The Young Ones.Bottom.

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Where I lived they played Married With Children on the local Fox station and then The Young Ones right after. This was in like 1988. I've been a fan ever since.

I've only watched through Bottom once but thought it was great too. Also, Filthy Rich & Catflap and Drop Dead Fred. :D

Somehow I've never seen this Bad News, so thanks for posting it!
 
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well for most UK teenagers and 20 somethings these shows with Spitting Image were the best the UK had to offer these age ranges :)

If we are to include spitting image (which I would say is a fantastic show*) then Yes Minister would immediately be eligible, and There's Nothing to Worry About! (same creator as the young ones even) or Not the Nine O Clock news. The Goodies was still just about running at this time as well, though it was into the ITV years. O.T.T. (the adult spinoff of tiswas) also aged surprisingly well (even if I imagine a TV director putting it on today would probably be hung, drawn and quartered) and was contemporary to the young ones. As far as Bottom goes (this was the early 90s by this point compared to early 80s for the young ones) then sticking with sitcoms Blackadder (or at least the repeats) and Red Dwarf were in full swing at this point. If we are to have some kind of send up of contemporary living then I think instead of Bottom I would probably take Men Behaving Badly, and I am not a terribly big fan of that either.

*don't know what I would post as an example of it but I think My God Is Bigger Than Your God is going to have to be it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=RDaeDk6ZeGNnU&v=bRwXrcz-F9M
 

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yea, I am more of a fan of bottom. the young ones was great, I find the humour quite topical compared to bottom which is more generally low brow slapstick at it's best :D
 
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