Old Rogue
Practically Family
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I grew up with the repeats in the late Seventies / early Eighties. And watched them all again in the late nineties. Not only did they still hold up, but the true anarchy and cleverness of the humour was even more apparent - so much went over my head as a kid. (Peter stealing towels from the hotel in episode one with the thought bubble "everyone does it!" - you'd never get away with that today.... ha....). I also went to see them on their reunion tour in 1997 - the only reunion tour they did with all four original members. It was amazing.
I would have loved to have seen them during that tour. And you're absolutely right about the humor in the original show. On the surface it appears corny, but there are many subtle layers and it's actually fairly sophisticated. It does tend to make the shows hold up well after all these years.