completely awful, not funny at all and in fact a slightly depressing experience.

Music also becomes dated, but then can also come back into fashion - and I don't think that could happen with comedy that is dated.

I can remember when anything with a real 80s feel musically or fashion wise was the worst thing imaginable, but that all comes back around and feels really fresh again.


I can't imagine that happening with old sitcoms for example

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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I had "belly-laughs" when I watched the first couple of seasons of Allo, Allo when it first came out, saw a coiuple of episodes recently and they are soo predictable, hardly raised a smile. Another series that went on too long though, the later series left me cold, even when first aired.

Allo Allo was rubbish but the leader of the French resistance was soon sexy

[the other bob wilson]

Re: Fawlty Towers , Porridge

This is a topic I've always been interested in - why does comedy become dated, and why do some things date more than others?

As a kid i'd hear adults saying how funny Tommy Cooper was, but I have never found him even remotely funny, yet I found Harry Hill hilarious and Harry Hill's act seems to awe a fair bit to Tommy Cooper.
Nothing will ever be as funny to me as the first time I watched Monty Python's the Holy Grail - I was just the right age for it and me and my brothers were in absolute hysterics, as soon as it finished we rewound the video and watched it again, every bit as funny. At the time it was probably about 20 years old but seemed really fresh and new.
Similar story with Airplane.

I remember enjoying the sitcom "Game on" when I was in my teens - I went back and watched an episode a couple of years ago and it was completely awful, not funny at all and in fact a slightly depressing experience.

My Dad especially only had to see Tommy Cooper walk on to a stage and he’d be laughing. I wasn’t as bad as him, but I could see why he reacted like he did - Tommy Cooper was genuinely funny man. I’m definitely in the camp which thinks that he had to be a good magician to look as bad as he did (like Les Dawson’s piano playing really). Tommy Cooper’s jokes would have me laughing despite me also thinking that’s one of the most feeble things I’ve heard - it’d be interesting to see the reaction of a young audience to his act, I really don’t know what they would make of it.

[kendoddsdadsdogsdead]

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Allo Allo was rubbish but the leader of the French resistance was soon sexy

..Mrs Richardson..is this a piece of your brain..

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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..Mrs Richardson..is this a piece of your brain..

herds of wildebeest!

[the other bob wilson]

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I’m a doctor and I want my sausages and that scene where Basil has a kipper sticking out the top of his jumper.

[splott parker]

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It felt like it! :hehe:

How’s Olive? Still as stunning as ever?:yikes:

[Eric the Half a Bee]

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How’s Olive? Still as stunning as ever?:yikes:

Sludge would.

I used to know an old musician who reckoned she was one of the most talentless people he'd worked with.

[Hilts]

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I still laugh everytime I see the scene where Basil realises that the dead guy wasnt killed by eating the kipper and starts jumping up and down shouting hooray as the doctor walks in.

[Elwood Blues]

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a lot of comedy dates

Only fools and horses , one foot in the sodding grave etc

But Fawlty Towers , Porridge etc are so well written they still seem fresh

Fawlty Titties

This is still one of the funniest scenes I have seen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7Rh...=SeanDelahunty.

This isn't far behind

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bl5us_7Myyg&ab_channel=Nemspy

I've seen a couple of episodes of One foot in the grave in recent years and still find much of it just as funny