Just watching it. I just wondered....

Anybody like it?

I liked it first time round :sunglasses:

I sometimes watch it's a load of rubbish but it makes me laugh.

Some of it still makes me laugh but I found it funnier first time around. I enjoy watching re-runs of the old shows ... at least it was family viewing

Yes how true.

It taught that women are stupid & had to be talked down to at every oppertunity.
It taught that women were to be leered at by the stunningly macho drivers/conductor (who looked like Worzel Gummage)

Reminds me of the Classic Crap (opps I mean comedy) that was always seen in the Carry On twaddle.

These days I see it as very sexist, but it was acceptable at the time.

exactly, that & Love Thy Neighbour were acceptable & even funny at the time - and can still make me titter

certainly neither would be permitted now - but is that a good thing or a bad thing??

Well FWIW I think it's bad, very bad, That's why all we have on TV every bloody year is X factor, Britain's got talent, I'm a celeb get me outta here, (which at the moment I actually like) and bloody big brother which I watched once and I think is total crap. I think the first two have burnt themselves out now, they were good first time round.

Where are all the winners of these programs? most seem to come on, win then disappear, I never see new programs such as the Russ Abott show type thing anymore, perhaps with these new entertainers, so where do these winners go? I only ever see them on Cowels shows. It's all only to make that one man rich.

Bring back the likes of Alf Garnet my favourite, and Steptoe and son, Rising damp and that already mentioned above, and what about shows like Benny Hill and Russ Abott?, All harmless fun IMO.

They just don't make them like they used to, and why? because prats think we are racist if we do, funny though don't you think? If we were so bloody racist when we were making these programs why did we still welcome all these foreigners in, Again IMO Racism is just a card to be played when it suits a few.

No one really cares what colour we are, well I never met anyone who did anyway.

I agree with you about programmes like x-factor and their ilk, total rubbish and not even entertaining.

I'm afraid I can't agree with you about the likes of Benny Hill and Alf Garnet. I hated them the first time round! Lewd smuttiness on one hand and ignorant racism on the other (yes I did think this at the time ).

But some good comedy along the lines of Tim Vine or Bill Bailey certainly would not come amiss, and some of the excelelnt drama and documentaries that the BBC is famous for.

On the Buses? Slightly amusing at the time, totally unnacceptable now, imho.

On the Buses,

Absolute, total dross IMHO of course.

Regarding some of the more entertaining and cleverer sit-coms previously mentioned that some claim to be racist, I would not necessarily agree.

Most of the controversial comments in these progs were obviously very cleverly written so as to deliberately reflect badly only on those making them.

They emphasised and fully exposed the blatant stupidity and ignorance of such apparent racial behaviour, whilst generally not reflecting badly at all on those against whom the comments were directed, in fact in some cases quite the opposite.

Is it not better to fully expose such stupidity and ignorance for what it really is, in an entertaining light hearted manner, rather than try to sweep it all under the carpet often giving unecessary cause for resentment ?

Not always, they often got the upperhand No foul language and no pc ... just comedy and easy viewing.

My husband has a similar view to this. I understand what you are saying and you may even be right.

Doesn't make me like the programmes any better though!

A lot of the old programs make up a large percentage of what is now on satellite TV.

I cannot see that in the future they will be rerunning X Shite and Strictly come Prancing etc. over and over again

We have not seen English TV for more than 5 years recently we looked at the programme lists and were amazed at the old rubbish that is being put out. Made us so glad that we opted out of it, never been huge TV watchers anyway, hate soaps, do not like the celebrity stuff etc so our TV was hardly on in the UK. But we do enjoy good quality drama, good in depth series, films etc so buy DVD´s so that we can watch exactly what we want when we are the mood for it. Most nights we watch an hour or hour and half depending on what we have chosen, therefore every minute spent in front of the box is pure pleasure.

Rosemary