Strange one The Goodies - a lot of episodes, especially in the first 2-3 series, have aged very badly (lots of references to then-current events and personalities, also a bit non-PC in places)
But the very best episodes are timeless.
FTA-TV TV Shows That Have Aged Poorly
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But the very best episodes are timeless.
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Bunfight at the O.K. tea rooms?
Which is a shame because he doesn't like them well aged
Ship to Shore 2, with that campaignershit, Hermes Andarkis.
Are you being served?
Mind your Language.
A Country Practice....dare you to watch any of the re runs currently on...loved it at the time....now wtf...
Mind your Language.
A Country Practice....dare you to watch any of the re runs currently on...loved it at the time....now wtf...
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Open All Hours - saw a bit on UKTV recently and just hasn't aged well
Scrubs easily. Was amazed at how many recycled gags appear throughout the series. Never minded when I was younger. The todd should have been killed off in the first season. Everytime he appeared you knew what he was gonna do/say
Love Thy Neighbour
Will never be shown on network television ever again.
You can add 'Til Death Us Do Part to that as well.
Showing anyone who hasn't seen it the South Africa episode now would be very amusing.
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The first season is so weird compared to the rest.
7Two is now airing 'Love Thy Neighbour' twice daily during the week, firstly at 10:30am, with a replay at 4:00am the next morning.
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The goodies is a good call
hilarious as a kid
cringeworthy now
hilarious as a kid
cringeworthy now
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So many British sitcoms of the 1970s listed here reference lifestyle or cultural scenarios unique to that period.
I'd also add 'The Good Life', 'Are you being served?', 'Man About the House' and 'George and Mildred' to the list of very dated sitcoms.
As much as I enjoy 'Faulty Towers', I'd argue it is also very much a program of its time that wouldn't be made today.
That's the episode that came immediately to mind. Even though it lampoons apartheid, the scene at the end where they have to go blackface to be unnoticed back in England simply wouldn't be an option today.
I'd also add 'The Good Life', 'Are you being served?', 'Man About the House' and 'George and Mildred' to the list of very dated sitcoms.
As much as I enjoy 'Faulty Towers', I'd argue it is also very much a program of its time that wouldn't be made today.
That's the episode that came immediately to mind. Even though it lampoons apartheid, the scene at the end where they have to go blackface to be unnoticed back in England simply wouldn't be an option today.
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That would certainly be true, no way you could show that episode today. Actually, because it is clearly lampooning apartheid and in no way supporting it, I don't think this episode is their most un-PC either.
At the time 'The Goodies' was quite ground-breaking. It's just very hard to distance our perceptions of things from how the show would have been received in the '70s.
Seinfeld really didn't get popular until the mid 90s when it was already half way through its run when the plot points started to get a bit outrageous. The early episodes just did enough ratings wise to stay on the air and get a modest following. They are quite tame compared to the later episodes of the series.
It's pretty funny how Seinfeld very nearly didn't get made at all after poor test screenings of the pilot with the audience.
Also one of the jokes of Krammer was that the clothes he wore were out of date like he was still stuck in the 70s, but even though still not my style I'd take his wardrobe any day over the majority of the garish stuff that Jerry wore most of the series.
Also one of the jokes of Krammer was that the clothes he wore were out of date like he was still stuck in the 70s, but even though still not my style I'd take his wardrobe any day over the majority of the garish stuff that Jerry wore most of the series.
Well obviously anything that's about 40 years is going to be 'out of date', but something like Fawlty Towers imo is still as funny as it every was. I think the point of the thread could be more shows that on re watching today seem to be nowhere near as good as you remembered when seeing them a long time ago as a kid or whatever.
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I was reminded of that when Hey Hey had its "black face" controversy in the shotr-lived attempted revival a couple of years back. Apart-height was a briliant concept.
Ironically one of the things that has stopped some Goodies episodes ageing badly is how woeful the effects were. They were pretty bad for the time, and aimed only to get the point across. Now it sort of adds to the surrealism of certain bits. If they had tried to use (then) cutting edge effects, the whole thing would look woeful now (see some of the effects used in Dr Who in the same period and later in the classic run, the more money used the tackier it looks now - plus Who wasn't meant to be a comedy and comedy can probably get away with things more in that regard). It still does look woeful, but to an extent that is built into it.
I agree with thorne. I've watched all seasons about 3 times and i currently have it series linked on Comedy. Love it
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Fox classics are up to ep 6 and I love it. Not so much the humour side because its funny without being hilarious, but the concept and the way they are handling it especially with the newish Primal movement gaining momentum is terrific.
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It doesn't help when "Friends" shows scenes of the NY skyline, with the Twin Towers.
I thought that they may have edited that out by now.
Love Thy Neighbour
On a similar note, "Kingswood Country".
Unfortunately, one of their best eps IMO was the Rolf Harris episode. It takes on a whole new meaning these days.
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Its quiet fuuny looking at older shows like homicide life on the street.
And there smoking in police station's and hospitals.
And there smoking in police station's and hospitals.
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I dont think it was that ground breaking, it followed a trope that was already well established, but very well executed. Shows like 'At last the 1948 show', 'That was the week that was' and "the strange world of Gurney Slade" were far more radical. As it is, I loved the Goodies as a kid. Now my kids love the goodies, it's their favourite show. It's stood the test of time as a kids show. Shows like Monty Python haven't done so well IMO.
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Hey Hey It's Saturday (or whatever day it's on.)
Maybe The 3 Stooges.
On a general matter, would humour be classified as a consensus medium or a maturity medium?
Would humour be something that the masses generally would understand or is it a case by case proposition and that individuals can identify their own style of comedy that they like?
Maybe The 3 Stooges.
On a general matter, would humour be classified as a consensus medium or a maturity medium?
Would humour be something that the masses generally would understand or is it a case by case proposition and that individuals can identify their own style of comedy that they like?
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'Hey hey' certainly aged badly - from the moment it was filmed to several moments later when it appeared in ya loungeroom, it turned into utter crap.
