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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’.

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harvey9 10 hours ago | parent [-]

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

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teamonkey 9 hours ago | parent | next [-]

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 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		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.

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JuniperMesos 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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.

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chgs 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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