Him watching The Fast Show is like me watching Dickie Henderson, or Arthur Askey, or some other long-forgotten figure of the black-and-white era. Ancient history, as far as he’s concerned. The first series was first broadcast two whole decades before he was born. I suspected that he would find them impenetrable and embarrassingly old-fashioned.īut I was wrong. Admittedly, I didn’t hold out much hope that he would like them. So recently, in desperation, I tried showing my son some of my favourite comedies from when I was young, instead. These days, however, there seem to be vanishingly few comedies that can be enjoyed by all the family. Laughing along with the grown-ups made me feel like a grown-up, too. ![]() ![]() Porridge, Cheers, Roseanne, Only Fools and Horses, Rab C Nesbitt, the glorious early series of Have I Got News for You… Since none of these shows were strictly aimed at children, I didn’t always understand the jokes. When I was a boy, I used to love watching comedy with my parents.
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