No great feat though is it, last 10 years has been the worst decade ever for British sitcom and seen the thing transmogrify into all sorts of weird unnatural forms - see Peep Show. IMO, smartness should not be a substitute for funny and warm & hearty in sitcom, two fundamental British sitcom virtues. Peep Show is simply smart and street credish/cool, it has little sitcom heritage.
It is in my book, woefully over rated by those that rate it, who all seem to think it is bigger or widely viewed than it is. It isn't, it's a niche little C4 cult show for fans of that kind of thing, not in any way a universally loved or even watched sitcom. That's not to say it isn't a good show, just that it isn't a great sitcom, please get this right, thank you.
Quote: comical masterpiece @ 7th January 2014, 8:19 PM GMTWhen I say yuppy, I kind of mean it has a yuppy feel to it, pretentious like. Either way it's not my bag. Lol.
No, I get your point, not an easy trait to express in one word, but I get what you mean and agree. They're a model middle class family with uppish pretentions, very London. To me, they are typically insular and self involved, very 'parenty' which does grate on me. Good little show for those who want it but I couldn't watch it regularly without harming something.
