XPost: aus.cars   
   From: posti@datamike.com   
      
   On Mon, 30 Mar 2015 19:45:39 +1000, keithr    
   wrote:   
      
   >On 22/03/2015 6:27 PM, none@all.org wrote:   
   >> On Sun, 22 Mar 2015 14:10:02 +1100, "Noddy"  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> "Clocky"  wrote in message   
   >>> news:550e0d5a$0$2857$c3e8da3$76491128@news.astraweb.com...   
   >>>   
   >>>> I want to like Fifth Gear but the presenters and the whole show is so   
   >>>> fucking stuffy and boring that it completely loses it's entertainment   
   >>>> value.   
   >>>   
   >>> It's about *cars*, and the people on the show are eminently qualified to   
   >>> give opinions about them. It's not a comedy show trying to do a piss poor   
   >>> imitation of Benny Hill, so it's unlikely to hold yuu attention for more   
   >>> than a few minutes.   
   >>>   
   >>> I've heard people say that Top Gear has been going for so long and has such   
   >>> a following that it just *has* to be good.   
   >>   
   >> Popularity is rarely an indicator of quality, of course.   
   >>   
   >>> My reply is that The Simpsons has   
   >>> been going for a long time too, and I can't see anything even *remotely*   
   >>> entertaining in that either.   
   >>   
   >> One of those shows that polarises viewers. I've known people to   
   >> complain about the content, claiming it was unsuitable for children,   
   >> as though they didn't realise it was a show primarily made for   
   >> adults...   
   >>   
   >> I really liked the first 10 or 12 seasons of the Simpsons. The   
   >> satirical nature and the taking the piss out of sacred cows very much   
   >> appealed to me (quite a rare thing to come from Seppo land). The   
   >> writing was very well done and quite clever at times.   
   >>   
   >> Would have been much better with the Bart character, IMO.   
   >>   
   >> After season 10 or so, the quality of the writing began to decline   
   >> progressively. Last time I watched an episode was a couple of years   
   >> ago, and I couldn't even see it through to the end of the show.   
   >> No show can sustain the quality for 25+ years, they should have had   
   >> the class to call it quits well over ten years ago. It's just a parody   
   >> of itself now, if anything.   
   >>   
   >The problem with the yanks is that they just run cash cows to death. The   
   >poms are usually but not always better.   
      
   Probably the case. Both Fawlty Towers and The Young Ones are good   
   examples of going out at the right time.   
      
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