Comment by PlunderBunny

Comment by PlunderBunny 16 hours ago

5 replies

When I re-watch comedy like ‘The Young Ones’ or many other funny series from the 80s or 90s, I don’t find it funny any more. It’s not that the jokes weren’t good and that I didn’t find it funny at the time, it’s just that humour changes. In that case, it’s nothing to do with the jokes becoming ‘unacceptable’.

harvey9 12 hours ago

I find Yes Minister funny now, and I'm too young to have watched when it first aired.

  • teamonkey 11 hours ago

    I used to find The Thick of It hilarious but now I find it a depressing reminder of how ludicrous modern politics has become

    • harvey9 8 hours ago

      Yes Minister is a reminder that politics has been ludicrous for a long time, but I think its style is much lighter than The Thick of It.

  • JuniperMesos 11 hours ago

    I watched the entirety of Yes (Prime) Minister relatively recently despite being younger than the show and not British; and found it delightfully entertaining and often surprisingly relevant to contemporary political issues.

  • chgs 10 hours ago

    The institution yes minister makes fun of has barely changed in 400 years, let alone 40, the jokes on the whole thus remain fresh.