I'm currently watching a programme on BBC three "When comedy changed forever" and it's got me thinking. Is it me, or is comedy getting worse as time passes by ? I've seen loads of comedies through the years, and it seems to make me laugh (or not, as the case may be) less and less these days. Classic series like "porridge" and "rising damp" and "faulty towers" from the seventies. The eighties was top viewing too, with comedies such as "blackadder" and "only fools and horses". And comedies from the sixties was entertaining (although I haven't seen a great deal from that era) like "hancocks half hour" and "monty python".
are we short on comedy writers these days ? Or comedy actors ? Or both ?
In the eighties, the "in" thing, was "alternative comedy". Which to me is the alternative to comedy, not funny. With so much rubbish these days on tv, regarding comedy (imho) it's no wonder most of the people I know, only seem to laugh out loud when they see old re-runs on satellite/cable tv.
Opinions please
