Comedians that wouldn't be allowed on TV today

[NoraB]

I love Mrs Brown's Boys.

This years offering wasn't as good, but this show has helped me through some dark days.

You either love Mrs B or you don't.

[ankietyjoe]

I love Mrs Brown's Boys.

This years offering wasn't as good, but this show has helped me through some dark days.

You either love Mrs B or you don't.

I don't get it at all. I think it's horrendous, but different strokes etc.

Plenty of other sublime British sitcoms out there on constant re-run!

[NoraB]

I don't get it at all. I think it's horrendous, but different strokes etc.

Plenty of other sublime British sitcoms out there on constant re-run!

Comedy is subjective though isn't it? I remember me and my dad falling about laughing at Kenny Everett doing 'Sid Snot' and 'Gizzard Puke' while my mum sat there poker-faced. Same with The Young Ones. (She didn't find Vyvyan funny at all).

As for re-runs, I'm enjoying Victoria Wood's Dinnerladies again. (I think Julie Walters is hilarious in this) and Last of the Summerwine - one of my all-time favourite TV shows, hence my avatar and username.

[BlueIris]

Nora, BBC2 and iPlayer have Our Flag Means Death at the moment; it's very funny but also carries a huge emotional punch. Very much worth a watch if you haven't done so already.

[NoraB]

Nora, BBC2 and iPlayer have Our Flag Means Death at the moment; it's very funny but also carries a huge emotional punch. Very much worth a watch if you haven't done so already.

I like the look of this, Blue. It has Samson Kayo in and I really liked him in Famalam and Bloods, so I'll check this out. Thanks.

[Lencoboy]

I find it rather ironic that people discuss acts like comedians not being allowed on TV nowadays, despite everything else typically considered unsuitable for children and/or easily offended seemingly being fully permissible on the box post-watershed.

Mind you, I've heard quite a few people say over the past few years that while they thought comedians like RCB were groundbreaking and 'must-see/hear' some 30-odd years ago, their gags now sound tired, cliched and trite. In fact, someone I know went to see RCB live at Tamworth Assembly Rooms about 10 years ago and found his entire show on that particular occasion nothing but a tedious bore-fest, especially the endless F-bombs basically every other word, coupled with the usual racist and sexist gags, despite said person admitting to being quite a big fan of RCB back in his 90s heyday.

Just shows how the personal tastes of certain individuals themselves can change as they get older, despite the basic subject matters from the likes of certain comedians, etc, still remaining more or less the same throughout their long-established careers.

[NoraB]

nothing but a tedious bore-fest, especially the endless F-bombs basically every other word

Take it you're not a Mrs Brown's Boys fan then, Lenco?

[Lencoboy]

Take it you're not a Mrs Brown's Boys fan then, Lenco?

I've never even watched 'Mrs Brown's Boys' TBH, so I can't really comment on it, even though I've heard that it's a bit of a cuss-fest.

I was referring more to the person who I know that went to see RCB live locally around 2013-15 and no longer found his constant trademark profanity and whatever else he's always been notorious for exciting nor entertaining to the same extent they once did.

Probably the typical 'I've seen and heard it all umpteen times before' syndrome.

Also, whilst still on the subject of profanity and the like, I've known some people express similar views on the rapper Eminem, saying that while they liked a lot of his earlier albums from the late 90s-mid 2000s era and thought they were 'out of this world' at the time, they thought a lot of his later efforts (2009-present) seemed a bit stale and trite by comparison.

[NoraB]

I've never even watched 'Mrs Brown's Boys' TBH, so I can't really comment on it, even though I've heard that it's a bit of a cuss-fest.

Big time. I do love the swears, but I also really like 'Winnie', 'Buster' (and his acquired Christmas trees) and Mrs B doesn't 'alf remind me of my mother-in-law (Same cardigans and hairdo).

Also, whilst still on the subject of profanity and the like, I've known some people express similar views on the rapper Eminem, saying that while they liked a lot of his earlier albums from the late 90s-mid 2000s era and thought they were 'out of this world' at the time, they thought a lot of his later efforts (2009-present) seemed a bit stale and trite by comparison.

He got older. Less angsty.

Same happened to The Arctic Monkey's.

[Lencoboy]

He got older. Less angsty.

Same happened to The Arctic Monkey's.

I suppose similar can also be said for the likes of Noel and Liam Gallagher, Robbie Williams, Guns 'N' Roses, former members of the Sex Pistols, etc.

Also youngsters rebelling against authority in general no longer seem to carry quite the same weight that they once did, especially in the context of 'moral panics'.