Does sort of reduce it to an age thing, with the NSC ageing demographic winning out.
Unavoidable I suppose :shrug:
*edit* The Fast Show is still way smarter and funnier than OFAH tho
OFAH was funny in the same way that, say, Are You Being Served or The Good Life or Terry And June was funny ie gently not very funny at all. Mrs Slocombe's Pussy anyone?
If there's any justice The Fast Show should walk this. It's a work of genius IMHO. Literally dozens of deftly-sketched characters, each with their own fully-defined, er, character, and memorable catchphrase that you knew was coming but never stopped being funny anyway. Compare and contrast with...