What I find surprising is that I stumble across these series, such as Not Going Out, Mrs Brown's Boys, or a variety of other nameless so-called comedies, and I find that they're up around Series 5 or 6 or something of that heady nature. This must mean that they are extremely popular with the viewing public or various TV companies have taken leave of their senses. I feel that I'm more and more marginalised because I thought comedy, of the culture and standard of the above named two, went out of the door in the late 1970's. All they have done is remove the potentially offensive remarks to ethnic minorities, as far as I can see. I did try very hard to watch a whole episode of Not Going Out and I found it entirely mirthless. 5 minutes of Mrs Brown's Boys was almost painful, it was that bad. When was there an announcement that TV comedy was now retreating backwards in time, because I missed that one.
On the other hand, the two series of Episodes have been excellent and I'm glad to see there is a third on the way. South Park also continues to sparkle when I sporadically watch it, and nobody is taking away my QI. Have I got News For You is occasionally hilarious, but for some reason I never look out for it anymore, so I tend to watch Youtube episodes of it, if at all.
damn. Thought I was in there!
