Things that don't stand the test of time
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Certain television comedies.
The camera down the willy isn't anything like as bad as it sounds.
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That other thread about comedies not standing the test of time- Genesis Croix de Fer
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I find it funny to think that the most controversial thing in Life of Brian if it were made now would be the scene where Stan wants to be Loretta.1
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kingstongraham said:
I find it funny to think that the most controversial thing in Life of Brian if it were made now would be the scene where Stan wants to be Loretta.
Youngsters now think it's just plain weird that it was such a big controversy at the time. I think that's a great sign, as they look on invoking blasphemy for something so harmless as something very much from a bygone age.
I don't miss Mary Whitehouse.0 -
The film Risky Business. A mainstream comedy in it's time that I recently rewatched and completely shocked me.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Did she not publish a monthly magazine?briantrumpet said:kingstongraham said:I find it funny to think that the most controversial thing in Life of Brian if it were made now would be the scene where Stan wants to be Loretta.
Youngsters now think it's just plain weird that it was such a big controversy at the time. I think that's a great sign, as they look on invoking blasphemy for something so harmless as something very much from a bygone age.
I don't miss Mary Whitehouse.1 -
Was that a way to release her pent up frustrations?ballysmate said:
Did she not publish a monthly magazine?briantrumpet said:kingstongraham said:I find it funny to think that the most controversial thing in Life of Brian if it were made now would be the scene where Stan wants to be Loretta.
Youngsters now think it's just plain weird that it was such a big controversy at the time. I think that's a great sign, as they look on invoking blasphemy for something so harmless as something very much from a bygone age.
I don't miss Mary Whitehouse.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Everything except time. Is there still time if it's not observed?0
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Claiming other people’s ideas as your own clearly does stand the test of time OP.1
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what about the Mary Whitehouse Experience?briantrumpet said:kingstongraham said:I find it funny to think that the most controversial thing in Life of Brian if it were made now would be the scene where Stan wants to be Loretta.
Youngsters now think it's just plain weird that it was such a big controversy at the time. I think that's a great sign, as they look on invoking blasphemy for something so harmless as something very much from a bygone age.
I don't miss Mary Whitehouse.0 -
ballysmate said:
Did she not publish a monthly magazine?briantrumpet said:kingstongraham said:I find it funny to think that the most controversial thing in Life of Brian if it were made now would be the scene where Stan wants to be Loretta.
Youngsters now think it's just plain weird that it was such a big controversy at the time. I think that's a great sign, as they look on invoking blasphemy for something so harmless as something very much from a bygone age.
I don't miss Mary Whitehouse.
Well, she certainly gets a long Wikipedia entry. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Whitehouse0 -
As well as her musical side project...ballysmate said:
Did she not publish a monthly magazine?briantrumpet said:kingstongraham said:I find it funny to think that the most controversial thing in Life of Brian if it were made now would be the scene where Stan wants to be Loretta.
Youngsters now think it's just plain weird that it was such a big controversy at the time. I think that's a great sign, as they look on invoking blasphemy for something so harmless as something very much from a bygone age.
I don't miss Mary Whitehouse.0 -
Dinosaurs.0
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We used to Club together to Rustler up enough cash and Escort the eldest looking of us to the newsagent. A veritable titmag Fiesta.pblakeney said:
Was that a way to release her pent up frustrations?ballysmate said:
Did she not publish a monthly magazine?briantrumpet said:kingstongraham said:I find it funny to think that the most controversial thing in Life of Brian if it were made now would be the scene where Stan wants to be Loretta.
Youngsters now think it's just plain weird that it was such a big controversy at the time. I think that's a great sign, as they look on invoking blasphemy for something so harmless as something very much from a bygone age.
I don't miss Mary Whitehouse.
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The Space Shuttle.0
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The song 'Thank Heaven for Little Girls'
Each time I see a little girl
Of five or six or seven
I can't resist a joyous urge
To smile and say
Thank heaven for little girls
For little girls get
Bigger every day
Thank heaven for little girls
They grow up in
The most delightful way.
Those little eyes
So helpless and appealing
When they were flashing
Send you crashing
Through the ceiling
Thank heaven for little girls
Thank heaven for them all
No matter where,
No matter who
Without them
What would little boys do
Thank heaven
Thank heaven
Thank heaven for little girls.0 -
Most BBC comedy from the 1970's. Including Rising Damp, unfortunately.0
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First.Aspect said:
Most BBC comedy from the 1970's. Including Rising Damp, unfortunately.
What, including Terry & June?0 -
See also Young Girl by Gary Puckett and the Union Gap.briantrumpet said:The song 'Thank Heaven for Little Girls'
Each time I see a little girl
Of five or six or seven
I can't resist a joyous urge
To smile and say
Thank heaven for little girls
For little girls get
Bigger every day
Thank heaven for little girls
They grow up in
The most delightful way.
Those little eyes
So helpless and appealing
When they were flashing
Send you crashing
Through the ceiling
Thank heaven for little girls
Thank heaven for them all
No matter where,
No matter who
Without them
What would little boys do
Thank heaven
Thank heaven
Thank heaven for little girls.0 -
quite the contrary, the shuttle program lasted over three decades in one the harshest environments man has encountered. They weren't built to last forever. Therefore this does not belong in this thread IMHOfocuszing723 said:The Space Shuttle.
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I still find some old comedy quite funny - Porridge is one I watched recently and laughed at - I may not be typical but I think I might still find Reginald Perrin funny, I'd have to rewatch Rising Damp not sure about that.
The ones I really can't watch now are the Young Ones and Black Adder (although the last series is an exception) - I just find them juvenile rather than funny.[Castle Donington Ladies FC - going up in '22]0 -
That was dated years before it was made.briantrumpet said:First.Aspect said:Most BBC comedy from the 1970's. Including Rising Damp, unfortunately.
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Porridge is and was sublime. The writing and acting first class.DeVlaeminck said:I still find some old comedy quite funny - Porridge is one I watched recently and laughed at - I may not be typical but I think I might still find Reginald Perrin funny, I'd have to rewatch Rising Damp not sure about that.
The ones I really can't watch now are the Young Ones and Black Adder (although the last series is an exception) - I just find them juvenile rather than funny.
It's up there with Fools and Horses and One foot in the grave.
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Never was a massive fan of Rising Damp or Reggie Perrin, although some thought them to be great or super.1 -
This explains a lot.ballysmate said:
Porridge is and was sublime. The writing and acting first class.DeVlaeminck said:I still find some old comedy quite funny - Porridge is one I watched recently and laughed at - I may not be typical but I think I might still find Reginald Perrin funny, I'd have to rewatch Rising Damp not sure about that.
The ones I really can't watch now are the Young Ones and Black Adder (although the last series is an exception) - I just find them juvenile rather than funny.
It's up there with Fools and Horses and One foot in the grave.0 -
You disagree about the quality of the acting and writing?rick_chasey said:
This explains a lot.ballysmate said:
Porridge is and was sublime. The writing and acting first class.DeVlaeminck said:I still find some old comedy quite funny - Porridge is one I watched recently and laughed at - I may not be typical but I think I might still find Reginald Perrin funny, I'd have to rewatch Rising Damp not sure about that.
The ones I really can't watch now are the Young Ones and Black Adder (although the last series is an exception) - I just find them juvenile rather than funny.
It's up there with Fools and Horses and One foot in the grave.0 -
I was never a porridge kind of a person.ballysmate said:
Porridge is and was sublime. The writing and acting first class.DeVlaeminck said:I still find some old comedy quite funny - Porridge is one I watched recently and laughed at - I may not be typical but I think I might still find Reginald Perrin funny, I'd have to rewatch Rising Damp not sure about that.
The ones I really can't watch now are the Young Ones and Black Adder (although the last series is an exception) - I just find them juvenile rather than funny.
It's up there with Fools and Horses and One foot in the grave.
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Never was a massive fan of Rising Damp or Reggie Perrin, although some thought them to be great or super.0 -
Some mothers do have em.
The liver birds
The good life
All of the carry on films.0 -
Never liked Some mothers...First.Aspect said:Some mothers do have em.
The liver birds
The good life
All of the carry on films.
But I had a thing for Margot in TGL.0