I agree with the exception of Fawlty Towers, which I enjoy. Possibly because in FT they aren't all that 'real', just as the Goons are non-real, they are cariacatures, whereas in Steptoe and TDUDP I have known real people like that. Basil Fawlty is slapstick, Alf Garnet is abuse, IMO. It's not just 'old' versus 'new' either, I find Chaplin and a lot of Laurel and Hardy to be pathetic (in the original sense of pathos) and so sad not funny.
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Date: 2007-05-06 10:24 am (UTC)Humour is a funny thing...