I think it's to do with our constant demand for the 'new' and impatience with anything we've heard before.

I remember at the start of the revival, we laughed repeatedly at the simple joke of such as 'Geordie's lost his penker'and indeed maybe enjoyed the fairly simple punch line better every time, week after week!


it simply doesn't work in 2019, times have changed- we were a lot easier to please in days gone by, but is it better now?